GEMUN Topics

GEMUN 2025 Topics

The committees listed below are being represented in the 36th Session of GEMUN, May, 2025. 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 2025 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 2025:

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: Child Marriage, Protection of Civilians in Conflict, Conflicts in the Middle East, Water Security, Disarmament, War in Russia, Human Trafficking, Clean Energy, Open agenda)

Security Council (SC Topics: The Situation in Ethiopia, Counter-Terrorism, Piracy, Conflict Prevention and Mediation, Terrorism Risk in Iran, Combating Drugs and Crime, Kashmir Territorial Dispute, Armenia–Azerbaijan Border Crisis, Open Agenda -- all issues of security and international peace)

Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC Topics: Economic Effects of Climate Change, Decreasing Corruption, Creating and Maintaining Sustainable Infrastructure Systems, Increasing Economic Stability in Developing Countries, World Heritage Sites and Climate Change, Quality Public Education in Developing Countries, Combating Poverty, Wrongful Incrimination, Open agenda)

United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP Topics: Habitat Loss, Environmental Effects of Single-Use Plastic, Wetland Degradation, Light Pollution, Invasive species, Wildfires, Natural Disasters, Air Quality, Open Agenda)

World Health Organization (WHO Topics: Drug and Alcohol Abuse, Cardiovascular Health, Access to Healthcare in Underdeveloped Regions, Safe Transportation and Distribution of Medicine, Suicide Prevention, Malaria, Antimicrobial Resistance, Access to Care for Disabled Individuals, Open Agenda)

Human Rights Council (HRC Topics: Rights of Indigenous People, Weaponization of Hunger in Conflict Zones, Protection Against Sexual Abuse in War-torn Countries, Rights to Privacy Online, Reprisals Against Human Rights Activists, Violent Extremism, Race-based Discrimination, Internal Displacement, Open Agenda)

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF Topics: Mental Health in Refugee Children; Childhood Malnutrition; Increasing Access to Prenatal Care; Children in the Sudan Crisis; Childhood Immunization; Ending Violence Against LGBTQ+ Children; Strengthening Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Systems to Promote Healthy Childhood Development; Equal Education Access for Girls; Open Agenda)

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO Topics: Food Safety, Developing Sustainable Agriculture, Combating Food Insecurity, Factory Farming, Unfair Labor Practices in Agriculture, Environmentally Harmful Chemicals in Agriculture, Food Waste, Livestock Emissions, Open Agenda)

Commission on the Status of Women (CSW Topics: Domestic and Gender-based Violence, Aiding Women Living in Humanitarian Crisis, Economic Empowerment for Women, Preventing Workplace Discrimination Against Women, Reproductive Rights of Women, Female Representation in Politics, Menstrual Product Availability for Women, Promotion of Women in Athletics, Open agenda)

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA Topics: Nuclear Power as Clean Energy, Radiation in Cancer Treatment, Radioactive Cleanup, Atomic Energy and Artificial Intelligence, Regulation of Nuclear Energy, Decreasing Nuclear Arms, Nuclear Terrorism Prevention, Nuclear Energy as a Solution in Agriculture, Open Agenda)

Country Information/News/Miscellaneous

General Assembly (GA)