In this fourth edition of PelotasMUN there are going to be two simulated UN committees: the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and the United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees Executive Committee (ExCom UNHCR). In addition, this year we are going to have a Press committee, and its participants will be responsible for covering the event and writing the newspapers that will be distributed to the delegates during the four days of the event. The four newspapers and networks chosen for the committee are The New York Times, China Daily, El País and Al Jazeera.

 

          In each main committee, three topics are going to be discussed.

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• UNSC: (a) War on Drugs; (b) The Spartly Islands Dispute; (c) The Kurds.

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• ExCom UNHCR: (a) Armed attacks on Refugee Camps; (b) Stateless People; (c) Women and Children Refugees.
   

        These organs and themes were chosen keeping in mind the relevance of them in the current international agenda, covering major problems the world is facing in the fields of security, human rights and economics. Unresolved issues that fit in the UN principles, like the maintenance of international peace and security, the promotion of social progress and the safeguard of human rights as expressed in its Charter are going to be discussed during the simulations.
 

          Thus, we expect to achieve a debate in which the representants of each country hold discussions, negotiate and finally reach a consensus on such issues. Choose the topic that suits you best or the one you like the most and get inside it.

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          Further and essential information is going to be released later in the Study Guides and in the sections of each committee.
 

Let a new era emerge.