October 15th, 2019 | The Arctic Sea routes are maritime paths used to navigate the entire Arctic and consists of the Northeast Passage, Northwest passage, and the Transpolar Sea routes, all of which connect the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans. There are international maritime laws for the Arctic Sea routes, however, more and more vessels
October 15th, 2019 | In the Plenary committee, North Korea has suggested the elimination of all trade sanctions on their country. This committee is currently discussing water security; trade interdiction sanctions are a vital part of these issues. These sanctions disallow countries across the globe from importing certain goods, in this case, water. North Korea
October 15th, 2019 | In order to promote economic equity, the United Kingdom, along with the Russian Federation, the Republic of South Korea, and Lebanon, have proposed creating “shared economic zones” by reducing maritime free trade restrictions and limiting the nautical boundaries of countries that border the sea. When proposed, this idea garnered an extreme
October 15th, 2019 | The United Kingdom, along with countries like France, Kuwait, and Indonesia have effectively dealt with Aquatic Liberation Front, an environmental terrorist group, by adding an extra clause to a failed resolution titled “T-T-T.” This draft resolution was introduced by China and Indonesia, but failed during the first voting procedure because of
October 15th, 2019 | Discussion in GA 2 has turned to cryptocurrency as a possible means to reduce counterfeit currency in the global economy. China is among the most adamant proponents of this plan, stating, “Currency itself is a thing of the past, if we move to a more technological age where we use cryptocurrency,
October 15th, 2019 | In the “General Assembly 4” committee, the debate to solve ocean border security was well on its way. This discussion was parked on the current issues faced with the previous UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. Countries were required, in the past, to use the territory of coastal waters
October 15th, 2019 | While discussing current working papers, the main argument between delegates has been the place of economic gain of countries trading in the Arctic region vs. the actual environmental benefits of the proposed plans. Malaysia, Panama, and South Africa have all brought up the economic benefits of the ICEE Penguin plan proposed
October 15th, 2019 | Modernizing the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, UNCLOS, has been a continuous process since the United States first exceeded the 12 nautical miles from their baseline in which they are permitted to have control over to increase their trade control at sea. After the United States extended
October 15th, 2019 | The United States, Belgium, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, and Canada have been working in GA1 to form the Accountability, Prevention, and Education plan or the APE plan. The APE plan aims to protect public and private water facilities from chemical weapon attacks with the use of investigative bodies, data systems, and
October 15th, 2019 | In the Social, Humanitarian, Cultural committee, there is debate over whether plans proposed by larger countries are truly looking at the needs of the countries they are setting out to aid. Proposed by the United States and Israel, the GHOST plan has been under scrutiny for its lack of variation for
