General Assembly of the United Nations: Disarmament and International Security - First Committee
The ever popular DISEC committee is back again to ReadiMUN15!
Your chairs have prepared two fascinating topics for you to debate over the duration of the weekend.
Topic A: The Militarization of Arctic: Political, Economic and Climatic Challenges.
Topic B: The Growing Relevance of UAVs in International Security, Armed Conflicts and Peacekeeping Missions.
Position Papers are due Tuesday 24th November, as determined by the Chairs. Please submit them via email to the DISEC account, as specified below. If you have any questions, please address Rituja and Mahdi.
Your chairs have prepared two fascinating topics for you to debate over the duration of the weekend.
Topic A: The Militarization of Arctic: Political, Economic and Climatic Challenges.
Topic B: The Growing Relevance of UAVs in International Security, Armed Conflicts and Peacekeeping Missions.
Position Papers are due Tuesday 24th November, as determined by the Chairs. Please submit them via email to the DISEC account, as specified below. If you have any questions, please address Rituja and Mahdi.
If you wish to contact the chairs, or submit your position papers, please email Rituja and Mahdi at disec.readingmun@gmail.com
Also, we have created the FB group for DISEC, which we recommend you join <https://www.facebook.com/groups/ReadiMUN15.DISEC/>
Also, we have created the FB group for DISEC, which we recommend you join <https://www.facebook.com/groups/ReadiMUN15.DISEC/>
Head ChairIntroducing Rituja Rao
Rituja Rao is your Head Chair for DISEC. First of all, she would like to welcome you to ReadiMUN and secondly, congratulate you as you are now a MUNner. Rituja says that she can talk to anyone, anywhere, anytime and about anything. She is from India and is studying Journalism at the University of Westminster. She has been to 7 conferences as a delegate and has had a track record of winning an award at each of them. She has also been Security Council Chair at WIMUN, India. She enjoys debating but is definitely not opposed to talking about something other than UN. Rituja says you can talk to her about rainbows, unicorns, cats or food.
Her priority is a good debate at a conference, and aims to provide this at ReadiMUN, as well as make sure you have a good time. When you enter the committee her advice is to be the delegate you are; it is a life altercating debate and your say matters. As her delegate, you only need two things – a will to speak and to speak. She promises you that this conference will make you confident and an MUN-addict like herself. If you are a beginner or an expert, it’s not in the number of conferences you've attended, it’s in what you have to say! Rituja is the author to Topic A of the Study Guide for DISEC.
If you have any questions regarding Topic A, it would be advisable to contact Rituja directly. |
Study GuideThe Study Guide for DISEC can be downloaded here:
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Co-ChairIntroducing Salehin Mohammed Mahdi
Mahdi is going to be your DISEC Co-chair. He is glad to serve as your Chair at this year’s ReadiMUN conference and will do everything possible to make it a unique experience for each of you.
Model United Nations is not only about simulating the most spectacular body in international politics, it is also about forging new friendships, enjoying yourselves during social events and learning about new topics and countries’ positions. Therefore it will be his pleasure to guide you through the conference and to assist you with reaching conclusions during the debating process. He started doing MUN when he joined University, and his first big international conference was in Reading last year. He enjoyed it a lot and hopes that you will enjoy it this year as well. After Reading he attended five more conferences, yet this will be his first time chairing in a conference. Coming from Bangladesh, Mahdi can speak Bengali. Currently, he is doing his second year of a Civil Engineering degree and hopes to finish it as quickly as possible. He says he is a very lazy person and so in his leisure time just likes to sleep. He is only kidding; he does have hobbies of reading story books, Japanese manga and watching anime. As for sports he plays table tennis on a regular basis and plays football occasionally. He is really looking forward to the conference in Reading and to the DISEC committee! Mahdi is the author to Topic b of the Study Guide for DISEC.
If you have any questions regarding Topic B, it would be advisable to contact Mahdi directly. | ||