Research+Reports

**Research Reports**
Below you will find the research reports for each of the issues that will be discussed in each committee. Each chair is expected to write a research report on his or her topic. The research report will be an indicator of the chair's knowledge on his or her topic for us. The research report will have to follow the general format of a THIMUN chair report, which a sample one will be posted below.



General Procedures for Writing a Research Report

 * 1) Determine the topic that you are going to research on. (Negotiate with other chairs in your forum.)
 * 2) Locate internet resources and start reading articles of the UN site, news sites, and other reliable sources. (Please don't just use Wikipedia as your sole source.)
 * 3) Write the report and upload it in this page. (Plagiarism will be checked, so write in your own words.)

Mahima Gill || ||
 * Forum || Author || Copy of Research Report ||
 * **European Union** ||  ||   ||
 * Heads of state jeopardizing the democratic process ||  ||   ||
 * The rise of right-wing extremism || Carey Lin || [[file:Westlake MUN 2015 Chair Report - European Union - Rise of Right-Wing Extremism - Carey Lin.pdf]] ||
 * Europe's responsibility towards migrants in the Mediterranean || Tanay Bapna || [[file:Chair Report EU 2015 - Tanay.pages]] ||
 * **Environment Commission** ||  ||   ||
 * Reducing and eliminating bycatch in commercial fishing || JiHye Ryu || [[file:JiHye Ryu Environment Commission Chair Report Reducing bycatch.pdf]] ||
 * The degradation of tropical environments due to palm oil plantations || Nahyun Kwon || [[file:WestlakeMUN_EC_PalmOilPlantations_ChairReport.pdf]] ||
 * Combating illegal poaching in sub-suharan Africa || Jenny Hwang || [[file:Environment comission chair report Jenny Hwang.docx]] ||
 * **ECOSOC** ||  ||   ||
 * Combating the escalation of racial tensions in developed countries || Ana Daruka || [[file:Racial Tensions ECOSOC - Ananyashree Daruka.pdf]] ||
 * Ensuring food security within the Middle East || / || [[file:ECOSOC Food Security Report- Saarthak Sikri .docx]] ||
 * Proactively establishing economic stability in high risk island nations || Andrea Bettini || [[file:ECOSOC Issue 3.docx]] ||
 * **General Assembly 1** ||  ||   ||
 * Monitoring nuclear proliferation in the Middle East || Rachel Lee || [[file:GA1-Monitoring Nuclear Proliferation in Middle East.pdf]] ||
 * Use of heavy weapons amongst drug cartels especially in Latin America || Prachi Sukhnani || [[file:Use-of-heavy-weapons-amongst-drug-cartels-especially-in-Latin-America-GA1.pdf]] ||
 * Combating the consolidation of growing global terror network || Yeri Kwon || [[file:GA1_YeriKwon_1Sept.pdf]] ||
 * **General Assembly 3** ||  ||   ||
 * Measures to ensure safety of children in West and Central Africa || Jingying Wang || [[file:GA3-Child Abuse WCA-Jingying Wang.pdf]] ||
 * Controlling the illicit trade of cultural properties || Abby Merritt || [[file:cultural property explicit trade.pdf]] ||
 * Protection of cultural sites in warzone || Abby Merritt || [[file:protectingculturalsites.pdf]] ||
 * **Human Rights Council** ||  ||   ||
 * Combating xenophobia, especially in African regions || Alessandra Beelen || [[file:Xenophobia Chair Report.pages]] ||
 * Promoting the employment of people with disabilities || Sunny Hwang || [[file:Disabilities Chair Report.docx]] ||
 * Protecting the safety and rights of UN aid workers || Derron Yu || [[file:WestlakeMUN_HRC_UNAidWorkers_ChairReport.pdf]] ||
 * **Security Council** ||  ||   ||
 * Situation in Yemen || Mahima Gill || [[file:The Situation in Yemen.pdf]] ||
 * Combating the ISIL || Nirvaan Daruka || [[file:Combating the ISIL - Nirvaan Daruka.pdf]] ||
 * Disputed Azeri and Armenian territory (Nagorno-Karabakh) || Nirvaan Daruka/