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Countries or organizations involved in the debate:

Apple, Australia, Brazil, China, Egypt, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Google, Hungary,
Israël, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Singapore, South
Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, USA

Countries of origin of the students:

France, Italy, Morocco, New Zealand, Pakistan, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, UAE, United
Kingdom, USA

OUTCOME

“Creation of the first global offline application”

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) committee was made up of 24
delegations.

The first resolution debated was submitted by Switzerland with support from highly developed
nations, with a common interest in defending human rights while, where possible, limiting their
intake of refugees. This resolution proposes financial aid and the organisation of summits to

develop educational technologies for refugees, while taking into account the need to solve
the problem of the digital divide and its negative effect on the lives of refugees.

The second resolution was submitted by Turkey. Highly innovative in its ideas and conscientious

in its applications, this resolution proposes the creation of the first global offline application
managed by UNHCR, as well as tax relief for transnational companies that would donate part
of their profits to competent organizations, and also the installation of solar panels to meet the

energy needs of electronic devices used in the camps. After tense debates opposing
conservative and progressive ideas in terms of education, both of these resolutions were
adopted.

The last two resolutions are characterised by solutions oriented towards access to medical
care, psychological support services, and medical information on menstruation and sexuality,
in order to eliminate taboos and enable women to understand their rights and their health. In

order to provide telephones to refugees, donation and re-use programmes are proposed. With
more direct access to technology, women would be able to report cases of abuse to a 24-
hour support system. Following discussions and modifications on both technical and
humanitarian aspects, these resolutions were also adopted by the committee.

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