The General Assembly (GA) is a key committee of this Model United Nations (MUN) conference. Being the Largest of the 5 committees, delegates can expect, lively discussion and debate on the topics provided. Delegates in the GA will engage in vigorous debate and negotiation to come up with effective solutions to critical issues posed in the topics . They will work towards developing policies and strategies that help promote a better future for us all.
At MEVMUN '23, We will look towards the future, with the primary focus of GA delegates being proposing legislation and solutions to a wide variety of pressing issues.
The Human Rights Council (HRC) is a United Nations body that promotes and protects human rights around the world. As a committee in this Model United Nations conference with the theme of "Investing in and Innovating for the Future," the HRC will attempt to create solutions to these pressing issues by creating innovative solutions to these challenges and developing strategies for investing in human rights to build a better future for all.
The year is 1962. World War II ended with a Greater Germanic Reich dominating all of Europe. France and England are German puppet states. The Soviet Union has shattered into several dozen warring splinter states. America was humiliated under a combined assault from Imperial Japan and a nuclear-equipped Germany.
The international scene is significantly worse off as a result of the Axis victory. The alliance between Germany, Italy, and Japan collapsed shortly after the war due to mounting tensions and conflicting interests. Iberia, Italy, and Turkey, the former allies of Germany in the Mediterranean, formed the Triumvirate to counteract Germany in response to their increasing hostility. The other superpowers, America and Japan, have developed their own nuclear weapons, creating a three-way Cold War between the German-led Einheitspakt, the America-led Organization of Free Nations, and Imperial Japan's Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere.
Despite the victory, these are dire times for German Reich. Over the first thirty years of a golden age that Hitler promised would last a millennium, the Reich has gone from being the world's preeminent superpower to teetering on the brink of collapse. Germany's economy experienced a disastrous crash in the 1950s from which it has never recovered.
The Japanese Sphere stretches from their ports in California to India. However, Japan’s political and economic system was now geared towards sustaining an ever expanding war machine. It survived ten years of total war, yet it could not survive the peace that followed. Japan's economy is parasitic in nature: Japan's industry is fueled by natural resources stripped at an abysmal price from its puppets, who are then forced to buy the finished products from Japan's industries at absurdly high prices. This policy is further enforced by actively preventing any of the allied countries (with the exception of Manchuria) from developing an actual industrial sector. They are now fierce rivals with Germany and the United States.
The politics of the postwar period in America was a mess. The 1948 Presidential elections saw five different candidates carrying states, and no single candidate won an outright majority.
Despite America experiencing their first ever defeat in war and declining political stability, America is still a strong economic and political power on the world stage, Starting a faction for democracies named the Organization of Free Nations. The main objectives of the OFN are to ensure the sovereignty of the Americas and the South Pacific, and to project democracy-valued influence across the Earth.The OFN often backs separatist groups in both the Einheitspakt and the Co-Prosperity Sphere, in an attempt to diminish Germany's and Japan's global power projection.
The world now hangs on a thin wire that could snap at any moment, with the result being nuclear war and the destruction of human civilization.
The Disarmament and International Security Committee (DISEC) was one of the first committees to be created when the United Nations was first established in 1945, and is also often referred to as the First Committee. Its purpose is to discuss matters of international peace and security, as well as the regulation of state armament in a cooperative manner amongst the global community. It is a fact that modern day warfare and conflict looks tremendously different than it did only a generation ago, and this year’s topics intend to raise questions and concerns about these new, growing threats to global security that the international community needs to begin answering in a diplomatic and cooperative manner. At MEVMUN 2023, our primary focus is looking to the future, and we hope that delegates in the DISEC committee will begin doing just that through their experience in this conference.
The SC is composed of 15 member states, 5 of which are permanent (China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States) and 10 of which are elected for two-year terms.
The SC discusses and debates a variety of issues related to international security, including armed conflicts, terrorism, and nuclear proliferation. In SC, Resolutions can be enforced through sanctions, military action, or other means, depending on the severity of the situation.
Participating in the SC in MUN requires a good understanding of international relations, diplomacy, and current events. It is a challenging and rewarding experience that allows students to develop their research, public speaking, and negotiation skills while learning about the complex issues facing the global community.
At MEVMUN '23, We will look towards the future, with the primary focus of SC delegates being finding solutions to the possible threats that future technology pose to world peace.