ISSUES ON THE AGENDA

   

Issues of the 6th  Annual Conference

SECURITY COUNCIL

1.   Reform of the Security Council
2.   Nuclear disarmament 
3.   The situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan
4.   Strategies for dealing with the financial crisis

ECOSOC 1

1.    Addressing economic imbalances
2.   Agricultural subsidies, free trade and protectionism
3.   Gender parity in government and business
4.   The role of the G20

ECOSOC 2

1.   Microfinance
2.   International strategies for disaster management
3.   Access to medicines in developing countries, including pandemics
4.   The financial institutions (IMF, World Bank etc) and their relationship with both the UN and developing countries,  with particular regard to the impact of the financial crisis on developing countries

POLITICAL

1.   Encouraging and supporting good governance and transparency
2.   Managing migration
3.   Measures to encourage stability in the Middle East
4.   Extradition of those suspected  of terrorism, crimes against humanity and war crimes

HUMAN RIGHTS

1.   The role of the international community in safeguarding minority rights
2.   Violence against women
3.   Ensuring universal access to education
4.   Measures to avoid arbitrary detention and involuntary disappearances

ENVIRONMENT

1.   Ensuring access to adequate food and water supplies
2.   Implementing currently agreed environmental policy and goals, such as the Copenhagen Agreement
3.   The effect of climate change on bio-diversity
4.   The promotion of renewable  / alternative energy  in developing countries, including nuclear energy

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