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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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)