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National High School Model United Nations 2015
HLPF
the enhancement of MDGs’ results and the strengthening of political governance in the region in
order to raise political commitment and awareness of the benefits of water and sanitation. Finally,
this group of countries is key in the execution of the political strategies and the oversight of the
entire process.
This bloc will find a contention in the fact that they are developing countries as well and, similarly to
SSA, face water and sanitation issues. Therefore, they might disagree on whether the partnerships
should focus exclusively on SSA but should also bring reciprocal benefits to them.
Developed States
This group of countries comprises the rest of the international community. Their development
status gives them enhanced capacity to help SSA and contribute to sustainable development as
HLPF’s mandate intends. These states are vital to achieve the goals of this committee since they
possess the necessary amount of economic and governance capacity to help SSA work towards
sustainable water and sanitation. Furthermore, helping SSA is an opportunity for developed
countries to economically benefit and contribute to global development and well-being.
The main areas where their assistance is key are consulting, monitoring, and financing. Since these
states enjoy a high level of development, they have sufficient experience to guide SSA toward
sustainability as HLPF anticipates. Despite their different economies and political contexts, all of
these developed states have experience, which can contribute to the integral development of such a
depressed region as SSA. According to their different policies and circumstances, these states must
decide upon the most suitable mechanisms to help. They should highly encourage North-South
cooperation, since this mechanism would help SSA’s situation and would highly benefit developed
states economically and politically.
Just like the other two blocs of countries, this group should be willing to cooperate with their
experience, governance capacity, and economic resources. They must be aware that, without
considerable economic help from experienced and developed countries, SSA cannot overcome the
shortfalls in water and sanitation and are thus hindered from developing effectively. Nevertheless,
this bloc may find contention when discussing how SSA is going to foster favorable political, social,
and economic conditions to encourage the developed states’ contributions. They will push for a
reciprocal effort made by SSA to guarantee stable conditions for the foreign partners and their
capital.
COMMITTEE MISSION
The complexity of SSA’s development situation creates a challenge for the Forum. To successfully
address the topic, HLPF must be aware of the region’s multiple vulnerabilities in terms of the
environment, political governance, and the economy. Firstly, the Forum should always keep
sustainable development as a whole in mind. Thus, proposals and solutions should aim to cover the
societal, environmental, and economic nuances and effects of sustainable access to safe drinking
water and sanitation.
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