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Secretary-General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kate KoettUnder-Secretary-General for reSearch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Brianne E . ReevesUnder-Secretary-General for SecUrity coUncil SimUlationS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nia IndelicatoPreSident of the General aSSembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Megan Grace WileyUnder-Secretary-General for rePort WritinG bodieS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joshua M . MarkoUnder-Secretary-General for raPPorteUrS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nick RandolphUnder-Secretary-General for develoPment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ruth Monnier
2017 AMUN International Executive Committee
Editor-In-ChiefBrianne E. Reeves
Managing EditorsPatrick MartinNate Ritsema
Consulting EditorsShannon L. DunnPaul KruchoskiJacqueline E. Whitt
Publisher and Cover Design Jacob P. Torres
EditorsChase BarclayTrevor GerschHarrison HeilmanNia IndelicatoDan MadaySarah ParletteAllyson PuttKayla Schmidt OsbornLuke SchroederAlexzandra SmithJacob P. TorresNathan Tripp
Contributing AuthorsJennifer AronCalvin BellNathan BodeMaren BollingerHanan BoukhiamaThomas BrownElizabeth CondonLandon DavisonRoger DiehlNickolas EberleKatie EvansClaire FarrellAlec FisanickMadeline GlassChristina GlasschroederEduardo GranadosDaniel Gray
Haley HarringtonAlec HarrisBlake HeschNia IndelicatoChristina JohnsonSarah LakeJon LorenzettiMeaghan LynchIsaac MakosTabatha McCordJennifer McGriffErin MeekAlex MiddlewoodMatthew NeuverthBen OsbornJillyan PoagRaechel PusateriKatelyn Pyles
Chelsea ReinartzJanie SanfordZoe ShawRebecca ThomasJosh WalkinsBrian WalshGavin WayKimberly WhiteJacqueline E. WhittAnna WinslowTeresa WoodardLaura Woodruff
Acknowledgments and thanks to . . .
Additional material in Chapter Five, Draft Documents, provided by Mr. Jean Gazarian, United Nations Secretariat, from The United Nations General Assembly, Ambassador Club Video Series
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2017 Issues at aMuNTable of ConTenTs
Introduction ..............................................................................2chaPter one the United nationS
Origins of the United Nations ....................................................3Purpose of the United Nations ....................................................3How the United Nations Seeks to Achieve Its
Purpose ...................................................................................3Structure of the United Nations ..................................................3Bloc Politics ................................................................................4
chaPter tWo conference PreParation & PoSition PaPerSResearch and Preparation ............................................................5Preparing as a Group ...................................................................6General Sources of Information ..................................................6Using the Internet .......................................................................6Why Draft a Position Paper? .......................................................6Internal Position Papers ..............................................................7Public Position Papers .................................................................7Items to Include in Public Position Papers...................................7Submission of Position Papers .....................................................7Position Paper Awards .................................................................8Plagiarism ...................................................................................8The Purview of Each Simulation .................................................8AMUN Philosophy and the Realism of Simulations ...................8
chaPter three the SecUrity coUncilSIntroduction to the Security Councils .......................................10Declarative Statements and Operational Decisions ...................10A Note About AMUNs Simulation Philosophy ........................10Other Involved Countries .........................................................10A Note About Roleplaying in Historical Security Councils .......11Background Research ................................................................11
the contemPorary SecUrity coUncilMembers of the Contemporary Security Council ......................12The Situation in the Middle East ..............................................12The Syrian Civil War .................................................................12The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) .........................13The Situation in Ukraine .........................................................13Non-proliferation/Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea ........15The Situation in The Sudan and South Sudan ...........................16
the hiStorical SecUrity coUncil of 1956Members of the Historical Security Council of 1956 ................18The Palestine Question ............................................................18The Situation in Egypt ..............................................................19The Situation in Algeria ............................................................19The Question of the Representation of China ...........................19Decolonization .........................................................................20Admission of New Members .....................................................20
the hiStorical SecUrity coUncil of 1994Members of the Historical Security Council of 1994 ................21The Situation in Rwanda ..........................................................21The Situation in Bosnia-Herzegovina ........................................22The Situation in Somalia ...........................................................23The Situation in Abkhazia, Georgia ...........................................24The Situation in Haiti ...............................................................25
chaPter foUr commiSSion of inqUiry of 1948United Nations Commission for India and Pakistan .................26The United Nations Committee of Good Offices on the
Indonesian Question .............................................................27
chaPter five the General aSSemblythe concUrrent General aSSembly PlenaryIntroduction .............................................................................29A World Against Violence & Violent Extremism ......................29Review of the United Nations peacebuilding architecture .........31
firSt committee diSarmament & international SecUrityWomen, disarmament, non-proliferation and arms control .......33Countering the threat posed by improvised explosive devices ....34
Second committee economic & financialSustainable Development Disaster Risk Reduction ................37International Financial System and Development .....................38
third committee Social, hUmanitarian & cUltUralImproving the coordination of efforts against trafficking
in persons ..............................................................................40The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation ............41
chaPter Six World SUmmit on the information Society +10Bridging digital divides .............................................................44Human rights in the Information Society .................................45
chaPter Seven conference of the StateS PartieS of the orGaniSation for the Prohibition of chemical WeaPonSImplementation of Article X: Assistance and protection
against chemical weapons ......................................................48Implementation of Article XI: Economic and technological
development ..........................................................................49chaPter eiGht General coUncil of the food and
aGricUltUre orGanizationMembers of the General Council of the Food and
Agriculture Organization .......................................................52Sustainable use of plant genetic resources for food and
agriculture .............................................................................52Antimicrobial Resistance ...........................................................53
chaPter nine economic and Social commiSSion for aSia and the PacificMembers of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia
and the Pacific .......................................................................56Enhancing regional economic cooperation and integration
in Asia and th
