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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