Model United Nation sample study guide
ECOSOC study guide
Committee: Economic and Social Council
Issue: Food security and agricultural development in the Sahel region
Student Officer: Rain Yang
I. Committee Information
ECOSOC was established by UN Charter body that coordinates with economic and social, 14 specialized agencies, 9 functional commissions and 5 regional commissions. With 54 members serve as central forum and discussing about the world’s economic, social and environmental challenges. This committee is responsible for:
Find solutions for economic, social and health problems;
Advance the standard of living and economic and social progress;
Helping international cultural and educational cooperation;
To achieve the internationally agreed development goals from major conferences
II. Introduction
There are about 11 million people in the Sahel are suffering from food insecurity. Base on the UN, NGOs and Senegal River Basin Development Authority, Sahel region had very low rainfall over the last year, which will cause drought in Sahel. Since it is hard for them to farm, they almost used up all the food stocks and children under 5 are suffering from malnutrition. The situations of children remain worrisome.
One possible causes of food insecurity is Environmental problems. The geologists in Western donor nations have hypothesized that drought in the Sahel are caused by human activities like over use of natural resources. Also, the discovering the phenomenon of global dimming, air pollution generated in North America have caused drought. According to the new UN study, the temperature in most of the Sahel region rise 3.5 ºC and the only 0.1% of inhabitable land made regular food crisis inevitable in most of the years. Other possible cause of food security is over-population. The population has rapidly increased since the end of cold war. With much population in Sahel will further over use the natural resources and food supplies
III. Definition of key terms
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Committee: Economic and Social Council
Issue: Food security and agricultural development in the Sahel region
Student Officer: Rain Yang
I. Committee Information
ECOSOC was established by UN Charter body that coordinates with economic and social, 14 specialized agencies, 9 functional commissions and 5 regional commissions. With 54 members serve as central forum and discussing about the world’s economic, social and environmental challenges. This committee is responsible for:
Find solutions for economic, social and health problems;
Advance the standard of living and economic and social progress;
Helping international cultural and educational cooperation;
To achieve the internationally agreed development goals from major conferences
II. Introduction
There are about 11 million people in the Sahel are suffering from food insecurity. Base on the UN, NGOs and Senegal River Basin Development Authority, Sahel region had very low rainfall over the last year, which will cause drought in Sahel. Since it is hard for them to farm, they almost used up all the food stocks and children under 5 are suffering from malnutrition. The situations of children remain worrisome.
One possible causes of food insecurity is Environmental problems. The geologists in Western donor nations have hypothesized that drought in the Sahel are caused by human activities like over use of natural resources. Also, the discovering the phenomenon of global dimming, air pollution generated in North America have caused drought. According to the new UN study, the temperature in most of the Sahel region rise 3.5 ºC and the only 0.1% of inhabitable land made regular food crisis inevitable in most of the years. Other possible cause of food security is over-population. The population has rapidly increased since the end of cold war. With much population in Sahel will further over use the natural resources and food supplies
III. Definition of key terms
1.