Committees

MAMUN 2024 will offer an exciting array of committees, each catering to different levels of experience and interest. For beginners, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) offers the opportunity to delve into issues of crime prevention, criminal justice and the fight against illicit drugs. Similarly, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) provides a platform to discuss gender equality, with a focus on empowering women and combating discrimination against the LGBTIQ+ community.

Intermediate delegates will have the opportunity to engage with the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), focusing on peace and security issues and the power to impose sanctions. The African Union (AU), also for intermediate delegates, offers a diverse experience in promoting peace, security and sustainable development in Africa.

For expert delegates, the Historical North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) committee allows participants to explore this military alliance's principle of collective defense and consensus decision-making. This historical setting provides a unique twist, allowing delegates to change the course of history. In addition, the Futuristic BRICS+ Summit (BRICS) challenges advanced delegates with a specialized, forward-looking debate on emerging global issues within the BRICS nations.

Information: More information about the committees and chairs will follow in January. The background guides will be made available the earliest around one month before the conference on the pages of the individual committees.

Beginner

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) focuses on crime prevention, criminal justice, international terrorism, political corruption, and trafficking and abuse of illicit drugs. This committee will be geared toward beginners.

CHAIRS: Jakob Barkalaia & Ansh Mehta

TOPIC: Access to Treatment of Mental Health (and Drug-related) Disorders in Prisons

United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment

of Women (UN Women)

The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) deals generally with topics of gender equality and the empowerment of women. UN Women advocates for the rights of many people, also having had numerous debates about the discrimination towards LGBTIQ+-People. This committee is geared towards beginners.

CHAIRS: Kira Brookes & Eduardo Koller

TOPIC: Human Trafficking: The Protection of Women and Girls from Domestic and Sexual Exploitation

Intermediate

United Nations Security Council (UNSC)

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is the UN’s central committee for peace and security issues. The UNSC has the ability to formally impose sanctions on the UN’s member states. This committee is geared towards delegates with a bit of MUN experience.

CHAIRS: Carla Cañero & Alp Özden

TOPIC: Esequibo: The Guyanan-Venezuelan Territorial Dispute

African Union (AU)

The African Union (AU) is a continental union consisting of 55 member states and numerous observer states. It deals with a multitude of issues, such as encouraging international African cooperation, promoting peace, security and stability on the African continent and promoting sustainable in multiple levels as well as the integration of African economies. This committee is geared towards delegates with an "intermediate" level of experience.

CHAIRS: Nele Aulenbach & Nazan ElHadidi

TOPIC: Assessing the Claims of Self-Governance and Autonomy Made by the Western-Sahara Population

Advanced

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is a political and military alliance. The alliance is characterized by the principle of collective defense which means that an attack against one member state will be considered as an attack against all member states. NATO takes decisions by consensus so delegates are required to find solutions which all the member states can agree on. This committee will also be historical, allowing delegates to change the course of history.

CHAIRS: Artemis Kritikou & Thomas Sylvester

TOPIC: NATO's Response to 9/11 & The Start of the War on Terror

Futuristic BRICS Summit (BRICS)

This is a specialized committee like no other. Instead of being presented with a major issue currently at large, delegates will have to debate, discuss and compromise on a topic within a futuristic BRICS Summit framework. This committee is geared towards more advanced delegates.

CHAIRS: Egan Paquay & Alexandra Scherrer

TOPIC: Organising an Alternative Economic and Political World