GEMUN Topics

GEMUN 2024 Topics

The committees listed below are being represented in the 35th Session of GEMUN, May, 2024. Each section on this page has a collection of links for the respective committee, which we are always in process of updating.

If you find a link that is expired, or a good one that needs to be added, please send an email to GEMUN's staff at gemunstaff at gmail.com

NOTE: These issues are real-world issues and some students may have trouble understanding some of the content. Please make sure parents are aware of the topics to be covered in each committee.

GEMUN 2024 Committees and topics lists

Main Resource page

United Nations home page

-- On September 25th 2015, 193 world leaders committed to 17 Global Goals to achieve 3 extraordinary things in the next 15 years.
End extreme poverty.
Fight inequality & injustice.
Fix climate change.
The Global Goals for sustainable development could get these things done.
In all countries. For all people.

Some Sustainable Development Goals links:

United Nations Development Programme - UNDP has published a great overview booklet on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals!
Download this educational tool at http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/librarypage/corporate/sustainable-development-goals-booklet

Sustainable Development Goals: Changing the World in 17 Steps - interactive | Global Development | The Guardian

Sustainable Development Solutions Network
Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform
Dollar Street - See How People Really Live
David Suzuki Foundation Home, One Nature
SDG Knowledge Hub - Daily SDG News
UN and Climate Change
UN Climate Change Newsroom
Sustainable Energy for All Forum
UNDP: Sustainable Development Goals
MY World: The United Nations Global Survey for a Better World
UN Foundation -- What we do -- Post 2015 Development Agenda
IPS -- Inter Press Service News Agency
DEVEX -- International Development News
Sustainable Business | The Guardian
Drawdown: 100 Solutions to Reverse Global Warming

The following Committees will be role-played at GEMUN 2024:

Please note that the order of precedence of the topics is not indicated by the order in which they are listed. All topics are equally deserving of the attention of the committees. It makes the debate MUCH more interesting if all topics are covered. There have been times where half or most of the resolutions submitted are on the same topic, and after one or two of these resolutions are debated, the others receive little interest from the committee. Try to make your resolution an interesting and creative solution.

General Assembly (Topics in GA: Stopping overdose safely, Future of Aviation, Aid to Ukraine and other war torn countries, Human trafficking, Minimizing microplastics in the oceans, Digital crimes and removal of illegal media, Corporate use of child labor, Security council reform, Open agenda)

Security Council (SC Topics: Building and Sustaining Peace, Situation in Ukraine, Counteracting influence of radicalization, Children and Armed Conflict, Israel and Palestine, Sudan and South Sudan, Arms Control and Disarmament, Security Sector Reform, Open Agenda -- all issues of security and international peace)

Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC Topics: Rule of Law; Decolonization; Science, Technology and Innovation; Crime Prevention; Rebuilding infrastructure; Sustainable economic growth; Refugee aid/humanitarian aid; Food security and decreasing the risk of famine; Open agenda)

United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP Topics: Sustainable Forests, Extractives, Green Economy, Carbon Trading, Biodiversity, Oceans and Seas, Sustainable Fishing, Open Agenda)

World Health Organization (WHO Topics: Universal Health Coverage/Primary Healthcare Systems, Maternal Health, Health Risks of Air Pollution, Malnutrition and Food Safety, Diabetes, HIV/AIDS, Obesity, Open Agenda)

Human Rights Council (HRC Topics: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, Racial Justice, Humanitarian Crisis in War Torn Countries, Refugee Crisis, Death Penalty, Reproductive Rights, Disability Rights, Open Agenda)

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF Topics: Preventing child labor, Juvenile Justice, Recruiting children into the military, Refugee children, Mental health in teens/children, Child marriage, Gender equality, Open Agenda)

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO Topics: Food insecurity, Reducing food waste, Conservation agriculture, Pesticide management, Sustainable diets and nutrition, Dairy production and products, School food, Open Agenda)

Commission on the Status of Women (CSW Topics: Feminine product availability, Reproductive Rights, Violence against women/girls, Girls education/equal opportunity, Women and girls in poverty, Women's representation in politics, Women's economic empowerment, Open agenda)

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA Topics: Cybersecurity and Nuclear Security, Medicine and Atomic Energy, Nuclear Safety in Ukraine, Decommissioning of nuclear power plants, Radioactive Safety, Nuclear energy and climate change, Radioactive/nuclear waste management, Nuclear energy and food, Open Agenda)

Country Information/News/Miscellaneous

General Assembly (GA)