GA+2

=__General Assembly 2nd Committee__=

Economic and Financial


 =__ANNOUNCEMENT - Research reports have been posted; click on a topic link, scroll to the bottom of the topic page, and you will find a research report (written by us!) pertaining to that topic.__ =

Dear delegates,

Welcome to the General Assembly 2nd Committee page! This year GA 2 will be discussing the issues of **the international economic impact of copyright violation, addressing climate change in the context of national sustainable development strategies, the exploitation of Africa by industrialized and industrializing countries****,** and **debt relief for heavily indebted countries**. Delegates are encouraged to use the discussion forums within the GA 2 section to explore and debate these topics, and later on, to caucus on and merge resolutions. We would also liked to remind all deleguates that the purpose for this page is to serve as an aid for your research and resolution writing on the aforementioned topics. Thus, we would like to stress that any inappropriate postings or edits made to this page will be reported, and appropriate consequences will be implaced. Please feel free to ask any of us student officers should you have any questions. The chairs to target your issue-specific questions are placed in parentheses after each issue.

We hope you find this page and its components helpful, and please let us know if and how we can make them better!

All the best,

Lotus, Aurore, Wendy, and Kevin

__Topics:__


 * 1) **The international economic impact of copyright violation** (Kevin Wang, Suzhou Singapore International School, Deputy Assistant President)
 * 2) **Addressing climate change in the context of national sustainable development strategies** (Wendy Qiu, International School of Beijing, Deputy Assistant President)
 * 3) **The exploitation of Africa by industrialized and industrializing countries** (Aurore Nedellec, International School of Beijing, Assistant President)
 * 4) **Debt relief for heavily indebted countries** (Lotus Chen, Kaohsiung American School, Assistant President)

__Student Officers:__

//Assistant President - Aurore Nedellec//
//(picture soon to be posted)// Dear Deleguates of GA2, MUN Directors, and Honorable Guests ,

I would like to welcome you all to the upcoming BEIMUN XVI 2009 conference! My name is Aurore, and I will be serving as your Assistant President. This year will be my third year chairing at BEIMUN, and my 9th Model United Nations conference. Last year, I had the honor of being Assistant President for Special Conference, working by the side of the former THIMUN Singapore Secetary General, Sanam Kader. I am currently a junior at the International School of Beijing, and have been participating in the MUN program since middle school.

The General Assembly 2nd Committee focuses primarily on economic and financial questions. This year GA2 will be paying particular attention to macroeconomics issues such as international trade, and debt relief as well as financing for sustainable development. The topic that I researched and reported on is the exploitation of Africa by industrialized and industrializing countries, a topic that is extremely relevent to the current economic events that have occured, especially concerning developing nations such as China and India. Furthermore, in this time of economical turmoil, it is important to keep up to date on the lastest global economic breakthroughs for this forum, which is why I have set up a current news link on page so as to allow all deleguates access to add and share articles or news reports relevant to our debate issues.

I hope this page will be useful, as it is a new system that BEIMUN has decided to employ this year, and thus I welcome all feedback such as comments/questions/needed improvements. Please feel free to e-mail me at: aurore.nedellec@hotmail.com Good luck for your research and resolution writing! I am excited to see you all in March!

Sincerely,

Aurore N.

//Assistant President - Lotus Chen//
Greetings, dear Delegates, Teacher Advisors, and Honored Guests,

As a General Assembly 2nd Committee Assistant President along with Aurore, I would like to welcome all of you to BEIMUN XVI. I am Lotus Chen, and am a current senior at Kaohsiung American School (Kaohsiung, Taiwan). This is my fourth and final year of MUN, and BEIMUN XVI will be my fourth and second-to-last conference as a student officer. Prior to BEIMUN XVI, I have twice chaired the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) at the annual Taiwan Model United Nations (TAIMUN), as well as served as Assistant President of the ECOSOC at BEIMUN XV. This April I will participate in yet another TAIMUN, this time as Deputy Secretary General.

Within the General Assembly 2nd Committee, I will be focusing on the issue of debt relief for heavily indebted countries. The debt here is generally referring to external debt, or debt owed to foreign banks or nations. Nations in debt span the entire spectrum of wealth; in fact, the country currently with the largest debt in the world is the United States. Although people often view debt as a negative thing, for some countries, the only way they could fund their developmental projects or activities is through borrowing. What is most important is that nations, especially ones that have been heavily in debt, learn to manage their debt so that they could always pay back what they borrowed.

In this forum, delegates will be exploring methods to help such countries fight their way out of, and stay out of, the quagmire of indebtedness. Previously-attempted solutions to look toward include the moratorium pronounced by the Paris Club, as well as the Heavily-Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative launched by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Please feel free to use the discussion threads of this forum to hammer out resolutions with your fellow delegates.

If you have any questions regarding this topic, please feel free to contact me through Wikispaces message, or leave me a note in one of the discussion threads pertaining to this topic. Thank you!

All the best,

Lotus Chen

//Deputy Assistant President - Wendy Qiu//
 Dear Delegates, Directors, and Guests,

Welcome to BEIMUN XVI 2009! My name is Wendy Qiu, I'll be serving as the Deputy Assistant President of GA 2 this year. I am currently a sophomore at the International School of Beijing. This is my second year in the MUN programme and my third MUN conference. It will be my honor and pleasure to work along side all of you at the conference.

The topic that I researched and reported on is "Addressing climate change in the context of national sustainable development strategies", a topic that is extremely important to every citizen in the world as climate change affects everyone everywhere. It is imperative for delegates to not only present resolutions that help to mitigate climate change as a whole, also keep in mind of national sustainability. Thus, I strongly urge all delegates to research, write resolutions, and participate on this online discussion forum as actively as possible.

Toddles for now, I’m looking forward too see you all in March!!

Good luck and have fun during this conference

Yours

Wendy Q. 　    

//Deputy Assistant President - Kevin Wang//
Delegates, MUN Directors, and Guest,

Welcome to BEIMUN XVI 2009. My name is Kevin Wang and I'll be a Deputy Assistant President of General Assembly Committee. I am currently a sophomore at Suzhou Singapore Internation School. This is my 4th year of Model United Nations 14th MUN Conference, 6th as Student Officer. I am honored to be given this position and work allongside such presitgious Model UNers. I also hope that all delegates will have a fruitful debate.

The topic of a economic impact of copyright violation is a major problem in the world today. Many of us have bought a fake item, wheter a DVD, CD, Book, Clothes or Bags. These will econimcally affect each and every person who has already copyrighted this information. On the other hand, if we do not allow the sellers of fake items sell these items, they will probably be unable to find a job and will join the ever increasing unemployed workers in this economic crisis. So this will be a strong problem to solve. I hope that overall in this conference, we have livley and good debate.

See You soon ;) Kevin Wang