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International Relations Model United Nations-Disarmament and International Security Committee-February 2020

The DISEC, which is a part of the General Assembly, was one of the most exhilarating committees in the International Relations Model United Nations 2020. The Committee was indeed a success in terms of the discussions raised and the enthusiastic delegates. The Committee was open to discussing a variety of issues, ranging from military to economic to refugees. This indeed was an expansion of the ambition of the mandate of the DISEC as a committee.  
 
Committee: Disarmament and International Security Committee
Agenda: “Discussing the political situation in Yemen with special emphasis on the foreign influence in the region”.  Duration: Two days
Total Participants: 29
Attendance Day 1: 25
Attendance Day 2: 25  
Executive Board: Chairperson: Mr. Moinak Bose, co-Chairperson: Mr. Aniruddh Bharadwaj, Rapporteur: Mr. Nishant Sharma.  
 
Highlights of DAY 1:
 
Session 1:
-    General Speaker’s List
-    Pronouncement of domestic policies of the respective countries
 
Session 2:
-    Two real time crises introduced
-    They were about an unidentified object destroying the hull of the US air-carrier Roosevelt near Djibouti and USA’s failed attack on a Chinese naval destroyer that ends up falling over the Yemeni port-city of Al-Mukalla
 
Session 3:
-    Two substantive moderated caucuses took place.  
-    The topics were unlawful airstrikes in Yemen and ambitions of various non-state actors in Yemen.  
-    This was followed by unmoderated caucuses where lobbying took place
 
Highlights of Day 2:
 
Session 1:
-    The session began with three moderated caucuses
-    The topics were economic situation in Yemen, better implementation of the Riyadh Agreement and whether the unification of Yemen should stand.  
 
Session 2:
-    The second session was entirely devoted to an informal session, in the form of an unmoderated caucus wherein delegates drafted working papers.
Session 3:
-    There were two draft resolutions introduced in this session
-    The authors of the first draft were Egypt, Somalia and USA
-    The authors of the second draft were PRC, UAE and Russia  
 
Conclusion:
The Committee was a success. The countries passed a Resolution on restoring peace in Yemen. The Committee was a mixture of first-timers and experienced Munners. The pace of the Committee was very high. Some countries played a very critical role while others got an opportunity to experience the rules and procedures of the
Model United Nations .  

 

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