Committees & Topics

While slavery as traditionally understood is now limited, it remains prevalent through forced labour, human trafficking, and exploitation. A significant proportion of those entrapped work under major Western corporations. International protocols must be established to protect the vulnerable in both the workplace and the community, and corporations must be held responsible.

Highlighted sharply by COVID-19, access to vaccines varies enormously between countries. During the pandemic, many developing nations in Latin America, the Caribbean, and Africa had limited access while Western nations held three times what their populations required. This pattern repeats with deadly diseases that have had vaccination cures for years, including yellow fever.

There has been a global rise in youth-on-youth violence — school shootings, child gang violence, and cyber threats have increased drastically. Many blame social media platforms and violent video games, while others argue environment, family life, and social class are the root causes. Today, there is a call for action locally, nationally, and internationally to reduce youth violence.

This committee dives into the world of intelligence, security, and organised violence. It questions the intentional or unintentional involvement of children in the actions of PMSCs, cartels, and mafia organisations. The committee must determine how to regulate or eliminate the use of mercenaries in conflict zones, with the welfare of children as the central focus.

Addressing the systematic neglect that indigenous populations face from governments, healthcare, education, and public policy. These populations are typically suppressed, leaving their youth miles behind educationally and severely limited in opportunity — an endless cycle seemingly imposed by the state. This committee explores pathways to equity and recognition.

'The dramatic impacts of climate change have exposed how integral a healthy environment is to the enjoyment of all our other rights' — Amnesty International. Governments and citizens have the legal and moral obligation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Climate change has become one of the biggest intergenerational human rights violations in history.

To build a world with zero hunger, initiatives begin on the farm. This committee focuses on the importance of agriculture — including crop rotation, organic farming, and water conservation — as foundational tools to eliminate childhood hunger globally.

This committee aims to analyse and potentially reform the ICC and legal system around children forcefully involved in large terrorist or criminal organisations such as ISIS. It will determine how to protect minors recruited into criminal syndicates and establish a restorative justice framework that balances accountability with rehabilitation.

Focused on the development of the legal system and the protection of women and girls globally, this committee will build frameworks to dismantle discriminatory legal systems, address the impacts of structural barriers, and create equitable legal frameworks on the international stage.

This committee seeks to address supply chain disruptions — such as those in the Strait of Hormuz — as well as the invisible trade barriers that disproportionately affect developing economies and small developing states. It will explore how maritime trade can serve as a vehicle for greater global equity.

Examining global collaborative initiatives such as the Artemis programme, this committee considers how nations should establish and maintain peaceful lunar settlements without claiming national sovereignty, while equitably sharing data and resources across borders.

This committee aims to bridge the gap between youth and the diplomatic world — developing ways to bring more young voices onto the international stage and pull the next generation into critical conversations about conflict, climate change, human trafficking, and nuclear proliferation.

Delegates navigate pressing global security issues with a focus on preventing escalation. Specifically: Responding to an Escalation Between Major World Powers Over SDG initiatives and their impact — or lack thereof — on the globe. This is a live crisis committee with evolving scenario injections throughout the day.

Delegates navigate pressing global security issues with a focus on preventing escalation. Specifically: De-escalating a Proxy War between China and the United States. This is a live crisis committee with scenario injections requiring rapid-fire diplomacy and creative statecraft throughout the day.

Threats between social media and national security are rising. Growing concern surrounds social media platforms based in adversarial nations and their data harvesting practices. With constant global tensions rising and platforms operating in Axis countries, security risks for both individuals and states are at risk.