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Light sessions with important information
Clara Poveda | Day 3
The third day has been decisive. The session has begun with an unmoderated caucus to clarify issues between the two blocks created. In addition, it should be noted that the issue was the access gap in commercialization of medical technologies in both groups.
The first group included sponsors such as Japan, India, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Italy and Egypt. And the signatories Canada, Russian Federation, Dominican Republic, Denmark, Australia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Afghanistan, Hungary, Brazil, Germany, Poland, Equatorial Guinea, Belgium and Argentina, Indonesia, United Kingdom. They highlighted the efforts of the international community on the issue and the involvement of the States, private sector and communities at a national, regional and global scale.
On the other hand, the second coalition was formed by South Korea, USA, Pakistan, China with their respective signatories: Chile, Côte d'Ivoire, Qatar, Russia, Iceland, Finland, Canada, UK, Afghanistan, Hungary, Denmark, Thailand. They have defend above all, that health technologies equip health-care providers with tools that are indispensable for effective and efficient prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation and attainment of internationally agreed health-related development goals, including those contained in the Millennium Declaration. The first coalition will collect data in countries that do not even know exactly its exact population, while Italy questioned the second coalition the fact that they did not name the coronavirus virus and its crisis in its draft resolution.
The sessions have tried to carry out amendments between both drafts, although despite sharing many points in both plans they have not been able to reach an agreement with topic A. Next, they have decided to continue with topic B, climate change and its consequences over health . From Saudi Arabia to the USA they have shared the gravity of climate change, the way in which it affects the health and long-term social problems that it can cause. In a lighter and milder way they have discussed this topic leaving it open enough to continue tomorrow with its conclusion.
The first group included sponsors such as Japan, India, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Italy and Egypt. And the signatories Canada, Russian Federation, Dominican Republic, Denmark, Australia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Afghanistan, Hungary, Brazil, Germany, Poland, Equatorial Guinea, Belgium and Argentina, Indonesia, United Kingdom. They highlighted the efforts of the international community on the issue and the involvement of the States, private sector and communities at a national, regional and global scale.
On the other hand, the second coalition was formed by South Korea, USA, Pakistan, China with their respective signatories: Chile, Côte d'Ivoire, Qatar, Russia, Iceland, Finland, Canada, UK, Afghanistan, Hungary, Denmark, Thailand. They have defend above all, that health technologies equip health-care providers with tools that are indispensable for effective and efficient prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation and attainment of internationally agreed health-related development goals, including those contained in the Millennium Declaration. The first coalition will collect data in countries that do not even know exactly its exact population, while Italy questioned the second coalition the fact that they did not name the coronavirus virus and its crisis in its draft resolution.
The sessions have tried to carry out amendments between both drafts, although despite sharing many points in both plans they have not been able to reach an agreement with topic A. Next, they have decided to continue with topic B, climate change and its consequences over health . From Saudi Arabia to the USA they have shared the gravity of climate change, the way in which it affects the health and long-term social problems that it can cause. In a lighter and milder way they have discussed this topic leaving it open enough to continue tomorrow with its conclusion.
The turn caused by the crisis
Clara Poveda | Day 2
Today, the committee has not left anyone indifferent. Seeking coherent and logical measures for pre-established issues has been the initial end.
The first topic covered was the level in which religion affects when implementing, or attempting to implant, modern medicine. Chile has established a clear position on foremost defending culture, which (as they have said) cannot be changed overnight. Russia and India have first hailed that the priority, at the moment, should remain on medical technologies. Meanwhile, and causing a great stir, the delegation of Qatar established the importance of religion as, according to them, confessional countries are unstable countries with high rates of homosexualism. The delegation of Japan exposed the need to educate the government, not just the citizen.
Unexpectedly, the session has been interrupted by a sudden and disruptive crisis: the coronavirus takes over the committee. The 2019-nCoV infection and its development in China has ended up being the main issue for the session. After this crisis was reported, China quickly emerged to defend its agility in treating the disease and its rapid recognition as such, weeks ago. Indonesia has spoken out by stressing that its main concern is the discrimination that the Chinese people are experiencing as a result of this event. Qatar, on the other hand, has been blunt in order that the only real culprit is the Chinese nation itself, which has not acted correctly, citing: "Closing barriers is not a racist measure, it is necessary." Finland has called for China to share information on the state of patients and on the studies of the virus itself, to which China has responded sharply by claiming that reports on the 2019-nCoV virus were made public on 12 January , and asking delegations to report before accusing other nations of something.
Health is a must for our nations
Clara Poveda | Day 1
The WHO Committee of URJCmun 2020 has been revealing at least. The two issues, the difficulty of marketing medicines and climate change and its effects on health, were issues as not very current and decisive. After a group presentation, delegates, staff, press, chairs..., a test debate began, as the chairs themselves called it. By doing this, we have all accommodated and adapted ourselves to the environment.
In the second session the two previous issues were raised and, by vote, option A, the difficulty of marketing medicines, was chosen. The first delegation to speak was India, raising the large number of technological facilities in countries with resources and the non existence of those facilities in underdeveloped countries, followed by Thailand and South Arabia. Russia has remained steadfast in seeking an initiative to the problem and going face-to-face, without position, and even supported without discretion by Qatar. Finland has highlighted the lack of resources in countries such as Venezuela and Egypt, which have supported these statements with data and arguments. Italy has shared many opinions about medical privatization and its malfunction in certain countries such as Venezuela and Iceland, emphasizing a problem that affects everyone but especially these countries without resources.
China has had a great influence on the general opinion of the committee, which has been greatly diminished by the characteristic support for the privatization of resources and funds to increase competitiveness. All this without neglecting the emerging need to help countries without basic resources (water, home, electricity ...) in order to achieve an enviable health community. The United States also positioned itself with China and praised its own private health system, criticized by most countries in the United States. committee. Transparency has been a key discussion in the debate, which has ended with a pact between Chile and Qatar to create a global organization that clearly establishes the fate of funds dedicated to health. Since, as Qatar stated, "we will not give money without a clear plan of what your specific destination will be".
In the second session the two previous issues were raised and, by vote, option A, the difficulty of marketing medicines, was chosen. The first delegation to speak was India, raising the large number of technological facilities in countries with resources and the non existence of those facilities in underdeveloped countries, followed by Thailand and South Arabia. Russia has remained steadfast in seeking an initiative to the problem and going face-to-face, without position, and even supported without discretion by Qatar. Finland has highlighted the lack of resources in countries such as Venezuela and Egypt, which have supported these statements with data and arguments. Italy has shared many opinions about medical privatization and its malfunction in certain countries such as Venezuela and Iceland, emphasizing a problem that affects everyone but especially these countries without resources.
China has had a great influence on the general opinion of the committee, which has been greatly diminished by the characteristic support for the privatization of resources and funds to increase competitiveness. All this without neglecting the emerging need to help countries without basic resources (water, home, electricity ...) in order to achieve an enviable health community. The United States also positioned itself with China and praised its own private health system, criticized by most countries in the United States. committee. Transparency has been a key discussion in the debate, which has ended with a pact between Chile and Qatar to create a global organization that clearly establishes the fate of funds dedicated to health. Since, as Qatar stated, "we will not give money without a clear plan of what your specific destination will be".
