North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Level: Crisis
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was founded in 1949 by twelve European and North American countries. Originally, it was set up as a military alliance to deter the Soviet Union and to ensure the security of the member states. Following the end of the Cold War, the Alliance expanded, gaining new members and adopting a broader political role. Nevertheless, NATO’s military significance has remained central throughout its history.
At the moment there are 32 countries that are members of NATO. The NATO calls itself a defensive alliance, and the principle of collective defence remains a central aspect even 75 years after ist founding. Collective defence means that an attack on one member state is considered an attack on all, and every member state contributes to the defence. The principle was only invoked once, following the events of the 11th of September 2001 in the United States of America (USA).
Today, NATO serves both a political and military function, fostering political alliances among member states and collaborating with other countries and multilateral organizations, such as the United Nations. In addition to its defense role, NATO has increasingly taken on peacekeeping missions and has been central to various international conflicts.
The MainMUN 2025 Crisis Committee is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
MainMUN is a Model United Nations simulation with an interconnected approach and a crisis simulation. Delegates in the NATO crisis committee will have to coordinate their countries policy throughout the conference and will interact with the other delegates of their country in the other committees to establish a consistent country policy. As the head delegate of your country delegation, you can issue instructions to the country’s delegates in the other committees including the Security Council. The decisions and instructions are solely up to the delegates and will shape the direction of the MainMUN 2025. Therefore, the head delegates have a significant impact and influence on the work done in the other committees.
The committee will follow the regular MainMUN Rules of Procedure for committees. In addition to those, the committee will also adhere to a second set of Rules of Procedure which are crisis specific and will be provided to delegates separately. These will explain how the system of directives works and how the members of the crisis committee can use them to perform specific actions during the conference.
The committee will be monothematic but news of other important matters which will need to be debated during the conference can arise any time. Meaning, delegates should prepare for their country’s policies in a broad manner and not just topic specific. Because just like the “real world”, you never know what is going to happen tomorrow.
Topic:
1. NATO Engagement in the Mediterranean Area
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