by Kat Nowicke | Nov 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
Commission on the Status of Women: In June 1946, the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) was formed to “promote implementation of the principle that men and women shall have equal rights.” CSW meets annually for ten days to create recommendations and gives reports...
by AMUN Staff | Nov 20, 2021 | AMUN Chronicle
GA4: One of the crowning jewels of success for the United Nations (UN) is decolonization. The UN has committed to protecting the rights of all peoples by assisting Nations that lack self-governance to choose their own political, economic and social destinies. In 1946,...
by Samantha Howe | Nov 20, 2021 | AMUN Chronicle
Commission on Population and Development: Adolescents (aged 10-19) and Youths (aged 15-24) make up nearly 25% of the global population, at 1.8 billion people in these age ranges. Young people stand at the precipice of adulthood, with all the potential as they develop...
by AMUN Staff | Nov 20, 2021 | AMUN Chronicle
Human Rights Council: The Human Rights Council (HRC) is tasked with setting human rights standards, as well as bringing non-compliant countries into compliance. One of the standards the HRC has been working on is Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 7.C: to halve, by...
by AMUN Staff | Nov 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
The forced displacement of people around the world due to conflict, human rights violations or other violence and persecution remains a massive global challenge, with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) estimating that 82.4 million people were...
