Day One, Saturday the 31^st

Pre-lunch, UNSC.

-Lea Ramaswamy

The United Nations Security Council -home to the high-brow, ever so slightly dour delegates that are sure to be seen in every MUN.  They are incredibly important. Really. 

Today, we spoke of reformation: reformation of the Security Council and reformation of the democratic values reflected in its charter. The committee kicked off with suggestions that seemed to point toward the need for expansion- more countries, developing, rather than just the super powers- the current P5 members. Although the delegates were initially inclined toward the claim that expansion was the pathway to transparency, further speeches from the delegates of The Peoples Republic of China and the United States of America brought about controversy in the committee. They spoke to the tune of semi-permanent membership- a concept that eradicates the power of veto from being a permanent member. This, they argued with aid from the delegate of the United Kingdom, would alleviate risk of ill conceived decision making as result of a majority vote; or, as UK put it, any vetoed resolution on non-substantive matter from the masses would be allowing the entirety of the security council to enable a reform that dictated FREE PIZZA EVERY THURSDAY. Who would argue that?