13th AMUN UNSC

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Topic A – Contemporary Approaches to Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs)

Topic B – The situation in Afghanistan

During the past 63 years, the United Nations Security Council has been the main policy-making body regarding international security issues. For that reason, it has called the attention of leaders, rulers and the civil society as a whole. Its importance, as an arena of international political interaction, is unquestionable and its horizon of multilateral action is likely to be one of the greatest in the international environment, mainly as a result of the legitimacy provided by the UN Charter and of previous actions taken under the sign of the UN. Moreover, the Security Council is the political body where recommendations may turn into effective and compulsory decisions.

The 13th Americas Model United Nations’ United Nations Security Council, bearing in mind two of the most relevant questions which have featured the first decade of the millennium, is going to deal with the contemporary approaches to weapons of mass destruction and the current situation in Afghanistan. Both topics embrace a set of characteristics and patterns which provide a huge historic path at the same time of a set of challenging non-solved issues which still bring many hindrances to the evolvement of the international community as a whole.

Inasmuch as the situation in Afghanistan concerns a set of nation-building processes which are still ongoing, the UNSC should be able to adopt resolutions that surpass the bilateral scope of actions, currently assumed mainly by the United States of America. Even though social development and a broad environment of economic and political progress are both necessary to Afghanistan, the UNSC is supposed to guide its actions mainly towards regional security issues and the establishment of governance aiming at the control of spillover effects and the maintenance of the Rule of Law and national security. Since these challenges go along with a previously unseen transition nearing democracy and international cooperation, the current situation in Afghanistan seems unique in the sense of precedents.

In regards to Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs), a broader scenario of directly involved actors is to be faced, since this topic has heavily influenced political agendas through the world. Not only WMDs do require the enforcement and the development of regimes of control and prevention (e.g. the Chemical Weapons Convention, 1993), but also disputes many interests and foreign policies on questions concerning the status quo of national capacities or the boundaries between pacific and military use of nuclear energy, for instance. Thus resolutions and agreements on WMDs which bring new policies and possibly new regimes have to be adroit to conciliate the aforementioned spheres of action and its significance.

Finally, deciding which kind of political measures can bring more effective and ongoing results on the situation in Afghanistan or which proposes and policies on regimes of control of WMDs must be adopted are only some of the few questions an AMUN UNSC’s delegate should be prepared to face. Moreover, taking into consideration the sustainment and the defense of its nation’s foreign policies and priorities regarding such controversial topics also helps to enrich the debate and poses new questions. If you consider yourself ready to take the necessary crucial decisions and are looking forward to reach a consensus on the scope of one of the most powerful and challenging international bodies, do not waste the chance to do it. The UNSC committee is ready and hopeful of meeting you in July, 2010.