Global Education City Model United Nations IV - GECMUN IV

GECMUN V COMMITTEE OVERVIEW 

United Nations Security Council (UNSC)
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Disarmament and International Security Committee (DISEC)
United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC)
League of Nations
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International Court of Justice (ICJ)
Crisis #1 (TBD)
WWZ: The Solanum Contagion (Fantasy)
The Imitation Game (Historical)

United Nations Security Council

Daniel Son | Emily Park | Ryan Park
Violence in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict


The longstanding conflict between Israel and Palestine, for both land and Palestine's nation status, is continuously causing radical violence and casualties in the region. According to German sociologist Gunnar Heinsohn (2007), a shocking 51,000 have died in violent clashes between the two groups since 1950, two years after the formation of Israel. Such violence, taking place not only locally but also all around the world, is a significant threat to global security and Middle Eastern peace, and thus needs to be dealt with at an international level. With this agenda, the United Nations Security Council will be encouraged to come up with a package of long-term and short-term measures, not necessarily to terminate the dispute itself, but to minimise (and, possibly, eradicate) the violence that takes place as part of the conflict.

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Disarmament and International Security Committee (DISEC) 

Minji Kang | Yonjae Choi | Hanseul Lee
Money Laundering

Money laundering refers to financial transactions in which criminals, like terrorist groups, attempt to disguise the proceeds and sources of their illegal activities. This process is to ensure that the money is not taken away by the authorities that are tracking the source of the money. Those money launderers employ many different strategies to hide the origin of the money. This is part of the “Terrorist Financing”, which refers to any activities that provides financing or financial support terrorists.
The use of money laundering to fund terrorist groups is a topic that has become increasingly important in our world today. With infusions of capital from various donors, these groups are allowed to flourish and spread throughout their base area, giving them the opportunity to terrorize the local population, and threaten international peace and security with their calls for violence. With the rise of the Islamic State, among other terrorist groups, it is very important that this topic is discussed to stem the flow of monetary capital to these groups.

United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC)

Heeju Cho | TBD
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

UNHRC is a committee that is responsible for strengthening the protection of human rights and regulations of violations over the globe. It was established in 15, March 2006, to replace the previous CHR, Commision of Human Rights, considering various problems. The committee deals with multiple issues such as basic rights, religion, LGBT rights, and the rights of racial minorities. The UNHRC is also known for one of the most important committees in United Nations. The UNHRC’s goals are to protect human rights and further prevent other possible violations.
Through this conference, UNHRC seeks for capable measures to protect the Palestinian victims. It is significant for all delegates to understand the OPT - Occupied Palestinian Territories - and consider all gradients of the issue on both sides pertaining to this topic. Considering the depth of Israel-Palestine conflict, the international society must come up with a realistic, practical, and effective solution. As the conflict has been not only a major one, but a long-standing matter, it must be approached both pragmatically, but with a concrete solution in mind.

League of Nations

Seunghoon Lee | Hannah Seo | Jihwan Kim
World Disarmament Conference, 1932-1934

The League of Nations was established in 1919, following the fourteen points raised by Woodrow Wilson in the 1919 Versailles Settlement. By tackling different social and humanitarian issues, and settling down various territorial disputes, the League had promoted various approaches and attempts to maintain collective security until the outbreak of the Second World War.

Ambassadors from sixty different countries were gathered together in the 1932-33 Disarmament Conference. The focus of the discussion was on Germany, severely weakened and forced to reduce its military to a great amount under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles. Countries debated upon whether the whole of the international society to disarm, or promote rearmament of Germany up to a certain standard.

In GECMUN V, this committee will revive a significant moment in world history, and let the delegates change the fate of the world in the 1930s.

International Court of Justice (ICJ)

Yoobin Park | Soheon Choi
Case concerning the territorial sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (Falkland Dispute) (Argentina vs. United Kingdom)

Argentina and United Kingdom have had a conflict concerning the territorial sovereignty over the Falkland Islands for 200 years. It all started from the controversy whether Spain or United Kingdom first discovered the Falklands in 16th century. Disputation still undetermined, Argentina gained its independence from Spain in 1816, and they started to claim dominion of the Falklands. In 1823, Argentina dispatched governor-general and imposed a direct rule, but in 1833, United Kingdom proclaimed a self-governing dominion, established a naval base, and deported residents, which was a trigger of the British emigrating to the Falkland Islands. In 1838, Argentina suggested a disposal of the islands to United Kingdom, however, it was refused. From then, Argentina has asserted that the domination of United Kingdom over Falkland Islands is ‘illegal, and forcible occupation’ and is invalid, while United Kingdom pursued a strategy of disregarding, claiming it is ‘legal domination lasted since first discovery’. Tension intensely mounted in 1982: ‘Falklands War’ broke out, a ten-week war between Argentina and United Kingdom. It started by Argentina invading Falkland Islands with 2,500 of marines and special forces. Although Argentina occupied the whole Falkland Islands and South Georgia Island only in two days, United Kingdom recaptured Port Stanley and eventually, Argentina surrendered.

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WWZ: The Solanum Contagion

Diane Kang | Louis Lee | Scott Kim
Combat the Solanum Virus ​(Fantasy Crisis Committee)

In the WWZ committee, delegates will be interacting with the members inside the committee and the resources given to present a solution to the quick-changing volatile circumstance of a global apocalypse. Delegates would initially face the zombie outbreak in a random country chosen by the chairs, meaning that the crisis may entirely go beyond the movie or the book.  However, the 'infection' count would rise exponentially every second, and because the time speed during the committee session and the zombie-apocalypse universe is identical, 'how you use' your time will be a critical aspect of this committee. Few issues the delegates should consider are: global riots against massacres, use of nuclear missiles, and of course, the development of a possible cure. There will be updates on the current situation (crisis updates), along with direct interactions between 'enemy' and the delegates. In this committee, delegates will be assigned the position of either a scientist, lead of a country, or a high-ranking member of the United Nations to break-through the zombie crisis presented on the dais. The director and chair promises to provide first-time MUNers with a rich, comprehensive introduction to a crisis committee, along with an advanced, vibrant experience to skilled delegates. Delegates, we have no time to be discussing this freely. RUN (and do talk please)!

The Imitation Game

Irene Jung | Amy Cho | Denny Kim
Solve the Enigma code, and decide how to utilize this information to help Great Britain win the War.​ (Crisis Committee)

The Imitation Game is set in 1940 when World War II was still ongoing with devastating effects. We invite the delegates to be parts of the secretive code-breaking project of Great Britain and work for the victory of the Allies. The delegates will be given with two missions. Firstly, decipher the complex code –which Poland has already tried to decode but failed– created by the machine designed by the Germans: Enigma. Secondly, decide how they would utilize the decoded information to the advantage of Great Britain, and the alliance against the Axis. Defend the soldiers from the German U-boats, and lead this war towards the end. Join our committee and work with the best codebreaker-delegates from different nations; but it is never going to be easy, delegates. Good luck, delegates, and hope you can save Europe—and the world—from the Axis!
Global Education City Model United Nations IV - GECMUN IV