Index Index ............................................................................................................................................................... 2 Letter from the Secretary General ................................................................................................................. 3 Letter from the Secretary General ................................................................................................................ 4 Letter from the Directors .................................................................................................................................. 5 Co-Director of the Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Committee ................................................................. 5 Co-Director of Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural Committee...................................................................... 6 Introduction to the committee ....................................................................................................................... 7 History of the topic....................................................................................................................................... 7 Current Situation .......................................................................................................................................... 8 Past International Actions ........................................................................................................................... 10 Bloc Positions ............................................................................................................................................ 11 America: .................................................................................................................................................... 12 Possible Solutions ...................................................................................................................................... 14 Questions A Resolution Must Answer (QARMAS) .................................................................................... 15 Position Papers Guidelines ......................................................................................................................... 15 Final recommendations .............................................................................................................................. 16 References ................................................................................................................................................. 17 Letter from the Secretary General Dear delegates, Welcome to International Universities MUN 2019! My name is Valerie Delgado and I have the pleasure to be the Co-Secretary General with Alessia in this conference. I am 17 years old and I am currently a senior at Colegio Italiano Antonio Raimondi. My MUN experience started in November of 2016 with my school’s delegation, participating in Santa María Model UN. Until today, I have participated in a total of 22 conferences either as a delegate or as part of the staff team. Getting involved in MUN has been, without a doubt, one of the best decisions I have taken. It has allowed me to understand new perspectives, meet people who I now consider my close friends and to develop my soft skills. I hope this experience is just as valuable for you and, taking this into consideration, you use your full potential. After all, we want you to have fun, to leave learning something new, making friends or even getting a prom date. The International Universities team, Alessia, and I, during the last two months have dedicated most of our time to prepare the conference and we hope you enjoy it as much as we do. In case you have any doubt, complaint, opinion, or if there is anything you want to tell us, Alessia and I are here for you. See you in October! Valerie Delgado Co-Secretary General International Universities Model United Nations 2019 [email protected] Letter from the Secretary General Welcome everybody! My name is Alessia Lara and I have the honor to be your Co-Secretary General alongside Valerie in this first edition of International Universities Model United Nations 2019. I currently am 16 years old and I am a senior student of Colegio Italiano Antonio Raimondi. It was thanks to the school’s delegation that I got involved in MUN. My first event was back in 2017 and, since that moment, I have not been able to stop going to more conferences as a delegate, chair and part of the Secretariat. For me, IUMUN is still a dream. Sometimes I still ask Valerie if this is truly happening. We want every single one of you, delegates, to be able to enjoy both the conference and the amazing experience of being part of the MUN community. I would like to tell delegates who are participating for the first time in an event to never give up and, when the conference is over, to be able to look back and say that you were able to learn and grow from this new episode. I genuinely hope you get to enjoy MUN as much as we do. We are extremely thankful for International Universities who, for the first time, are organizing an event and uniting schools from all around Lima in a great conference. Valerie and I will be at your disposition all weekend. If any of you have a doubt, suggestion, comment, or just want to say: “Hello!”, do not hesitate to approach us. We will gladly stop to talk to you guys. If you have any further inquiries, please contact us. See you soon! Alessia Lara C. Co-Secretary General International Universities Model United Nations 2019 [email protected] Letter from the Directors Hello! My name is Jorge Medina and I am currently a second semester Biomedical Engineering student at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP) and Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH). In this opportunity I will have the honour and pleasure to serve as your director in the Social, Humanitarian and Cultural committee alongside my co-director Angel Gomez for the first edition of International Universities Model United Nations. To know more about me, I am a huge football fan (Visca Barça) and a truly passionate person regarding action and science fiction films. In my free time I enjoy watching Dragon Ball and Naruto while procrastinating when the minimum opportunity is presented. My MUN experience started two years ago when I attended LiMUN 2017 and since then I have taken part in more than 25 conferences playing the role of delegate, Head Delegate, Faculty Advisor and Director. As a result, I have been awarded several times but the most pleasant recognition was the Book Award obtained in the North American Model United Nations (NAIMUN) 2019 where, alongside United Schools of Peru (USP), I had the opportunity to travel to the United States and attend one of the most competitive conferences in the country. Regarding the topic in discussion, it is crucial to develop holistic strategies to counter an issue that still harms people due to several causes and incorrect beliefs. One personal advice I could give regarding the topic is that try to learn of past cases such as the US before the start of Martin Luther King movement so you can implement realistic solutions that could be implemented in every country non depending on their religion or cultural background. One message I would like to give to you is that remember that MUN is an activity to debate and grow as a person, always taking into consideration diplomacy and maintaining a balance between soft-skills and your level of content. My ideal delegate is the one who knows how to maintain an adequate proportion between their abilities and their content quality, being both aspects at the same level. Being said that, I hope to see you in October for a dynamic and interesting committee. If you have any doubts or questions or simply you would like to introduce yourselves do not hesitate to send me an e-mail! Greetings! Jorge Medina Céliz Director of the Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Committee E-mail: [email protected] Hello and welcome to all! I am Angel Gomez (Enyol for most) and I will be directing alongside my co-director Jorge Medina, SOCHUM at IUMUN 2019 this year. I am currently in my fifth year of Law studies at Universidad de Lima, with plans of applying to the Foreign Service Office of the United States of America after I graduate. When it comes to MUN I have been heavily involved in both the university circuit as well as the school circuit, being a delegate at the university level with Peruvian Debate Society (PDS) since 2015 until 2018, where I traveled to various conferences such as HNMUN-LA, HNMUN and WorldMUN, and last year I had the privilege of being selected as a Faculty Advisor for PDS for the 2018-2019 season. On the school level I have been a Faculty Advisor for the prestigious group of “funny” people known as the Santa Maria MUN team since the year 2016 and ongoing. With the personal introduction aside, I welcome all those interested in participating in this committee to discuss real possible issues heading towards the future. For most of the modern period, we have seen with events such as Brexit and President Donald Trump’s election in 2016 that racial supremacy movements have moved from their underground position to a more public one, influencing policy of candidates and being fundamentally linked with nationalist movements in a multitude of political parties across the world. While freedom of speech is a fundamental human right and as such must be protected with the force