SPECPOL

•The committee is SPECPOL and it means Special Political and Decolonization Committee is GA Fourth Committee

•It addresses issues such as the principles

and bases of UN peacekeeping and decolonization issued.

• When the United Nations was initially founded in 1945, there remained a large number of regions under colonial possession, primarily by European powers,the Fourth Committee of GA on Special Political and Decolonization (SPECPOL) was established initially as an ad hoc organ to resolve problems of decolonization and self-determination, as well as to alleviate the work load of and resolve political issues. In 1978, the committee became a permanent one, undertaking the task of handling international politics. Today, delegates to SPECPOL debate issues that may range from international cooperation in the peaceful use of outer space, to the long term effects of atomic radiation and topics of modern colonialism, such as Western Sahara, Cyprus and Afghanistan.

2. Where is (are) the committee headquarter building ?

3.Where does it operate??

Child Labour

Private Military

Contractors

5. Who are the leaders of the committee? What experience to they bring to the committee?

6.What are the main goals and/or objectives of the committee?

•We consider certain fundamental values to be essential to international relations in the twenty-first century. These include: Freedom. Equality. Solidarity. Tolerance.Respect for nature. Shared responsibility Peace, security and disarmament.

7.How is the committee funded?

8.Why is what the committee works towards important? What could happen without the committee?

•There will be countries that will conlonized other countries. SPECPOL is important because this committee help lots of countries that are fighting for territory and other things and if we didn’t had this committee we could have lots of wars.

What is a sample topic the committee could address at a UN conference?

• War in Africa.

There have been over 9 million refugees and internally displaced people from conflicts in Africa. Hundreds and thousands of people have been slaughtered from a number of conflicts and civil wars. If this scale of destruction and fighting was in Europe, then people would be calling it World War III with the entire world rushing to report, provide aid, mediate and otherwise try to diffuse the situation.

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Achievements

Kashmir

Why does it exist?

WHAT IS THE COMMITTEE?

WHO HELPS SPECPOL????

The general assembly helps this comttiee and also some other comities contribute for example: The United Nations and Decolonization, United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR), United Nations Peacekeeping, and Committee on Information (COI)

Works in middle east ,Africa and australia are places that are not colonized.

SPECPOL

By:Andrea Pasquel

WHAT DOES SPECPOL DO?

• It is in New York in the general assembly.

4.What are some achievements or accomplishments?

•Some achievments they have been working are:

1.Child Labor in Southeast Asia

2.Kashmir

3.Private Military Contractors

•Simona-Mirela MiculescuShe was elected Chair of the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) on 22 June 2011, the chair is elected at the end of every General Assembly, along with the other major GA committees.

• The general assembly is being helped by different conuntries that want to contribute to help the countries with problems.