MUN Final

Binder
By: Farrah Molina

Table of Contents
I.

Country Overview
a)
Country flag/map: El
Salvador 3-4
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b)
II.

Country flag/map:

Guatemala. 5-6
Committee
a)
OAS
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b)
DISEC

III.

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Topic Overviews
a)
Immigration Policy (OAS)
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b)
Reevaluation of Drug Policy (OAS)
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c)ISIL (DISEC)..
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d)

Barrel Bombs (DISEC)

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IV. Country Relations
a)
OAS
Topics..
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b)
DISEC
Topics. 11
V. Solutions

Country map: El Salvador

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Country flag: El Salvador

Head of State for El

Salvador:
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Salvador Snchez Cern

Country flag: Guatemala

Country map: Guatemala

Head of State for

Guatemala:
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Alejandro Maldonado

Committee: OAS
OAS stands for organization of American States.
Originally founded over a hundred years ago, it has a
total of 12 states members, who of which included
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Costa
Rica. It currently has 35 independent nations in the
American states.
The objective of this committee is to develop and
hopefully strengthen strategic alliances between
nations.

Committee: DISEC
DISEC stands for Disarmament and International
Security. The DISEC committee primarily seeks to
develop solutions through the voluntary cooperation
and agreement of member states.
The purpose of this committee is to regulate potential
threats that could disrupt international peace, stability,
as well as address issues of war and armed conflict. For
example, one main priority was to solve political
aftermath of World War ll. DISEC has all 192 United
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Nations as participants, and is the first committee at

the General Assembly.

Topic Overview (OAS)

I. Immigration Policy and shared
borders
Always being at extreme importance to the OAS, the
immigration policy has had an abrupt increase in
awareness this past year with the arrivals of immigrants,
comprising mainly of minors, crossing the U.S border.
These immigrants are mostly from Central American
countries, just trying to escape the violence and poverty
and make a better life for themselves. Global Homicidal
reports say that the largest share of deaths come from
the Americas, reasons being more organized
crime/criminal groups. Although immigration flow into
the United States has recently decreased by 50%,
America is still looking to redesign their policies on
immigration. Solutions they have come up with include,
trying to give educational opportunities and more
occupational choices in their home countries.

II. Re-evaluation of Americas Drug

Policy

The trafficking of illegal drugs in the Americas,

mainly South America, has been going on for some time.
It is a business run by a network of criminals affecting
government entities and countries attempts for
development. These drug markets are very significant,
considering the total retail was close 320 billion dollars.
Drug trafficking is also relates to other global issues such
as, money laundering.

Topic Overview (DISEC)

I. Combatting Regional Instability in
the Middle East Brought on by ISIL
ISIL is The Islamic State and the Levant, which is an
insurgent organization created by Abu Musab alZarquawi in the wake of the US invasion of Iraq in
2003. From 2003 to 2006, there have been
extremely brutal terrorist attacks as well as masskillings.
ISIL has been on the rise since the
insurgents drew power from discontent Sunni
populations in Iraq, after the death of Zarqawi. For
the next several years, the terrorist group focused
on attempting to conquer religions and as well as a
sharia based state in the area.

II. Combating the Use of Barrel Bombs in

Conflict Situations
It is questionable whether barrel bombs are to be
used in conflict situations, which is why UN states are
coming together to try to find a resolution to this
serious issue. The use of barrel bombs was first
reported in a shelling of the city of Homs in 2012.
During the summer of 2013, the government began
an intensive barrel bombing campaign that has
lasted through 2015. Anti-government armed groups
exhibited brutality and violence against civilians, and
while the urban areas were focused on by the
government for safely, the anti-government
opposition attacked in rural neighborhoods.

Country Relations: El
Salvador (OAS)
Immigration Policy:
El Salvador, being one the countries people have
immigrated from, has an interesting intake on this. Family
reunification is a common theme not only with the El
Salvadorian President Salvador Sanchez Caren, but with
Honduras and Guatemalas President as well. Salvadoran
President Salvador Sanchez Ceren told reporters after a
meeting with Vice President Joe Biden last month, that it
should be easier for immigrant parents in the U.S. to

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legally reunite with the children who are trying to join

them, according to the Associated Press.

Drug Policy:
Being that El Salvador is part of Central America,
there are routes that drug smugglers use to transport
illegal drugs in and out of the country. El Salvador,
Honduras, and Guatemala are referred to as the Northern
Triangle of Central America. Any shipments of cocaine or
heroin taking a land route from Colombia or one of the
other drug-producing South American countries must
pass through El Salvador or Honduras and then continue
on through Guatemala on their way to North America. The
North Triangle is the main resource of intense drugrelated violence. The U.S, Mexican and Columbian
Governments started to go after the big Mexican and
Columbian cartels that were moving through this route.
As a result, smaller cartels began to develop, helping
them easily change routes and procedures. They also
started to offer Salvadorians a cut of the profit, if the help
handle shipments, keeping the drugs at home.

Solutions (OAS):
Immigration Policy:
El Salvador did not have any direct solutions that
could solve the problem effectively, but did agree with
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and sponsor a resolution, provided by Morocco. The

resolution stated that we could help countries with
emigrating citizens, better their country from the inside.
It also talked about teaching programs that would require
teachers to travel to a country with low levels of literacy.
Creating jobs that serve with more benefits is also on the
list. With this resolution in place, It could help a lot of
developing countries, not only develop faster, but
promote the countrys image globally, which can be a
huge benefactor.

Re-evaluation of drug policy:

A main solution El Salvador proposes, is working
together with other Central American countries to gain
access to these routes in each country, in order to shut
them down, resulting in the drug shipments failing to
make it to their destination. If we cut off these routes,
secure them, and close off potential routes, there might
be a chance that we can decrease the drug trafficking
majorly.

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