Format: HMUN
Topic: A Tale of Two Chinas

The General Assembly is one of the six main organs of the UN, serving as the main deliberative, policy-making, and representative organ of the UN.

Time is turned back. Set in 1975, this council deals with the history of the international recognition of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). There are two Chinese governments, the PRC (based in Beijing) and the ROC (Republic of China; based in Taiwan). The two governments contend to be the sole legitimate government of China. With the physical fighting in the Chinese Civil War largely over, the major battleground becomes diplomatic.

From the 1960s onwards, the admission of newly independent developing nations gradually turned the General Assembly to being dominated by countries sympathetic to Beijing. Not only the newly founded developing countries, but also most of the Western and influential countries eventually decided to recognise the PRC and severed diplomatic relations with the ROC. On 15 July 1971, 17 UN members, led by Albania, requested that a question of the “Restoration of the lawful rights of the People’s Republic of China in the United Nations” be placed on the provisional agenda of the twenty-sixth session of the UNGA.

The time in this proposed council will be stopped on 15 July 1971 and delegates will be the driver of what happens after Albania’s motion to the General Assembly.

Suitable for delegates with an interest in politics and history. The council provides a stimulating challenge to all delegates to think creatively and critically, to proactively determine the fate of the world.