Model United Nations Mission Report: Promoting Sustainable Development Goals 2030 by Dararath Uk

KINGDOM OF CAMBODIA

Nation Religion King

 ក្រសួងការបរទេស និងសហប្រតិបត្តិការអន្តរជាតិ

       MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

  AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

Committee : United Nations General Assembly 
Topics         : Promoting Sustainable Development Goals 2030 
Delegate     : Uk Dararath

To Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, 

Cambodia enthusiastically attended the United Nations General Assembly which took place on May 18th at the United Nations Headquarter, New York. The committee discussed on “the Promoting Sustainable Development Goals 2030.” The discussion was to seek for mechanisms where the Sustainable Development Goals 2030 could be achieved. All the 17 goals were included and three of which, including ends of poverty, climate action, and partnership, were the main focus of the meeting. A number of recommendations from different states and especially from Kingdom of Cambodia were raised. 

About half of the member states attending the assembly registered for speaker-list. Most of the registering states raised their concerns and past actions and successful experience they have improved the issues as well as most importantly their respective recommendations to the committee to adopt to promote the sustainable development goals. Most of the concerns from developing states were in regards to the lack of ability to implement their existing policies. The lack of financial and technical availability remained the major concerns. Developed member states in the committee agreed to provide some aids in voluntary base and encouraged developing states to also put more efforts in improving its own capacity along with the aids given. 

China proposed to have 2 percentage of developed states’ GPD for aids to improve sectors to promote the sustainable development goals. Developed countries namely Belgium, New Zealand and Germany and Indonesia rejected such proposal although there was a favor from Myanmar, while some other developing countries including Kingdom of Cambodia remained neutral. After negotiation, developed states agreed to provide financial and technical supports to developing states but it shall be provided in voluntary base and with accountability and transparency delivery. Moreover, China urged all states to restrict national laws to prevent the private sectors’ contribution affecting the environment to reinforce the previous conventions including Paris Agreement and to obligate to update their actions every five years.

Kingdom of Cambodia has also contributed numerous recommendations and shared our successful stories including our great achievements in the Millennium Development Goals which had been incorporated with national Cambodian Millennium Development Goals and National Strategic Development Plan. Kingdom of Cambodia urged all member states to localize the sustainable development goals; encouraged the establishment of technical working group to contribute recommendations and monitor policies; called for cooperation among states and non-state actors to improve the investment in health, education, social protection and environment; encouraged more free and fair trade and investment. With such contribution, a numerous clauses were adopted in the resolutions and some most important of which included the encouragement of cooperation, bilaterally and multilaterally to achieve  trade liberalization, the elimination of trade barriers and promotion of free and fair trade; the providence of technical and financial assistance in voluntary base; maintaining accountability and transparency in action plans, respect of human rights, rule of law; and encouragement of the implementation of the SDG to national level and sub national level or national laws. 

We realized that in this respective meeting, there were several conflicting interests between developed and developing states. As per discussion, it was important to balance the interest between these two blocs. Therefore, it was an utmost importance to have delegations who were skillful in negotiating and making best of the interest for our nation and the whole world. In sum up, this General Assembly on the Promoting the Sustainable Development Goals 2030 was successful with great outcomes to achieve all the goals and to make our nation as well as the world prosperous. 

Disclaimer: This mission report is written by a Cambodian student delegate solely for simulation and academic purposes . These views herein do not in any way represent the view of any Cambodian university and ministry and government. 

***This article is published here in the purpose of sharing the format/sample of the mission report for Model United Nations. I am aware that there are many rooms to improve for this paper.