Committees and Issues
The committees represented at MUNISH 2024 with the issues to be discussed will be published below. Research reports can be downloaded once available; an available research report appears as a green button right of the issue or the issue itself is underlined.
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The theme for the 34th annual MUNISH conference is Multilateralism: Building Pathways to Peace and Security.
General Assembly
GA1 - International Security and Disarmament
- Combating maritime piracy and reducing
tensions in the Red Sea
- Preventing and countering Bioterrorism
- Militarization and weaponization of outer
space
GA3 - Social, Humanitarian and Cultural
- The question of Al in media
- Addressing the deportation of asylum
seekers to LEDCs
- The question of governments’ right to
limit civil liberties in times of conflict
GA4 - Special Political and Decolonisation
- The Israeli-Palestinian conflict with
special focus on the Palestinian right of
return
- Addressing the rising tensions in the
Taiwan Strait
- Protecting the integrity of democratic
elections
Special Conferences on Multilateralism: Building Pathways to Peace and Security
SPC1 - Special Conference 1
- Countering the threat of Hybrid methods
of warfare
- Tackling piracy and enhancing maritime
security
- Reducing dependency on energy supplies
from politically unstable regions
SPC2 - Special Conference 2
- Israel-Iran proxy conflict
- The question of sanctions
- The question of stabilising conflict zones
via military interventions
Commission and Councils
UNCND - United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs
- The question of legalisation of cannabis
- Combating the issue of drug trafficking
and organised crime
- The question of the opioid crisis
SC - Security Council
- The viability of the reintegration of
displaced Palestinians
- The situation in the Democratic Republic
of Congo
HSC - Historical Security Council (1962)
- The Cuban Missile Crisis
- The Sino - Indian War
FUNSC - Futuristic United Nations Security Council:
- The Palestine Israel Conflict, 2040
- The question of the militarisation of
artificial intelligence, 2040
CCPCJ - Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
- The question of decriminalising drug use
- Combating opiate trade and trafficking
- Establishing stricter regulations to
prevent police brutality against peaceful
demonstrations
ECOSOC - Economic and Social Council
- Mitigating unemployment caused by
digital transformation and AI
- Implementing measures to stimulate
economies affected by climate change
- Addressing the socio-economic inequality
in education
EVC - Environment Commission
- Reducing emissions in Arctic mining
- The question of the effect of palm oil
plantations in rainforest areas
- Protecting climate refugees
HRC - Human Rights Council
- The situation of human rights in the
Palestinian Territories
- The abolishment of the death penalty
- Protecting the right to peaceful protest
PBC - Peacebuilding Commission
- The question of Kashmir
- Peacekeeping in the Democratic Republic
of Congo
Other Committees
APQ - Advisory Panel on the Question of the Red Sea (APQRS)
- The economic crisis
- The political crisis
- The humanitarian crisis
G20 - Group of Twenty
- Ensuring food security and resilient
agricultural systems in the face of global
crises
- Addressing the effect of the transition
from fossil fuel dependency to renewable
energy
- Tackling supply chain vulnerabilities and
global trade resilience
WHO - World Health Organization
- The question of combating increased
vaccine scepticism
- Combating antibiotic resistance
- Tackling the pharmaceutical industry’s
monopoly power
ICJ - International Court of Justice
- Military and Paramilitary Activities in
and against Nicaragua (Nicaragua vs.
United States of America)