HRC: Hope comes from the depth of the World Forum
by Vera Bloemen and Liske Bruinsma

After receiving a note from Equatorial Guinea, saying: "Don't write about this [committee], it's NOT interesting!!!" and intercepting notes such as: "Hey there is a rumor going round that you have SUDOKUs, send us one?" from the Kingdom of Lesotho, as well as another off topic note, saying: "Hey! I don't like this too much… Anyways are you going out tonight?" from Burkina Faso, we didn't have any high expectations regarding the Human Rights Committee while descending to Atlantic. However, after witnessing a great debate on measures to prevent arbitrary detention and involuntary disappearances in civilian populations, I knew that in this committee too, delegates were working hard to find solutions to human rights violations.
Also, delegates had no option but to pay attention, because every once in a while they received a wakeup call from the squeaking microphone; thankfully DSG David Ollivier de Leth was there to save the day. Due to the fact that only one out of three resolutions have passed in sub-commission two so far and none in sub-commission one, we can say that the delegates are taking great care and making sure that only resolutions that will make a difference are passed. The single resolution that passed on measures to combat discrimination and social isolation of the disabled, was sure to be greatly detailed and welcomed many delegates to join in an intense debate.
According to the Chair, Naz Gurpinar, in sub-commission two "the committee is firing up right now" and she's looking forward to more debates to come. "[Even though] our delegates are a bit destructive, we also have some delegates who are pretty passionate." Overall, the chairs are positively excited for the days to come and hope that they can be proud of their delegates by the end of the week.

Due to great research done by the individual delegations they were able to discuss and argue the topics at hand, sometimes causing intense struggles between nations which lead to notes such as: "So.. I want an apology; make it very good and believable. An idea: fly a plane to me saying sorry".

When the issue on human trafficking arose one delegate came with the interesting fact that an average slave costs a mere ninety dollars around the world. Bearing in mind that there are approximately twenty-seven million slaves globally it is of great importance to comprehend the extent of human suffering and take great care in finding concrete and tangible solutions to the issue. In essence, it is the responsibility of both the UN and THIMUN to burst the bubble of unawareness concerning this issue.

The similarity between the both sub-commissions was outstanding: a weird fascination for lollypops. In sub-commission two, the delegation of Bulgaria asked the delegate of Haiti out for dinner and offered him a lollypop on the floor, whereas in sub-commission 1, the delegate of India sent a note saying; "India feels we didn't get off to the best start, but it would be nice if we are friends J Lolly?"
So let's hope the "lollies" will give them enough energy to keep the debate burning.