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Dear Delegates,
It is with great satisfaction that the chair of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) salutes you to the
VII Fórum FAAP de Discussão Estudantil.
We are looking forward to the debates anxiously because, along with you, we also learn a lot from
this process. Fórum FAAP is an event where you not only enhance your argumentation skills and knowledge,
but also learn important life values, such as respect towards others and develop the ability to
comprehend other countries’ cultures.
We truly hope that you make the best of this experience! My name is Gisela Costa Neves Thiele and it
is with great honor that I present myself as one of the co-directors of the Counter-Terrorism Committee.
I am 19 years old and I am currently in the fifth semester of Law school at FAAP.
This is the fifth time I participate in Fórum FAAP. When I was in high school, I participated twice as a
delegate, in the third and fourth edition, respectively, in the committees UNEP (United Nations Environment
Programme) and the WTO (World Trade Organization). Once in university, I was a volunteer at Copenhagen
15 (COP-15), in the fifth edition of Fórum FAAP and in the next year I was the Deputy Director
of the UNSC (United Nations Security Council). I am very thrilled to be the co-director of this committee,
because this is the very first time that the CTC will be simulated in Fórum FAAP.
My other co-director is Guilherme Vieira, he is also 19 years old and is currently in the third semester
of the International Relations undergraduate course. He has participated in Fórum FAAP as a journalist in
the press committee, in its fifth edition and as volunteer at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC),
in the sixth edition. He has also participated as a director in Fórum FAAP de Desenvolvimento in Ribeirão
Preto, in its fourth edition, and as a delegate of the UNSC at UFRGSMUN´s eighth edition.
Presentations aside, it’s time to present what brought us here. In this committee you will discuss the
relation between terrorism and the conflict diamond issue in the African Continent. Our objective is to
debate measures towards diminishing these problems, concentrating on the security of the continent
and most importantly, the global security while defeating terrorism and achieving peace and stability.
Human Rights will also be subject of the debates but our purpose is to focus on the security aspects
of the question, we must take them into consideration but it is necessary not to focus on them. Possibly,
you may also come to discuss topics that concern human health, however, once again you will not
focus on it, keeping in mind that the proposal of our committee is that you centre the discussions on
the problems here presented. It is paramount that the delegates come to the debates with the wiliness
to comprehend the situation as a whole, take into account the details involved and have an analytical
capacity to find plausible solutions to defeat terrorism related to blood diamonds.
Thank you, and we wish you all good luck!
Gisela Costa Neves Thiele e Guilherme Vieira
Directors of the Counter-Terrorism Committee
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