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IR MUN-DISARMAMENT AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY COMMITTEE


The DISEC, which is a part of the General Assembly, was one of the most exhilarating committees in the IRMUN 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 MUN. 




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