by Autumn Bockman | Oct 24, 2020 | AMUN Chronicle
October 24 is United Nations Day. The date was marked as a holiday in 1948. This year celebrates the 75th anniversary of the United Nations and its charter. We reached out to the AMUN secretariat to see what the United Nations means to them. According to Aaron Jorbin,...
by Autumn Bockman | Oct 24, 2020 | AMUN Chronicle
General Assembly First Committee has adopted its first resolution! The body did a roll call vote to adopt Resolution 2/1 on Saturday afternoon. The Resolution passed with 45 in favor, 5 opposed, and 2 abstentions. Early drafts were met with much resistance, but as...
by Jacob Patrick Torres | Oct 24, 2020 | AMUN Chronicle
Belgium applauds the ongoing efforts of the Security Council in addressing various unique aspects of COVID-19 and the international community. We urge the Council to build upon this momentum to explore a greater vision of debate and solution to the topic of...
by Sylvia Tolczyk | Oct 24, 2020 | AMUN Chronicle
At the jingle of ICJ President Justice Maxwell’s bell, began arguments in the Obligation to Negotiate Access to the Pacific Ocean (Bolivia v. Chile) hearing. The legal question entertained is whether Chile is obligated to negotiate with Bolivia on sovereign...
by Jacob Patrick Torres | Oct 24, 2020 | AMUN Chronicle
General Assembly Second Committee The General Assembly 2nd Committee remains divided in deliberations that largely represent division between larger, more-developed states, and smaller less-developed states. The topics of agriculture and ecotourism often involve...