To: Legal Committee
From: Syria
Subject: Syrian Citizen Unrest
Noting that it has been approximately 4 years, 9 months, 3 weeks and 5 days since the
Syrian Day of Rage protests staged on 15 March 2011. Since 2015, refugees have fled
their countries in search for a better life, instead they have come across many
problems.
Alarmed by the number of displaced Syrian citizens (4.3 million) due to the Syrian Civil
War, and the influx of Syrian citizens into neighboring countries such as: Lebanon,
Jordan, Iraq, Egypt and Turkey places a great economic stress on these countries, due
to the fact that they house nearly 95% of the refugee population.
Bearing in mind clause two of the fourteenth article of the International Declaration of
Human Rights stating that:
- This right may not be invoked in the case of prosecutions genuinely arising from
non-political crimes or from acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United
Nations.
Further reminding that the Syrian conflict began as an attempt from the government to
stabilize the country, rather than to invoke political conflict.
Calls For:
1. Calls upon the surrender of Syrian citizens to the Assad regime in order to end the
influx of Syrian refugees in neighboring countries.
2. Further requests the aid of other countries, such as Iran, to further calm Syrian
citizen opposition to the Assad Regime.
3. Invites the idea of a system of organized deportation into the quickly stabilizing
Syrian country, as will be created by the new government being drafted in the presently
endorsed Russian peace treaty (which calls for a cease fire)
4. Further invites that these returning citizens be deported with their belongings, so as
to ensure that their present manners of life be continued within the Syrian borders
5. Allows for States to further host these citizens for a span of two years, giving these
citizens an opportunity to begin their applications for citizenship within their desired
countries
To: Legal Committee
From: Japan
Subject: Arctic Whale Fishery
Date: February 8th, 2016
Recalling the legislation passed by the UN in cooperation with the International Whaling
Commission which banned north Arctic whaling,
Noting the heavy economic reliance on certain Icelandic, Norwegian, and Japanese
communities on whale fishing,
Observing the deeply held and long lasting tradition that whale fishing is to many of
these communities,
Believing that it is ethnocentric and hypocritical of a nation to condemn whale fishing
while engaging in similarly controversial practices of their own,
Recognizing the scientific benefit posed by the fishing of marine cetaceans,
Calls For:
1. Demands that the ruling of the International Court of Justice be overruled;
2. Encourages the designation of World Bank funds for the communities affected
by this halt in income;
3. Expresses its hope that monetary funds will be dedicated to further scientific
research of marine cetaceans.
To: Legal Committee
From: Socialist Republic of Viet Nam
Subject: Israel Palestine Issues
23 March 2016
Alarmed by the inefficiency of past resolutions regarding a two-state solution that have
failed to stop a conflict which has been going on since 1948,
Emphasizing the need for a peaceful solution in which both groups can co-exist,
Recognizing both religions and their inalienable right to a holy land,
Citing United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181 (II), dated 29 November 1947,
which “recommended the creation of independent Arab and Jewish States and the
Special International Regime for the City of Jerusalem,”
Deeply disturbed by the staggering number of casualties that have resulted from this
conflict, a number which exceeds 120,000,
Calls For:
1. Resolves that the lands, including the West Bank and Gaza strip, excluding
Jerusalem, be divided equitably, taking into consideration the following factors:
a. Resources and land value,
b. Population,
c. Growth rate;
2. Further resolves that these decisions on land division should be made by a
separate body, and that this body should have the power to:
a. Make non-biased decisions on the division of land,
b. Allow appeals requesting a change in land distribution and take all of them into
consideration,
c. Settle disputes by calling civil meetings between the two states;
3. Further request that Jerusalem be made accessible to all religions that consider it
holy, and that the city be declared a corpus separatum, administered by the United
Nations;
4. Strongly condemns any and all violence over religion and/or land;
5. Further recommends that Palestine be allowed full voting membership in the United
Nations.
To: Legal Committee
From: Netherlands
Subject: Climate change
Date: 25 January 2016
Concerned about the climate change occurring globally,
Fully aware of previous attempts to save the environment by United Nations
committees. The U.N. has adopted the Paris agreement in order to keep the rise of
temperature down and have it only rise about 2 degrees Celsius annually. However,
according to the international panel of climate change we are on our way to exceeding
that limit,
Emphasizing the drastic difference from 1957 to 2015 where CO2 has increase by about
25% and has not reached this height since our ancestors started to migrate out of Africa
almost 800,000 years ago,
Recognizing why climate change is such a significant problem. Climate change can be
unnoticeable when small, but when greater it is difficult to miss. Various effects caused
from global warming could be the increase of range for infectious diseases, increasing
erosion and change of rainfall, also the melting of glaciers and icebergs,
Calls for:
1. Recommends the use of renewable energy sources.
2. Further invites member states to plant trees and other vegetation to reduce
CO2, adopt the “for every tree cut down you plant two more” theory, and convert
to electric cars.
3. Requests laws to be set in place for each member state that will help the
environment.
4. Urges that the members periodically bring this to attention and seriously consider
the positive effects of any law set in place to benefit the environment.
To: Legal Committee
From: Turkey
Subject: Worsening Relationship Between Turkey and Russia
Date: January 14, 2016
Deeply concerned by the diminishing relationship between Turkey and Russia.
Recognizing that Russia has broadened its sanctions against Turkey to curb Turkish
construction in Russia and discourage Russian tourism in Turkey.
Alarmed by the ban placed on imports from Turkey.
Noting further the ban on hiring Turkish nationals.
Observing the ban on Turkish citizens from participating in state purchases.
Deeply concerned for the economic growth of Turkey.
Calls for:
1. Requests the help of the UN to remove the sanctions Russia has placed against
Turkey
2. Urges the UN to recognize the economic turmoil that will occur in Turkey due to
these bans.
a. Russia is the largest market for Turkish exports after Germany.
b. Russia was the biggest source of Turkish imports in 2014.
3. Emphasizes that this ban is the latest in Russia’s trade disputes with countries it
is at odds with on foreign policies.
4. Further invites the UN to reevaluate the airspace between Syria and Turkey to
prevent a similar issue in the future.
5. Further requests that diplomatic sanctions are placed on Russia to help prevent
disputes with other countries in NATO and other international organizations.
To: Legal Committee
From: Republic of Kenya
Topic: Environmental Conservation in Relation to Sustainable Farming
Date: February 24, 2016
Aware of the effect of environmental sustainability in a developing country,
Observing that in the most underdeveloped countries, the majority of the workforce is
engaged in agriculture,
Recognizing that in the Republic of Kenya alone, millions rely on the agriculture as a
source of income and nutrition,
Emphasizing that poor farming practices leads to environmental issues,
Believing that obtaining a sustainable environment will increase development of a
country,
Calls For:
1. Suggests the creation of laws in which more underdeveloped countries
are assisted;
2. Calls upon volunteers with environmental and agricultural awareness to
educate how to successfully and efficiently perform agriculture;
3. Encourages the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) to oversee
the education of learning to farm properly;
4. Recommends that the new laws can focus on underdeveloped regions of
Africa.
To: Legal Committee
From: Italy
Subject: Muslim immigration integration
Date: 22 January 2016
Alarmed By The amount of terrorist attacks and civil unrest cause by the uncoordinated
Muslim immigration,
Fully Aware of the apparent xenophobia being expressed by Europeans such as
Maurizio Gasparri, the vice president of our senate, tweeting, “Islam brings destruction
and incivility”,
Keeping In Mind these refugees have nowhere else to go, the immigration is needed to
help the innocent civilians escape the war in their home countries, but the amount of
extremists also slipping through has caused many problems,
Deeply Concerned about the high unemployment rates for Muslims in European
countries coupled with the high birthrates of the demographic,
Calls For:
1. Encourages the creation of a Muslim Integration Committee to help settle
disputes revolving around the immigrants;
2. Further Invites countries to allow the creation of communities by and for Islamic
people to live away from islamophobia;
3. Emphasizes that less xenophobia and better integration could lessen the
terrorist acts that have taken so many lives already.
To: Legal Committee
From: Mexico
Subject: Terrorist Attempts Worldwide
Date: 25 January 2016
Alarmed by terrorist attempts to enter North America through the national border, such
as the 4 Turkish terrorists caught in Texas after they paid $8,000 each to be smuggled
into the country,
Deeply concerned by accusations by the Texas Department of Public Safety that illegal
immigrants have been working with terrorists organizations like Al-Shabaab, the Somali
terrorist group, to sneak other terrorists into the country.
Having examined recent terrorist attacks in other countries, such as France, Lebanon,
Egypt, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, and many more,
Fully aware that there have been many acts of terrorism occurring internationally and
every country is at risk,
Seeking discussion to enhance security at borders between nations,
Expecting actions taken to end to the conflict over immigration while insuring safety of
all people,
Calls For:
1. Urges a major increase in background checks given to people who cross from
one country into another;
2. Encourages further investigation to be given to suspicious people or people who
act in a strange and unusual manner;
3. Considers an increase in border patrol officers along the entire national border
by;
a. Increasing funds from both nations in order to protect citizens
b. Officers would be appointed by each country to patrol
c. Placing more locations along to border to supervise officers and migrants
4. Disagrees with the construction of a wall to be a barrier, considering it would be
extremely expensive and would cause many international conflicts;
5. Emphasizes that terrorism has no race or religion, so that should not be a
deciding factor;
6. Expresses its hope that this will decrease the risk of terrorist attacks all around
the globe, leading to a decrease in international conflict.