Letter from the Chair
My name is Karim Taher, and I am chairing the Disarmament and International Security Commission (DISC), along with my distinguished Deputy Chairs Fadi Tawfik and Abdullah Shamsi. DISC deals with worldwide issues that threaten international peace, thus having a direct impact on the safety of people like you. The significance of facilitating dialogue in order to reach a compromise that would result in the development of bilateral and multilateral relations between member nations that would diminish the dangers our communities face today, could not be stressed enough.
This year, in DISC, we will tackle highly controversial issues that hinder us both domestically and globally. This brings me to the first topic on our committee’s agenda: Working towards the goal of a nuclear zero on an international scale. This issue is of utmost importance and relevance to our committee because establishing a “peace zone” would certainly build stable relations between the world’s most powerful member nations. Ever since 1960, the United Nations worked hard to overcome this issue as well as passing multiple resolutions, however, the outcome remains the same and it is that countries are only gaining more nuclear weapons over time.
The second issue that we will debate is: Combating terrorism: preventing arms trade and enhancing international crime regulations. This issue is particularly relevant today due to the rise in terrorist attacks in both developed and developing nations. As a matter of fact, the type of threats has evolved and become more dynamic in nature. At first, these attacks were focused and limited to specific regions. Now, national boundaries have been broken and these attacks have become a transnational threat.
Finally, our third issue: Cyber warfare between states and leaking classified documents. Cyber warfare is still a developing concept, yet numerous experts believe that it has the ability to ignite future conflicts and destroy nations. Future wars and battles will not only be fought using troops and weapons but also by hackers targeting opponent’s infrastructure using computer codes, making it an extremely relevant issue to our committee’s purpose and objective.
I, along with my deputy chairs, are looking forward to watching you engage in productive and fruitful debate that will help you truly understand the severity of the issues at hand through examining these issues from different perspectives.
- Karim Taher, Chair of Disarmament and International Security Commission
This year, in DISC, we will tackle highly controversial issues that hinder us both domestically and globally. This brings me to the first topic on our committee’s agenda: Working towards the goal of a nuclear zero on an international scale. This issue is of utmost importance and relevance to our committee because establishing a “peace zone” would certainly build stable relations between the world’s most powerful member nations. Ever since 1960, the United Nations worked hard to overcome this issue as well as passing multiple resolutions, however, the outcome remains the same and it is that countries are only gaining more nuclear weapons over time.
The second issue that we will debate is: Combating terrorism: preventing arms trade and enhancing international crime regulations. This issue is particularly relevant today due to the rise in terrorist attacks in both developed and developing nations. As a matter of fact, the type of threats has evolved and become more dynamic in nature. At first, these attacks were focused and limited to specific regions. Now, national boundaries have been broken and these attacks have become a transnational threat.
Finally, our third issue: Cyber warfare between states and leaking classified documents. Cyber warfare is still a developing concept, yet numerous experts believe that it has the ability to ignite future conflicts and destroy nations. Future wars and battles will not only be fought using troops and weapons but also by hackers targeting opponent’s infrastructure using computer codes, making it an extremely relevant issue to our committee’s purpose and objective.
I, along with my deputy chairs, are looking forward to watching you engage in productive and fruitful debate that will help you truly understand the severity of the issues at hand through examining these issues from different perspectives.
- Karim Taher, Chair of Disarmament and International Security Commission
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