Bulletin CBMUN_3

BulletinNo.3

Thisbulletinisproducedbystudentsofthe JournalismclassatColegioBolivar. Duringthethreedaystheyattendthe debatesheldbytheCBMUN commissions.Theirmainjobistoprepare adailyreportofthecommissions.The resultofthisexerciseispublishedevery dayonthevirtualportalcalledtribuweb andontheModel'swebpage.Theyoung journalistsalsoprepareinterviewsand opinionarticlesthatgatherdifferentviews andexperiencesoftheparticipants,which canbefoundontribuweb.

Journalismteam

CamilaGómez,DanaLukauskis,Sofía Ramírez,MarianaGuerrero,LeahLott, ManuelRodríguez,IsabelaMejía,Ana SofíaClavijo,SofiaSuárez,Viviana Yugueros.

Teachers

CarmenMoncada,VickyVidal.

North

Korea/ISIS Juana Rojas CB

South

Participants

HRC

Delegation Student scho ol

United States Mariana Caicedo Lozano CB

China Juliana Escobar Barco CB

Russia Philip Peter Raute Parra CB

Ukraine Mariana Sierra CCB

Belarus Miguel Tobón G

Afghanistan Alicia Rodríguez CB

Pakistan Laura Gandini CB

Iran Carla Calero CB

Iraq Emilia Guzmán CB

Syria María Guzmán CB

United Kingdom Erin Lafferty CCB

Germany Antonella Ardila CB

Denmark Valentina Esquivel CB

South Sudan Isabella García CCB

Bangladesh Martin Milhen CB

Italy Emanuel Pernett CB

Netherlands Andrea Calonje CB

Türkiye Nicolás Pereira CB

Venezuela Simón Urrea CB

Canada Helena Carvajal CB

DISEC

Delegation Student sch ool

United States Camilo Villegas CB

Korea/South

Africa Emiliano Salgado G

Syria Joaquin Tomás Jaramillo Rich CB

Australia/Bo

ko Haram Sofía Kruger CB

Kurdistan Daniel Tanner CB

Spain/Al

Qaeda CB

Afghanistan

(Taliban) Matías Palacio CC B

Iran Lorenzo Jaramillo CB

Japan/Moza

mbique Isabela Castaño G

Russia Daniel Cano CB

Nigeria Nicolás Mejía CB

Egypt Gabriel Jaramillo CB

Germany/Ni

ger Alejandro Díaz CB

United Kingdom Juan Diego Alomía CC B

Saudi Arabia Martín Mora CB

United Arab

Emirates Sebastián Aristizábal CB

United Arab

Emirates Daniel Naranjo CB

United Arab

Emirates Juan Diego Sinisterra CB UNCSTD

Delegation Student sch ool

United States

China

Juan Felipe Salazar CB

Maria Fernanda Daza CB

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Russia Lucas Ocampo CB

Norway Martín Sancho CB

Apple Juan Jacobo Mora CB

United Kingdom Cristina Solís CC B

France Miguel Ángel Díaz CB

Germany Juan Manuel Agudelo CC B

India Lucas Ocampo CB

Japan Maximiliano Sánchez CB

Italy Santiago Zuluaga G

South Korea Simon Llano G

Israel Sebastián Quintero G

Pakistan Gabriela Iragorri CB

Sweden Francisco Coral Peña CB

Switzerland Gabriela Ruiz CB

Liechtenstein Simón Gonzalez CB

Singapore Samuel Franco CB

Netherlands Jerónimo Muñoz CB

Denmark Joshua Barney CB

GLS

Delegation Delegate

Sc ho ol

Vladimir Lenin Lucas Hernández CC B

Otto von Bismarck Juan David Cano B

Margaret Thatcher Mariana Roldán B

Napoleon Bonaparte Martina Urazán CB

Theodore Roosevelt Antonio Benites CJ

Kwame Nkrumah Sofia CC

Coupland B

Francisco Franco Tomás Otálvaro CB

Queen Victoria Mariana Yusti CJ

Salvador Allende Emilia Arabia CC B

Pope Leo XIII

Pedro Restrepo (stand-by) CC B

Nayib Bukele Natan Kadoch CB

Leopold II Matías Aljure CB

Saddam Hussein Pedro Domínguez CB

Lázaro Cárdenas Natalia Piñeros B

Cleopatra

Sara Nicole Acosta Salamanca CB

Indira Gandhi Sofía Coupland CC B

Genghis Khan

José Manuel Roldán B

Sc ho ol Guillermo León

Delegation Delegate

Rodríguez Orejuela Emmaunel Esquenazi CB

Valencia/Gilberto

Alfonso Lopez

Pumarejo/Rafael

Galeano Jacobo Mejía CB

Luis E

Nicolás Lemos (stand-by) CC B

Mariano Ospina

Pérez/Javier Peña

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Sofia Brenes Baez CB

Belisario Betancur Juan Pablo Gutiérrez CJ

Ciro Trujillo

Castaño/Andrés

Pastrana

Efraín

Daniel Fernando Blanco CJ

Efrain Gonzalez Tellez/Diego Montoya (Don Diego) Tomás Castro CB

Jacobo Arenas Luis Enrique Robles CB

Rubén

Piedrahita/Virgilio Barco Vargas Martín Mejía CB

Samper Nicolás Navia García CJ

Guzmán/Ernesto

Laureano

Gomez/Miguel

Rodríguez

Orejuela Antonio Suárez CB

Gustavo Rojas

Pinilla/Pablo

Escobar Lía Álvarez CCB

Laureano

Gómez/Miguel

Rodríguez

Orejuela Antonio Suárez CB

Gustavo Rojas

Pinilla/Pablo

Escobar Juan Pablo García CB

Misael

Pastrana Antonio Suárez CB

Alberto Lleras

Camargo/Fidel

Castaño Lía Álvarez CB

Rafael Navas

WHO Delegation Delegate Sch ool

United states María Santacoloma CB

United Kingdom Isabella Rojas CC B

Saudi Arabia

Ana Luisa Pérez Éder CB

United Arab Emirates Felipe García Flórez CB

Houthi/Netherla nds Vicente Emilio Martínez Reyes CB

Afghanistan Simón Arbeláez CB

Oman/Belgium Antonia Morales CB

Russia Alejandra Arias CB

China Alejandro Gordillo CB

Sudan Gabriela Aristizábal CB

Pakistan Isabella Correa CC B

Egypt Milhen Mauricio CB

Pardo/Carlos

Castaño Gil Jerónimo Jaramillo

Carlos Lleras

Restrepo Juan Pablo García L

Manuel

Marulanda/Cé-

sar Gaviria Emilio Restrepo CB

Qatar Mariana Bermúdez CB

Iran Lucas Santacoloma CB

Iraq Sofía Orrego CB

Colombia Leonardo Solarte CB

France Nicolás Bustamante CB

Alfonso López

Michelsen Rafael Echeverri (stand-by) CCB

Morocco Nicolás Barrios CB

Czech Republic Emilio González CB

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Russia Daniela González CB

China Luciana Reyes CB

UNICEF

Delegation Delegate Sch ool

United States Samuel Ardila CB

Ethiopia Juan José Caicedo Lozano CB

Iran Álvaro Morales CCB

Saudi Arabia Juliana Ruiz CCB

North

Korea/Eritrea Natalia Ocampo CB

Netherlands/UA

E Lucía Loaiza CB

Russia Alyssa Barney CB

Yemen/Somalia Gabriela Quintero CB

Syria/Oromo

Liberation Army Laura Cobo CB

South

Korea/Sudan Isabella Ossma CB

Palestine/Egypt Mariana Calonje CB

Argentina/Oma

n Emilio Bernal CB

United Kingdom María José Mejía CCB

Germany Gonzalo de Oliveira CB

France Alejandra Mejía CB

Switzerland Michael Glennon CB

Italy/India

Human Rights

Tomás Caro Osorio CB

Watch Luciana Mejía CB

SC

Delegation Delegate Sch ool

United States Jose Alejandro Valderruten CB

United Kingdom Gabriela Tascón CCB

France Luciana Lozada CB

Syria Isabella Reyes CB

Vietnam Catalina Artuz CB

Iran Nicolás Gómez CB

Singapore Joaquín Caicedo CB

Saudi Arabia Juan Camilo Hurtado CB

Iraq Alejandro Rojas CB

Malaysia Sarah Lafferty CCB

Israel Ilana Malca CB

Japan Emiliana Abadía CB

HRC HumanRightsCouncil AllagainstPakistan

DanaLukauskisGutiérrez

Intoday’smeeting,thedelegates reunitedtosettleonsolutionsthatwillhelp savewomenineasterncountries.

However,thedelegatesarestuckina moralbattle:shouldtheyrespectthe culturalbeliefssystemevenifitviolates basichumanrights?Keepingthisquestion inmind,itisnecessaryandurgentthatthe delegationsfindawaytostopthegender inequalitythatpersistsinthe21stcentury.

Themajorityofthedelegations argueitisunacceptablethatwomenare deniedthebasicrightofeducation.They insistwomendeservetohavethesame rightsasmenandwishtomakethe delegationssuchasPakistan,Afghanistan, andIranchangetheirviewsonwomen. DelegationssuchasPakistanand Afghanistanaffirmwomenandmenare notthesameandfeelpersonallyattacked bythesuggestionsoftheirfellow delegates.Theyinsistwomen’sroleinlife shouldexclusivelyfocusoncaringforthe children,doingchoresathomeandserving theirhusbandsastheyaretheprovidersof thefamily.Theeasterndelegationsargue theserolesarecompletelyjustifiedbytheir religionandthereshouldnotbeachange inthewaythingsareintheircountries.

Theislamicmilitaryorganization oftheTalibaninterruptedthemeetingas theyattackedaninnocentgirlfrom Afghanistanwhowasreadingabookinan attempttoeducateherself.Thedelegations ofPakistanandAfghanistanbelievethis eventwascompletelyacceptableas womenshouldnotstudy.Delegationssuch asAfghanistanstatetheyarenotgoingto apologizetowomenforthesetypesof situationsintheircountriesastheywere clearly“breakingthelaw”.

Afterthisstatement,thedelegates proceededtoworkinblocksinorderto comeupwithsolutionstowardsthis problem.Delegatesmustunitetomakea consciousdecisionthatwillsavethe women.ThedelegationssuchasTurkiye andtheUnitedStatesproposetothe

easterncountriestopromoteeducationand toprovideaidcenterstopromotethemto studying.ThedelegationssuchasPakistan andAfghanistanproposethatwomen’s educationshouldbestrictlylimitedto learninghowtodohousechores.

Thedelegatesendedthismeeting byvotingonwhatprocedureshouldbe done.Theydecidedthattheproposalof delegationssuchasTurkiyeandtheUnited Statespasses.

Delegatesworking

Australia,SouthKoreaandRepublicofChina Intoday'scommissionthethemefrom yesterdaywascontinued.Thetensions betweencountriesseemedtogrow, withshockingnewsandchangesinside thecommission,Japanhasnowmoved intothecommunisttable,whichisbuilt upbyNorthKorea,USSR,People's RepublicofChinaandnowJapan, beingtheirnewestmember.

Afterallthediscussionitseems thatJapaniscomingandgoing betweensidesandideologies,because nowJapan bringsinasolution,a presentationtoshowtheworldthat theyactuallywantpeaceandnotwar andthattheycouldbeconsidereda peacezoneinwhichnegotiations betweentheconflictingcountriescould

besolvedandtalkedthrough.Thenthe commissionenteredacrisis,inwhich protestorsoftheTurkeystatetook hostagetherepresentationbecause therewasacoupd'etatandnow Turkey,whostoodstrongon capitalism,istakenbyacommunist leader,whichchangedeverything.

ThenthePRCmakesapresentation attackingtheUSandSouthKoreain whichitcomparesex-presidentofthe USTrumantoadevil,andalso comparestheKMTtotheSSNaxis.

Situationsdon'tseemtostop, andtheUSandAustraliaarrestwithout aclearreasontothePRC,thenthe commissionturnsintochaos,every communististodefendthePRC,since theydidn'thavetherightorpowerto takeouttherepresentativeofthePRC

Afterbreak,halfofthe representativeswantedtoproceedwith amoderatecaucusandtheotherhalfon anunmoderated,thentheyvotedagain andtheunmoderatedcaucuswonin whereTurkeyopened Lastlythey wrotetheirresolutionspapersand achievedpeace.

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Parafinalizareldebate,seretomó eltemadelaoligarquíadeLospepesen Colombia. LosPepesfueungrupode poderososempresariosypolíticoscongran influenciaenColombia.Eldebatese centróenladiscusióndesusdefensores, quienesargumentanhabercontribuidoal crecimientoeconómicodelpaís,pero tambiénrecalcaronquehubovíctimas causadasporataquespolíticos.Porel contrario,quieneslosatacancentraronsu argumentoenacusarloscomogrupo elitistaycorruptoquesebeneficiadeun sistemaeconómicodesigual,elcualutiliza supoderparainfluirenlapolíticayevitar lacompetenciaenelmercado.Estos últimostambiénlosacusarondetener relacionescongruposparamilitares involucradosenactividadesilícitas.

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Porúltimo,lacomisiónpresentó unacrisis,estodebidoaldescontentodel pueblocolombianoconelgobiernode CésarGaviriaysualianzaconPablo Escobar,fueporelloqueentrarona secuestrar diferentes

GLS

GlobalLeadersSummit “LetThemEatCake”

Sofía

CBMUN V's last day has begun. Delegates rush to their commissions in an effort to make their last points and possibly win an award. For leaders at the GLS committee, the topic of Imperialism as the highest state ofcapitalismcontinues to as the topic of discussion. Yesterday, leadersstatedtheirpositionsonthetopicat hand and discussed the key points of the debate which include: the justification for imperialism, economic globalization, historical examples of monopoly capitalism, and imperialism in the 21st century.

In today's first debate session, anti-imperialist leaders continued to condemn imperialism and highlight the harm it has brought to the world, while imperialists defended their intervention in foreign lands. The discussion took a

PresidentasComisiónColombia

Imperialistleadersannouncingtheirmobilization intotheAfricanandSouthAmericancontinents

drastic turn when a crisis was presented: According to a New York Times report, the Commonwealth was separated and each of its states gained independence. After that, Kwame Nkrumah intervened and denounced imperialism in general,but particularly British imperialism, claiming they would cut economic ties with theUK considering it has long oppressed and neglectedCommonwealthnations.

Following said intervention and NewYorkTimesreport,imperialistleaders such as Otto Von Bismarck, KingLeopold II, and Margaret Thatcher (in representation of British imperialism)took a strong stance and announced their mobilization into the African and South American continent. Although they initially claimed that their mobilization would be peaceful, things swiftly went south when they implied that it would actually be an invasion in the colonial style. As an apparent allusion to the infamous “Scramble for Africa,” Margaret Thatcher chanted “let them eat cake” as the three leaders sliced a cake asasymbol oftheirintervention.

Thecommittee'sleaderswere shockedbytheseassertions.Severalother leadersmadecontributions,including SalvadorAllendewhoquotedtheBlack Panthers'leaderassaying,“Youcankill me,butyoucan'tkilltherevolution,”and VladimirLeninwhocalledforaunion againstimperialism.WhenMargaret ThatchersentmentocaptureAllendeand Leninandthreatenedtokillthem,chaos brokeoutthroughouttheroom.The

minutesthatfollowedwereturbulent,with deaththreatscomingfrombothsides, SaddamHusseinandNayibBukele promisingtobringtheir“comrades”to justice,andthesesameleadersleadinga prayersession.

Thesocialistleaders(Allendeand Lenin)eventuallyreturned,insistingthat nationalizingindustrieswouldbetheonly waytoresolvethisissueandreacha“new socialistworldfreeofimperialism.”This way,countrieswouldbeabletoprotect theirresourcesfromforeignpowers.They alsourgedotherleaderstocease connectionswithBelgium,Germany,and England.OttoVonBismarck'sunnecessary yellingandthecollaborationof anti-imperialismleaderstoassassinate imperialistleadersonlyheightenedthe tenseatmosphereintheroom.

Thedebatingsessioncametoan end,andlobbytimetoelaborateworking papersstarted.GiventhenatureofGLS, it’sunlikelythisconflictwillreachaclear resolution.However,whoknowshowit willend?Willtheleadersreacha diplomaticconsensus?Willtherebean assassination?Willimperialismaswe knowitcomebackinthe21stcentury?

VladimirLenin

Passiontopicssuchas cyberwar

Firstday,delegationsstartarrivingatthe propalconferenceroomatColegio Bolivar ModelUN,studentsfromaround Colombiareuniteinthisspecialeventto challenge,debateandconquernewtopics. DelegationslikeUNCSTDorUnited NationsCommissiononscienceand technologyfordevelopmentdebateswith passiontopicssuchascyberwar,etcwith characterswithpowerfulvoiceslikeElon Musk.

WHO

WorldHealthOrganization

HealthRemainsonthe Line

IsabelaMejía

ThecommissionWHO(WorldHealth Organization)discusseshealthissues aroundtheworldinordertoconnect nationsandfindsolutionsinorderto promotequalityhealth,servethe vulnerableandkeeptheworldsafe. Today’stopicisthelegalimplicationsof assistedsuicide. Euthanasiaisdefinedas “deliberatelyendingaperson’slifeto relieveaperson’ssuffering”(NHS,2020). Thecommisionisdividedbetweentwo mainblocks,thoseinfavorofthe

legalizing against. delegations euthanasia. the the

Delegates before closing agenda

TherewasacrisiswhenanAfghan doctor,whowasawitness,saidhehad beenperformingeuthanasiaonpeoplewho hadterminaldiseases,inAfghanistan 30,000peoplewereillegallyeuthanised. Thedebatefollowedbyaccusing Afghanistanofthishypocriticalact, nevertheless,Afghanistanwassupported bydelegationssuchasTheUnitedArab Emirates.Asofnow,thedelegatesentered a30minuteperiodoflobbytime,where theyhavetocomeupwithsolutionsand writingpaperstopresenttothe commission.

Draftresolution2.1presentedby thedelegationsoftheUSAandColombia didnotpassduetothefactthattheyhad3 sponsors,whichislessthantheallowed numberofsponsorsfortheresolutionto pass.Thisdraftresolutiondefendedthe legalizationofeuthanasia.Following, resolution2.2,presentedbythedelegates ofAfghanistanandTheUnitedKingdom. Inconclusion,thisresolutionproposedto helpunderdevelopedcountrieswithaid

withoutlegalizingeuthanasia.This resolution actually didn’

UNCSTD

UnitedNationsCommissionon Science&Technologyfor Development

VivianaYugueros

Yesterday’s debate ended with a crisis proposed by the delegation of China. During the crisis, the delegation of the United States was openly accusedofusing AI warfare systems during an attack against the current political general secretary of the ChineseCommunistParty As a result of the wrong use of AI in warfare systems, the attack killed over 10

civilians and left Xi Jinpingand100more civilians severely injured. Yet, in response to the crisis, delegations such asIsraeland the UnitedStatesjustifiedtheattackdueto the unethical government of Xi Jinping. The delegation of China outraged of the accusations proceeded to present data that corroborated the ethical activities in her governmentsystem.

However, shortly after the delegation of China exhibited a graph that supposedly showed the support from Chinese citizens towards its leaders, the delegation of Israel corroborated a misunderstanding ofthegraph.Asaresult, the commission was informed the graph did not refer towards the support towards Xi Jinping, nonetheless the data was recollected from the Chinese Communist Party members and their support towards theircurrentleader.

Shortly afterward, many delegations proceeded to realize interventions with the support of aGoogle Slides presentations. During this series of interventions, delegations such as Israel provided the commission with four concrete justifications of how AI warfare is considered an innovated way to protect human life, this included efficiency and speed, reduced human risk, better intelligence gathering and analysis, personalization of combat and innovation andresearch.

Later on, the delegates were given lobby time in order to complete resolution papers and pressreleases.Thecommission

T legalization of euthanasia

was divided into three groups, with 2.1 with heads of block by Israel and the UnitedStates,and2.2withheadsofblocks France and Italy, lastly a press release by China and Russia. Finally,thecommission voted by the resolutionpapers,resultingin thepassingofresolutionpaper2.1.

Intoday’ssession,thecommission continuedtodiscusstheSyrianarmed conflict.Yesterday’sdebateescalatedinto averytenseenvironmentduetothe controversialpositionsofcountrieslikethe USA,Iraq,Iran,andeventheUK(some supporttherebelsandsomedon’t).

Thediscussionstartedwitha 20-minuteinformaldebate.Inthisdebate, thedelegaterepresentingIranmentioned thehorrifyingactslikedefamationthat weretakingplaceagainstSyriaaswellas thefactthattheUSAsupportedpolitically theSyrianrebelsandaddedtothenumber ofliveslost.Thedelegatementionedhow approximately5,000-6,000peoplewere killedasofMarchofthisyear.Italso mentionedthethreatoftheUSAhasmore than900troopsstationedinSyria,which onlyservestocausemorechaosinan alreadyextremelyviolentsituation.

ThedelegateoftheUSA intervenedandstatedhowtheUSA supportedpro-democraticactivists.He alsohighlightedtheurgencyof humanitarianassistanceandmentioned howhiscountrywasonlylookingoutfor humanrightsanddemocraticvaluestobe reached.ThedelegateoftheUK mentionedhow14millionSyrianshave beenforcedtofleefromtheirhomesand how70%oftheSyrianpopulationrequires humanitarianassistanceduetothe situation.Next,thedelegateofIraq intervenedandmentionedhowitwasan audacitythattheUKwouldcomplain aboutthehumanitariancrisislivedin Syria.Shealsostatedthattherebelswere

Delegations of Russia, Israel, Japan, Liechtenstein, and Singapore

Runners of UNCSTD commission

therootsofalloftheproblemsandthatthe warshouldbeendedbysilencingthe citizens.Chinathentookthewordandsaid thatitdoesn’tunderstandtherelevanceof theUKinthisdebate,andclaimedthatthe Syriangovernmentwasjustdefendingits powerwhichiswhatanygovernment shoulddo.Syriafinallyendedthedebate bymentioningthatthedelegationofSyria doesn’tcareaboutrightsorfreedomof speechbecausethegovernmentismuch moreimportantthanthepeople.

Atthispointofthedebate,there wasavisitfromthedelegateofSyriafrom theDISECcommissiontopresenta decisionthathewantedtoproposebutthat neededthevoteoftheSecurityCouncilto becarriedout.WhatthedelegateofSyria proposedwasthatseeingasISIShas overtakentheterritorythatwasthe delegationofIraqandtakingintoaccount thatISISandIraqhavebeenmaking dangerousthreatstobothWesternand Easterncountries,hewantedpermission fromtheSecurityCounciltosendtroopsto Iran’sborderinordertohelpthemwiththe defendingagainstanypossibleoffensive carriedoutbytherebelgroup.He proposedtosend1,000troopstothe borderofIranfordefensivepurposesonly withtheobjectivesofpreventingIraqand ISISfromlaunchinganoffensive, protectingofthenationsandtheircitizens, andinspiringotherdelegationstotake actioninordertopreventafutureconflict. Regardingthisproposal,themembersof theSecurityCouncilapproveditandsoit passedandthetroopsweresenttothe borderofIran.

Immediatelyafterthedelegateof Syrialeft,therewasacrisisinwhichthe presidentofSyria,Basharal-Assadwas takenawayandkilledbyAmericantroops. This nations leader caused threaten the Syrian

DisarmamentandInternational SecurityCommittee

ReligiousFreedomor HumanRightsViolation?

LeahLott

ThefinalDISECsessionmadealotof headwayinthefirstfivehoursoftheir sessiontoday.Itbeganwithalotof delegatesbringingupthehumanrights violatedbyinsurgentgroupssuchasISIS, AlQaeda,andBokoHaram.Allthewhile, thedelegateofISISstillrefusedtolay downtheirweaponsuntilthey’vetaken overterritory.Theybelievedthatthey werevictimsofdiscriminationandused thereligionofIslamtodefendtheir

actions.ThedelegatesofIranandSyria werediligentaboutcorrectingthis, however,statingthatkillingandharming peoplewasnevercondonedanywherein theQuran.ISIScontinuedtorespondby sayingthattheyhavetheirown interpretationoftheQuranandthatitis the“correct”interpretation.Itbecame apparentthroughoutthesessionthatISIS wasnotlookingtofindanypeaceful solutionsastheotherdelegateswould hope.

ThedelegateofSyriatookmatters intohisownhandstodayandmetwiththe securitycouncilhimselfinordertoget permissiontosendtroopstotheIraqi bordertoprotectthemfromISIS.This decisionchangedthegameuntilword camefromthesecuritycouncilthatthe UnitedStateshadassassinatedthe presidentofSyria,puttingalltroopsunder Americancontrol.Thiscausedalotof tensionbetweenthedelegatesbecausethey hadpreviouslybeenallies.Soon,allof SyriafellunderthecontroloftheUnited States,savingSyriafromtheirprevious dictatorshipandallowingthemtocontinue supportingtheircause.

Discussionsseemedtobegoing wellbeforethetensionswererackedup whenmembersofISISkidnappedthe delegateoftheUnitedStates.Nowbeing takenfromtheroom,thedelegateofSyria tookchargeandfocusedonkeepingtheir forcesinIranandcriticizingISISon behalfofthedelegateoftheUnitedStates. ISISwasstrictlyagainstthesetroopsin IranandthreatenedtoinvadeNigeriaand

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kidnaptheirdelegateiftheforceswerenot removed.

ThedelegateoftheUnitedStates finallyreturnedtothecommissionwith colorsonhisfacerepresentingablackeye andbloodynose.Hemadeacryforaction totheotherdelegates,informingthemthat hehadbeentorturedbyISISandusedthe experienceasevidencetoshowthatISIS wasunwillingtoworkpeacefullytofinda solutiontotheproblem.

Intheend,itwastimeforthe delegatestowritetheirresolutionpapers. Bloc2.1,consistingofanyoneinsupport ofdisbandingtheinsurgentgroupsin Africa,statedtheirintentionsofproducing apeacetreaty,fortifyingbordersaround Iraq,callsupontheHumanRightsWatch, AmnestyInternational,andthepressto payattentiontothehumanrights violationsbytheseinsurgentgroups,and theendofISIS.Theheadsofthisbloc werethedelegatesoftheUnitedStatesand Russia.Ontheotherside,thedelegatesof IraqandAfghanistan,representing 2.2presentedtheirpressreleaseagainst disarmamentofIslamicinsurgentgroups. Thispressreleasepresentedthebelief thedisarmamentoftheinsurgentgroups wouldonlycausemoreviolencein middleeast.

Finally,through11votesinfavorand votesagainst,resolutionpaperforbloc passedwithflyingcolorsandthe2.2 releasedidnot.Today’sdiscussion veryentertainingandinformative,and believethatallthedelegatesdidafantastic

jobdebating.Forasessionmadeupof mainlyrookiesandmiddleschool students,thedelegatesblewthepressand thechairsaway Ican’twaittoseewhat thesestudentsaccomplishnextin CBMUN.

Delegate of the United States after being

Afghanistan defends the religion of Islam

UNICEF

united nations international children emergency fund

DoSomething,they´re KillingChildren!

ManuelRodríguez

OnFriday,April14,2023the

commissionofUNICEFhadalreadystartedon theirsecondtopic,addressingthehumanrights violationsintheTigrayregionofEthiopia. Thereasonforthisdebateistheseveralabuses andsegregationtheTigraypopulationhas receivedalongwithgenocideandcrimes againsthumanrights.ThisledtotheTigray searchforindependencewhichEthiopiaand othercou

hasbeenaroundwhichcountrieshavehelped Tigray Someofthedebatetopicshavebeen whichcountrieshavegivenaidtoTigraywhile whohasgivenmilitaryaidtoEthiopia.

Sincethevotingwasinfavorof Ethiopia,thepresidentsdecidedonacrisis Ethiopiabombedachildren'shospitalin Tigraywhere50kidsdied Thischangeof eventsledSudan,oneofEthiopia'smain supporters,tochangeperspectivesandstart agreeingmorewithTigray'sindependence. Thisisbecausethesebombingsandthedeath ofthesechildrenareaheavycrimeandthe d toberelated w

Undertheargumentthatcitizensfrom Tigrayareterroristsandgivingthempower insidethegovernment,Tigraybeing independentwasconsideredadangerto Ethiopia Inthisdebate,Tigrayhadahardtime becausethereweremanycountriesthatwere againsttheirindependence.Themainfocus

Realistically,Tigray’sindependenceis possiblebecausetheUSAhasbeensupporting Tigraywithresourcesandiftheybecome independent,USAwouldgivethemprotection againstEthiopiaandthedelegateoftheUnited Stateshasbeenclearabouthistotalsupport Afterthecrisis,thereisapossibilitythat everyonecanagreeonthesolutionproposed, TigrayindependencebutstillEritreaEthiopia, SomaliaOmanandTurkeyhaveastrong argumentagainstthisthedebateisstillgoing todayapril14delegateswillcontinuethe debateandpresenttheirresolutionpapersat afteernoon

CrisisintheUNICEFcomission