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ISIS CRISIS (ARAB LEAGUE) - Alexa, Saurav

With the active participation of the vigorous delegates, the Arab League successfully passed a resolution for the Syrian Civil War with a majority vote. The resolution recommended the formation of The National Unity Government with 250 seats and that encompassed of 50% representation of the Assad, 10% seat of the Kurds and 40% of the opposition.  The committee was able to discuss the refugee crisis and it found a viable solution of ceasefire monitored by the Arab League. The Syrian government proposed on holding an election on 2022. In order to protect the refugees in Syria, talks would be held with UNHCR to improve condition of the displaced people. Furthermore, no representation would be given to the rebel groups. A friendly amendment of the delegate of Yemen that suggested the protection of vehicles containing humanitarian aid was added as the operative clause. Thus, the committee decided on resolving the issue by internalizing the situation in Syria.
A crisis heated the situation in the room as ISIS took over at Palmyra and killed 125 while they captured 240 refugees. In retaliation, Egypt captured the leader of ISIS. An intense debate took place while each and every delegate tried to resolve the turmoil.

BREXIT? WHAT'S NEXT? NEXIT? (WTO) - Shrijay

The passion to solve the problems regarding BREXIT continued in the WTO committee. From the very first motion of the session delegates were engaged in discussing about the effects of UK’s demands in the moderated caucus. As the debates progressed, a second moderated caucus was issued to continue the discussion on the first topic. The dais was irritated a couple of times by the unnecessary point of orders raised by the delegates, but they kept their calm.                          
After a few hours the delegated raised an un-moderated caucus to write the working paper. Delegates debated regarding the two working papers presented in the committee. Arguments presented were highly acknowledged with subtle banging on the table. Delegates of Spain, USA, UK, Netherlands and Scotland stood out with impressive debating skills. The dais continued to urge delegates who weren’t active to present their stances. Delegates new to the procedure were speaking with much confidence after spending a day in the RBS MUN. 

The delegates of the committee were having their three-for and three- against debate on the working paper when they were suddenly interrupted by the crisis .The crisis saw Netherland also having plans to leave the EU following the footsteps of the UK. This caused pressure on the delegate of Netherlands but she did not hesitate and was fast to react to the crisis by giving a speech. The updates on the crisis saw USA and India having crashed stock markets which affected the global economy. With every new set of suggestions that the delegates presented came new crisis updates which shook the committee. However, the committee was enthusiastic to come up with a decent solution to the economic crisis caused by the possible chances of NEXIT. Tension filled the atmosphere as the delegates debated throughout the second day of MUN.  

ALL LIVES MATTER (AFRICAN UNION) - Utsav, Rojja

The committee was a quite active one on the second day with more delegates involved in the debate and they showed signs of deeper involvement in the debate by actually negotiating to find common ground. The committee came up with a resolution which was very detailed and was passed. After a successful resolution on the Boko Haram, the committee started discussing its second topic which is developing a Single Market in Africa. The general speaker’s list was active when the committee was hit by a crisis based on Boko Haram. The terrorist organization had taken over most of Nigeria. The committee participated in a discussion for the crisis in a moderated caucus with the delegate of South Sudan constantly reminding us of his value for ‘every single life’. 
A rather ‘smashing’ update was brought into the committee by members of the Boko Haram who slammed the door open, leaving it damaged and took away the committee’s vice chair who also seemed damaged when he came back. The Boko Haram representatives announced their conditions to the committee in a formidable way. The delegate of Libya was suspended for laughing at this grave time and not to be biased, but it was deserved. The committee actively discussed the crisis and the update and we hope they can save the lives of the millions of hostages who are at stake.

SWISS PROBLEM (UNES) - Krithartha, Ojashwi

On the second day, the committee passed their first resolution. Doing this, the first topic collapsed and the second topic began, which was “sustainable consumption and production for energy security along with combating climate change.” As soon as the general speakers list began, an alarming crisis arrived. It was related to an escape of radioactive material in India. Delegates began to be more active and enthusiastic in greater numbers. Delegates of Congo, Switzerland, India, Rwanda, Russia, Us, China were actively participating to solve the problem at hand. At some instances, the delegates had started making assumptions about the situation of the crisis, however, the delegates came back on track after the proceeding crises. Proposals of evacuations, immediate help and so on were included in the solutions for the crisis. When the crisis accused the Swiss bank for being involved in this problem, there was a huge havoc in the committee as Switzerland had been repeatedly accused of conspiracies related to the bank. Having the crisis not fully resolved, the committee must wait until the third day to conclude the crisis. 

#Sankat (Nepali Cabinet) - Sivali, Nikita

Yet another day as the press in the Nepal cabinet and the committee gets even better with their enthusiasm level. The committee encountered several unmoderated caucuses in the first half discussing the work permits of Indians and Nepalese in their respective neighboring nations. When the cabinet stated the wrongfulness of Indians needing work permits to work in Nepal whereas Nepalis not requiring so in India, the chair made a statement as to correct this opinion. He claimed his behalf when he explained how this in all terms is unfair to India and not Nepal. The chair to the rescue as always proposed suggestions to enlighten the confused delegates. 
The committee was lively and energetic all throughout and very well opinionated as well. They participated contributing to proper committee operation. As the session progressed, India was blamed for breaching the article two of the Nepal Indian treaty of friendship where India had declared war with Pakistan without Nepal’s permission. The Indian Ambassador defended India and its acts stating that India has no fault. After the continuous accusations between the two blocs, the Population and Environment Minister suggested that these misunderstandings need to be defined between them. As the discussion for the amendments advanced, it was pointed out by the Foreign Affairs Minister that the treaty went against the foreign policy of Nepal which was further detailed by the chair. When the two cabinets exchanged words regarding this article, voting was held on the definition of sovereignty given by the Indian Ambassador. 
The chair almost having left the room returned to remind the delegates that they were still “in formal session” when the cabinet started fooling around. Crisis greeted the committee where a Nepali farmers protested as Susta (Nepal’s land) was illegally captivated by Indian farmers. Group of 50 Nepali farmers initiated a turmoil against this move of India. In-between the intense atmosphere, the Minister of Supplies hastily inquired “How do you know the farmers are Nepali?” Followed by updates the situation intensified and various moderated caucuses decided that the farmer who had been held at gunpoint was innocent and should be set free. As the ministers talked through this they decided that the cabinet should merge with the Indian Cabinet to come up with a consent and solve this. The chair confirmed that he’d make everyone speak as he pointed out at the two silent ministers by stating “Please say something, ministers who haven’t spoken today, or ever.”

LIVING LIFE ON THE EDGE (India Cabinet) - Sunaj, Irtika, Batshala

The committee started with an unmoderated caucus. All delegates were well researched and ready to discourse their level best. As the first resolution was already passed the delegates were eagerly participating to pass the second resolution as well. The first topic (drafting of a border and extradition treat) was well connected with the second one (Revising the 1950 Treaty of peace and friendship) and therefore the delegates felt a sense of confidence as they were prepared for the topic beforehand. A hot debate on whether holding a referendum would be a good idea or not arose among the delegates on the dispute of the Kalapani. Half the delegates proposed a referendum for the preservation of rights of the Nepalese while the other half of the committee was completely against it.  Eventually everyone agreed for the referendum.
The committee was able to come up with solution where the idea of the semi-permeable border was proposed to prevent border disputes between Nepal and India. Both the countries also agreed to update one mandate of the existing joint border commission to include the security of the border regions through common checkpoints. The committee also decided that the immigrants will require documents of authorizations issued by respective gouts to enter the countries. The trade of arms and ammunitions or war like materials was decided not to be disclosed in the purchased order but instead will be passed through one transit point. 

So, will the resolution pass? Will the propositions be carried out in an effective manner? Will the borders be secure enough? 

Russian to Conclusions (SPECPOL) - Shlesha, Shukirti

The debates began like it always did. The session was much more lively with the best speakers of the committee constantly pressurizing different countries if the country. The delegates discussed about their previous topic which was “Addressing the situation of occupied territories in Azerbaijan." An interesting topic for the moderated caucus was acceptance of foreign aid regarding the arms and ammunition many of the countries representatives were against the idea of providing arms and ammunition to the peace keeping forces deployed in various conflicted area. The delegates of Poland, UAE, UK and Russia along with USA provided various logical reasons for their stance in this particular topic. Russia and USA were both in alliance and were trying to resolve the conflicts by providing a fair chance to all the countries. However, the delegate of Iran effectively pointed out that not providing arms and ammunition also implied that that the two countries in alliance had abundant arms and ammunition themselves.  The topic itself was to minimize the use of such weapons.  The opposing delegates also pointed out that this in fact could be a spark for any sort of future conflicts or disagreements.
In the middle of a discussion on the topic, the Deputy Secretary General brought the crisis into the committee. Russia had been talking about being a neutral country at the present crisis. However, the crisis said otherwise. The crisis suspected Russia to be held responsible for the launch of a missile on the village in Nagarno, Karbakh area. There were no casualties and the situation was very volatile. Many countries demanded Russia to make a statement regarding this crisis while suggesting measures on resolving these problems. In the beginning,the delegates suggested that the blame be given to countries like Russia and Armenia. Russia replied with much confidence, denied all accusations and commented that Russia would not be held accountable of any accusations. Furthermore, the delegate also mentioned that Russia had a good relationship with Azerbaijan and thus would not have any reason to attack it in any way.
 Though countries like Greece provided notable points regarding the crisis, all the tables turned in the second update. Rebel groups of Armenia who had no relations with the Armenian government were held responsible for the missile launch. This was a huge relief to the delegate of Russia as all her statements regarding the crisis turned out to be right.

Later on, the delegate of Poland was suspended from the committee for “two seconds” but the promising delegate made up quite well for his short suspension.  After a lot of heated debate, the first topic was finally ended when a resolution was drafted. Armenia agreed to give back all the territories that had been captured. Moreover, Armenia is going to return all forces as well as taking back the illegal residents. Lastly, the committee decided to provide humanitarian aid to the people and for the reconstruction of the occupied territories.

SC PULLED IN ALL DIRECTIONS - Suyasha, Arshia


Placards in the air, points of orders one after the other and countries being attacked with questions and accusations – this was how you could describe the Security Council today. But despite all the accusations and questions and confusions, the countries, being true members of the United Nations, found common ground and were just about to pass a resolution stating that table talks would be held between China and its neighbouring countries when a crisis struck the committee like a thunderbolt.
A reliable source stated that secret meetings were being held between China and Japan on this topic but poisonous gas was released and various officials died. This led to another round of speculations, accusations and dilemmas. People stood on tables during the unmoderated caucuses and lobbying was at its best – showing that the people chosen for this committee were chosen for the right reason. Yet again, the committee was faced by a dreadful news that shook the committee into action – Houthi officials were said to have killed 83 people. 
However, the Houthi troops crossed lines and kidnapped the chair of the Security Council! This was true and pure blackmail to change the agenda of the committee to the crisis regarding the Houthi regime. Iran and Russia were shot down for their support of the Houthi Regime, countries were doubted upon as France was said to be supplying ammunition and money to the Houthis as a trap and the delegates cried out in shock when they found out that France’s trap had backfired.
To lower the intensity, motions for entertainment were raised but did this help to cool down the heated environment? Will the committee be able to stop this major crisis or will UN fail in saving so many lives just like in the Rwandan genocide? 
These questions were soon answered and various countries ran faster in the race to Best Delegate by becoming sponsors to a resolution to form a new UN body of UNMIY (United Nations Mission in Yemen). And good news soon followed when the resolution passed with full majority! 

To celebrate, delegates got into the mood of the delegate dance by twerking, showing off moves, showing off moves, screaming on top of their lungs, almost breaking the guitar and having a fun time - proving that the Security Council is not all work and no play. 

Molotov Cocktails in HRC - Suyog, Angelina

With limited time to resolve the point at issue, the delegates of HRC had wired faces early in the morning. At the lack of fruitful moderated caucuses in the committee, the dais members appeared anxious about whether the resolution would be drafted in time or not. For the first moderated caucus, “Controlling migration in host and the suffering countries” the delegates spoke about how the flow of migrants in nations with teeming population could be controlled so as to bring down the adverse effects they give birth to in host nations.
 The delegates of Kenya and France had a heated debate with point of orders being raised every so often. However, the statement made by the delegate of Kenya was proven incorrect by the dais and this raised heaps of misperception. With a suggestion from the delegates that Iraq should try to control its citizens rather than taking in innumerable migrants, the time of the moderated caucus elapsed.  
Before writing the resolution, the dais urged the delegates to deliberate the moderated caucus, “EU nations should provide funds”. The delegates discoursed on how Qatar has not been taking in any refugees and so should provide funds to the suffering nations to make up for its lack of support. The committee then proceeded in drafting one unanimous resolution for the topic that was automatically passed as well.
 Without getting an opportunity to discuss the second topic, the committee faced a crisis. A bomb blast in Jordan had taken place, injuring 60 people and killing 9. The committee blamed the Syrian government for the crime as the suicide bombers were reported to have yelled "all hail Assad" before the bombings.  Similar bombings in a church in Texas and Crawley were included in the crisis. People were blaming the refugees and civilians in Athens, Brussels, Manchester and Copenhagen as well. Not only were the civilians injured and dead in the blasts, 800 casualties of refugees with 30 deaths was also reported. 
The committee prioritized providing aid to the injured and finding out who conducted the bombings. USA shut its borders and France decided to provide a certain sector of its land to the refugees. The two representatives of the Assad regime then entered the committee leaving all aghast, and demanded the head of states to publicly apologize to the regime, send SA-5 Gammons, SA-6 Gainful and take their side in the war, whilst allowing the Syrian refugees to return back to Syria. Failure to meet their demands would result in more bombings, they declared 
With an update, the committee found out that the situation had gotten worse as Italy was targeted by a Molotov cocktail. The refugees, who managed to survive the attack, did not have a place to live in as the Swedish refugees were kicked out. Through the alliance of countries including Germany, Austria, Saudi Arabia, Argentina and Brazil, the committee found out that the bombings were based in Iraq. 
The committee, with its tense aura, then decided to declare an unmoderated caucus so as to discuss and solve the crisis at hand. Allied nations assembled together in hope to find the most philanthropic way out of the catastrophe, one that would ensure human rights to every citizen involved.

Red Card for FIFA Officials - Shrastha, Suravi

The second day in FIFA started once formal as well as informal pictures were taken. The delegates then started to work on solutions for the reforms in the system and successfully passed two resolutions where points like cross checking of transparency in FIFA by FIFA ethics committee, separation of power between chief executive and chair etc were included. Though the dais did not seem too happy with the  participation, they were surely excited for the mannequin challenge as well as the delegate dance especially the chair who assigned the position to the delegates. 

The second agenda of the day “Hosting of World Cup 2022” was set and the committee was hit with a crisis, which uplifted the committee’s level of debate. We all are well aware of Qatar hosting the World Cup 2022 and the delegates of FIFA are dealing with a crisis where the labourers are whipped and physically harmed. The constant shocking updates have frustrated some of the delegates and have left others confused.  The fact that the European countries bribed FIFA ethic committee took the debate in another direction. It is quite amusing to see the delegates flipping through their files to confirm their stances and also criticizing each other to come to a consensus. The quiet delegates such as USA, Switzerland, England also attacked the involved countries with various questions and a lot of threats.  

The Voice: Battle Between the Judges (ICC) - Sangya



The committee started a new topic today, The Keiffer affair, revolving around Simone Gbagbo and her men who were blamed for abducting and allegedly murdering Guy-Andre Keiffer. Keiffer, a 54 year old French-Canadian Freelance journalist, was one of the few foreign reporters in the conflict-ridden West Africa. He was last seen with Michel Legre who was the brother in law of Simone Gbagbo.
First, the office of the prosecutors started their opening statement by providing evidences which all gradually summed up to the accusation made. Keiffer was last seen with Michel Legre in a supermarket making Legre the main suspect of the case. Furthermore, due to his wide political connections, it had gathered him some enemies that threatened him through blocked numbers. All the suspected murders in this case were the men of Simone Gbagbo.
The debate was neck to neck when the Defense Council came up with a lot of concrete evidences. It was a table turner when the death of Michel Legre was mentioned in the committee. The accusation was now on Simone Gbagbo for having a mere relation with Legre.
Just as the judges were discussing the caucuses, the committee was introduced to a crisis. The crisis was about the arrest Hector Xavier Mosegur, the founder of Lulzec a hacking group associated with Anonymous). The hacking group, Anonymous, was accused of temporarily hacking the Russian government’s system. Many delegates failed to comprehend the crisis at first and many questions were answered by the dais. After all the confusion was cleared the judges moved into deliberation to discuss what would happen to Hector.
After an update about Wikileaks having a top secret information on the Russian government, the committee had to come up with a solution quicker. Anonymous had threatened to permanently cyber attack a country if Hector wasn’t released as soon as possible. The government of Russia was struggling to get back on its foot as the judges had contradicting statements on whether he should be arrested. Some delegates wanted to temporarily arrest Hector, while others wanted to release him to avoid any possible danger to any of the country.
Despite all odds, our determined delegates debated, discussed and came up with a verdict to successfully solve the crisis. The judges decided to arrest Hector and the crisis was over.

You Can Never Leave the Past Behind ...HSC - Arya Subedi


Following the crisis dropped on them like a sack of hot coals, the committee decided to go into an un-moderated caucus to resolve the crisis about counties supplying arms and ammunition that resulted an unprecedented loss of lives  . The committee decided  to break into another un-moderated caucus  to discuss the peace treaty . Despite the committee being interrupted with updates of the crisis every other second, the delegates were determined to find a solution and not argue with each other so that no further time will be wasted. The delegates also did a mannequin challenge in the basketball court . After about half an hour of un-moderated caucuses and finally getting into a conclusion the delegates of the historic security council finally drafted a resolution .  The moderator also was gifted with 10 roses and was sung thinking out loud to as well .  Negotiations after negotiations  The committee finally came to an end with a crisis solving resolution .

Easy Breezy (UNES) - Kritartha and Ojashwi




The day started with the bang of the chair’s gavel along with her warm and electric smile. The dais were all ecstatic to start the MUN session and the delegates reciprocated the excitement with enthusiastic responses to the roll call. Some delegates were participating for the first time, the others for the 4th or 5th time, yet all of them were bubbling with energy.

The delegate of Switzerland was extremely enthusiastic and spoke throughout the morning. The chair and the vice- chair both recognized the delegate’s points and acknowledged them with a nod of their heads.  The international delegates were outstanding in UNES. They seemed to rule this committee. The international delegates gave a lot of points on how to solve the issue – eradicating poverty through a green environment.
The committee resumed from lunch with delegates looking more prepared. The delegate of USA gave her speech with in depth analysis on the topic. She presented all her points clearly upon the committee. The delegate of Switzerland showed his level of research with his comments to the delegate of USA.

The selection of the best dressed delegates kept the delegates anxious after the speech, as everyone sat straight trying to show their long prepared outfits. The delegate of India –adorning a navy blue Kurta – and the delegate of Mexico – wearing a fitting and flattering Daura Surwal with Dhaka Topi – were selected as the best dressed delegates of the UNES for the first day. The committee then stirred into action with the delegate of Rwanda giving an exceptionally exemplary speech. The next moderated caucus involved more active delegates such as Russia. Throughout the session, the affable and warm executive board encouraged silent delegates to speak up. Furthermore, the committee discussed about the green investments – an issue of concern –with the dais giving the topic extra emphasis.

The delegates stated their respective stances, policies and acts on the topic. The delegate of Rwanda’s chit to the USA was met with interest from the dais and shared amongst the committee, leaving the delegate of USA tense and flustered.

Who Run The World? Girls (ICC) - Yangchenla


The ICC belongs to the women. Having a dais comprising of 2/3rd majority of intelligent females, the committee is run fully by the female gender. Any placard raised confidently to contribute to the ardent debate is one belonging to a woman. Any determined voice to support or revolt against belongs to a woman. Any firm point which earns a few approving bangs on the table adding fuel to the fire is from the women. The fire is of the women.

Despite the committee not having any crisis on the first day it remained in a state of determined focus to work on the case of the first lady of Ivory Coast. The current prime minister under president Gbagbo was brought forward as a witness. He was questioned and his statements were examined by the defense council and the prosecutor. After a thorough debate, the defense council won and proved that Simone Gbagbo also known as the Hilary Clinton of Ivory Coast was not guilty for her accusations. A successful resolution was passed by the committee with unanimous votes.


During the end of the day the committee had a colorful time with a motion for entertainment. The head of photography, an international delegate, the chair of AU and SPECPOL performed changing the mood of the auditorium to that of a Broadway show. There was a short dance between the chair of ICC and vice chair of Security Council which transformed the suave judges into chaotic hooters. 

Nevertheless, ICC maintained its purpose of committee and had a final ten minute moderated caucus in hopes to draw a conclusion by the judges. It was as though the entire committee of the ICC represented the actual happenings in the world especially with the extraordinary potential women have in store and did in this case portray phenomenally. 

Whose Sea Is It? (Security Council)




The Security Council is on fire! The heat from these disputes seemed to warm up the water in the South China Sea – the topic of the disputes. The minute the General Speaker’s List began, it became clear that the day was going to be a series of verbal bullets shot by both sides. Whose sea is it? – the question arises time again. And we saw a sharp line being drawn between the two opposing sides – one that supported China’s ownership and one that wanted the neighbouring countries like Philippines, Japan and Vietnam to gain some part of this major trade route.

However, the General Speaker’s List was soon pushed into the background after moderated caucus topics were raised one after the other. The topic of “Foreign Interference on the topic of the South China Sea” became the hot topic. A record was seemingly broken after the moderated caucus was extended 3 times!

The delegations of United States of America, the United Kingdom, France and Oman strongly opposed China’s full ownership of the South China Sea whereas Russia showed its friendship by supporting China on this topic. And soon enough the topic of military came up. While China kept on highlighting the fact that USA is sending its military forces in the South China Sea, USA defended it by saying that it was doing so to be ready to act if China starts militarizing Philippines and Vietnam. This gave birth to a vast reaction. Did USA have the right to interfere? Is USA planning another proxy war against China?

The rules of the UN were forgotten for a while as point of orders interrupted the speakers, personal pronouns were used one after another and the delegates practically jumped out of their seats to be recognized.

But the excitement mellowed down as the clock ticked towards 11:35. An Unmoderated caucus was put into function which then went on to the committee adjourning for lunch.

The second half started with sleepy delegates wanting to have another break as soon as possible but this drowsiness went away as soon as the delegate of Iran entertained the committee by twerking. The delegation of France wanted to write a communique as soon as possible so an Unmoderated caucus was initiated. According to the communique, an economic alliance was to be established between countries like USA, UK, France, Japan to divide the resources of the South China Sea between them.

However, China soon expressed its outrage stating that it did not know about this economic alliance. A war of words was exchanged between China, France and USA. Tired of this show of ego between the nations, the chair intervened and gave a 5 minute break for them to cool down their heated minds. This issued in a series of Unmoderated Caucuses that led to China sharing its own directive which opposed the communique. However, this ended in failure due to France, USA and UK using their Veto power.

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