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ASDMUN: General Assembly (GA)

This guide was created for ASD MUN 2023

General Assembly Topics

-Developing a Framework to Reduce the Illicit Arms Trade in Africa

-Developing future response and preparation for future pandemics

-Eradicate extreme poverty for those living under $1.25/day

Developing a Framework to Reduce the Illicit Arms Trade in Africa

We must tackle illicit weapons, ammunition in parts of Africa, globally
From the UN Africa Renewal Programme.
The Legal Framework
From the UN's Office on Drugs and Crime.

Council Decision (CFSP) 2019/1298 of 31 July 2019 in support of an Africa-China-Europe dialogue and cooperation on preventing the diversion of arms and ammunition in Africa
From the Official Journal of the European Union.
International Assistance for Implementing the UN Programme of Action on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects: Case Study of East Africa
From the UN's Institute for Disarmament Research.
Africa and Arms Control: Challenges and Successes
A policy brief on arms control from Enhancing Africa's Response to Transnational Organised Crime (ENACT).
Reducing Illicit Arms Flows and the New Development Agenda
From Small Arms Survey (March 2015).

Developing future response and preparation for future pandemics

How to improve primary healthcare to prepare for future pandemics
From UNICEF.
Future pandemics: failing to prepare means preparing to fail
From The Lancet (February 2022).
Preparing for pandemics
From the World Health Organization.
How to prepare for the next pandemics?
From Epiguard, a medical product development company.
Preparing for the next pandemic: What will it take?
From the World Bank blogs page.
Preparing for the next pandemic
From Harvard University's T.H. Chan's School of Public Health.
Preparing for future pandemics now can help minimize the economic damage
From McKInsey & Company.

Eradicate extreme poverty for those living under $1.25/day

Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere
From the UN's Sustainable Development Goals.
Goal 1: Eradicate Extreme Hunger & Poverty
From the UN's Millennium Goals.
What does it mean to “eradicate extreme poverty” and “halve national poverty” by 2030?
From the World Bank blogs page.
End poverty in all its forms everywhere
From SDG Tracker, an "open-access resource where users can track and explore global and country-level progress towards each of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals through interactive data visualizations."
Poverty eradication
From the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization.
Goal 1: No Poverty
From UNICEF.

Eliminating extreme poverty in Africa: trends, policies and the role of international organizations
From The African Development Bank Group.