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The
Security Council
Since its
establishment in 1945, the Security Council was
�and still is- the pioneer body of the United
Nations, responsible for the maintenance of
international peace and security with
resolutions binding vis-�-vis all other issued
blue prints. However, the current features of
world politics casted a shadow over the main
essence of the council where overwhelming
efforts of endorsing hegemony collided with the
aspirations of a more just milieu.
Delegates of the
Security Council will be prepared to act as
professional diplomats able to handle
hypothetical crises, where they are to receive
special trainings on presentation skills,
negotiation abilities and a full in-depth
preview of post-Iraq world politics.
Crisis Council �
No Set Agenda
General Assembly 4th Committee:
Special Political and Decolonization Committee (SPDC)
Despite the fact that the age of Colonization
and
Imperialism had withered away, the SPDC is
not restricted to colonization issues as such,
but remains an active sub-organ of the
standard-setting General Assembly. Since the
time we live in poses several questions and
challenges, the review of such questions will
fall under the scope of SPDC.
TOPIC ONE:
GLOBALIZATION AND NATIONAL BORDERS
Due to the unstoppable process of globalization,
the world of today is shrunk together under the
abolition of so far valid boundaries of space
and time. The end of colonialism had called for
the foundation of more and more nation states
which were above all anxious to secure their
independence and protect themselves from any
kind of hegemony. However, national borders have
proven to be very leaky and at the same time, a
great source of conflict. Now, the globe seems
to have returned to an era of "neocolonialism".
Global problems cannot be solved on national
level and at the same time, state sovereignty is
a basic principle of international law. Thus
concepts such as Nation-States, Neocolonialism,
Humanitarian Intervention and Global Governance
characteristic of the post 11-9 world politics
will be reviewed, if not challenged.
TOPIC TWO:
KOSOVO
In the shades of the Balkans crisis that fired
Europe in 1995, more fuel was added to the fire
by the onset of Kosovo's crisis two years after.
And despite the fact that ashes of the Balkans'
fire are starting to fly away, Kosovo's fire had
been vigorously lit for the past 8 years. As
peace keeping is one of the main concerns of the
SPDC, the settlement of Kosovo's problem
acquires a great deal of our council's
attention. This is due to the fact that Kosovo
surpasses the traditional form of civil-war
crises mixed with an extraordinary case of a
Super-Power intervention creating a precedent in
the history of International Law and world
politics as well as introducing the prominent
concept of Humanitarian Intervention that marked
the actualization of American hegemony. Thus in
this topic, the SPDC will be concerned with
projecting future scenarios pertaining to the
settlement of Kosovo's crisis.
World Conference Against Racism
(WCAR)
Durban, South Africa, August 31st
- September 7th 2001
70 countries gathered to discuss
and find remedies to put an end to all forms of
racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and
related intolerance. regardless of the outcome,
shortly after the conference, devastating events
happened that highlighted other existing racist
sentiments that caused more agony all over the
world.
This council will put into focus
as its first topic the most controversial
example of such sentiments, which would be
xenophobia, more specifically Islamophobia in
the western community alon with anti-west
feelings as its counterpart in the arab world.
Representation: Personal
Opinions.
The second topic addresses a
unique case of minorities in the Middle East,
shedding the light on the current Arab-Israelis
(1948 Arabs) status in the Israeli society.
throughout history, minorites have suffered a
lot in several cases, however, the case of
Arab-Israelis takes us beyond the traditional
majority-versus-minority complex.
Representation: States and NGOs
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
The IMF was created in 1945 to help promote the
health of the world economy; today it is a
specialized agency of the UN System, acting as
the central institution of the international
monetary system.
The economic and financial systems of the world
have definitely changed since the establishment
of the IMF. Economists are increasingly calling
for a change in the way the IMF and other
international institutions are handling the
pressure of the new order. Furthermore,
propositions for a new architecture of the
international financial system are being
discussed everywhere.
Under this topic, many issues are under debate:
IMF conditionality, the risks faced in this
economic era; moral hazards & adverse selection,
the question of accountability�etc.
Through out the last decades, the world economy
faced a series of economic crisis such as the
LDC debt crisis in the 1980�s, the Mexican
crisis 1994, the East Asian crisis in the late
1990�s, the IMF main role is dealing with these
crisis to limit the hardship faced by
individuals in crisis stricken countries.
This year ALMUN is proudly introducing IMF, as
an economic crisis council, for the first time;
in an intense atmosphere of anticipation and
excitement, minute by minute news updates adds
to the thrill of the experience & help the
delegates attain additional skills, including
the ability to work under stress, crisis
management, & other more.
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