Position paper for Armenia
| Committee: | GA Second |
| Topic: | Agriculture development, food security and nutrition |
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| Armenia recognizes the importance of sustainable agriculture to achieve food security and improve nutrition for its population. Despite its challenging geographic conditions, Armenia has made significant strides in modernizing its agricultural sector. However, climate change, land degradation, and rural poverty continue to hinder progress. Armenia advocates for increased international cooperation to promote climate-resilient farming practices and improve rural infrastructure. By collaborating with global partners, Armenia seeks to enhance food production, reduce malnutrition, and ensure that sustainable food systems are prioritized to meet the needs of its citizens. | |
| Committee: | GA Second |
| Topic: | Development cooperation with middle-income countries |
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| Armenia, as a middle-income country, recognizes the necessity of development cooperation in achieving sustainable growth. The nation advocates for enhanced partnerships between middle income countries and international institutions to address shared challenges, such as economic vulnerability, climate change, and technological disparities. Armenia emphasizes the need for tailored development assistance that reflects the specific needs of middle- income countries, including capacity-building, technology transfer, and financial support for sustainable development initiatives. Armenia believes that collaborative frameworks can foster mutual growth and help bridge the development gap within the global community. Conclusion Armenia remains committed to working alongside the international community to address critical global challenges, particularly in areas of agricultural development and cooperation with middle-income countries. By focusing on sustainable solutions and fostering international partnerships, Armenia believes that a future of shared prosperity and food security is achievable for all nations. The Republic of Armenia looks forward to continuing its active participation in UN efforts to advance these important goals. | |
| Committee: | GA Third |
| Topic: | Literacy for life |
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| It can be agreed upon that literacy is crucial for not just Armenia, but all nations. It is a
preliminary human right but also a foundation for sustainable and social development in
Armenia. Given the most recent statistics, Armenias literacy rate for adults is 99.8%, while in-
standing with the rest of the developed world, tertiary or higher education completion
reaches about 40%. Relative to the rest of the Middle East and Russia averaging 50%. Why is
that?
Upon introspection, this gap in education rates may be attributed to many factors that affect Armenias youth. Armenias focus on a more technical and vocational education during the Soviet era has left a lasting influence on the structure of education and the opportunities available to the youth today. This predisposition of training over the pursuit of more academic or research-based fields continues to affect Armenian education institutes, where practical skills are often prioritized, leading to the deterrence of pursuing higher education. An additional impact to statistics regarding higher education are those brought about by many young Armenians who, in search of better economic opportunities, choose to work or study abroad. It may be argued that Armenias relatively small labor market, and in turn economy, also limit the perceived value of reaching a higher education. This deference would lead to many graduates struggling to find employment that would align with their qualifications within their home country. Being pragmatic as possible and working with this committee to produce effective solutions to break this cycle and bridge the gap between education rates and literacy. Armenia will not only focus on reforms to expand access to higher education, but also direct our focus towards the expansion of the labor market. Actively working towards efforts to diversify and expand the economy will foster innovation and the development of industries that can contribute to a societal shift in the perception attributed to the value of higher education. We will work within this committee and UNICEF to ensure the encouragement of more young Armenians to pursue advanced degrees, provide necessary financial incentives, and remain in our workforce. On this development, an important step would be investing in modernizing Armenias education system to allow it to align closely with global standards. Allowing the fields of education, such as technology, engineering, and research-based sciences to flourish promotes youth to acquire skills that are directly applicable to a very relevant and exponentially growing workforce. | |
| Committee: | CCPCJ |
| Topic: | Equal access to justice for all |
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| Ensuring equal access to justice is a fundamental freedom as it grants people the ability to secure their rights efficiently and ethically under the law. However, it prevails to be elusive for many people globally; resulting in exploitation and the development of numerous barriers that hinder ones ability to be adequately assisted legally. Thus, we are harmonious with the notion that justice for all is an inalienable right that should be granted to all. Nevertheless, some obstacles persist that hinder the ability to build a strong judicial system that does not discriminate against the marginalized. Therefore, addressing legal, social, and institutional barriers that prevent fair treatment for marginalized groups is crucial to solving the injustice that remains in Armenia and other member states. The Council of Europes HELP Programme continues supporting the Armenian Academy of Justice by enhancing the knowledge of judges, prosecutors, and investigators on the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) case law. On February 23, 2022, the Armenian version of the HELP course on "Access to Justice for Women" was launched with the support of the UK. The course aims to strengthen gender-sensitive approaches to justice, especially for women and is part of a broader EU-CoE initiative. We are committed to working cooperatively with member states and the United Nations to encourage similar legislation, to ensure equal access to justice; thus, upholding human dignity, maintaining the rule of law, promoting democracy, reducing inequality, and fulfilling moral and ethical societal responsibilities. | |
| Committee: | CCPCJ |
| Topic: | International cooperation in combating transnational organized crime and corruption |
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| Transnational organized crime and corruption has been an issue that is very prevalent throughout the world, and has been increasingly seen in more recent times as the democracy index has started to decline. While types and prevalence of organized crime across the world is different across each region and country, the various forms such as drug, human, and sex trafficking affect every human and state across the world no matter who is involved. Transnational organized crime can be defined as a complex, global threat that involves criminal organizations going across national borders to conduct illegal activities. This organized crime often has deals with various government officials through bribes or threats in order to make their conduct successful. The governments position in organized crime also corresponds to corruption levels within their countries, thus causing consequences for their citizens as well as global partners. Armenia is a small country in the caucasus region of and Western Asia that was a former soviet republic. The issues regarding this topic have been prevalent throughout the country but numbers of both organized crime and corruption have fallen over the past five years. In 2018, the citizens of Armenia peacefully overthrew the semi-authoritarian government of President Serzh Sargsyan and established a democratic regime which is widely known as the Velvet Revolution. After growing discontent with the toppling economy as well as the corruption in the government, the citizens acted and have, for the most part, contributed to a successful change in regime. Despite having a new regime with relatively low levels of crime on a global level, transnational organized crime is still a concern in landlocked Armenia. Due to its location on the crossroads of Asia, Europe, and Africa, organized crime groups have found Armenia attractive when it comes to smuggling their goods into or through the nation. INTERPOL has claimed Armenias main areas of concern as being the smuggling of various goods across the border that eventually lead to money laundering or violent crime. Promoting democracy is always a solution for combating corruption, especially as accountability is a lot more prevalent in society; something that has been seen in Armenia since 2018. However, democracy may not always be the solution for dealing with corruption problems, especially since that regime may not work for every country and corruption may not be weeded out either. Other solutions can include better border security, especially in landlocked countries such as Armenia that only have land borders. This solution could, in turn, limit what substances go in and out of the country and ensure more safety of its citizens. While also securing borders, it is also imperative to work alongside other countries to foster partnerships to combat this, especially considering that these organizations are transnational. In the age of advanced technology such as artificial intelligence, advancing technology with global partnerships will also be essential in dealing with these organizations that always seem to be one step ahead. Tackling this issue is not something that can be done alone, and having global cooperation is necessary. | |
| Committee: | WHA |
| Topic: | Global Strategy for Women's, Children's and Adolescents' Health |
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| Even now, despite significant advances in technology and healthcare, women, children, and adolescents around the world remain exceedingly vulnerable when it comes to accessing said healthcare. Many children struggle to survive past infancy, while women struggle to gain access to maternal healthcare and adolescents often do not have access to contraceptives or even the knowledge of how to use said contraceptives. Much action has been taken previously to improve the situation, such as the creation of frameworks to counter violence against children or the establishment of the Sexual and Reproductive Health Task Team for women and adolescents. The Republic of Armenia has itself taken steps against these problems, establishing the Healthy Lifestyle Promotion Strategic Program to improve healthcare as a whole through increased public education and easier access to preventative healthcare visits. In addition, Armenia has ensured that support centers for those subjected to domestic violence were established and operating in all parts of the nation with treatment and financial support being provided to victims as well. We would like to see similar programs established in member nations according to the needs of their populations, and would support the UN in the creation of a universal aid program for areas that are especially underserved across the world. These programs should ideally be enacted in collaboration with both pre existing local and international organizations, such as the International Committee of the Red Cross, in order to simplify the issue of establishing a foundation for the program to continue operating into the future. | |
| Committee: | WHA |
| Topic: | Public health dimension of the world drug problem |
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| While drugs can be used for the treatment of individuals and can even be lifesaving, they also pose a grave danger in the form of severe drug abuse and addiction worldwide. This problem has grown increasingly dire over the past few decades, with increasing amounts of individuals using both psychoactive drugs and narcotics in dangerous amounts. The matter of drug abuse has more and more come on the international stage, with strong foundations being established to help address the matter in the form of policies like the Synthetic Drug Strategy, which aim to not only prevent the production and distribution of dangerous drugs, but also destigmatize drug use to better enable individuals to come forward and get treatment for any potential addiction. The Republic of Armenia has additionally taken steps in the aim of this, decriminalizing the former crime of drug use while offering drug treatment to those who voluntarily accept it. In addition, the National Security Service of Armenia has consistently coordinated with international authorities to counter drug related activities, regularly collaborating on joint investigations for even greater effectiveness of action. We would like to see present in member nations additional programs as mentioned above, ensuring that not only will the production of dangerous narcotics be reduced, but those who have fallen victim to these products will be able to recover without significant difficulty. While we understand that nations may not always be able to reach these goals, we heavily encourage all who are able to attempt to incorporate similar programs into their already existing infrastructure on the matter. | |
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