Schedule (October 28, 2016):
9:00am-9:30am – Registration, Doc Bryan Auditorium
9:30am-10:00am – Opening Remarks & Plenary Session, Doc Bryan Auditorium
10:00am-1:00pm – Committee Session #1, Baswell Techionery, Rooms #202, #203, and #204
1:00pm-2:00pm – Lunch Break
2:00pm-5:00pm – Committee Session #2, Baswell Techionery, Rooms #202, #203, and #204
5:15pm-6:00pm – Closing Plenary Session and Awards Ceremony, Doc Bryan Auditorium
Country Assignments:
People’s Republic of China – University of Central Arkansas
France – University of Central Arkansas
South Africa – University of Central Arkansas
Japan – Arkansas Tech University
Turkey – Arkansas Tech University
Cuba – Arkansas Tech University
Canada – Arkansas Tech University
United States of America – University of Arkansas-Fayetteville
Republic of Korea – University of Arkansas-Fayetteville
United Kingdom – University of Arkansas-Fayetteville
Australia – University of Arkansas-Fayetteville
Mexico – University of Arkansas-Fayetteville
Morocco – University of Arkansas-Little Rock
Committee Topics:
Committee on Disarmament & International Security (1st Committee)
1. What can the United Nations do to better prevent the use of chemical weapons by state and non-state actors?
2. What can the United Nations do to improve capacity-building efforts in weak, failing, or failed states?
Committee on Economics & Finance (2nd Committee)
1. What can the United Nations do to better handle the adverse effects of increasing urbanization around the world?
2. What can the United Nations do to better promote sport as a tool for peace without imposing undue financial burdens on member states?
Committee on Social, Humanitarian, & Cultural Affairs (3rd Committee)
1. What can the United Nations do to better combat emerging infectious diseases, such as Zika?
2. What can the United Nations do to better provide medical and health care for civilians in war zones?
3. What can the United Nations do to better control global population growth?