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[DOUBLE] Disarmament and International Security Council (DISEC)

​Chairs: Jason Goodman & Hitanshee Sheth
Email: jasgoo27@bergen.org & [email protected]

Topic A: Combating Weapon Trafficking in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa
Governmental efforts to protect individuals from human rights violations are easily hindered by the increased access to weaponry in many nations. The illicit arms trade has been used for extortion, drug trafficking, sexual harassment and violence, terrorism, destabilizing many nations, sparking the refugee crisis, and weakening the authority of the government. The lack of international laws continues to exacerbate the problem of weapon trafficking, allowing armed conflicts to escalate in volatile regions such as Mexico, Haiti, Libya, and more. Latin American and Sub-Saharan African countries have high arms trafficking indexes ranging from 8.00 to 9.50, representing the prevalence of high crime rates in those regions. With emerging technologies and a dearth of information on suppliers, where these weapons are coming from, and how they're traded, makes it harder to abate this issue. The rise of “ghost guns” poses a major challenge and obstacle in tracing the location of illegal weapons and makes it really difficult to surveil arms through the facilities they have access to. This term represents the untraceable collections of weapons and calls for a larger governmental force to resolve the issue. This issue is further complicated in locating these networks intertwined with border control, limited funding, and a lack of cooperation among law enforcement agencies slows down the process of intercepting arms in transportation and bringing traffickers to face justice. Providing access to arms to those whose hands are clean and have promised to abide by the rules is something the delegates of DISEC must focus on.

Topic B: Creating Legal Protections Against Foreign Election Interference
Democracy is fundamental to the proper functioning of any modern republic, so it is crucial that democratic elections are conducted fairly and free from outside influences. It has long been a fact that authoritarian regimes and even democracies like the United States have been willing to interfere in foreign elections to push some sort of political agenda. This issue has caused citizens of democracies to doubt the stability and fairness of their government systems, with this issue only increasing in significance in recent years. As both campaigning and voting itself have moved into the digital world in the 21st century, it has become far easier to both directly and indirectly interfere with foreign elections. Cyberattacks have been used to interfere with the online voting process directly and shake the foundation of the electoral system. Meanwhile, targeted social media campaigns that spread a political agenda funded by foreign governments have been used to influence voter sentiment and indirectly affect election outcomes. Any solution to this issue must combat both types of interference. If the election interference seen in the world today is allowed to continue, trust in democratic institutions will further erode, and democracy itself will be in peril.
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This is a  double delegation committee, which means each country will be represented by two delegates from the same school. When assigning positions to this committee, we ask that you assign two delegates to every position assigned within the DISEC committee.