Issues 2017

These are the issues of LEMUN 2017. 

GA 1: Disarmament and International Security
The Question of:

• Risks of weapon systems automation
• Piracy off the coast of Somalia
• Cyberwarfare and article 2.4 of the United Nations Charter
• The future of the post-ISIL Middle East

GA 3: Social, Cultural and Humanitarian
The Question of:

• Humanitarian access in conflict areas
• Right of assembly in Western Europe
• Rise of xenophobia and ultranationalist movements
• Secrecy of digital correspondence

GA 4: Special Political and Decolonisation
The Question of:

• Palestinian refugees in the Syrian border region
• International internet surveillance
• Responsible exploitation of outer space by private parties
• The position of the Rohingya people

Security Council
The Question of:

• The increasing fragmentation of power in Libya
• Vulnerability of nuclear power plants to terrorist attacks
• Evaluating 12 years of responsibility to protect
• Non-proliferation / Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

Economic and Social Council
The Question of:

• Addressing the drivers of migration and urbanisation in LEDCs
• The accountability of multinationals in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Creating alternative intensified formats for Official Development Assistance
• The increasing inequality of wealth

Human Rights Council
The Question of:

• Counter-terrorism and the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms
• Male genital circumcision of children
• The issue of human rights and the fight against organised crime
• Privacy on the internet

United Nations Environment Programme
The Question of:

• The environmental impact of sand mining
• The environment in conflict areas
• Promoting urban mining
• The potential of thorium nuclear plants

World Health Assembly
The Question of:

• Controlling and reducing tobacco consumption
• Providing universal access to reproductive health care
• Compulsory preventive vaccination of children
• Avoidable blindness and visual impairment in LEDCs

International Labour Organisation
The Question of:

• The exploitation of migrant construction workers in the preparation of large scale events
• The position of sex workers
• Protecting the right to collective bargaining
• Globalisation of skills and careers in an increasingly digitised world

Special Conference
The Question of:

• Ethnic Albanians in minority positions throughout the Balkans
• The protection of the cultural heritage of minorities
• The effect of rising nationalism on international peace and stability
• National borders versus ethnic boundaries

European Council
The Question of:

• Addressing the drivers of migration and urbanisation in LEDCs
• Further integration of European military capabilities
• Visibility and promotion of the work of the European Union
• Combating human trafficking on the Mediterranean Sea