CJCMUN 2016 newletter

24-26 October 2016Inaugural CeremonyChrist Junior College, Model United Nations is a national platform for the youth where they are encouraged notonly to participate but lead. It is a forum where 45 institutions and 370 delegates from all around the country,showcase their exemplary wit, knowledge, charisma and debating skills, with a touch of diplomacy of course.The 9th edition of the CJCMUN commenced on the 24th of November, 2016 with the inaugural ceremonytaking place in the Main Auditorium of the Christ University Campus. The Chief Guest for the occasion wasMr. Sanjiv Kumar, IAS, who is the Additional Chief Secretary, Labour and Skill Development, Government ofKarnataka. The formal function initiated with the lighting of the lamp followed by an invocation hymn, sung bythe college choir.The welcome speech was delivered by Dr Kanishka, Coordinatorof CJCMUN 2016 where he spoke about leadership andempowerment of youth to combat global challenges. Rev. Fr.Sebastian Mathai (Principal), further motivated the crowd toembrace other-centrism in a largely individualistic world with histhoughtful words after which Mr Sanjiv Kumar presented anelaborate speech on topics such as sustainable development,dignity of labour and conservation of our environment. Hisspeech aimed to imbibe the ethos of the UN and to work towardsa world that understands the vitality of environmentalpreservation and initiate steps for the same. After his discourse,Anoushka Vidudala, a student of Christ Junior College moved thegathering to tears by providing them a glimpse into her life and hercourageous fight against brain cancer while using the platform torelease her book, \"A flip of a coin.\"This was followed by the members of the Executive Board introducing their committees after which the culturalteam of Christ Junior College put up an exceptional performance. The inauguration concluded with theSecretary General declaring the conference open.

UN Education grasp to a considerable extent the essence of the U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Drafted by“Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in Eleanor Roosevelt and representatives from France,having the right to do what we ought.”- Pope John China, Lebanon, and Canada in 1948, among otherPaul II documents impacting the world as it is today. Celebrating UN Day is the first step in creating aThe United Nations charter was first ratified by socially aware population. Where better to start thanthe five permanent members of the Security with posterity?Council on October 24, 1945. In the worldwidedevastation that followed World War II, France, Christ Junior College took initiative regarding theChina, the Soviet Union, United Kingdom, and the same and decided to wear blue; the colour of the UN.United States worked together to create an October 24 2016 was the day, Christ Junior Collegeorganization of international states that would turned blue.foster global peace, prosperity, and justice. Fifty-one member states signed on the first year, with agoal of preventing a third world war and improvingglobal quality of life. Most recently, the UnitedNations accepted South Sudan as its 193rd membernation in July 2011. Every year, October 24 isobserved as United Nations Day to celebrate theideals and impact of the United Nations. It is evenan official non-working day in Kosovo, because theprovince is officially still administered by theInterim Administration Mission of the UnitedNations. The world’s most famous monumentsalso light up in blue at night supporting the causefor awareness.This year's UN Day will be used to highlightconcrete actions people can take to help achieve theSustainable Development Goals. A concert tocelebrate and reflect on the work of the UNthrough the universal language of music is heldannually, the theme of 2016 being ‘Freedom First’.Starting in the earliest grades, learning about andhonoring the value of cultures worldwide canspawn the compassion and tolerance for others thatis the basis for peace. Upper elementary graders canj2

Clash of Stances: Political and Diplomatic StabilityAs the committee began, the question arose; does political stability carry more importance than diplomaticstability among the nations of the world? Should a country focus on developing itself after being subjected to acatastrophic war or concentrate solely on helping the international community regain its power? The definitionof war crimes were vague to be said the least, and the real struggle was to find a middle ground at a crucial stage, asthe United Nations was set up a mere 4 years ago and this was deemed a test of its strength.Over the matter of superior orders and soldier’s accountability, the Vatican City clearly stated that when a manchooses to join the army as a soldier, his aim is to protect the innocent lives before saving his own. Furthermore,there was a clash of stances over the question of morals over order. The delegates examined the fine line betweencivilians and the military personnel. They discussed the relevance of soldiers being accessories to murder,execution and manslaughter. The delegate of Venezuela brought forth the lack of evidence of the orders given bythe superior authorities, which acts as an obstruction to justice. The ambiguity of the extent of the sentenceprovided was further discussed, which led to the delegate of Mongolia citing the importance of ranks in the armyand the judgement given must vary. The delegate of Germany further stated that low ranking soldiers are notcompletely innocent, yet should not be treated equally as guilty.As the committee progressed forward, the topic of experimentation with specific emphasis to concentrationcamps, was discussed. Germany came forth to boldly state it was the fault of the previous government led byAdolf Hitler but took responsibility of its future decisions and insisted that the doctors that conducted theexperiments were not fully responsible for their actions, further implying the role of superior authorities’ powerover its subordinates. Instances regarding the experiments included, changing the colours of the eyes’ iris,freezing a child to death and injecting them with viruses to find medical cures. The balance between beneficenceand nonmaleficence is vital in experimentation. But, the aim to help the people by making them healthier waseventually overlooked.On that account, though there are many facets to discuss and deliberate, to reach a united viewpoint on whatsignifies as a war crime, the Historic International Legal Committee is steadfast in reaching its goal.- Correspondent of Bild j3

MODERN SLAVERY THE HINDU Diário de NotíciasWhen slavery as an issue is discussed people tend to The War of today - Cyber warfare and Cyber attackrevert to the past and how it has been a decade or so Since the dawn of time, technology has been constantlysince its abolishment. Though the ancient method improving with significant inventions and discoveries.of slavery no longer exists, slavery has transformed While it gave to us ideas and machinery that lifted ourits ways and is now at an all time high. Today state of living to newer boundaries, there came a hiddenslavery is one of the most critical issues that plague side-effect accompanied with it - its power to destroy.the world. It is estimated that the number of peoplethat fall into the ambit of modern slavery is around Cyber attacks are indeed menacing for it can lead to the21 to 36 million. Furthermore, that number does exposure of nuclear weapons, confidential informationnot cover exploitation as a recent ILO report economic details, online trade, stock rates, militarymentioned about a 100 million children are offense and defence records, private information ofexploited for labour. government officials and minister, identity theft; all of which if misused will result in dire consequences. Due toThe word “slavery” today covers multiple the same the topic of ‘cyber attacks’ was deliberatedviolations of human rights, including those upon by delegates of UNSC in immense detail. Therementioned above, as well as child pornography, was common consensus over the fact that cyber attack issexual mutilation of children and women, use of the breach of sovereignty of a country. France divided itschildren in armed conflicts and the trafficking of definition into three parts - economic, social andpersons and sale of human organs. Slavery-like political. He stated that the economic aspect of cyberpractices might be clandestine, which makes it attack is the attack of stock markets and business firms,more difficult to establish a picture of the extent of the political being the hacking of important governmentmodern slavery, let alone punish and eliminate data and social, that is the invasion of privacy of thethem. It is estimated that human trafficking is public. The social aspect was supported by the delegates“predicted” to outgrow drug trafficking, the of Egypt, Brazil and Australia. While the delegate ofworld’s most profitable criminal “enterprise”. China supported the definition, he added to it anotherEach year, more than one million people, part - military, emphasising on the reasons to guard theregardless their social class or age, are being control of weapon systems, The Republic of Koreatrafficked across international borders against their suggested to amend the UN charter on grounds that itwill and are forced to undergo the brutal was made at a time when cyber warfare was lessexploitation of strangers. The main sources are prevalent which was opposed by many delegates. On theAfrica and Asia, both as the country of origin and effects of cyber attack, Palestine alleged that China haddestination. carried a cyber espionage that instilled software which could control nuclear power plants and thereby she citedThe OHCHR passionately deliberated the topic of at the enormity of its destructive power. While Brazilmodern slavery as a whole, to find an answer to the took up the example of the Logic Bomb to explain theposed questions over the course of the three days. gruesome effects of cyber warfare, USA invoked theThere were discussions on child trafficking, social impact it has on the private sector that is a major sourceslavery and even the blood diamond trade that of income for most countries as they are vulnerable toproved to be very interesting. From the definition such attacks.and types of modern slavery till the means ofcombating the same, the committee left no stoneunturned.j4

The Hindu and Diário de NotíciasThe World Economic Forum, was agreeably the mostexciting committee of today’s conference. With a crisiswithin the first hour of committee and outlandish claimsbeing yelled out by individuals; being a reporter of theWEF was truly ‘winning the jackpot’.Globalization seemed to be an extremely pertinent topicof discussion for the delegates, since they were both,critizing and applauding globalization in their speeches.Both, Mr. Rupert Murdoch and Mr. Ri Yong Ho statedthat globalization was the primary cause of globalinequality. Mrs. Janet Yellen stated in her speech, thatwhile globalization, had to an extent, reduced inequalityglobally, it had increased unemployment within one’sown country.Pope Francis started his speech by citing the basiceconomic problem, i.e. excess demand with limitedsupply due to scarce economic resources.The original crisis was as follows: Saudi Arabia hasannounced that they are looking for privateshareholders in Saudi Aramco. There has beenspeculation that this is a measure to mitigate the effectsof the country’s social welfare programs. CNN hasbroken news that ExxonMobil had suffered an oil spill.While the company has played it off as a minor event,doubts persist over the effect on it's (ExxonMobil’s)share prices. Committee broke into a heated discussionalmost immediately, with Point of Orders thrownaround to the extent where the Director suspended themtemporarily. The second update came a short whileafter, and read as follows: A new disease has been seen inSouth America. The main countries affected areArgentina, Chile and Bolivia. The French OrganisationDoctors Without Borders has sent a preliminary groupto investigate. The disease presents similar to thepatient’s face being burned off. The Oil leak has beenisolated to Akwa Ibom, Nigeria. The total amountspilled is 5 million US gallons. The representative ofReuters had much to say on the matter, releasing 2 pressleaks for the WEF. They read as follows: Trending onReuters.com: Investigators jittery after ExxonMobil’s.Situation reminiscent of Exxon Valdez.Reuters, Press Release: The Pope is currently in Nigeria,touring the OPEC Nations to meet victims. j5

Orange the new Black? The ideal Candidate? Can He Make America Great Again? The ideal presidential candidate is a charismatic personality, with strong campaign ideals that address Mr. Donald J. Trump, throughout his election a country’s present national and international crises campaign has been at the receiving end of criticism while also building on or creating futuristic goals for in various different ways. His views and statements the country. Needless to say, neither of the current are extremely controversial and is not appreciated USA presidential candidates are any of these things. by a large number of citizens in the USA. However, let’s take a look at the Republican candidate, Donald J Trump. Over the past few days; in the World Economic Forum, Trump lashed out at some of his Mr. Trump is a lot of things. He is explicitly racist, counterparts, notably highly respected, eligible misogynistic, sexist, someone with a voice that’s American Citizens who can VOTE and influence extremely hilarious- the list goes on. However, one people to vote. of the finer qualities of Mr. Trump is that he is dedicated to his beliefs and his goals. This was He made some baseless allegations, insisting that displayed in the proceedings. But while the claims Global Warming is but a ‘hoax’ and oil spills have made by Mr. Trump during formal committee are no environmental effect. outlandish; for example his reiteration that global warming is false, it is what Mr. Trump said outside of The truth is, not everyone share the same formal committee that captures interest. In an sentiments as Mr. Trump, in fact a large portion of exclusive interview with Mr. Julian Assange, the the modern day society strive for a cleaner, greener Syndey Morning Herald learned that Mr. Trump, Earth. Moreover, it is common knowledge that out of formal session, attempted to cut a deal with citizens of a particular country vote for their Mr. Assange. Mr. Trump asked the Founder of President/Prime Minister based on his ideals and Wikileaks to help him win the presidential election; thoughts. taking into consideration, the and once elected, Mr. Trump promised to grant Mr. aforementioned details and that Hilary Clinton, the Assange a presidential pardon and allow him to live Democrat Nominee has a slight upper hand in the United States without the fear of the Judiciary amongst the voters in the elections, it is best for System. Trump to not make such silly, childish and immature remarks, denting his chance of winning It seems that even while in a crisis of global the Elections and losing his chance to “Make importance, Mr. Trump manages to find the time to America Great Again”. further his presidential campaign. -Hamburger Abendblatt - Sydney Morning Heraldj6

KYOTO PROTOCOL The Soldier’s PlightENOUGH? ‘Twas a petty matter,In 1992, the world came to a decision, probably a But yet they declared war,wise one, to sign the Kyoto protocol; this is a legal And some thousand odd menbinding which binds us all in keeping the Were made to fight, God knows what for.environment clean. The situation is disastrousenough and the two main affecting factors here are, They had gone against their morals, 'the rate of global warming steadily accelerating and They had gone against their choicethe real possibility of disappearance of forests, They were forced to fight for an establishmentmelting of polar ice sheets and so on. Which claimed to give them ‘a voice.’Though it's been years since this agreement has Many soldiers wished to leavebeen ratified, the progress report made by it is not In light of what lay aheadthat promising. Political will is necessary to deliver But the establishment cared not a bitKyoto’s goal and this addresses three major They said “Fight till you’re dead.”concerns. First, the level of global carbon emissionthat can be absorbed is to be determined and one And fight they did – with machine and muscle,possible way of keeping this in check is by setting an Till the soldiers could fight no more,emissions quota for every country and if not, we No, not because peace had been won,should tax them. But because they were dead or sore.The second major requirement could be a massive But after all the physical and mental bruisesand significant switch to renewable sources of The soldiers had gone through while they fought,energy and this is currently happening but at a They were arrested and condemned by their nation,snail’s pace. Solar and wind energy have huge For aiming their guns and taking a shot.potential but so far, they provide less than half of 1% of the world’s energy and face enormous hurdles. The establishment is truly perverse;The third states that the amount of energy we waste It takes you under its wing, then drops you down,is colossal. More energy is discharged as waste heat But while everybody sees you fall to the earth,by the US power plants than is required by Japan to The establishment is nowhere to be found.run its whole economy. A massive worldwide pushfor energy conservation could create an impact but Soldiers struggle and struggle countless times,this is feasible only if there is a fundamental shift, To gain solace for the nation,away from the capitalist ethic or artificial stocking Only to have their own solace taken away -up of demand to absorb high income. It requires the As they shake their heads with indignation.combination of contraction and convergence to - Wall Street Journalforce down the use of fossil fuels; a global switch, ledby fiscal incentives, into renewable sources of j7energy; and a huge campaign to maximiseconservation and relentlessly squeeze theprodigious waste of energy.

Binding or not binding? Editorial Board That is the real question. Miss Philu Rose Jose Sanjana N | Meghana V “There is a time to fight, and a time to be clever” – Pablo Escobar, Narcos (Netflix Original Serie) Design: Joy Vadakkan Antony With a friendly chair and noisy committee, The EDC (The Economic Drug Commission) started with a rather slow roll call and a seemingly extremely energetic group of delegates. With an introduction from the Chair, briefing of the agendas, rules of procedure and apparent lobbying right before Committee was about to even commence, The Director, along with his Assistant and Moderator set the air. The European Drug commission started off with an explosive debate as to how the committee proceeded, through a binding resolution or through a non binding one. This topic being highly controversial resulted in the committee immediately splitting into two main block and a third one, the latter being one that maintained a neutral stance and was being bombarded by delegates convincing them to take a stance in their favor. The delegates of the United Kingdom made a strong stance for binding the committee, they were supported by Sweden and Germany. This bloc was represented in the ‘1 for 1 against’ by Russia, who was very vague about his stance and wasn’t really able to make a strong enough speech or even express himself clearly. This lead to their block losing faith in their own stance. France made It clear that until and unless the committee is unbinding, they would not be able to pass motions fast enough due to extra procedural matters, and also stated that the opium trade in Afghanistan, a major issue for their committee couldn’t be taken up. Netherlands made a very strong point when they mentioned how whenever an unbinding resolution is passed, there aren’t enough implications resulting in no change whatsoever. The final vote ended with a sweeping victory for unbinding an eighteen for and eleven against ,was mainly due to a very strong and opinionated stance for the French block. Ergo, making the EDC’s Double Delegation committee a non-binding one. Post voting, Greece put forth the motion to start a General Speakers List, and with a GSL consisting of 6 countries all stating the obvious, each delegation recognized were given 90 seconds overall. The committee proceeded with explosive debate and an even more exhilarating crisis. The first ever simulation of the EDC set extremely high standards for posterity. Correspondent of El Mundo and ‘The Globe and Mail’j8