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1. EnvironmentalCouncil
IntenserivalryamongdelegatesfromallovertheworldiswhatIntenserivalryamongdelegatesfromallovertheworldiswhat’sgoingonduringthediscussion
onenvironmentalissuesthewholeday.Asexpected,thedelegatefromthePeople’sRepublicof
Chinaistheonebeingfireduponmostfrequentlyduringthegeneraldebatein1sthalfofthe
day.Worststill,shewascontinuouslybackstabbedbyhermosttrusted‘Bro’–NorthKorea.In
fact,itseemsthateverysingledelegateiscondemningChinaforbeingthelargestemitterof
CO2amongothergreenhousegases,whilenotbeingabletomanageit.Itisaptlyquotedas‘ir-
responsiblebastard’byananonymousdelegate.However‘SunshineChina’didallshecanto
brightenupthespirit.Inaconfidentandsolidtone,shepointedoutthattheCO2emissionperbrightenupthespirit.Inaconfidentandsolidtone,shepointedoutthattheCO2emissionper
capitaisextremelylowandalotofthisisactuallytodrivetheinternationaleconomythrough
low-costexportstotherestoftheworld.IwouldeventhinksheresemblestheIronLady.(
Yes,itisapun)TheSwissdelegatethinksofacentralizedworldeconomytoquantizeCO2
emissions.TheGuatamelandelegatepointedoutthatthisstepwilleventuallywidenedthegap
betweenDCsandLDCs.LDCswillfallintoaviciouscycleofpoverty,onewhichwillnever
allowthemtorisebackfrom.
Crisis
SolvingenvironmentalissuesafteranuclearbomblaunchedbyNKinJapanwasthetopicforSolvingenvironmentalissuesafteranuclearbomblaunchedbyNKinJapanwasthetopicfor
thecrisis.Granted,thisdebatewillbeaboutsavingpandas(JapanesePandawhoemigrated
fromSichuanaftertheAprilEarthquake)andthehappy-go-luckydelegatewentjustinthatdi-
rection.Hetoldthecouncilhowinterestedhewastostudythemicroevolutionbroughtforward
bytheradiation.Howthepandawillturnintotitans(namedhappypandas)orontheother
hand,turnintomicro-sizedpandaslikesquirrels.Justjoking.WhatheproclaimedwasthatKim
hadpurposelyfiredthemissileandactually,thisincidentcanserveasanopportunityforthe
UNtobebonded.Ihadtosaythatwaswell-packaged.Expected,USwasagainthreateningNKUNtobebonded.Ihadtosaythatwaswell-packaged.Expected,USwasagainthreateningNK
withitsbombs–A-bomb,H-bombsorevenneutrinobombswhateverthatis.Now,theall-im-
portantconspiracytheorybythePRC.HeproclaimedtocompletelydestroythelittleJaps（ 小
日本）.Hedidn’tmentionhowbuthejustdid.Yes,likeaboss.
SneakPeeks -ZhiLin(R.I.)
ASEAN+3Council:
Ashow‘modelAshow‘model’ModelUnitedNationsConferencestarted,thetopicofdiscussionwastoobroad
thatduringthefirstfewhoursofdebatealmostcametoastand-still.Afteralongdebateonwheth-
eralegallybindingagreementshouldbeinplaceregardingterritorialdebatesinSouthChinaSea,
the‘crisis’certainlyturnedthefocustoamoreinterestingtopic–whetherornotASEANcoun-
triesshouldhelpJapaninitsevacuationeffortupontheattackofNorthKorea,andinwhatform
theaidshouldin.
InitiallyNorthKorea,andinwhatformtheaidshouldbein.Initiallydividedbetweencommunist
andcapitalistcountries,anintendeddivisionmadeby‘guestdelegate’ofUSAwhoclaimednot
beingjudgemental,somecountriessoonidentifiedthemselvesas‘under-developed’,thusarguing
fortheirinabilitytoprovideanyaid.Notsurprisingly,‘challenge’camewhenMalaysia,Cambodia
andChinaweremadeagainsttheresolution.Itwasanappreciatedeffort.However,thedesireto
producearesultwhichallcountrieswouldagreewithtocallitadayruledovertherationale
behindthe‘challenge’.Thetwoartificial‘bloc’eventuallycompromisedwiththedelegateofMa-
laysiatactfullyopted‘yeswithpride’.laysiatactfullyopted‘yeswithpride’.Thistrulysavedthedayandbroughtthefirstdayof
VCAMUNinASEAN+3Counciltoasuccessfulend.
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