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Agenda Topics...

At MAMUN 2011 there will be a General Assembly, an ECOSOC Plenary, five G.A. committees and three ECOSOC Committees. a Security Council, an International Court of Justice, and up to six crisis simulations. The number following the topic in parentheses is the actual agenda topic number for the General Assembly Provisional Agenda.  

General Assembly (GA) Committees

I.  Political Committee:

A.       Question of Palestine (37)

B.       Armed aggression against the Democratic Republic of the Congo (44)

C.       Request for an advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the unilateral declaration of independence of Kosovo (76)

D.       Measures to prevent terrorists from acquiring weapons of mass destruction (99r)

II. Special Political Committee

A.       The situation in Afghanistan (38)

B.       Comprehensive review of the whole question of peacekeeping operations in all their aspects (53)

C.       Improving the financial situation of the United Nations (134)

D.       Treaty banning the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices (99l)

III. Social Humanitarian and Cultural Committee

A.       Advancement of women (28)

B.       Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (62)

C.       Promotion and protection of human rights: (69)

D.       United Nations Literacy Decade: education for all (27d)

IV. Science and Technology Committee

A.       2001-2010: Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries, (12)

B.       International cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space (50)

C.       Developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of international security (94)

D.       Role of science and technology in the context of international security and disarmament (98)

V.  Legal Committee

A.       The scope and application of the principle of universal jurisdiction (88)

B.       International drug control (108)

C.       Measures to eliminate international terrorism (109)

D.       Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council (121)

Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Committees

1. Economic Committee

A.       Agriculture development and food security (26)

B.       External debt sustainability and development (18c)

C.       International migration and development (22c)

D.       Specific actions related to the particular needs and problems of landlocked nations (23b)

2. Human Rights Committee

A.       Right of peoples to self-determination (68)

B.       Promotion and protection of the rights of children (65a)

C.       Indigenous issues (66a)

D.       Elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance (67a)

 

3. Environmental Committee

A.       International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (20c)

B.       Protection of global climate for present and future generations of mankind (20d)

C.       Convention on Biological Diversity (20f)

D.       Sustainable fisheries relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks (75b)

Security Council

A. Middle East situation, including the Palestinian question
B. Democratic Republic of the Congo
C. Central African region: impact of illicit arms trafficking
D. Non-proliferation--Iran
E. United Nations peacekeeping operations: transition and exit strategies
F. Open

International Court of Justice

The International Court of Justice is composed of 14 student-delegate justices plus a conference staff member as Chief Justice.  The advocates for the parties involved in the suit are also staff members.

Crisis Simulations

Topics will be announced during MAMUN 2011