TIMEMUN 2008 Delegations

Represented Countries: Afghanistan, Algeria, Argentina, Belgium, Bangladesh, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Democrtaic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), Ecuador, Egypt, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Myanmar, Nigeria, Norway, Republic of Korea (South Korea), Pakistan, Panama, Qatar, Russia, Saudia Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Syria, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, U.K., Ukraine, USA, Zimbabwe.

Observer Status: Palestine

Non-Governmental Organizations: Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Médecins sans Frontières (Doctors without Borders), Oxfam, World Health Organization, Green Peace, International Red Cross, UNHCR, UNICEF, USAID.

Final TIMEMUN 2008 Issues

Issues for Debate in Committee: click on an issue to get to its summary.

Disarmament Committee

• Preventing the trafficking of small arms into areas of conflict.
• Examining the progress on a global ban on cluster munitions.
• Reviewing and reforming the Non-Proliferation Treaty for today's world.

Environment Committee

• Promoting Effective and Immediate International Action Impacting Energy Policy and Climate Change.
• Stressing the Threat Posed by Radioactive Waste Disposal (Focusing on Nuclear Waste Disposal) and Proposing Solutions.
• Resolving the Issue of the Loss of the Marine Ecosystem.

Human Rights Committee

• Exploring the issue of human rights violations at Guantanamo Bay.
• Investigating the usage of child soldiers in military forces.
• Resolving the issue of escalating violence and state repression in Zimbabwe.

Regional Cooperation Committee

• Examining the situation of instability in Iraq. What can be done in order to develop Iraq as a free, democratic country?
• The internationalism of Jerusalem.
• The development of regional economic organizations in Africa, South America, Middle East.

Territorial Disputes Committee

• The Dispute of the Golan Heights/The Final Borders of Middle-East countries.
• The Question of Kosovo sovereignty from Serbia.
• The Legality of the Adhamiya Wall in Baghdad, Iraq

ECOSOC

• The Issue of the spread of HIV/AIDS in Africa.
• Child labour in Asia.
• The Issue of sex trafficking in Europe.

Trade and Development Committee

• Transfer of Technology and Intellectual Property Rights.
• Integrated Framework for Trade-related Technical Assistance to LDCs.
• Separate conditions for landlocked countries - How can developed nations help those who are landlocked?

Security Council

• Preventing State Sponsorship of Terror.
• Finding a peaceful solution for the Iranian claims of nuclear weaponry.
• Examining the role of the UN in bringing an end to the crisis in Darfur.

The 8th Committee

• The security fence (wall).

 

 

 

TIMEMUN 2007 General Assembly, last day of conference.