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For Your Information: Status of Women in Post-Conflict Societies (UNHRC Topic A)

The war in Afghanistan has inundated the nation with relentless air raids and conflicts on land, and if that’s not enough suffering – its grievances continues to deepen with the plight of their women. The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) reported that there...Read more

Committee Session I

After the Opening Ceremony, the nine committees got right into action in their first committee session. Here's our Press Corps' coverage of Committee Session I: Disarmament and International Security Committee The first session of DISEC began with a call to order by the chair....Read more

Meet the UNHRC Chair

Meet Houriiyah Tegally – the chair of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) at this year’s YMUN Korea 2014. Born and raised in Mauritius, Houriiyah is a sophomore in Branford College at Yale, studying Computer Science & Psychology. As the UNHRC chair, she...Read more