by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Highlighted, Solution
Challenge The African region is affected by substantial mixed migration flows, either originating in or transiting through its constituent countries. The principal characteristics of mixed migration flows include their irregular nature and the multiplicity of factors...
by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge The Silk Roads have represented routes of integration, exchange, and dialogue between different cultures and civilizations over more than two millennia. Situated at the convergence of the many Silk Roads, the Central Asian Republics (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,...
by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge The city of Ciudad Juárez, Mexico has been one of the municipalities most affected by violence over the last few years. High homicide rates have left a significant number of orphaned children. They are neglected by their families and teachers and also by...
by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge The West African Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak of 2014 – 2016 was unprecedented from the start, given that the disease was not endemic among humans in the region. In addition, the scale was unlike any other EVD outbreak recorded. The reasons why...
by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge The Arab States region has one of the highest unemployment rates in the world, having reached 11.8 per cent between 2008 and 2013 compared with the global average of 6.1 per cent. (UNDP, Human Development Report 2015: Work for Human Development.) The working...