Woodstock School - MUN Saturday, October 4, 2014 Issue 1

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Commencing the day
with an unmoderated cau-
cus, the Economic and So-
cial Council resumed the
discussion on the sustain-
ability of economies con-
cerned with providing a
shelter for refugees.
Chaitanya Prashant, the
delegate of Qatar, spon-
sored a resolution for the
committee, which encour-
aged the formation of a
monetary fund designed to
help the refugees through-
out the world in relation to
the countries around the
world. Tis resolution was
co- sponsored by Germany
and the United States of
America, but unfortunate-
ly, failed to pass.
Aaditya Dhokania, the
delegate of China, spon-
sored a second resolution,
which stated that In order
for the betterment of liv-
ing conditions provided
to the refugees, it has been
unanimously decided that
refugees will be sent to
countries around the world
depending on their econo-
my, population density and
the landmass available on
their country. Tis reso-
lution was co-sponsored
by the Russian Federation
and Brazil, along with nine
signatories. However, this
resolution failed as well.
Following advice given
by the chairs, both the
sponsors decided to merge
their resolutions and reach
a unanimous resolution.
Te committee went into
an unmoderated cau-
cus to discuss individual
clauses and reach common
ground.
Speaking for the com-
bined resolution, Rishi
Tomas, the delegate of
South Africa, stated, Quite
a remarkable event has
happened today Tis
[resolution] will give coun-
tries an opportunity to rise
economically and socially.
Te committee proceed-
ed into voting procedure
and passed the resolution
unanimously, with only
two friendly amendments
suggested by Varun Pant,
the delegate of Brazil and
Aaditya Dhokania, the del-
egate of China.
ECOSOC Seeks Common Ground
byManvi Seth
Despite the slow start to
the conferences yesterday,
the committee started to
pick its pace.
Day two in the Joint Cri-
sis Committee picked up at
a drastic speed. Tis morn-
ing began with Israel and
Palestine working vigor-
ously on solutions to their
problems. Te Ambassa-
dor of USA, Aariz Ansari,
passed a directive ordering
the US and Iranian milita-
ristic deployment on Pales-
tine borders. With the help
of PLO (Palestinian Lib-
eration Organization), the
Ambassador launched a
frontal attack at Hamas. In-
timidated by the threat, the
Spokesperson for Hamas,
Noah Douglas, demanded
an apology from the Am-
bassador of USA, only to
be rejected by the Prime
Minister of Israel, Amaani
Mehra.
Afer continuous threats
from USA and Iran, Ha-
mas was coerced to agree
to a fve-year cease-fre. Te
Minister of Justice, Pranjal
Agrawal, the Governor of
the Bank of Israel, Egor Su-
vorov, and the Ambassador
of USA, Jahnvi Garg, were
against negotiating with
Hamas, but the Minister of
Finance, Rhea Malani, was
for it. In conclusion, Israel
decided that they are not
ready to negotiate with it.
At the end of the third
and fourth session, both
Israel and Palestine worked
on their working papers
and presented it to the Se-
curity Council. Ministers
and ambassadors from JCC
Israel went to HRC and
requested economic sup-
port from the Ambassador
of UAE. Tere are heated
discussions in both com-
mittees, and further resolu-
tions are expected.
Ceasefres and Further Negotiations in the
Joint Crisis Committee
by Marina Popova and Linh Bui
Te MUN Times 2
Its not how brilliant the
photographer is. My job...
is to get the viewer...to think
only about what theyre see-
ing and whats in that scene
and not even consider the
photographer. Tese words
can never ring truer than
when Jon Warrens pho-
tography was displayed in
the Media Center. By these
words, Warren meant that he
wanted to disappear behind
the surface and meaning of
the photos he took and not
direct attention to himself,
the photographer. Warren,
like some of us, was a student
at Woodstock. According
to Amy Seefeldt, his niece,
Warren was never aiming
towards photography in his
Woodstock years. His deci-
sion to marry early and have
children early allowed him to
pursue quick ways of making
money. Afer freelancing for
some time, Warren eventu-
ally fell into photography and
found his natural inclination
to use photography as a way
to tell necessary stories. To-
day, as a photo director for
World Vision and a relief
photographer, Warren has
visited almost every major
confict zone and every natu-
ral disaster, such as Eastern
Europe, Russia, Rwanda, Su-
dan, Ethiopia, and Haiti. Te
dire importance of this years
MUN topic of refugees and
displaced people is directly
refected through the lens of
Jon Warren.
Te Invisible Artist: Jon Warren
by Hyunyoung Baek
UNEP made progress
on the second day, but has
not yet passed a solution
to biodiversity and waste
management issues. How-
ever, two resolutions were
merged and it appeared
likely that the new resolu-
tion would pass.
Day one in the UNEP
started of rather slowly.
Te frst two motions on
the foor did not have a ma-
jority vote, which led to the
Chair having to force the
delegates to start debate on
biodiversity and poaching
issues.
Te delegate of Russia,
Meha Kaul, stated that in-
creased biodiversity would
help the quality of life
across the globe to be better,
to which there was a gener-
al consensus of agreement.
However, tension was built
as the delegate of Korea,
Hannah Yi, stated that over-
fshing by Japanese fsher-
men has been contributing
to biodiversity problems
around Korea, which insti-
gated a heated debate. How-
ever, things did not proceed
beyond this point.
Day two, however, led
to stronger debates. Te
frst resolution, which was
headed by the delegate of
Germany, Sheikh Safwan,
addressed all the issues
including animal testing,
biodiversity issues and haz-
ardous waste management.
Few amendments were
made to the resolution and
the only one that passed was
an amendment to the clause
on legalizing marijuana.
Te second resolution
from the delegate of India,
Saral Tayal, also addressed
all the issues however dele-
gates felt that it wasnt com-
prehensive enough.
Te resolution was passed
afer successful collabora-
tion between all delegates
UNEP Makes Progress on Biodiversity
by Donald Blank
Te Human Rights Com-
mittee began their frst ses-
sion with a discussion of
the status and treatment of
refugees. Troughout the
frst session, some delegates
ofered up feasible solutions
whereas other delegates
briefed the crowd on the
health benefts of marijuana.
Afer displaying utter
disregard for the other del-
egates feelings, Shikhar
Dhingra, the delegate of the
Russian Federation, prompt-
ed backlash from the chair,
who called Dhingra out on
his hypocrisy regarding the
so-called democracy of
the Russian Federation and
his inability to diferentiate
between what he wants and
what the people want. Eva
Khanpara, the delegate of
the Phillipines, likened the
opinions of the delegate of
the Russian Federation to
that of a person throwing a
party to which only ten peo-
ple are allowed to attend.
Two resolutions were
made in the Human Rights
Council. Te two sponsors,
delegate of the US, Kripa
Charan, and the delegate
of China, Stutii Garg, pre-
sented their separate resolu-
tions. Dhingra stepped up
for the resolution presented
by Garg and stated that the
simplicity and understand-
ableness of this resolution is
astounding and should pass.
Tis resolution did not
deny any refugees from en-
tering the country. It stated
that all refugees are impor-
tant and all nations should
work together to help pro-
vide for them. If you are a
refugee, you really want this
to go down claimed Dh-
ingra. Even the opposing
delegate of France, Manisha
Bhau, described the reso-
lution as quite beautiful.
Dhingra, obviously taken
aback by the beauty of the
resolution, compared it to
a scrumptious pastry and
claimed that there is no
hole in our resolution, just
like the hole in a donut
the donut itself is a piece of
goodness. We have to look
at the bigger picture. Af-
ter the amendments were
made, the committee took
a short break to soothe the
intense atmosphere.
HRC: Our Resolution is like a Donut
by Ameya Singh and Shefali Rangi