Committees and Issues 2024

These are the committees and issues of LEMUN 2024.

Security Council (SC)
Chairs: Sijmen Tool and Nathan Cardona Cano
The Question of:

• The situation in Yemen
• The situation in Haiti
• Evaluating the severity of using Electromagnetic Warfare

First General Assembly  (GA1)
Chairs: Aisha de Groot and Yasmine Benradi
The Question of:

• The situation in the Sahel region
• Setting rules and regulations for the jamming of satellites
• Ensuring secure shipping lanes and safe navigation

Third General Assembly (GA3)
Chairs: Puck Ruigrok and Electra Michailidon
The Question of:

• Defining minority language status
• Protecting the rights of children in the region of Palestine
• LGBTQI+-rights in religious environments

Fourth General Assembly (GA4)
Chair: Aimée Sanders and Robyn Sturkenboom
The Question of:

• The right of the Palestinian people to self-determination
• Completing the process of decolonisation in the Caribbean region
• Involving the Global South in space activities

Committee On the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS, used to be: UNOOSA)
Chairs: Tim Weber and Ben Geertman
The Question of:

• The future of the ISS programme
• Space debris
• Regulating the commercial activities in space

Human Rights Council (HRC)
Chairs: Kevin Roozendaal and Charikleia Chrygonou
The Question of:

• Protection from the consequences of climate change as a human right
• The future of the right of asylum
• The rise in global antisemitism

United Nations Environmental Assembly (UNEA)
Chairs: Tarana Saha and Vasiliki Avgeri
The Question of:

• Formulating best practises to combat desertification
• Sustainable creation and distribution of heat
• Effectively cataloguing biodiversity worldwide

Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
Chairs: Nadine Noothoven van Goor and Ábel Bordé
The Question of:

• The role of labour rights in the integration of refugees in host nations
• The right of civil servants to express personal beliefs in the exercise of their duties
• The labour market and AI

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)
Chairs: Jari de Hoog and Lucas Smeets
The Question of:

• Protecting and preserving underwater archaeological sites
• Including minority culture in national educational programmes
• Returning items of cultural heritage to their country of origin

European Council (EC)
Chairs: Cecile Clemens and Vilmos Elben
The Question of:

• Industrial autonomy in an increasing unstable geopolitical environment
• Setting up legal routes for labour migration
• Balancing the cost of living and the energy transition

Arab League (AL)
Chairs: Iris Hiemstra and Roel Negenborn
The Question of:

• The legal status of the Bedouin people
• Hosting of Palestinian refugees

World Health Assembly (WHA)
Chairs: Carlijn van Best and Lanie Loedding
The Question of:

• The use of vaccines in animal husbandry
• Fighting obesity and its secondary diseases
• Ensuring proper care for victims of physical and mental health issues induced by armed conflict

Special Conference on Artificial Intelligence (SpCf. on AI)
Chairs: Hidde van der Ligt and Luca Csöre
The Question of:

• The role of AI in warfare
• Copyright in the era of AI
• The labour market and AI

African Union (AU)
Chairs: Ennio Giltay Veth and Alexandra Piperaki
The Question of:

• Combating the spread of the Mpox virus
• The situation in the Sahel region
• Strengthening the capabilities of AU members and fostering collaboration in space activities

Crisis Committee (CC)
Chairs: Xaime Slingerland Rodal, Maëlle van den Bergh and Jochem van Dijk

No issues will be announced. For more information, visit the Crisis Committee Page

Historical Committee (HC)
Chairs: Rohan Ramnathsing, Stephanie Wieberdink and Marc Spies