Forum for East Asia-Latin American Cooperation (FEALAC)
APPROXIMATE COMMITTEE SIZE: 55 double DELEGATIONS
The Forum for East Asia-Latin American Cooperation is a regional organization connecting states from East and Southeast Asia to Latin America and the Caribbean with the intent to form an official space for dialogue and cooperation. Topic A is the future of rare earth mineral mining. Both regions are heavily involved in the processing and extraction of rare earth minerals, including graphite, nickel, manganese, and more. These materials are key ingredients in batteries, petroleum refinement, defense capabilities, and technological device development. FEALAC must foster international dialogue between the two regions to strike a balance between the appropriate mining and usage of these minerals to benefit respective nations’ economies and development. Topic B is small enterprise and industry development. By encouraging the growth of small enterprises, countries across East Asia and Latin America will benefit from job creation and economic stimulation.
Chairs: Priyasha Chakravarti & Jack Kealey
TOPICS
Topic A: The Future of Rare Earth Mineral Mining
Topic B: Creation of Industry and Small Enterprise Development
lEARNING OBJECTIVES
Develop an understanding of how regulations in the international trade system can be enacted to support human and labor rights on local levels.
Navigate the intersectionality of climate, technology, and the use of natural resources as they pertain to political stability and challenges faced as a result of corruption.
Approach contemporary, borderless problems faced by laborers and small enterprises and devise human-focused solutions to solve them.
about the chairs
Priyasha Chakravarti is a member of the class of 2025 studying Government and Journalism. She is excited to bring her Asian background and international affairs interest to FEALAC this year in NAIMUN LXII. She especially looks forward to working with Jack Kealey, who she has worked with in several MUN capacities before and calls a good friend. Priyasha has staffed NAIMUN since her first year at Georgetown, previously serving as the Under-Secretary-General of ECOSOCs, and most recently, the Chief of Staff of NAIMUN LXI. She has also dedicated time to staffing NAIMUN’s sister collegiate conference, NCSC, previously serving as the Director of Philanthropy, and most recently a crisis committee chair. Outside Georgetown, Priyasha served as a philanthropy intern at the S M Sehgal Foundation in the summer of 2023, a newsgathering intern for the BBC News D.C. bureau in the spring of 2024, and served as a political affairs intern for the US-Asia Institute in the summer of 2024. Priyasha loves journalism and storytelling, going on Boba runs, visiting home and family, and finding cute cafés.
Jack Kealey is a member of the class of 2025 majoring in Government and Journalism. He previously served as the Under Secretary-General of ECOSOCs at NAIMUN LX, and is excited to serve as Co-Chair of the Forum for East Asia-Latin American Cooperation!