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Countries or organizations involved in the debate:

Apple, Argentina, Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Google, India, Indonesia, Israël,
Kenya, Netherlands, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden,
Switzerland, United Kingdom, USA

Countries of origin of the students:

Costa Rica, France, Greece, Kenya, Morocco, New Zealand, Rwanda, Switzerland, Turkey,
UAE, United Kingdom, USA

OUTCOME

“Absolute freedom in decision-making processes vs introduction of

international measures”

The committee was made up of 44 delegates representing 22 delegations. They discussed two

issues.
The first issue relates to the various changes needed to integrate young people into the
economy of tomorrow. The second issue involves reasoning on the impact of new technologies

on the labour market, such as the progressive automation of industries, which makes some
people fear the disappearance of jobs that do not require a high level of qualification.

During the discussions, some delegations wished to retain absolute freedom in decision-making
processes, while others advocated the introduction of international measures. While many
delegations wished, at least in principle, to encourage negotiation and shared initiative, some

measures were seen as threats to national sovereignty. The debates were very interesting in this
respect, as compromise was necessary to achieve consensus.

Furthermore, discussions also developed around the opposition between delegations wishing

to limit the power of private companies over national economies, and those aiming to attract
large firms to their countries, and thus “feeding” the growing influence of these firms over
questions of labour and economic policy. This meant that the solutions adopted by the

committee in its resolutions had to take into account multiple perspectives, bringing together
points of view that appeared diametrically opposed.

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