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Today’s! session! began! with! the! dele gations!

of! Lebanon,! Bosnia! and! United! States!

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agreeing! on! the! proposals! regarding!

education,! which! were! discussed! in!

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The! delegate! of! Colombia! commenced! by!

asking! for! more! concrete! solutions.! As! a!

response,! the! delegation! of! Lebanon! state d!

that! they! would! use! all! their! power! to!

contribute! with! education.! However,! the!

delegate! conveyed! that! military! aid! would!

not! be! able! to! be! provided,! since! their!

military! had! many! issues! to! deal! with.! In!

reply,! the! delegation! of! the! United! States,!

offered ! to!give!military!aid!and!take!care!of!

this!issue,!as!it!is!the!third!country!to!receive!

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the! most! money! per! capita! for! military,! in!

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Subsequently,!the!delegations!of!France!and!

Bosnia! proposed! that! drug! trafficking!

cartels! should! also! be! eradicated,! as! they!

greatly! contribute! to! the! illegal! groups!

recruiting! children.! The! delegate! of! the!

United!States!replied!that!the!DEA!is!already!

taking! action! to! solve! this! issue.! However,!

the! delegate! requested! for! more!

collaboration! from! the! European! nations,!

and! for! their! support! to! this! cause.! The!

delegation! of! Germany! then,! suggested!

creating! a! United! Nations! commission!

similar!to!the!DEA!that!focuses!primarily,!on!

controlling! drug! trafficking.! The! delegation,!

also,! pointed! out! that! it! is! of! extreme!

importance! to! educate! children,! not! only!

academically,!but!as!well,!to!help!them!

become!world!citizens!and!take!part!in!the!

international!community,!thus!preventing!their!

recruitment!into!illegal!groups. !

The!delegate!of!Bosnia!clarified!how!frequently!

children ! from!the!age!of!16!and!above,!are!

encouraged!to!be!part!of!the!army!and!military.!To!

solve!this!issue,!the!delegate!suggested!that!these!

children!should!only!take!part!in!the!educational!

field.!After!this,!the!Lebanese!delegate!pointed!out!

that!a!medical!and!psychological!check,!as!well!as,!

the!approval!from!parents!or!legal!guardians!should!

be!requested!before!minors!join!the!army.!

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The! debate! led! on! to! lobby! time! for! 45! minutes,! where! two! different! resolution! papers! were! proposed,! but! only! one! was! passe d.! For! the! afternoon! session,! the! second! topic! arose,! and! whether! it! was! ethically! right! to! stop! the! religious! practice! of! suicide! bombers,! was! discussed! by! the! delegations.! The! North! Atlantic! Treaty! Organization,! also! known! as! NATO,! offered! help!by!sending!troops!to!places!where!this! problem!is!in!its!most!radical!form,!focusing! mainly! on! Israel! and! Palestine.! The! delegation! of! Colombia! agreed,! but! the! Bosnian!delegate!hesitated,!as!they!believed ! it!could!cause!disputes!between!the!United! Nations!and!the!P alestine!government.!The! delegate!thought!this!solution!could!be!seen! as!offending!to!the!Palestine!government! because!foreign!forces!would!be!placed!on! their!territory. ! When!the!second!debate!was!concluded,! urgent!information!from!the!United!Nations! was!received!from!its!headquarters!in! France:! “The!illegal!groups!“Hezbollah”,!in!Lebanon,! along!with!extremist!individuals!from! Bosnia!and!Herzegovina!have!sent!two!

suicide!bombers!of!ages!12!and!16.!One!

targeted!the!UN!headquarters!in!New!York! and!the!other!t he!UNESCO!headquarters!in! Paris.” ! In!response!to!this!the!delegate!of!the! United!States!along!with!the!delegations!of! Germany,!Colombia,!France!and!China! declared!war!on!Lebanon!for!violating ! human! rights! and! endorsing! this! practice! within!the!country.!The! delegation!of!Bosnia! then!clarified!that!their!participation!in! this! crisis! was! a! frame,! and! that! in! fact;! they! were! innocent! of! taking! part! in! such! atrocious! acts.! The! delegation! of! France! expressed!her!outrage!at! this!accusation,!as! it! was! clear! that! Bosnia! had! indeed! been! acting!against!France!and!the!United!States. ! After! constant! arguing! and! chaotic! discussions,! the! day! concluded! with! the! delegate! of! the! United! States! declaring! a! third!World!War,!which!caused! the!Russian! delegate! to! threaten! them! by! sending! missiles!to!the!White!House. !

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	Se! abrió! la! agenda! del! día! con! las!
	resoluciones!de!ayer!con!el!papel!3.1!;!con! :!
	Liberia,! Gran! Bretaña,! Rusia,! Líbano ! como!
	piases! rescatantes! y! Irak,! Uzbekistán,!
	Nigeria,! Suiza,! Afg anistán,! Venezuela! como!
	países! firmantes.!Se!llegó!a!las!conclusiones!
	que!se! ! mejorar a!!la!calidad!de!los! docentes!
	mediante! un! programa! de! becas! en! el!
	extranjero,! con! la! condición! de! que! los!
	beneficiado s! vuelvan! al! país! de! origen;! ! se!
	fomentara!la!creación!de!una! fundación!que!
	vele!por!la!protección!y!segurida d!familiar.!Y!
	finalmente! se! hará ! un! llamado! a! los!
	gobiernos! de! los! países! desarrollados! para!
	que! ayuden! a! esos! países! menos!
	afortunados. ! El! papel! de! trabajo! paso,! la!
	mayoría!de!países!votaron!a! favor.!Después!
	de!esto! se! continuo! con!el! papel! de! trabajo!
	3.2 ;! Con! Estados! Unidos! y! Bosnia!
	Herzegovina! como! cabezas! de! bloque! y!
	Japón,!Alemania,!Colombia,!Sudáfrica,!Suiza,! !
	Costa!Rica! como!piases!rescatantes.!Se!llegó!
	a! las! conclusiones! que! h abiendo! estudiado!
	la! situación! global! los! países! desarrollados!
	deberían! ayudar! económicamente! a! los!
	subdesarrollados .!Se!Declaró! la!cooperación!
	internacional! para! conceder! ayuda!
	económica!a!los!países!con!escasos!recursos,!
	se! a utoriza! al! gobierno! a! crear! un! sistema!
	escolar! IB! en! los! países! subdesarrollados ! y!
finalmente! se! consideró! que! los! colegios!
necesitan! implementar! deportes! para! el!
crecimiento!físico!y!mental!de!los!jóvenes,!y!
así! distraerlos! de! cualquier! actividad!
inapropiada.!El!papel!de!trabajo!no!paso,!ya!
que!la!mayoría!de!países!votaron!en!contra!
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Se! continuó ! abriendo! un! debate! sobre! los!
derechos! de! los! niños.! Se! empezó! con! una!
discusión!entre!Líbano!y!Colombia!sobre!los!
niños!en!la!guerra,!en!el!ejército!y!los!niños!
traficados.!Eu!argumento!que!si!se!enfoca!en!
un! gobierno! los! niños! no! serán! libres! de!
expresar !

sus! ideas.! Alemania! propuso! quitar! un!

sistema! ideológico.! Bosnia! propuso! que! se!

use!los!medios!de!publicidad!para!hacer!más!

públicos!los!derechos!de!los!niños!y!que!por !

cultura! no! sean! violados.! Irak! propuso!

incrementar!la!seguridad!para!que!los!niños!

no!caigan!en!las!drogas!y!la!prostitución,!en!

especial! darles! seguridad! a! los! niños! de! la!

calle! y! huérfanos! que! son! los! más!

vulnerables.!Liberia!y!Eu!propusieron!crear!

inst ituciones! públicas! para! no! quitar!

derecho! de!los! niños.!Alemania! propone! un!

tratado! mundial! que! si! se! incumplen! los!

derechos!de!los!niños!sean!castigados!por!la!

ley.! Bosnia! propuso! bajar! impuestos! de!

empresas! privadas! para! ayudar! a! crear!

instituciones!públicas!para!niños!con!menos!

recursos,! y! así! tratar! de! crear! un! convenio!

con!los!países!más!pobres.!La!delegación!de!

EU! propuso! quitar! el! alcohol! y! las! drogas!

para! así! evitar! la! violencia! familiar.! Casi!

ninguna! de! las! delegaciones! estuvo! de!

acuerdo! con! la! pro puesta.! Hubo! muchas!

propuestas,! pero! en! conclusión! se! llegó! a!

que! se! crearan! fundaciones,! y! actividades!

interactivas! ! para! hablar! sobre! el! alcohol! y!

las! drogas! y! de! esta! forma! ! hacer! a! los!

padres! de! familia,! y! a! los ! niños! consientes!

sobre! estos,! pero! que! entiendan!

divirtiéndose,!y! se! puedan! sentir! tranquilos!

hablando! sobre! estos! temas.! ! Se! brindara!

más!seguridad!para!los!niños!huérfanos;!EU!

será!el!mayor!apoyo!en!cuanto!a!este! tema.!

Se! creara!instituciones! para! darles! hogar,! y!

tratar! de! acabar! con! los! índices! de!

drogadicción!y!prostitución.!!Se!penalizara!a!

los!que!violen!los!derechos!de!los!niños.!En!

cuanto!al!tráfico!de!niños!se!puposo!no!dejar!

que!los!niños!salgan! de!su!país!sin!permiso!

de! sus! padres,! o! con! algún! miembro! de! la!

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In! today’s! SOCHUM! commission,! the!

delegates! finalized! the! discussion!

concerning! the! child! recruitment! in! the!

military.! The! delegations! of! the! United!

States!and!Colombia!agreed!that!the!minors!

being! introduced! into! the! military! should!

have!the!right!to!decide!whether!they!would!

like! to! participate! in! the! army,! or! not.!

However,! the! delegations! of! Switzerland,!

Venezuela,!Great!Britain,!Germany!and! Iraq!

were! entirely! opposed! to! the! participation!

of!minors!in! the!military.!These!delegations!

came!to!an!agreement!that!children!from!the!

ages! of! sixteen! and! above! can! be! accepted!

and!take!part!in!the!military.!In!addition,!the!

delegations! added! that! during! the! first! two!

years!in!the!military,! from!the!ages!of!16!to!

18,! these! young! adults! will! have! t o! be!

trained,!and!only!after,!will!they!be!included!

in!the!army.!Nonetheless,!controversy!arose!

which!caused!the!delegate!of!Switzerland!to!

clarify!that!a!conclusion!would!not!be!found!

due! to! the! same! points! being! repeated! by!

the! delegates.! After! the! discu ssion,! the!

delegates!decided!to!commence!the!creating!

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with! a ! new! topic! of! discussion,! which! was!

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discrimination! among! children.! The!

delegates! were! thoroughly! involved! in! this!

debate.! Various! main! points! such! as,! the!

discrimination!of!homo!sexual!boys!and!the!

suicide! percentage! rising! in! the! United!

States,!were!articulated.!This!caused!tension!

to! rise! between! the! delegations,! due! to! the!

different! perspectives! the! delegates! had! on!

the!solutions!given.!The!continuation!of!this!

debate!resumed!today’s!session.!

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En!el!comité!de!DISEC!el!Segundo!día!inicio!

con!una!ardua!y!pesada!sesión!tiempo!de!

lobby!en!el!cual!se!llegó!a!un!solo!papel!de!

resolución!que!paso!por!votación!unánime.!

A!continuación!los!países!se!presentaron!

ante!el!segundo!tema,!desmantelamiento!de !

las!bases!de!E.E.U.U.!en!Latinoamérica.!Hubo!

posiciones!muy!radicales!como!las!de!Rusia,!

E.E.U.U.!e!Iraq.!La!discusión!se!aplazó!hasta!

el!final!del!receso!y!al!retorno!la!discusión!

adquirió!proporciones!candentes!cuando!

entre!el!delegado!de!E.E.U.U.!y!el! delegado!

de!Iraq,!que!mostraron!sus!radicales!

posturas!frente!al!problema!y!antes!de!que!

el!tiempo!hiciera!de!las!suyas,!los!países!se!

dividieron!por!bloques!y!se!llevó!la!

discusión!hasta!un!ambiente!de!mayor!

comprehensivo!y!se!empezaron!a!sentir!

ciertas!conclusiones.!Finalmente!se!escribe!

un!papel!de!resolución!y!las!delegaciones!

entraron!en!acuerdo.!

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After! calling! attendance,! the! agenda! was! opened! with! the! delegate! of! the! United! States! passing! a! motion! to! continue ! the! unfinished! debate! from! Wednesday’s! session.!This!motion!was!approved,!and! the! delegate! of! Colombia! began! the! debate! by! asking! the! delegate! of! United! States! what! the!country’s! plans!were,! regarding!nuclear! energy.! However,! the! delegate! of! China! ended! t his! discussion! when! he! stated,! as! a! solution,! that! the! United! States! and! other! countries! should! begin! using! hemp : oil,! a! bio :fuel! that! derivates! from! marihuana,! instead! of! petrol,! to! fuel! their! vehicles! and! their!industries.!As!a!response,!the!delegate! of! t he! United! States! demonstrated! their! concern!about! this! proposal,!affirming! how! it! could! increase! in! the! consumption! of! marihuana.!Therefore,! the! delegation! of! the! United! States! denied! China! its! support! for! the!project.!On!the!other!hand,!the!delegates! of! t he! United! Kingdom,! Libya,! Costa! Rica,! Afghanistan,! and! Bangladesh! expressed! their! support! for! China’s! project.!Moreover,! the! delegation! of! the! United! Kingdom! offered! economical! support,! while! the! delegations!of!Libya,!Costa!Rica,!Afghanistan! and!Bangladesh ! offered! their! territories! for! the! plantation! of! the! Cannabis! plants.! However,! this! caused! the! delegation! of! Uzbekistan!to!oppose!to!the!project,!arguing! that!Uzbekistan’s!major! economical! income! came! from! exporting! natural! gases.! The! delegate! of! Venezuela! also! disagreed! with! this! proposal,! as! its! national! income! comes! from,!mainly,! the!exportation!of!petrol.! The! delegate! of! China! attempted! to! solve! these! issues! by! offering! help! to! these! two! delegations,! offering! to! import! their! products.! However,! this! was! not! enough! to! convince! the! delegations! of! Venezuela! and! Uzbekistan.!This!was!then!followed!with!the ! delegation! of! Bosnia! and! Herzegovina! suggesting!how!coal!should!be!used!as!a!

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criticized! by! the! delegations! of! Chin a! and!

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carbon! dioxide,! therefore! it! would! not! be!

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delegate! of! Portugal! on! Wednesday.! The!

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General,! asked! several! questions! to! clarify!

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nuclear! waste! is! a! very! delicate! subject,!

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nuclear! energy! is! still! a! necessity,! as! no!

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production!is!a! viable!option! for!a! solution,!

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as!it!is!less!harmful!to!the!environment.!The!

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The!commission!WHO!began!the!day!with!a! formal! debate! only! on! the! youth’s! consumption! of! alcohol.! The! delegation! of! Great!Britain!wanted! to!eradicate! underage! drinking!by!having!better!security!on!liquor! stores,!as!well!as!preventing!the!creation!of! fake!identification.!The!delegate!of!Lebanon! st ated! that! 59%! of! its! population! is! not! allowed! to! consume! alcoholic! drinks,! considering!they!are!Muslims.!In!addition,!to! deal! with! the! remaining! 41%! of! their! population,! a! year! in! prison! to! those! who! sell!alcohol!to!the!underage!would!be!given! as!a!solution.!The!delegation!of!Portugal!also! wanted!to!solve!this!issue!by!raising!alcohol! taxes! to! decrease! the! number! of! people! purchasing! it,! as! well! as,! by! banning! advertisements! concerning! alcoholic! beverages.! Furthermore,! the! delegates! of! Bosnia! and! Herzegovi na! suggested,! as! another!possible!solution,!rehab!centers!and! life! sentence!in!jail! for! those!selling!alcohol! to! teenagers.! During! lobby! time,! the! delegates! divided! themselves! into! three! different!groups!to!produce!working!papers.! Group! 4.4.1.1,! who's! heads! of! block! were! Great! Britain! and! Bosnia,! proposed! a! solution! which! included,! increasing! the! security! in! liquor! stores,! creating! rehabilitation!centers,!and!for!those!convicts! who!do!not!pass!the!evaluation!of!their!case,! to!be!sent!to!jail.!Additionally,! they!strongly! encouraged! education! regarding! this! topic,! to!children!as!well!as!their!guardians.!Group!

4.4.1.2’s!heads!of!block!were!Venezuela!and!

Liberia!who!proposed!to!extradite!criminals! to! the! United! States,! and! to! place! those! in! need! of! it,! in! rehabi litation! centers.! In! !

addition,! minors! who! ! consume! alcoholic! beverages!will!be!obligated!to!get!help!from! psychologists.! Finally,! they! proposed! to! include!random!drug!tests!in!schools,!and!to! take! those! who! sell! alcohol! and! drugs! to! special! state! facilit ies.! The! third! group,4.4.1.3,! had! South! Africa! and! Costa! Rica! as! head! of! block,! and! suggested! drug! addicts!to!attend!high!security!rehabilitation! centers,! and! then! to! be! taken! to! prison.! Moreover,! they! proposed! that! everyone! should! receive! an! education! on! this! topic,! and! discouraged! medias! that! promote! alcohol.!Working! Paper! 4.4.1.1! was! passed,! and!chosen!to!be!read!in!tomorrow’s!general! assembly.!

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: A!la!delegación!de!Irak!,!y!a!la!presidenta!se!

les! vio! muy! emocionadas! bailando! en! la!

hora!del!lobby!time! !

: El! d elegado! ! de! costa! rica! le! brinda! apoyo!

mandándole! notas! a! Rodrigo! de! la! campa!

diciendo! “! Paspi! !! espero! que! ganes! la!

guerra!!” !

: El!vicepresidente!perdió!su!paciencia!hasta!

tal! punto! que! les! pidió! ! a! las! delegaciones!

que!usen!su!imaginación!!!!

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: The! session! began! today!with! the! glorious!

sound! of!a! Jedi!light!saber! that! belonged! to!

the!delegate!of!the!United!States.!

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: The! delegate! of! Lebanon! hacked! into! the!

delegate!of!South!Africa’s! facebook! to!write!

“I! like! it! from! behind”.! Upon! getting !

notification! the! Chair! decided! to! give! a!

warning! to! both!delegates,!offended! by! this!

delegate! of! Lebanon! answered! the! Vice:

President’s!claim!by!saying! “I!did!not!like!it!

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: The! delegate! of! Switzerland! was! taking! pictures!of!herself!using!her!computer.!

: The!delegate!of!Portugal!is!in!love!with!the! delegate!of!Colombia!

: Delegate! of! Switzerland! and! delegate! of! Colombia!were!playing!on!their!computers.!

7: 6DISEC!

: La! delegación! de! Nueva! Granada! en! Security! Council! le! pide! al! vise: presidente! de!DISEC!que!le!tome!una!foto!a!la!delegada! que!esta!atractiva. !

: La! delegada! de! Bosnia! y! Herzegovina! parece! tener! un! interes! personal! ha cia! el! presidente.!

: ! La! delegación! de! Nueva! Granada! parece! tener! un! interes! personal! en! saber! la! opinion!de!la!delegación!de!Nigeria. !

7: 7ECOSOC!

: The! delegate! of! Afghanistan! kept! stealing! lances!at!the!delegate!of!Uzbekistan.!

: The! delegates! of! South! Africa! and! Bangladesh!are!dating.!