International Press Corps: R-NPSMUN'18

                                                  EDITORIAL:Can Qatar Host FIFA 2022? As we all know that today is the last day for the council to decide whether Qatar will hold the 2022 world cup or not.Qatar is forced to make amends if it wantsto host the world cup The result is as follows:1.Qatar is questioned about the security of all kinds of  fans and also to keep the brotherhood in control. 2.Alcohol is allowed only during the FIFA. 3.Physical contact  between two  people can pardoned if there is no intention of sexual pleasure. 4.Workers will be given breaks to avoid continuous work for long hours in the hot sun. 5.Workers will be given safety from heights to avoid accidental deaths. 6.Rights of the workers will be requested. With these amends,Qatar is allowed to host the 2022 FIFA world cup as 9 out of 17 countries supported it.t...

GUN LAWS – BOON OR BANE In the words of Wayne Le Pierre ‘The only thing that can stop a bad guy holding a gun is a good guy holding a gun’. Gun Laws have been one of the most controversial and debatable aspects of a country’s constitution ever since its first mention. Many countries have implemented the gun laws very strictly while some are hindering from doing so due to various reasons. Now coming to the point let us discuss about the various pro’s and con’s of gun laws. Gun laws are basically a set of rules or guidelines governing the ownership or acquisition of guns not just by the law enforcement agencies and the army but also by the citizens. So, now the most controversial aspect of the law comes into light. Should citizens have the rights to own ammunition or not? Well, many superpowers in the world such as USA, Russia, United Kingdom (UK) etc believe that the citizens can be trusted and the respective governments can be sure that the arms they supply to them are ...

CharacterAnalysis:Qatar Fifa 2022 with Gianni Infantino  As we all know about Gianni Infantino is supporting Qatar 2022 world cup.But do we know about him? It was revealed the press conference that Gianni Infantino had fired one of his employs after he got to know that the latter had revealed the secrets of corruption in the Pannama. Gianni Infantino was also accused for being bribed along with his FIFA excutives by Bin Hammad for making Qatar win the bidding. Gianni Infantino questioned the press for the sources for which he was silenced by the council. It was revealed Infantino discussed about the 2026 fifa world cup Donald Trump in the white House while he was discussing about the 2024 world cup in the council. Seriously what's wrong with Gianni Infantino? Why is he counting his chicks before they hatch? Gianni Infantino proposed a re-election for the position of the president of Fifa on Wednesday because he felt that the Fifa is clinically dead due to corruption insi...

The two Superpowers, China and the United States of America made two separate blocs. These blocs made two working papers as a draft to make a resolution. These two blocs were the only two blocs in the DISEC general assembly. The working paper of the bloc headed by the delegate of the United States of America was sponsored by the delegate of South Korea, the delegate of Germany, the delegate of the United Kingdom and the delegate of France. The working paper of the delegate of China was sponsored by the delegate of Russia, delegate of Iraq, delegate of Iran, delegate of Nepal and delegate of DPRK. The working paper of the delegate of China stated the need for an international organization like the ITU to help curb Cyber-warfare. The delegate of USA stated that that the UN Security Council can make a sub-body who's members would be elected by the general assembly and would create an international cyber-code. This will enable cyber-criminals to be caught. The bloc led by the delegate...

discussing and perfecting the working papers  A few delegates were asked about their point of view of the first session of the day and here is the session when one puts themselves in the shoes of a delegate: - ·        The delegate of Afghanistan shared his views with us about his point of view about the previous session. He commented that the session was really productive and seemed really spellbinding. He found the discussion of the working paper really informative as while discussing, the delegates perfected and reflected their flaws on the working paper. He strongly believes that rough drafts are supposed to have mistakes and should be corrected. He also feels that the changes to be brought in the government of his country should be enforced with the help of the UN as it is an international committee. ·        According to the delegate of India, the session was pretty good, as the he was enlightened by t...

Teacher Training and How to Create a More Interactive  Learning  Experience The CRESI committee on day 3 focused their discussion on solutions regarding the loopholes in the RTE act, vocational training, and university entrance exams. Also discussed was the teacher training policies and how homework can be made more fun and interesting for the students in order to promote a more interactive learning experience. The following is our analysis on the teacher training in India and measures taken and which should be taken by the schools of India to create a more holistic learning experience for the students of India. Imagine a situation where a teacher graduates from a District Institute of Education and Training (DIET) centre, earns her B.Ed or M.Ed degree and enters the classroom. Let’s assume she’s teaching at a low-cost government school. She’s excited and genuinely believes that she has the tools to help her students learn. However, on entering the classroom, the...

Saudi Vs Qatar Character Analysis Throughout the proceedings of committee, especially during the press conference, Saudi Arabia and Qatar’s mutual hostility was clearly indicated through their ardent debates, with neither refusing to bow down. Saudi Arabia’s steadfast allies: UAE and Bahrain were also indispensable in Saudi’s battle against Qatar. The session was fuelled by Saudi’s animosity towards Qatar’s ally, Iran. These countries had a steady and relentless torrent of accusations and allegations aimed Qatar’s way, namely Qatar’s apparent funding of multiple non state actors, its attitude towards the LGBT community, harsh working conditions of migrant labourers and alcohol consumption laws. They also seemed extremely convinced about the superiority of their own infrastructure and laws regarding the FIFA 2022 World Cup as compared to Qatar, not failing to mention their advanced cooling technologies in stadiums, along with apparently relaxed labour, LGBTQ and alcohol co...

Editorial: Can Qatar hold the 2022 FIFA world cup? Whose side are you on? The nation wants to know. The positive side or the negative The positive side: When Qatar hosts the 2022 Fifa world cup, it will give rise to more opportunities to the middle eastern countries and will help the other countries to have more confidence in hosting such kind of cups. As Qatar has already made all the arrangements needed it would be impractical to change the venue of the FIFA world cup as Qatar has already promised to make the arrangements needed and to stop all kinds of unacceptable acts. Qatar has started fulfilling the promises such as the abolishing of the KaFala system.Qatar’s bottomless pot of money means that they can build stunning stadiums that would impress the FIFA council.Qatar is introducing a unique kind of world cup The world has never seen before. The negative side: Qatar has been funding international terrorist groups. As Qatar funds the terrorists the safety of ...

VETO POWER- BOON OR BANE To all the democrats and lovers of equality the Russian times would certainly like to put forward a very obvious point which can be debated endlessly but nevertheless will bear no fruit whatsoever.For the removal of Veto powers the vote of all the 5 permanent members of the UN security council is a must and needless to say none of the countries here (especially USA) have any intention of giving up their Veto powers. The origin of Veto power dates back to 1945 when the United Nations Organisation was first formed.USA is one of the oldest members of the UN and when it was first given the proposal to be a part of the UN it’s first condition was for the organisation to grant it undisputed Veto powers.Even today,USA is a major economic contributor to the UN.According to sources, from july 2016 to June 2017 USA has contributed to about 28.6% of the total budget used for peacekeeping operations by the UN.Hence, since it was a very powerful nation at the ti...

the executive board of the DISEC An interview conducted by Al Jazeera with the delegate of India revealed that despite the fact that India as a country is clear on what cyber-crime and cyber-terrorism is, the delegate seems to take the matter with a surprisingly light nature. India has the largest group or community of ‘white hat hackers’. Many of these white hat hackers have been integrated into the government and major companies under the claim that they are present for defensive purposes only. Looking at the above-stated facts one might think that India takes cyber-crimes seriously but this hypothesis is debunked later in the interview. The delegate of India preposterously claimed that majority of cyber-attacks can be waved off by a nominal penalty fee two lack rupees coupled with a jail sentence of about two years. Even in the most severe cases of cyber-crime such as large-scale theft and selling sensitive government information to opposing countries, the penalty fee wil...

Is the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun giving a good guy a gun? Michael Moore said, “ You do not have the right to take another human's life, unless it's in strict self-defence.” However, how often are civilian owned guns purely used for self defence? And what exactly qualifies as self defence?                                                                                                        This was the main pivot of discussion for countries on the third day of the Uni...

THE UNTRODDED PATH When the delegates knew how to do, but never knew when or what to do After three days of mind-boggling sessions, the Executive Board was rather a tad bit disheartened, as they were not seeing sensible analysis and critical thinking. So, to throw light on this, the vice chair himself, Srijan Chakraborty vounteered to give an ellaboarately carved demonstration. After taking Rohini Godbole’s portfolio, he took to going at the back of the committee. Delegates wittnessed how he raised his placard to get a chance to voice his ideas and were awestruck at his debating manners. He began paving the way by stating that in Universities, a bountiful number of students have to just shift themselves from colleges to coaching instituites, and sit there for hours together, burning their freetime and the midnight oil to pass an entrance exam; if they do not, it is simply over for them.  After this amount of over-loading pressure, it is brought to light that only 7...

The Burning Session?! Intense Press Conference! The CNN was the first to ask delegates questions. They asked how Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and UAE could co-host the World Cup better than Qatar. The delegate of Qatar said “We 3 countries can host the world cup better than Qatar. We have more economic and what about the cup being played in the winter. We have more suitable climate here and we are trying to abolish the kafala system completely and its almost done. “ The press replied, “There is no point of trying even Qatar is trying to tell me what you are going to do.” After this the delegate of Saudi Arabia was speechless. This wasn’t possible without the help of the head of press. Next, it was The Russian times’ to speak. The Russian times first asked the delegate of Qatar “You are violating the Human Rights and you there is a lot of bribery. What do you have to say about this ?’ The delegate replied “Human rights violation? This isn’t a human right violation. We ar...

PRESS CONFERENCE- WHAT IS THE FATE OF THE DELEGATES? When the Head of Press takes main stage, the fate of the delegates is in her hands and this will either make or break them. When the Head of Press enters the room, there is no stopping her. The press exploded with questions and left the delegates speechless. The press’s questions were so personal that the President of CONCACAF had to hide behind the shoulders of his wife to dodge them. He reiterated by saying, “My wife knows my birthday” and tried to shy away from the question. Gianni Infantino, the President of FIFA, was their next target. The President was so defensive towards the questions posed at him that he reached the point of total fabrication. He did not know that he had met a person (President of the USA) last night but knew exactly what they were talking about. His shield of lies rose suspicion among the Executive Board (EB). But, as you all guessed, the press was not done. Their next prey was the delegate o...

(editorial 2)                        Pros about keeping a gun August 30, 2018                     - by Shreya LN and Yamini R V Mohite First of all, in Qatar, possession of a firearm without a licence is punishable by a jail sentence of up to fourteen years. In committee, the pros and cons of civilians owning guns was being spoken about and the delegate of Afghanistan had quite a lot to say. In Afghanistan, firearms are provided to the civilians, or bought by the civilians with a license. The delegate of Afghanistan strongly stated that ‘most’ of the citizens use these guns for self-defence. It is very much possible that the civilians themselves may become non state actors by the influence of these firearms. But, this would not really happen if the background of the person the firearm or the licence for the firearm is being sold to is first checked and only then the licen...

                      EVERYTHING WRONG WITH THE EXAMINATION SYSTEM (EDITORIAL) The exam system is the system which is used through he world for testing students on the amount of knowledge that they know. But nowadays here have been complaints about the exam system of India not being fair for students. Students are pressured to study for a test only through a text book. It is said that universities are encouraging rat races,instead of trying of trying to help students join the collage of their choice. Here the creativity and innovation of the student takes a backseat while memorizing is leading the way. This is not fair as every student as their own talent and should be let to pursue it. University exams are designed to get the best out of thousands of students. However this leads to mugging of the text books and only tests the memory of students and not the other aspects. Since the exams are getting competitive, it will lead to jo...

It is a widely acknowledged fact that the United States conducts itself in a hypocritical manner, and contradicts itself repeatedly in international forums. The Disarmament and International Security Council proved to be no different, and the press conference revealed the double standards the government has for its citizens. The United States has conducted itself in an entirely unfit manner, but somehow, it remains unsurprising. When asked informally, the delegate of the US said that she would refuse to answer any questions in the press conference, so it came as a surprise when she spoke on gun control regulations within the US. The delegate stated that the American government believes that the ownership of guns gives its citizens much needed peace of mind, and protection. When a member of the press quoted the horrifying statistics of gun violence in only 2018 within the US- Total number of incidents being 38,451; number of deaths being 9,650; number of children below the age of ...