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Singapore 2011

Simluated Country: Tanzania
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The World Model United Nations 2001 found its end after five interesting and warm days in Singapur. It was a great experience for all six of the delegates. They did everything to implement their ideas into the individual commitees in the interests of their country Tanzania.

Tina Beer and Jörg Hebenstreit were part of the Social, Cultural and Humanitarian Committee (SOCHUM), a committee of more than 350 delegates. They faced the difficult challenge of finding diplomatic and concrete solutions. In the end, the second largest committee of the World MUN passed a resolution devoted to the topic of "Right to Development", which is particularly important for a country like Tanzania. Among other things, the resolution touches on the right to education, microfinancing, fair and free trade and the necessary transfer of capital to developing countries. The work in the committee provided the two Jena students with exciting and, above all, realistic insights into the work of SOCHUM and created a deep understanding of the conditions under which delegates have to make decisions in reality.

Stefan Pieper debated in the World Health Organization (WHO) on the topic "Therapeutic Access for and Containment of Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis" and tried to make Tanzania's views and demands clear. After a number of discussions and critical objections, the WHO resolution was adopted with an overwhelming majority in the hope that the strategies and approaches mentioned will finally wipe out tuberculosis, the deadliest bacterial infectious disease worldwide.

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Franziska Gutzeit was able to give a voice to Tanzania - one of the poorest countries in the world - in the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). The committee spent four intensive days developing and adopting a resolution on the topic of "Alternative Energies and Sustainable Development". The greatest difficulty was consistently addressing the different needs and requirements of industrialized and so-called developing countries and repeatedly emphasizing the fundamentally different perspectives on alternative energies, especially since the committee worked closely with the G20 during WorldMUN. The working paper, which was also worked on by Franziska, served the committee as the basis for the adopted resolution. This contains key points regarding "providing access to modern energy services in populated urban areas and rural areas in developing countries". Amongst other things, it mentioned the education and training with regard to alternative energies and their implementation, funding programs and projects for the generation of alternative energies in developing countries and the development of a common market in which poorer countries can achieve private and public investment in their country. Since Tanzania generally lacks energy, alternative energies would be an option to prevent the constant blackouts and smoke poisoning from using wood as an energy source.

Janine Dersin and Romy Schulz dealt with 14 other states in the Historical Security Council with the difficult situation on the Côte d’Ivoire. The end of the reign of the PDCI unitary party and the economic difficulties after the fall in cocoa prices led to internal tensions that culminated in a civil war-like state. There were repeated coups, killings and kidnappings. In the crisis simulation of the Historic Security Council, the delegates had to deal with the fictitious murder of the President of the Côte d’Ivoire and the kidnapping of the Prime Minister by rebel groups. As the UN mandate was due to expire near the simulated time and democratic elections were due, the Security Council faced the difficulty of adopting an appropriate resolution. France also acted unilaterally, which only exacerbated the crisis and called for the international community to intervene again. Janine and Romy participated very actively in the debate on behalf of Tanzania and repeatedly emphasized the positions of the East African state with regard to the situation in West Africa. They succeeded in convincing the other delegates of their ideas and perspectives in Tanzania, so that they were included in the resolution. The resolution passed by the Historical Security Council primarily deals with the expansion of existing troops, the involvement of regional partners, observers and security officers in the elections and humanitarian aid.

Each of the six students participated intensively in the discussions about peace, health, energy and development and thus contributed to the adoption of a resolution. Disappointments and frustrations did not fail to materialize, as hard diplomatic and substantive work always has to be done before a resolution can be passed. In the end, the Harvard World Model United Nations was an incredibly interesting, exciting, intercultural and intensive experience, which on the one hand created many new insights and perspectives and on the other hand developed many new friendships from all over the world.