IIMUN Press Issue

I I M U N 2 0 1 3

The INTERNATIONAL PRESS 1

THE INDIAN

The Second Edition of the Indian Intentional Model United Nations, Asia’s largest Youth Conference.

The Indian, IIMUN’s official Newsletter August 12-16 2013

If I had to, I‘d describe the last

three days with the words

‗busy‘ and ‗tired‘. There have

been things I‘ve loved and

well… not-so-loved , about the

IIMUN 2013.

Among the th ings I‘ve loved

are my brilliant team, and how

well they‘ve handled

themselves, the levels of debate

that go on in most committees,

how everyone is usually

dressed so well, and how

fantastic all the Chairs are.

There have been several

glitches along the way, but

we‘re young and foolish and

it‘s okay for us to make

mistakes because that‘s how

we‘re supposed to learn.

During the Opening

Ceremony, Rishabh Shah, the

President of the IIMUN 2013,

told us how we should

remember that we‘re all under

the age of 21

and it‘s going to be just fine if

It has been a

wonderful journey

since 2012, though we

have faced lots of

highs and lows,

IIMUN has always

been close to my heart.

Organizing the second

ed ition of IIMUN in

Mumbai, the city I

grew up in was

overwhelming. Since

2012, we have

traversed and travelled

across various cities

and I am proud to

announce that IIMUN

will be present in 10

d ifferent cities across

India by the end of this

year. It has truly been a

fantastic journey. I

would like to thank

every stakeholder—

parents, schools, the

government and other

officials, and the

delegates without

whom the conference

things are not perfect all the time.

I‘d like to tip my metaphorical hat

to him.

So here‘s to all the writing, the

photographs, the arguing, the

long lunches, the sneaking off

whenever one could manage, the

Chairs, and the Organising

Committee for doing such a great

job and being so warm.

And here‘s to getting lost while

trying to locate Expo and waiting

forever for the elevators to take

you to your floor at Centre One.

Here‘s to wittily titled Working

Papers, deadlines, and not

meeting them. Here‘s also to

Unmoderated Caucuses and

passing chits about random

things in Committee, and

Resolutions, and Emergencies,

and Crisis which you know

would never actually happen.

Here‘s to Social Night and how it

will be the topic of d iscussion

forever after.

Here‘s to all I‘ve learnt and all the

difference it makes.

-Isha Maniar

P.S. A special shout out goes to

Binaisha D‘Souza who‘s helped

so much with everything from

coffee to flash drives to bandaids.

I will forever be in awe of how

nice you are.

The President‘s Address

From the Editor-in-Chief‘s Desk

wouldn't have been

possible. I would like to

thank each and every

person involved in the

making of Asia‘s

Largest Youth

Conference—The

Indian International

Model United Nation.

-Rishabh Shah

The INTERNATIONAL PRESS 2

The Opening

Ceremony ' You know I'm going to

remember tonight?' - Leslie Lewis,

the Mascot of IIMUN during a

performance of Hum Rahe Ya Na

Rahe Kal, as the auditorium was

on its feet.

The evening began after a wait

of about 45 minutes with

Cyrus Broacha complaining

about the traffic outside

Sophia's Bhabha Hall. He

made way for Ad itya

Thackeray who addressed the

MUNers about some much

needed change in Indian

society, especially the

government. We thought it

was a bit sneaky of him to

campaign for elections at the

opening ceremony, but we

take what we get.

Suresh Menon joined Cyrus,

and both proceeded to act like

they knew everything there

was to know about Indian

dances, before the ethnic dance

troop actually came on.

Later Rakeysh Omprakash

Mehra, who gets my vote for

being the most chilled out

person ever, took questions

from the delegates. He

criticised jingoism, rhetorics

and religion, which he claimed

cheeses him off. He also talked

about how movies don't

change nations, and how it's

people who do the actual

changing.

Leslie Lewis came on after,

and had everyone on their feet,

cheering him on as he belted

out 'Mehbooba' and 'Yaaron

Dosti...'And that's how the

beginning of the IIMUN

ended.

-Isha Maniar

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THE INTERNATIONAL PRESS 3

TH E SECU RITY

CO U N CIL The UNSC members all looked really

comfortable with their big leather chairs

and the table, like a real board of

d irectors, but what followed was

successful debate similar to an op en mic

night paying homage to ―Yo mamma‖.

There was a time where the committee

was evenly split right down the midd le,

out of the 18 delegates present in

committee, 9 of them wanted to table the

first agenda. After great persuasion from

the delegate of Russia, the committee just

about steered away from it, much to the

d ismay of the delegate of China and

Saudi Arabia. This started a series of

challenges against China, Saudi Arabia

and even Germany. Apparently, being on

the brink of nuclear war wasn‘t worth the

time of some delegates who wanted to

d iscuss terrorism.

Finally, the committee agreed that the

situation in the South and East China Sea

was deserving of their attention. After an

extremely intense challenge between

Russia and Saud i Arabia, about nothing

in particu lar, one of the delegates of

Russia needed to excuse himself.

―Delegate of Russia, d id the delegate of

Saudi Arabia make you piss your pants?‖

said the Moderator. With a sheepish look

on his face, and a room fu ll of laughing

delegates around him, the delegate was

excused . ―The delegate of Saud i Arabia is

definitely passionate, and knows what

he‘s talking about‖, stated a delegate from

the UNSC.

The Chair speaks highly of the two most

prominent delegates, Russia and Saudi

Arabia. Both formed their own blocs,

while working on working papers.

During a brief gap where the working

papers were being printed , there was an

even briefer motion for entertainment.

The delegates of Russia were ordered to

say 5 nice things about the delegates of

Saudi Arabia, and vice versa. ―We‘re not

having trouble thinking of compliments, we‘re

just thinking of which to choose from. This

ended any and all d isputes between these two

delegates.

The UNSC is by far the most important

committee in the entire conference and it lives

up to the hype. We will keep a close eye on

this committee (hopefully), and hopefu lly it

will be as entertaining was it was today.

Nishaant

United Nations‘ Children‘s Fund

UNICEF was a p leasantly surprising

committee for the Press to be a part of.

The delegate of Iraq apparently feels that the

chair is ―cheating‖, well delegate that is not a

statement you make to the chair (or to the

press) and also you cannot call the delegate of

Palestine the ―fake delegate of Palestine‖, but

that‘s just my opinion.

The delegate of Congo you need to control

your hunger pangs as the only question you

ask in committee is ―When are we getting

food?‖ and you ate a piece of the sandwich the

Chair was eating, bu t again maybe that‘s just

me.

The use of personal pronouns was increasing

with every moment when the Vice Chair had

to threaten the delegates to refrain from using

personal pronouns or their lunch break would

be delayed . However, it seems the delegate of

Cuba prefers using personal pronouns rather

than getting a lunch break after which she was

barred from the committee.

In other news, we have a CID officer in the

making, as the delegate of Belgium prefers

solving the case of the mysterious chit rather

than paying attention to the proceed ings of

committee.

The resolution passed was like ―Spongebob as

it had many holes in it‖, as put by the Chair. A

chit passed to the chair by the delegate of

Portugal was intercepted . The chit read , ―I

want fu ll worth of my money but do not wish

to speak‖.

Also, the delegate of Sweden how do you

expect the committee to go on smoothly if you

want the Vice Chair to be barred from the

committee! The delegate of USA seems to

have figured out how it is that one can stay in

shape even after taking two-hour long lunch

breaks. The committee doesn‘t have a lot of

hid ing places as we found the delegate of

Vietnam sitting beneath the table. Delegate of

USA is a true lad ies man as he danced with a

number of girls in committee and also asked

the Chair to dance. A good 1 hour of Motion

of Entertainment showed us the delegate of

South Korea do the Gangnam Style, and also

the delegate of Venezuela tell the chair ―I

don‘t care and you will have to dance‖, the

delegates of Iraq and Congo had a ―bum

fight‖ and in the end special thanks to the

Chair and Co-Chair of the Arab League for

spicing up the committee. Well done Chairs of

UNICEF your committee is on the right track.

Highlight: The Chair was quoted as saying,

―The delegate of Vietnam is apparently

speaking nonsense‖.

Raghav

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4 THE INTERNATIONAL PRESS

The

Historic

Security

Council

Historical Security

Council had quite an

eventful day. The

Chairs were highly

impressed by the

delegates in the

second day's session.

A special mention

must be given to the

delegates of

Netherlands for their

d istinct attitude that

set them apart from

the rest of the

delegation.

The highlight of the

day was probably the

heated tension

between the delegates

of USA and Russia.

USA would not stop

until her point was

accepted . However,

Russia had her at a

loss of words with his

funny yet firm

comments on USA's

interference with

other countries'

policies and her

unstoppable love for

oil resources.

A pre-notion set by

the delegates on the

first day turned

around as they

started to actively

participate. Overall,

the Chairs were

pleased with their as

a good sense of

humor always

lingered during

session along with a

progress in the

agenda.

The HSC had the

Chair of the UN ODC

come in as a

representative of

Saddam Hussein 's

government and he

gave the delegates an

ultimatum that he has

captured 20

Australian Nationals

who have conducted

unwarranted military

inspections on Iraq

and each one these

nationals were going

to be executed every

hour. The committee

moved into several

moderated & un-

moderated caucuses

to address the issue...

-Simona

The

African Union

The African Union chaired by Gandhgar

Suryavanshi barely managed to move over

two agendas on the first day of the IIMUN

2013.

The first session saw the delegates of various

African countries trying to decode the

conflicts arising between Sudan and South

Sudan over the d istribution of oil and

agricu ltural products. In the second session,

the delegates d iscussed the ambitious p lan to

create a buffer zone between the two

countries and created two extremely similar

working papers.

While a d isorientated Delegate of Cameroon

whiled away time over the two days,

Delegates of Madagascar, Sudan, Algeria and

Somalia showcased their vast knowledge in

these d iscussions. Delegates of Ivory Coast,

Mozambique and USA seemed to agree with

every motion passed .

Day two, however, saw the Union facing

two crisis, both of which they handled

deftly. In a controversial move, USA offered

its assistance to South Sudan to curb its

humanitarian issues and even build an oil

p ipeline through Kenya. The delegate of

Sudan was visibly surprised at the

repercussions it would have on the economy

of the two countries.

The Committee also faced a guest delegate

representing South Sudan accusing North

Sudan of send ing in three armed men within

the boundary of South Sudan. With a heated

monologue, the Delegate of Sudan

convinced the Committee that unless proper

proof is not handed over, they should not

rile ou t fou l p lay or external attempts to

spoil relations between the two countries.

All in all, this made com mittees stick to the

agenda. They barely passed any chits around

and proposed no Motion of Entertainment.

Pretty much what a Session at the United

Nations would be!

-Prerna

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Z N

THE IAEA

The Committee of IAEA proceeded with

the ongoing agenda on the second day, for

those who don‘t know what it is: too bad .

The most noteworthy part of my day was

the controversy created by the United

Kingdom. During the session, the Delegate

of UK sent a rather threatening message to

the delegate of DPRK, which said

something along the lines of ―We will w ipe

you off the map‖. Later, the Delegate of

UK was asked to apologise to the delegate

of DPRK; and he d id so, grudgingly.

The second day proved to be remarkably

effective as two resolutions were made,

one made by the USA and Japan, which

was rejected due to lack of support from

the other countries. The other resolution,

Resolu tion 1.0 was considered and carried

ahead; Angola and Turkey made it.

Amendments were made in order to add

some clauses or delete some from the draft.

And finally a draft was made considering

all necessary points. It included main

clauses such as DPRK to halt its Nuclear

Weapons‘ Program in a completely

irreversible manner; complete

d isarmament, participating more in 6 party

talks, Iran and Iraq to indulge in bilateral

talks with each other so as to maintain

peace and order.

As the session continued further, the

delegate of South Korea from the Legal

Committee intervened to apologise to the

delegate of DPRK of the IAEA because he

called DPRK a ‗filthy country‘.

At the end of the first half of the session,

the resolution received majority vote and

was approved by the Chair, and peace and

order was maintained in committee.

There was an Emergency that occurred

during the session; a reported drone attack

took p lace on Iran; the drone was

unmanned and named Zephyr.

Further investigations are going on.

Currently there is very little information on

the matter. Follow up is taking p lace. And I

cannot wait to see how things turn out.

Manali

WTO WTO starts on a very serious note early in

the morning. But, the seriousness just ends

right away as there are chits being passed

by the delegates of Russia and Egypt, w ith

their countries in a bilateral relationship in

reality.

Later, the Chair made a statement to the

delegate of Switzerland about his

cellphone being on silent, contrary to

yesterday where it continued to d isturb the

committee. And then the debate proceeds.

In the middle of the intense d iscu ssion

comes the Chair of the Legal Committee

along with the delegates of North and

South Korea to apologize to the delegates

of the same countries in WTO, since they

said some bitter things in their Motion of

Entertainment. It was a bit sad to watch.

Suddenly after some time the delegates

started leaving Committee and the Chair

had to leave in search of them so as to pass

the Working Paper. When the lost

delegates (Yemen and a few others) were

finally found, a Motion of Entertainment

was in the process of being passed on

suggestion of the Vice-Chairman. And

finally the fun began.

The delegates of France and Switzerland

grooved to Subah Hone Na De, with a lot

of hooting pouring in.

Later, it was time for confessions about

asking other delegates out for the

Ballroom, which resulted in the delegates

of Japan and Afghanistan voted as the

most popular couple.

All in all, a very eventful day.

P.S.: Delegate of Ethiopia, would you

please start d ressing in formals of some

sort? Soon.

-Nishi

Organization of

American States Abhishek Pillai chaired the OAS, and was

the youngest person in committee. The

agendas d iscussed were illicit d rug

trafficking, illicit arms trade, and terrorism

and border control.

The General Speakers List exhausted itself

four times over as none of the delegates

were ready to speak except the few

delegates making their statement at the

various moderated caucuses. Only after

extensive persuasion from the Chair, the

delegates added their names to the List.

The Chair had to deviate from the normal

procedure of the sessions several times

because of the repeated exhaustion of the

List and brief the delegates on what they

can pass motions on and the other various

ways of functioning of the sessions.

The delegate of Argentina had strong

opinions and spoke for most of the

motions (what a refreshing breath of fresh

air) w ith great confidence and kept calling

for motions, which kept failing because of

lack of votes.

Many delegates opposed to the statement

of legalization of drugs made by another

delegate. When an un-moderated caucus

was held , chaos stuck as all the delegates

were trying to over-power each others‘

voices, which resu lted in a lot of

d isagreements between them, lead ing to an

unresolved solution and the delegate of

Ecuador scream ing at everyone to ―shut

the hell up‖. Subtle.

The delegates of Chile and Bolivia both

stated to the press that they were falling

asleep in the respective chit conversations

that they had with us.

Two working papers were formed and

both were d iscussed in an oddly

synchronized manner, with most of the

delegates agreeing to the statements on the

working paper.

Overall, the sessions of the OAS proved to

be highly productive as all the delegates

worked effectively.

-Anju

UnitUnited Nations Development Programme

S E Q U O I A C L U B


NATO

With a Chair as notorious, yet well informed and entertaining as Jay Guradia,

even serious sessions in NATO are forced to lighten up with his perfectly timed

innuendos.

Over the two days, this experienced Chair has addressed three working papers

covering and innumerable motions. Most of the sessions touched upon the

various issues Afghanistan is currently facing. With talks bordering around topics

like the illicit production of opium, equality of the sexes, awareness of the

elections and deployment of troops in the country, to the interpretations of the

Sashia Laws and Taliban rule, it was evident that all the delegates were up to date

with different situations in the world and were there to impress the Chair.

Discussions aside, the committee had its fair share of entertainment too. Starting

with a Motion of Entertainment that was passed by the Legal Committee,

Delegates of North and South Korea were made to apologise to the Delegates of

Russia and USA for a make-believe disruption in session.

Before breaking for lunch, the Chair of NATO and the Chairs of WTO entertained

the Delegates with jokes and games. In one such game to judge the best looking

boy and girl, Jay and OC Member, Nikita won with clear and majorities. When

asked whom she would like to take to the dance, the delegate of a certain country

almost instantly mentioned the Chair. (We love it when love blossoms.)

It was no surprise that NATO's first challenge got the Chair so excited. But

unfortunately, it did not live up to his expectations!

They concluded their light, yet extremely productive morning session with a mix

of serious talks and sarcastic digs at other with the delegates of Russia, Japan and

Denmark proposing the most motions and delegates of Germany and Bolivia

occasionally adding to the discussion.

-Prerna



LOK SABHA

The day began with an inspiring speech by

Rajeev Chandran, who also conveyed to the

young minds sitting before him a message

from the Secretary General of the UN,

followed by an interactive session. This pu t

the nervous first time MUN-ers at ease.

The firstsession the LokSabha began with

the explanation of the procedures by the

chairs. Here after the voting for article took

place where the 1st agenda d iscussing article

370 dealing with the history of Kashmir

slaughtered the 2nd

agenda of the left using

extremist with a majority of votes. During

the session all the commendable speeches

were rewarded by the throwing of

chocolates to the delegates who were

addressed as parliamentarians, being the

LokSabha by the chairs.

The first session of the LokSabha was rather

slow paced with not many working papers

being passed . But on the entertainment

front, this session had much to offer.

Especially during the Motion of

Entertainment when the volunteers and

parliamentarians danced on Harlem Shake

and on ChikniChameli.

During this the opposition was asked to be

more aggressive in their approach towards

the ruling party.

This is how the day ended for the LokSabha

– entertaining, productive and conclusive.

ASEAN

Words cannot do justice to describe what

happened in committee, or how delegates

from South East Asia arrived at their

various conclusions about the Cambodia-

Thailand border. It is a well-known fact that

the border that Cambodia and Thailand

share is a very controversial topic. The

d ispute is essentially about 4.6 km2 of land

of the The Preah Vihear temple that lies on

the Cambodia-Thailand border.

Several delegates opposed the delegate of

Russia‘s view about international aid , which

led to 4 challenges, by Indonesia, Thailand

and 2 by the delegate of China. These

challenges were futile as neither delegate

were ready to change their views. A lot of

solutions were thrown around committee.

Then the committee broke for lunch, and a

long lunch at that; during which the chair

was reported MIA by his delegates. The

hour and a half lunch break served as a vital

strategizing session for the 2 unofficial bu t

still very prominent blocs formed .

I had the opportunity to talk to some

delegates from this committee and realized

that some delegates cannot be reasoned

with, and are just p lain obnoxious. With a

topic like the Cambodia-Thailand border

one would expect the delegates of

Cambodia and maybe Thailand to take lead

on this agenda, bu t that wasn‘t the case in

ASEAN.

China and Russia seem to have some

vendetta against each other and have

emerged as the 2 prominent members of

this committee. Many have said that

ASEAN was the most ―happening‖

committee on the first day of IIMUN and I

hope that the committee lives up to its

name.

-Nishaant



DISEC The best part of the day for the

delegates was when the

working paper was being

produced . This is the only time

when the know-it-all delegate

of China or the super

enthusiastic delegate of DPRK

does not dominate the

committee. On the first d ay,

the delegate of Ukraine

introduced a working paper,

followed by a paper by USA

and South Korea. These papers

get shot down as DPRK and

China had no benefit from the

paper. With an easy end to the

day, the first paper was

passed .

A fresh day started off with

fresh energy with the same

agenda but this time with a

twist. An emergency situation

where the vice president of US

was kidnapped by Laos and

demanded that DPRK keeps

their nukes, Dalai Lama is

returned to China and

Arunachal Pradesh is given to

China. This was dealt with in

the first d irective itself.

Followed by a working paper

for the d ispute between south

and North Korea. Well of

course the delegate of North

Korea was not happy with it

but it certainly got its votes.

As sincere and committed the

DISEC team was, there still

were unmods turning into

intense conversations on one

side and a sleepy bunch more

interested in mobile games in

the other.

Although, our fellow delegates

do have a life outside DISEC

topics such as the excitement

that rose in the blood of the

delegate of Brazil about a chit

he got questioning his

sexuality making him wanting

to 'Frame' it and kept as a

souvenir.

It seems like the resolution is

still to be found to this agenda.

-Saiyam

ECOSOS C.S.W. With a surprisingly even male

to female ratio, the

Commission on the Status of

Women should be heaven on

Earth for any feminist! But the

repetitive arguments and the

small number of familiar faces,

Russia, USA, Kuwait and

Indonesia being a few, make

the debate lethargic and

mundane. The debate lacks the

zest and emotion that debate

in a specialized country should

hold . The Chair‘s have

provided the delegates with

plenty of information

injections in forms of updates

and even blatantly pointing

out the details left ou t that

were d iscussed in the

committee‘s background

guide! But of course, as

always, there was a silver

lining! The Chair‘s were sure

to comment on how they are

impressed with certain

delegates who were first time

MUN-ers and were taking an

active part in debate and

provid ing statements filled

with substance and purpose!

They also encouraged the shy

delegate of Congo, who was a

little apprehensive about

delivering her speech; but w ith

encouragement and guidance,

she delivered it through

stutters and a barely audible

voice, bu t sat down with a

smile! So if we were to sum up

the progress of CSW today, we

would say it was a two-steps-

forward-one-step-backwards

kind of approach. But

something is always better

than nothing!

- Akanksa


Nullam arcu leo, facilisis ut 9

Planning Commission With the delegates d ressed in ind ian

formals and evn few draped in gorgeous

sarres, the planning commission commenced

on a pleasant note. They d iscussed intensely

on the partition of Andhra Pradesh. An

éclair was given by the chair to every

delegate who spoke impressively. In the

middle of a serious motion going on a

delegate proposed for a one on one

challenge. It turned out interesting and also

cheezy. Later on it became much more

exciting with an emergency introduced on

the partition of acids in Gujarat between

hindus and muslims. Several delegates were

barred from the com mittee with great insult

and almost wripped of their identities. At

the end a motion for entertainment was

accepted by the chair and it turned over the

entire mood. A delegate was asked to woo a

girl of his choice, bu t too shy to do so the

chair had to choose one for him.The

committee expected the deligate to ask her

out or something else but he d irectly jumped

on to ‗will you marry me.‘ A sporting

deligate volunteered to dance on the Harlem

shake and was awarded ‗two eclairs‘ for that

wonderful performance. Furthermore two

young deligates wrapped on mnm‘s

breathtaking wrap and also won themselves

―two eclairs‖ each. So with a few jokes and

eclairs d istributed the committee ended and

d ispersed with a satisfying day.

-Malvi

SOCHUM The Social, Cultural & Humanitarian

Committee started with a lu ll in their agenda

on the extensive decline of the significance of

performing & creative arts and the Buddhist

religion in Tibet amounting to ―cultural

genocide‖.

Soon the pace d id p ick up when a crisis

broke out which consisted of protests & self

immolation on the streets of Tibet. The

delegates immediately rose to the situation

to pass a resolution to solve the issue before

it got worse. Just like the Pied Piper & his

little rats, it‘s safe to say that the delega tes

follow the same principle. Delegates of

Brazil, China & Congo teamed up, w ith

Japan & UK as their contenders. While other

delegates just p icked whichever side they

liked better, some even forgetting their

foreign. Each bloc passed their own

resolution for the situation although

obviously both were completely d ifferent in

their views. Eventually, after talk of

incomprehensive & vague resolutions both

parties decided to join forces. A little way

down the line, the delegates realized their

biggest loophole of not having a delegate for

voicing the concerns of Tibet!

Chair Tanya Satija called in the Chair of

NATO, Jai Goradia to be the guest delegate

of Tibet. No sooner d id Jai enter the

committee than he voiced Tibet‘s missing

autonomy, subtly hinting the imminent need

for support from other countries barring

―just a few‖. The delegates of this committee

seemed to be overwhelmed by Gorad ia and

didn‘t know what to say. This event shocked

them in the best way possible to start

working on a merged resolution to pass not

just w ithin the committee but also at the

level of Security Council.

-Mihika

SPECPOL In the SPECPOL committee the delegate of

India and China shared a dance filled

‗bromance‘ to the song ‗Ishq Wala Love‘.

China supported US in spite of having a low

transparency index; it supported US in the

clause that asked all the delegates to provide

militarization in the near future. There was a

heated argument between the countries

where majority of them were against

militarization (for obvious reasons), while

US and China (with the support of few

countries) were in favor of militarization.

The next thing that took place was a

moderated caucus, ―The views of the

countries about Space Militarization‖ this

indeed proved to be an interesting topic of

d iscussion and argument. The committee

had been debating over the first agenda that

was ‗Reforms of UN on peace keeping with

special emphasis on UN stand ing force‘.

After d iscussing the agenda the committee

finally made and passed their working paper

with a majority vote of 41 out of 42 votes.

The un-moderated caucus during the

formation of the working paper was

abnormally quiet and filled with low

enthusiasm. Later when the committee

proceeded towards the second agenda, the

delegates faced an emergency. The

emergency was that China illegally launched

a satellite that posed as a threat to its

surroundings. A notice had been set to clear

the issue within 28 hours.

-Aneri



UNDP

The UNDP i.e. United Nations

Development Programme, was chaired

by Adarsh Mathew and Nayanka Ghosh.

The 1st Agenda was about the

empowerment of women in South East

Asia. The 2nd Agenda was about

promoting democracy in the Middle

East. The 1st Agenda was voted upon by

the delegates. It was described as

repetitive and monotonous by the Chair

and the only point brought up was

education. Later, the delegate of USA

moderated a caucus on the importance of

education and he made it compulsory for

each delegate to speak. The motion

passed and the d iscussion begun. The

delegate of Iran stated that USA‘s

involvement in Iran and Afghanistan

was hampering the development in these

nations.

The delegate of USA was called and I

quote, ―cocky‖ by the Chair itself. A

specific delegate passed an interesting

comment about the delegate of USA‘s

arrogance and how ―he doesn‘t give any

delegate a chance to speak.‖

USA brought up the situation on

contraception, which was a huge

blunder. Due to sexual harassment, lack

of awareness, women have to

unnecessarily

carry pregnancy so the delegate said that

the UN should promote contraceptives

and abortion plans but the US

government does not give any fund ing to

any organization. This was against the

country‘s foreign policy.

Being the favourite, dear USA, was

barred for half an hour. USA, you seem

to be the apple of everyone‘s eye

Session 2 served as another good laugh

as most of the delegates weren‘t aware

that the Universal Declaration of Human

Rights had granted compulsive

education in 1948 and assumed the little

blue book was called the ―book of human

rights!‖

Overall the chairs were not very

impressed with today‘s sessions so

delegates of UNDP, it‘s time to level up!

-Simona & Pranalli

United Nations FSC For day 1 of IIMUN 2013, the state of the

Futuristic Security Council, chaired by

Aryaman Jalota and Aditya Soni, was

similar to India‘s economy through the

past three years – boring, monotonous

and low but with bouts of very

productive highs! The few delegates that

stuck out like sore thumbs, Ind ia, USA,

Germany, France and UK to name a few,

were the only voices that could be heard

through the cacophony caused by the

mix of voices from the neighboring

committees and lunch hall. In fact, these

delegates were so repetitive in their

speeches; the committee on a whole was

surprised when Singapore wished to add

their name to the GSL. No one knew that

we had a delegate of Singapore! The

monotonous nature of the debate soon

had even the over-enthusiastic delegates

losing interest in the agenda. But to say

that things p icked up after the lunch

break would be the understatement of

the week

The Chairs got more into the debate,

more delegates started speaking, there

were fruitfu l and comprehensive debates

and overall it was a productive and

positive end to a lethargic start to the

day.

Bet the delegates of Australia, who asked

for a transfer of committee, regret their

decision now!

-Akanksha



UNEP

UNEP in the beginning had a mild start but

eventually the comitee session took the

other route as the rain poured harder.

International Press in UNEP found a

sizzling argument between the delegates of

the same committee. The most noticable

thunder was between the delegate of USA

and the delegate of Iceland which have got

nothing to do with eachother in real life ,

practically. Also the ever confident delegate

of USA was attacked and verbally assaulted

by many includ ing the delegate of Saud i

Arabia showering innumerable questions.

The delegate of USA couldn‘t absorb the

humiliation and took her frustration out

through a few drops of tears. The delegate

however showed great courage and

enthusiastically proposed to answer them

back. But the delegate was suppressed by

the attempt of putting her down by he other

delegates who couldn‘t agree to her point.

Furthermore, the applause of the other

delegates to the speech of the delegate of

Saudi Arabia built on to the already

bursting p ile. The press found this session

more interactive than any other committee .

KII

THE EUROPEAN

UNION As the attendance began, we finally knew

the amount of confidence installed in each

person: some too much and some too little.

The top ic of d iscussion was the economic

crisis Europe was facing.

The delegate of Ireland stuttered about the

economy of the USA. The German delegate

swayed his hands making it a little hard to

concentrate on the point he was getting

across. I finally had to stop looking at him,

and only listen. He spoke about the change

in currency and the losses faced by the

European government.

The German delegate's phone d isrupted the

attention on the top ic of d iscussion as he

struggled to turn it on silent.

The Austrian delegate talked about his

country's economy and the technicalities

behind making it better. She talked about

Austria taking not just their well being, but

that of Europe as a whole under

consideration.

The Delegate of Germany passed a motion

d iscussing the implantation of the p egging of

Europe.

The motion was passed and the delegate of

Ireland began speaking; agreeing with what

the delegate of Germany had said . Pegging

the currency low, Ireland stands to gain.

Unsure of his answer, the delegate of

Denmark mixed and matched his way

through to highlight the point he lacked

confidence in making - that pegging of the

Euro would benefit Denmark.

Czech Republic was against the argument

and said that the pegging of the Euro is

illogical, as the countries that are not a part

of the euro zone do not benefit.

The Delegate of Germany d id not seem to

understand what the delegate of Czech

Republic had said and tried to create an

absurd debate, swaying his arms and gravely

embarrassing himself in front of the union.

The dramatic approach of the delegate of UK

confused me. I couldn't make a note of what

she was bringing to the table. But since the

delegate of Romania agreed with her point, I

assume she made sense, until she tried to

correct and educate the delegate of Romania.

The delegate of Luxembourg stood up and

showed some confidence (finally) as she

brought a strong valid point across. She was

supported by the delegates of Belgium and

France, hence by this point, the economic

crisis should have been solved by the

pegging of the euro, so said the delegates of

numerous countries.

I think this just needs to be mentioned here,

during committee delegate of Germany

blows his nose on his placard and what a

sight it was.

These words seem less to describe how one

feels in these sessions when has one not

attended the sessions before. Overall, it was

painfu lly slow, and confusing. To write an

intellectual article on this session one must

be well equipped with the current affairs of

all European states. If it turns out to be an

alien topic, it gets very d ifficu lt to

comprehend and stay updated . It was

interesting to know about the economic

challenges faced by the countries

participating. I was p leasantly surprised

with the level of debate in this committee

and hope it continues.

-Pranav


I I M U N 2 0 1 3

Taking

innovativ

e one-

liners to a

whole

new

level.

This is

probably

the first

time

we‘ve

seen this

one.

Delegate

of USA,

WHO

and the

Head

Chair of

ILO

(right) The

Chair of

the

Planning

Commiss

ion

This

gives an

entire

new

dimensio

n to the

phrase

―an

under-

the-table-

deal‖

The Head

Chair of

FSC (left)

Photo

Credits:

Sumiran

Morje

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