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MILMUN CHRONICLE 6 RUSTAM JAMILOV Northern Ireland, Kashmir, Chechnya, Tibet, the Middle East, Yugoslavia… Kosovo, South Ossetia, Abkhazia… 40,000,000 people… Over 100 years of political conflict, high-level diplomatic debate, and all-level human struggle. Will the issue of self-determination ever be solved? If yes, then the time is here. Right here, right now. at MILMUN 2010. Young academics from around the world are gathering at the Milan International Model United Nations conference for its 6 th consecutive edition this May at the Universita Luigi Bocconi in Milan, Italy. All the 15 members of the MILMUN 2010 Security Council share one goal – solve the problem of the right to self-determination and ultimately make our world a better place. Whether their making our world a better place will somehow be affected by the incredibly consuming nightlife of Milano is a different story however. In any case, Ria Novosti is determined to commit itself to providing an honest, top-quality, timely coverage of the conference for 24/7. And indeed there will be much to cover. From the hot disputes over the Middle East, to the America’s polite remarks on Abkhazia and Southern Ossetia, to Russia’s even more polite remarks on Kosovo. The tension is predicted to reach unseen heights, with plenty of frustrated sighs, disgusted looks, and, hopefully, even minor fist fights. For ‘the truth is born of arguments’ (Mark Van Hoen). The primary dispute within the topic of the Right to Self- determination and Security is predicted to be over the adoption of the appropriate strategy to tackle the issue. There are essentially two choices: a case-by-case approach or a more systematic method. While the latter policy might sound a bit more appealing, it could potentially lead to the neglect of unique socio-cultural aspects of a particular dispute. On the other hand, a case-by-case strategy may raise issues of fairness and consistency of law, although accounting for differences in the individual cases. The starting opinion on this issue of each SC delegate could be quite easily forecasted. European states would probably lean towards a systematic approach, while all three of the Super Powers (USA, Russia, China) would most likely be in favor of a case-by-case analysis. Practically, each major country has an issue of its own, and therefore, a substantially pre-determined position on this debate. However, while the initial arguments of most SC members will be understandable, the final decisions and conclusions of the work of the council are completely unclear. Will the delegates reach an all-benefiting compromise and a workable solution to the problem? Or will they adhere to their respective national interests, refuse to cooperate, and let the stalemate continue? The world holds its breath, watching the 15 most brilliant diplomats decide on its future.
MILMUN CHRONICLE 7 In light of the major attempt to labor market reforms, the Council the European Union is expected to altercate this week one of the most human right’s related topics of the Lisbon Treaty: the right of freedom of movement. Debate is believed to help pave the way for final decisions expected to solve many of the treaty’s major controversial flaws. While The European Union estimates that around 20 million jobs could be created by 2020 and encourages member states to shift the focus gradually to achieving full employment rather than merely combating unemployment, major issues are still to be faced as long as human rights protection and promotion is concerned. Although the Charter is not actually included in the treaty text it is nonetheless legally binding because the treaty directly refers to it. With the European Parliament still judging the Directive on improving the portability of supplementary pension rights to be unworkable, people are still on the move across borders, losing pension rights, underpaid and face precarious jobs in the informal sector, where there is a near total lack of unemployment or social security protection. Despite the fact that national statutory minimum wage control is one of the major remaining official barriers to the establishment of a free common or single European labour market, we foresee such a control as a breach of the anti‐slavery clause in the European Convention on Human Rights insofar as any authority that dictates minimum prices at which persons must sell their own labour services is effectively exercising economic ownership and control over those persons. On another level, Human Rights Watch deplores the fact that several candidate member states in Central and Eastern Europe still have a track record of supplying arms to human rights abusers and clients suspected of diverting weapons to unauthorized destinations. Drawing on recent examples from Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Poland, Romania and Slovakia, Human Rights Watch highlights that added pressure should be exercised on the European Union to continue to press such countries in Central and Eastern Europe to improve arms trade controls. The Human Rights Watch We strongly fear that giving the green light for an all‐free movement of persons policy in the absence of an effective crossborder patrolling system will only proliferate undesirable human rights infringements. We fully acknowledge the procedures of member states accession to the EU but still feel disconcerted that many of the old member states raised barriers against migrant workers from ten new Central European member states in the Accession Treaties for fairly long transitional periods. The right to free movement of workers from, to and between the EU countries that joined the EU on 1 May 2004 (Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia) and on 1 January 2007 (Bulgaria, Romania) may be restricted during a transitional period of maximum seven years after accession but this should not stop them from attaining their basic fair labor rights outlines in the Charter. If the illegal immigration from outside the European Union is seen by many as a potential source of difficulties, surely what should be preferred within the European Union is offering both employees and employers improved legal possibilities that meet offer and demand.
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