1. MUN Club
We welcome you all to this year’s
MUN club student presentation.
Each student from our school who
participated in the 11th
MUN will
describe their experience shortly,
so as for you to get a slight taste
of this wonderful event.
2. Legal Committee:
Strengthening the rule of law: children and
the internet
Delegate: Chatzimimikou Alexandra
The actions of U.K. until now:
•In order to protect children from pornography, the United
Kingdom has funded the campaign: Internet watch foundation.
•Noting further that UK High Court has blocked access to
websites, which provide a search for UseNet content, which
includes movies and other pirated material.
•The Culture, Media and Sport Committee and the UK Council
Internet Safety protect children online from harmful content on the
Internet and in video games.
3. ECOFIN Committee
Reducing the Debt Vulnerability of Developing
Countries through an Inclusive International
Financial System
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The purpose of this committee was to establish a functional
international financial system that would serve the interests of
both the developing and the developed countries
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In order to achieve that, the collaborating countries created a
resolution that focused mainly on these points:
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A reform of the W.T.O. (World Trade Organization) and global
trade, to enable it to play a more active role
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Granting to developing countries a better access to the
system and providing them with the necessary training and
technical assistance
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Tax cuts and benefits for working families and businesses in
order for economy to bloom.
5. • United Kingdom took a clear position in Human
Rights Act in the fight against Extremism and
placed all public authorities under a duty to
respect its rights. While peacefully protesting,
force is necessary to protect persons and
properties. Finally, Human Rights Act challenges
emergences and deteriorating situations in a
consistent and coherent manner.
• Τhe countries that sponsored our resolution are:
U.S.A., Italy, Spain, Germany, France, Sweden,
Norway, Argentina, Finland, Denmark, Australia,
Canada, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Hellas and
Cyprus.
6. Our alliance’s resolution has been voted from 19 countries
out of 23.
• Proposed solutions:
• Recommends the creation of an international legal
framework for protection of children, similar to the existing
law governing trade on the Internet, consumer protection
and advertising.
• Encourages appropriate laws, policies and regulations
concerning inappropriate content to ensure the safety of
children and youth when using the Internet.
• Calls upon the running of national awareness centers in
order to provide knowledge to children, parents and
teachers to guide and empower children in the network
society.
8. Resolution Summary:
• Encourages organizing an effort to dismantle the organizations
behind people smuggling
• Requests legal advocates for underage victims and/or human
trafficking victims that do not speak the local language.
• Further requests to encourage victims to testify as witnesses.
• Supports the production of a strategy to raise awareness and
discourage people from unknowingly supporting the exploitation of
refugees.
• Urges other country-members to ensure that all instruments of legal
service are aware of the rights and obligations of a refugee.
• Calls upon the country members to ensure that violators of the
above rights will be prosecuted.
9. The Economic and Social
Committee
TOPIC AREA : Tackling Global
Unemployment
Delegate: Katsimagli Eleni-Georgia
Observer: Tasos Diamantopoulos
10. What was included in our resolution
THE ACTIONS OF U.K. UNTIL NOW:
•Keeping in mind that United Kingdom has participated in
the Community Action Program which intention is to help
claimants move off benefits and into employment by
equipping them with a valuable period of work experience.
•Announcing that the Coalition government had also
implemented workfare programs for the long term
unemployment.
•Noting further that London’s Conservative Mayor, Boris
Johnson, has launched a workfare scheme for those who
have less than six months of national insurance
contributions.
11. What was included in our resolution
THE PROPOSED ACTIONS:
•Recommends to every large employer to offer
apprenticeships, and be actively involved in the
design and delivery of training.
•Encourages for resolutions at the United
Nations, to follow the ILO’s program on youth
unemployment which provides assistance to
countries in developing coherent and
coordinated interventions on youth
employment.
12. Committee: Human Rights
Topic Area: Rights of refugees, returnees
and displayed persons
Sponsored by: United Kingdom
Submitted by: Dimitra Athanasa
13. • Dear delegates, Honorable chairs,
UK has taken clear positions in order to tackle with the problem of
manipulation of rights of refugees, returnees and displayed persons.
My delegation has already played a vital role in preventing them and at
the same time keeping the number of refugees in sustainable
numbers. Particularly, the law relating to political asylum stems from
the provisions of the UN Convention on Refugee Status signed in
Geneva in 1951. The Convention and its implementation in domestic
law have been interpreted extensively by the British Courts, creating a
body of case law that requires expert understanding in order to give
asylum seekers the best possible advice and guidance. Additionally,
today UK immigration authorities scrutinise all asylum applications
carefully. This is because of the increase in economic migrants from
poorer areas of the world. Asylum seekers are often interviewed at
length about their claims in order to judge their credibility.
Furthemore, an estimated 50,000 refugees could be allowed to stay in
the UK indefinitely thanks to the Home Office's biggest-ever asylum
amnesty. UK expresses the empathy to all victims of manipulation
regarded their human rights and pledges the direct involvement of
United Kingdom aiming to the successful dealing with this unfortunate
phenomenon.
15. • UK’s position:
1.Gave money for food, education, health,
clothing etc.
2. Sent military forces to protect the
civilians.
3. Supported peace and democracy.
16. WHO: World Health
Organization
Health Concerns, Ongoing
Research and Possible Solutions
Concerning Mental Health Issues
Delegate: Ilias Eimecke
Observer: Eliza Mpatanidou
17. • WHO’s purpose is to ensure the healthy living of
people in each state belonging to the UN
individually and in the UN as a united
organization.
• Since this year’s topic regarded mental health,
the resolution, which our alliance suggested,
emphasized on
providing individuals easily accessible
Healthcare so as to ensure prevention and
immediate treatment,
and the conduction of research in order for
psychiatric medicine to advance, and therefore
tackle serious incurable mental ailments.
18. UNCTAD: Conference OnUNCTAD: Conference On
Trade And DevelopmentTrade And Development
Tackling money laundering via
regulating the financial services of
tax havens
Delegate: Fotini Dervissi
20. - SUMMARY
• The UNESCO committee is of great
importance. Specifically violence at school is an
issue, which affects numerous children not only
in United Kingdom but generally all over the
world. That’s why our committee tried to find
the most effective resolution in order to alleviate
the students who suffer from this situation.
21. Money laundering tackles the integrity and stability of the global
financial system, and therefore the need for effective rules to
combat it is urgent.
Several measures have been taken in the United Kingdom and
internationally to regulate the situation. However, there is still
room for further improvement.
Therefore, the aim of the UNCTAD committee is to propose
new innovative measures to encounter money laundering.
United Kingdom proposes to lower tax rates on a broad
base, and therefore create a competitive tax system, which
will support businesses but at the same time force
everyone to pay their share. Generally, a tax system reform
is recommended, which will be based on collecting more
information on the financial practices of companies.
