A Model UN Conference is a wonderful learning experience and makes one more aware on a range of issues, and in this LAMUN conference, we are going to enact the UNEP.A thriving conference helps you hone your debating and negotiating skills, gives you the opportunity to express your views and of course, boosts your confidence, exponentially.
The agendas for LAMUN 2009 are :
1. The future after Kyoto Protocol.
2. Question of using financial instruments to combat climate change
I personally feel that both these agendas are very pertinent in today's scenario as they would help in resolving possibly the most gargantuan and pernicious problem that man has ever seen. A lot has been said, a lot of theories have been propunded, many frameworks have been drawn up, but.. action is something that has gone missing.
Many countries talk about the responsibility to protect in times of war or proxy war like conditions… why then are we ignoring the biggest war on humanity? Why isn't anybody embracing the responsibility to protect now? Countries talk about collective efforts to combat climate change… why then there are no efforts? Countries must step up and realise that tackling this would require greater individualistic efforts rather than collective efforts. Countries should internalize the costs of their pollution, control it at its source, and pay for its effects, including remedial or cleanup costs, rather than forcing other states or future generations to bear such costs.
At the same time, man must realise that the wheels of the world cannot be stopped and should not be stopped. Sustainable development is something that everyone agrees to yet there are little known instances of its implementation. Countries at this conference must also devise methods to find better ways of implementing sustainable development.
The Kyoto Protocol indeed has been a very encouraging step towards climate change. Since it will expire in 2012, therefore it becomes highly imperative that member states review the work done and devise a framework on the lines of Kyoto Protocol which is bereft of anomalies and helps us in securing our future. After all, its time to amalgamate, consolidate and plan for the future!!
As young delegates and future leaders, our future is in our hands. LAMUN is only but a stepping stone on this path and each delegate participating at this conference is ordained to make a difference in our world, to change it for the better. Changing the world has become a cliché of sorts… THIS is how you change the world!
I hope this conference will be a memorable experience for each one of us, one that we will always cherish. Together we will make LAMUN 2009 a success and I wish you all the best.
- Samarth Singh
Secretary General of LAMUN
