Nur-Sultan holds 2nd International Central Asia Model UN
The 2nd International Central Asia Model UN Conference taking place on 27-28 September 2019 at the Nazarbayev Centre in Nur-Sultan is destined to encourage young people to solve global issues facing the world community. This year’s conference is devoted to Year of Youth in Kazakhstan, Strategy2050.kz correspondent reports.
The Conference represents an international youth dialogue platform merging more than 250 delegates, as well as active youth people from Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, China, India, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Uzbekistan.
Its opening session has seen the speeches of Amerkhan Rakhimzhanov, Director of the Library of the First Kazakh President – Leader of the Nation, Norimasa Shimomura, UN Resident Coordinator in Kazakhstan, Madina Dzharbusynova, Former UN Resident Coordinator of Kazakhstan, as well as the representatives of the diplomatic corps accredited to Kazakhstan.
Mr.Shimomura reminded of the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly taken place earlier this week.
“This event is taking place at a very important moment when world leaders, including Mr.Tokayev, have gathered at the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New-York earlier this week. The UN Secretary-General told on Monday at the Climate Change Summit that climate change is a race that we are losing. He told to the SDG Summit that the agenda on sustainable development is coming to life, but we are far where we need to be, we are off track”, he told.
The Conference is held in the form of open discussions on global ideas and issues within the framework of the United Nations. The issues that come under discussion are the preservation of endangered languages, the issues regarding the proliferation of weapons in outer space, the impact of sanctions on the global policy, the growing number of attacks on schools and you name it.
“At the Climate Change Summit many countries pledged to reach a carbon-free economy by 2050, Finland, for example, pledges to be carbon-free by the year 2035. The countries agreed to dedicate the next 10 years to strategic actions to achieve the SDGs”, he said.
27 September is about to hear the participants’ stances on some issues with further discussions on their solutions, while 28 September will see the participants prepare resolution projects as well as there will be voting. The resolutions with most votes are due to be passed.
The Model UN Project was initiated back in 2017 in the confines of the Library of the National Leader together with the Ulan-Gaiyr Dala Eli Public Association with support of the Fund of the First Kazakh President – the Leader of the Nation. Its creation comes at 25 years of Kazakhstan’s accession to the UN as well as Kazakhstan’s selection as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for 2017-18.
In the last 3 years the Kazakh capital has seen around 20 Model UN Conferences regionally involving over 300 students from the leading universities of the capital and an international one – the 1st Central Asia International Model UN Conference, where the issues as the Syrian crisis, the Iranian nuclear programme, the Rohingya Muslims crisis, human rights’ violation, and so on.
Adlet Seilkhanov
