Each year we have a fantastic group of students from across the state of Connecticut to lead our Model United Nations committees. This year, we asked our officers two questions: How has participating in Model UN prepared you to be a future global leader? and What does Model UN mean to you? Check out their… Continue reading Meet the Officers: Model United Nations 2020
Security Council Special Committee According to the United Nations, the Security Council has primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security. It has 15 Members, and each Member has one vote. Under the Charter of the United Nations, all Member States are obligated to comply with Council decisions. The Security Council takes the… Continue reading MUN 2020: Security Council
Building Economic Equity in Post-Crisis Scenarios Committee II: Economic and Financial COVID-19 has dramatically disrupted the global economy, pushing countries around the world into deep recession. While almost nowhere has been fully spared from the pandemic, the economic impacts of lockdowns and fearful consumers are being felt harder by some than by others. As the… Continue reading MUN 2020: Building Economic Equity in Post-Crisis Scenarios
2500th Anniversary of the Battle of Thermopylae Committee: Historical Committee In 480 BC King Xerxes I of the Achaemenid Persian Empire launched an invasion of Greece to seek revenge for his fathers’ defeat a decade beforehand and subdue the Greeks, who the Persians blamed for fomenting the Ionian revolts on the western coast of Anatolia.… Continue reading MUN 2020: 2500th Anniversary of the Battle of Thermopylae
Building Economic Equity in Post-Crisis Scenarios Committee II: Economic and Financial COVID-19 has dramatically disrupted the global economy, pushing countries around the world into deep recession. While almost nowhere has been fully spared from the pandemic, the economic impacts of lockdowns and fearful consumers are being felt harder by some than by others. As the… Continue reading MUN 2020: Building Economic Equity in Post-Crisis Scenarios
Modern Slavery Committee III: Social, Humanitarian, Cultural Modern slavery exists in four principal forms: bonded labor, domestic servitude, sexual exploitation, and forced marriage. Despite recent gains, experts still estimate that more people are enslaved today than at any other point in human history. Somewhere between 20 and 40 million people are suffering enslavement, a majority… Continue reading MUN 2020: Modern Slavery
Vaccine Distribution and Access Committee: World Health Organization In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccines are at the forefront of the public consciousness. As the world tries to collectively ensure that when a vaccine for the novel coronavirus is developed all people will have access to it, it is important to remember that millions… Continue reading MUN 2020: Vaccine Distribution and Access
Security During a Pandemic Committee 1: Disarmament and International Security The COVID-19 pandemic is having dramatic effects on economies and societies around the globe. But how has the pandemic altered the arena of international security? The UN Secretary General has called for a global humanitarian ceasefire in an effort to ensure that conflict-torn communities can… Continue reading MUN 2020: Security During a Pandemic
Sustainable Food and Agriculture Committee: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) The human population on Earth has doubled in the last 50 years, to nearly 8 billion people today. This rapid growth is expected to continue for the foreseeable future, and the UN thinks it could reach nearly 10 billion by 2050 and 11 billion by… Continue reading MUN 2020: Sustainable Food and Agriculture
Anmol is a junior at Glastonbury High School and a member of CTWAC’s Model United Nations program. For the 2019 conference she is the Chair of Committee I: Disarmament & International Security, which explores Biological Warfare this year. 1. Why do global affairs matter to you? I have always loved learning about history, especially the… Continue reading November Student Spotlight: Anmol Chowdhary
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