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UNHCR: Committee Debates Necessity and Relevance of Amendments

UNHCR: Committee Debates Necessity and Relevance of Amendments

BY JESSE JAMES STEELE, AL-JAZEERA As the closing of debate approaches, delegates on the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees committee began debating the necessity and relevance of amendments to…

Present Absentee Law: Not a UN Problem

Present Absentee Law: Not a UN Problem

By SUSAN BINCHY, HAARETZ The Executive committee, the UN High commissioner for Refugee, was unsuccessful in addressing the Israeli problem of the current ‘Present Absentee Law’.  This law states that…

EU in Shambles, Little Hope of Recovery

EU in Shambles, Little Hope of Recovery

By JOHN SUNUNU, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PARIS, France — Agence France-Presse reports live from the site of a fiery debate in the European Union committee at Harvard National Model United Nations…

Water sustainability, it is everyone’s problem!

Water sustainability, it is everyone’s problem!

By STEPHANY DOT, THE PEOPLE’S DAILY The High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, is working on a subject that is of relevance to every human being on our planet,…

The Big Question: Whats the Big fish doing in the pond ??

The Big Question: Whats the Big fish doing in the pond ??

By DIVJOT ANAND, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Right from the dawn of time, the presence of non-ASEAN countries has always been like a spaceship loitering like a UFO in an another planet’s…

Space Tourism Over Before it Began

Space Tourism Over Before it Began

By SUSAN BINCHY, HAARETZ The committee on Futuristic Commission on Space Development, was called into session to discuss the eminent threat the space tourists on the ‘SPACEx’ space ship. Which…

EDITORIAL: The importance of debating Internet privacy in CSTD

EDITORIAL: The importance of debating Internet privacy in CSTD

By ANAÏS VOSKI, THE GUARDIAN The Commission On Science and Technology For Development has been debating the topic on information technology and international security today at the sixty-first session of…

From the Front of the Room: A Unique Perspective on Model United Nations

From the Front of the Room: A Unique Perspective on Model United Nations

By DIVJOT ANAND AND JOHN SUNUNU, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE For nearly every delegate at Harvard National Model United Nations 2015 — and at most speech and debate conferences, for that matter —…

Profile: Crisis Director Colin Mark

Profile: Crisis Director Colin Mark

By YENA SEO, THE WASHINGTON POST The Futuristic Commission on Space Development has encountered crises including the death of tourists on a SpaceX ship, international outcry from religious groups and…

BREAKING NEWS: Lives Lost on a SpaceX Craft

BREAKING NEWS: Lives Lost on a SpaceX Craft

BY JESSE JAMES STEELE, AL JAZEERA In an update to the Futuristic Commission on Space Development, 2030, it was reported that a vast number of lives have been lost due…

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