Committee Choices for SHSMUN 2014
Click on a committee name to download that committee's topic papers. Topics will be posted soon!
For a complete guide to researching, writing, and submitting your resolutions and position paper, go to our "Delegate Resources" tab!
Committees:
For a complete guide to researching, writing, and submitting your resolutions and position paper, go to our "Delegate Resources" tab!
Committees:
- Security Council: Docket (Topics: Narco-Terrorism in Afghanistan, Women, Peace, and Security, The Situation in Crimea)
- General Committee (No preset topics)
- Disarmament and International Security: Docket (Topics: Sahel Region of Africa, The Fairness of Disarmament, The Overthrow of Governments)
- Economic and Financial: Docket (Topics: Resolving Challenges facing Landlocked Developing Countries, Information and Communication Technologies to End Poverty, The Role of Women in Economic Development of Third World Countries)
- Ad Hoc (World Intellectual Property Organization): Docket (Topics: The Regulation of Internet Piracy, The Legality of Government Surveillance, Cyberterrorism and Cybersecurity)
- Legal: Docket (Topics: The Governing of International Military Bases, Euthanasia, Reviewing the Treatment of Prisoners Due to Changes in Armed Conflict)
- Social and Humanitarian: Docket (Topics: Addressing Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Protecting Endangered Languages, Drafting an International Convention on the Rights of Elderly Persons)
- Special Political and Decolonization: Docket (Topics: Outer Space, Infrastructure in the Sahel Region, Corporate Influence in Developing Countries)
- UN Environment Programme: Docket (Topics: Addressing the Growing Demand of Land for Crops, Adaption to Climate Change, Ocean Acidification)
- World Health Organization: Docket (Topics: Medical Malpractice and Discrimination, Gender-Based Inequality and Deficiencies in Safe Water and Health Stability, Spillover Viruses: The Threat of Emerging Zoonotic Diseases)
- Digital Press Corps- A unique aspect of SHSMUN is the Digital Press Corps. This committee focuses on capturing the essence of the conference using various media tools! This committee documents and portrays SHSMUN in a creative and fun way via photography, videography, and the conference paper, The Diplomat. Note this is not a committee that is designed for debate. Members of the Digital Press Corps will be responsible for producing videos and press related materials will at conference.