Hard News on Committee Session #2

WALL STREET JOURNAL

ECOSOC

The ECOSOC second committee session discussed the motion proposed by Japan which was ‘root causes of the foreign aid misuse’. Several strong points were made, one of which was made by the delegate of Vietnam that states that one of the root causes is the lack of surveillance and government procedure. In a brief interview, the delegate of Vietnam said that a solution they have thought of is creating a ‘supervisory or monitoring agency to help close the gap on the distribution of funds’, they have also stated that they have discussed such a solution with other countries two of which being Japan and Philippines. In a short interview with the delegate of the Philippines, they state that the moderated caucus simply gave “further discussion regarding the misuse of aide”. In a brief interview with the delegate of Zimbabwe, they feel that the Netherlands ‘constantly complains about corruption’ but ‘fails to understand the root cause of corruption’. “How about we empower judicial bodies from countries prone to these issues instead of merely addressing the problem?,” stressed Zimbabwe. During an interview with the delegate of the Netherlands, they gave a response to what Zimbabwe said being that Zimbabwe themselves ‘has a very high rate of corruption to the point of receiving sanctions'. The delegate of Netherlands also stated that Zimbabwe may have said that due to being against the task force in general.

The next motion that passed was the motion made by El Salvador being the motion to start an unmoderated caucus. The delegates then divided into two rooms, the first room being Netherlands, Vietnam, Japan, and allies. The focus of their block being international and local collaboration by making a task force with volunteers from each country to monitor the disposition of foreign aid. Also, highlighting funding mechanisms and monitoring. The second room being Estonia, Zimbabwe, and allies. This room discussed the delegate of Estonia’s solution being BAF (Blockchain and Fund) using decentralized decision making, reducing the period for payouts and digital ledger as well as the LEAP program (Literary Evolution Advocacy Program).