The United Nations Security Council
Are you ready to prepare for debates on the United Nations Security Council?
Topic A: Protecting civilians in the context of the Syrian Civil War.
Topic B: Containment of nuclear proliferation in the light of the US-Iran deal.
There are 15 places on the United Nations Security Council, are you ready to be one of them?
All countries to debate will be those currently with membership to the Council at the United Nations. These are as follows: China, France, Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, the United States, Angola (2016), Chad (2015), Chile (2015), Jordan (2015), Lithuania (2015), Malaysia (2016), New Zealand (2016), Nigeria (2015), Spain (2016), and Venezuela (2016).
Apply now, if you haven't already to be part of the most contentious and influential council of the United Nations.
Position Papers are due Tuesday 24th November, as determined by the Chairs. Please submit them via email to the UNSC account, as specified below. If you have any questions, please address Arvin and Piotr.
Topic A: Protecting civilians in the context of the Syrian Civil War.
Topic B: Containment of nuclear proliferation in the light of the US-Iran deal.
There are 15 places on the United Nations Security Council, are you ready to be one of them?
All countries to debate will be those currently with membership to the Council at the United Nations. These are as follows: China, France, Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, the United States, Angola (2016), Chad (2015), Chile (2015), Jordan (2015), Lithuania (2015), Malaysia (2016), New Zealand (2016), Nigeria (2015), Spain (2016), and Venezuela (2016).
Apply now, if you haven't already to be part of the most contentious and influential council of the United Nations.
Position Papers are due Tuesday 24th November, as determined by the Chairs. Please submit them via email to the UNSC account, as specified below. If you have any questions, please address Arvin and Piotr.
If you wish to contact the chairs, or submit your position papers, please email Arvin and Piotr at unsc.readingmun@gmail.com
Also, we advise you to join the Facebook group created for UNSC <https://www.facebook.com/groups/ReadiMUN15.UNSC/>
Also, we advise you to join the Facebook group created for UNSC <https://www.facebook.com/groups/ReadiMUN15.UNSC/>
Head ChairIntroducing Arvin Khanchandani
Arvin is currently doing his Master’s in EU Politics at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
Although he was born in Singapore and has lived in five different countries, he always looks forward to returning to Poland where he spent most of his childhood. At university he joined debating and MUN societies to improve his public speaking skills, and attending various conferences soon became one of his favourite pastimes. Apart from being interesting in all MUN related things and international relations, he is also enthusiastic about political philosophy, entrepreneurship, ideas of liberty, sports and learning languages. His university dissertation concerned the effects of the decriminalisation of drugs in Portugal. He is thrilled to welcome all delegates to this year’s ReadiMUN and is looking forward to hear an amazing debate! Arvin is the author to Topic A of the Study Guide for UNSC.
If you have any questions regarding Topic A, it would be advisable to contact Arvin directly. |
Study GuideThe Study Guide for UNSC can be downloaded here:
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Co-ChairIntroducing Piotr Sitnik
Piotr is a student of law at University College London, having previously studied law at the Warsaw University (2012-14).
He has been MUNing since 2012 and has chaired close to a dozen MUN committees in Europe and beyond, including SOFIMUN (Sofia, Bulgaria), HolylandMUN (Tel Aviv, Israel) and MUNIST (Istanbul, Turkey). He takes particular interest in international law and international politics, with predominant focus on Eastern European affairs and influence thereof on the Western World. Also, he is involved in the student debating circuit in the UK, specializing in team debating. Piotr is looking forward to leaving a positive and constructive mark on the conference. He is open to any questions regarding the MUN format, especially first-timers – the bigger the MUN family grows the more motivation and enthusiasm there is to keep holding conferences and cultivating the culture of MUN. Outside MUN and academia, he is a long-standing Wikipedia administrator as well as a published poet. Piotr is the author to Topic B of the Study Guide for UNSC.
If you have any questions regarding Topic B, it would be advisable to contact Piotr directly. | ||