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ASDMUN: Security Council (SC)

This guide was created for ASD MUN 2023

Security Council Topics:

Strengthening international response and cooperation to address the shipping seafarer crisis to keep global supply chains open
Assessing the Rising Geopolitical Tensions on the Nile Between Egypt and Ethiopia

Strengthening international response and cooperation to address the shipping seafarer crisis to keep global supply chains open

Strengthening international response and cooperation to address the seafarer crisis and keep global supply chains open during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic
UNCTAD Policy Brief no. 21 (December 2021) from the UN Conference on Trade and Development.

UNCTAD publishes recommendations to address seafarers crisis
From SAFET4SEA, "the world’s leading source of news and insight on safer, smarter & greener shipping."

Trade Policy Review 2022
From the International Chamber of Shipping.
Third Informal Multidisciplinary Advisory Group Meeting on Transport: Responses to the COVID-19 Crisis
From the UN Conference on Trade Development.
Maritime Human Right Risks and the COVID-19 Crew Change Crisis
From the International Maritime Organization (IMO).
Maritime Human Right Risks and the COVID-19 Crew Change Crisis
From the Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (May 2022).
Economic Bulletin Issue 11: Global Cooperation to Mitigate Supply Chain Disruption
From the Indonesia Financial Group (IFG) Progress.

International cooperation to address challenges faced by seafarers
From the European Union External Action Service (EEAS).

Securing Defense-Critical Supply Chains: Securing Defense-Critical Supply Chains
An action plan developed in response to President Biden's Executive Order (EO) 14017. "The EO calls for a comprehensive review of supply chains in critical sectors, including the defense industrial base (DIB). This report provides DoD’s assessment of supply chains in the DIB and articulates the Department’s plans to ensure security of supply for items vital to national security."

The Invisible Transport Workforce Keeping Supply Chains Moving
From the Institute for Human Rights and Business.

Assessing the Rising Geopolitical Tensions on the Nile Between Egypt and Ethiopia

Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: Geopolitical tension escalates the potential for a war in Horn of Africa
From the Daily Maverick, a South African publication.
The controversy over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
From the Brookings Institution.
The Nile and beyond: geopolitics of water
From the European Union External Action Service.

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Egyptian National Security, and human and food security in the Nile River Basin
From Cogent Social Sciences (January 2021).

Red Sea Rising: Peace and Security in the Horn of Africa and the Middle East
From the United States Institute of Peace.
Bridging the Gap in the Nile Waters Dispute
From the International Crisis Group, "an independent organisation working to prevent wars and shape policies that will build a more peaceful world."