Security Council

President: Luis Mesa
Vice-President: Antonio Espinosa
Delegations:
-People’s Republic of China: Sergio Avilan
-French Republic: San Juan del Camino
-Russian Federation: Los Cerezos
-United Kingdom: Kun Hee Yoon
-United States of America: Juan Esteban Trujillo
-State of Japan: Andrew Quiroga
-Republic of Turkey: Sebastián Guevara
-Republic of Lebanon: La Colina
-United Mexican States: Guillermo Caballero
-Federal Republic of Nigeria: Daniel Escobar
-Republic of Austria: Robyn Steel
-Colombia: Doménica Kozy


Hello delegates and welcome to the UN’s Security Council,

I am your commission President, Luis Mesa, and I would like to start off by saying that the 15 of you represent the best of the best on the UN. The Security Council was the first council in the UN and is the most powerful one within the United Nations, composed of the 5 veto powers and another 10 states. You are the ones in charge of global security, and are the only ones who can send troops, and authorize immediate sanctions and actions.

Your Vice-president will be Antonio Espinosa, and we will both make sure the debates go smoothly and that you can achieve the most you can within the days the model takes place.

Good Luck!

Definition of sanctions related to violations of treaties biochemical warfare:
Biochemical warfare is considered to be a huge threat for international peace and security due to its destructive power, which are designed to kill and incapacitate human beings in gruesome ways. These weapons are also a threat since they are usually the type of warfare used by non-states and terrorist organizations. The purpose of these debates will be to amend the existing treaties such as the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC). Your job as delegates will be to decide if the sanctions will be imposed, what they will consist in, how severe the sanctions will be, and who they will apply to.

Recommended reading:
• http://www.unog.ch/80256EE600585943/%28httpPages%29/04FBBDD6315AC720C1257180004B1B2F?OpenDocument
• http://www.opbw.org/convention/conv.html
• http://www.opcw.org/chemical-weapons-convention/articles/

Situation in Somalia:
After the Somali civil war ended officially in 2009, the country has sunk into a humanitarian crisis. The country is riddled with rebel soldiers that started terrorizing villages after the war were over. It is our duty as the UN’s Security Council to decide what we will do to help this nation in need. Your job as delegates will be to decide how to deal with this crisis, whether you send military aid, monetary aid, sanction the existing government for their incompetence, etc. you decide.

Recommended Reading:
• http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/africa/2004/somalia/default.stm
• http://www.pbs.org/newshour/indepth_coverage/africa/somalia/index.html
• http://www.cfr.org/publication/14247/us_special_envoy_cites_widespread_lack_of_confidence_in_somali_government.html
• http://rru.worldbank.org/Documents/PapersLinks/280-nenova-harford.pdf