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The Disarmament and International Security Committee (DISEC) is the first committee of the United Nations General Assembly. This committee addresses and deals with issues that are related to disarmament challenges to global security as well as threats to international peace.
This year's DISEC committee will be addressing the following topic: The Proliferation and Possible Regulations of Private Military Contractors.
DISEC Chair - Nicholas Bekker
Dear Delegates,
It is my great honor and pleasure to welcome you to 2021’s Hofstra University Model United Nations Conference! Each year, it is our privilege to host intelligent and industrious students from high schools across Long Island such as yourselves. It is in part thanks to you all that an interest in international issues and an empathy for the international community is being fostered in the next generation, and the importance of that cannot be overvalued.
My name is Nick Bekker, and I will be serving as the chair for this year’s Disarmament and International Security Committee (DISEC). I am currently a senior with a double major in political science and linguistics. I have been in our University’s Model United Nations club for four years, serving as our club’s secretary for three of those years. During my time in the club, I served as a delegate at the University of Pennsylvania Model UN Conference (UPMUNC) and Columbia Model United Nations Conference and Exposition (CMUNCE). At former HUMUNCs, I have also been a dais and chair in the future crisis committee, as well as a chair in DISEC.
I am excited to return to DISEC this year, and despite social distance restrictions, I expect that we can still have a rewarding committee experience. This spring we shall be debating the conflict in Ukraine and how to facilitate the reduction of arms in the region. The committee’s topic is an opportunity to tackle an issue which has plagued the international community for many years. I believe we can foster a thoughtful debate and create innovative proposals for this issue. I cannot wait to see you through these deliberations!