2024 AMUN Committee Topics

Listed below are the topics for all of the committees that will be simulated during the conference, except for Historical Security Council, Security Council, and Model International Court of Justice (MICJ).  Each of the committees listed below have been assigned two or three topics.  The members of each of the committees will determine the order of the agenda items (committee topics) to be debated and the extent to which the agenda items (committee topics) will be debated.

In the case of the Historical Security Council (HSC), information regarding the events of 1990 will be presented in chronological order to the delegates on the council during the conference.  Members of the council will decide to what extent, if at all, to respond to the unfolding events.  In the case of the Security Council, delegates will decide on the agenda items during the conference based on what is happening in the real world at that time.   In the case of the MICJ, three cases will be presented to the delegates (judges) during the conference.

First Committee (Disarmament & International Security)
(1)  Reaffirming the prohibition on the use of military force against civilians during armed conflicts, including a ban on intentionally targeting energy facilities, schools, hospitals, and other civilian infrastructure.
(2)  Protecting commercial shipping from piracy and other security threats in international waters.

Second Committee (Economic & Financial)
(1)  Confronting and reducing the risks and unintended consequences of Artificial Intelligence (AI), including job losses due to automation, privacy violations, social media manipulation, social surveillance, and employment discrimination.
(2)  Responding to slower global economic growth caused by high interest rates, increased energy prices, and armed conflicts in Europe, the Middle East, and elsewhere.

Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural)
(1)  Addressing the economic, humanitarian, political, and social causes of global population displacement (refugees, migrants, asylum-seekers, and internally-displaced persons).
(2)  Encouraging UN member-states to expand the role of women during transitions from conflict to post-conflict in strife-torn countries, including peacemaking (mediation), peace negotiations, peacekeeping, democratic elections and election monitoring, and other peacebuilding processes.

Novice General Assembly (GA) Committee
(1)  Combating propaganda and disinformation in countries holding free and fair elections.
(2)  Promoting preventive diplomacy, peacemaking, peacekeeping, and peacebuilding efforts by the UN and regional organizations in response to international crises and conflicts in the 21st century.

Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
(1)  Addressing the economic and social impacts of climate change, including disruptions in food supplies, spread of infectious diseases, and damage to critical national infrastructure.
(2)  Combating the related problems of human trafficking and migrant smuggling.
(3)  Promoting the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls throughout the world, including addressing poverty issues, unequal access to educational opportunities, unequal access to financing (bank loans), and employment discrimination.

Human Rights Council (HRC)
(1)  Reaffirming and renewing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in the 21st century.
(2)  Enhancing cooperation between United Nations (UN) and regional human rights systems and enforcement mechanisms.
(3)  Promoting the individual right to a healthy and sustainable environment.

Executive Board of the World Food Programme (WFP)
(1)  Providing assistance to individuals, families, and communities in underdeveloped and developing countries experiencing acute food insecurity.
(2)  Dealing with the negative consequences of El Niño, including crop failures, disease outbreaks, reduced food production, and malnutrition.
(3)  Reducing food loss and waste in developed and developing countries.