UNSC Directives

As the fourth committee session wrapped up, the United Nations Security Council began to eliminate many of the five-plus directives which had been proposed over the course of the past few sessions. The first directive proposed to the committee was titled “Ending African Involvement” and dealt with exactly what the title implies: ending the involvement of African countries in the conversations dealing with the committee’s first topic, the Algerian War. Unfortunately, the directive failed, with four countries abstaining their votes. Moving forward, the second directive proposed to UNSC during the fourth committee session was titled “Ending American Involvement. Similarly to the first directive proposed, “Ending American Involvement” also covered the implicit meaning of its name: ensuring the United States is no longer involved in the crisis. Much to the disapproval of Austria and New Zealand, co-sponsors of the directive, “Ending American Involvement” failed, leaving all countries present with a dissatisfied feeling, as they all believed the directive to be a “waste of their time” as they knew it would fail. After much deliberation over multiple directives, the committee concluded, having very successful, informative debate.

Reported on by IPC Delegate, Erin Delaney