Committees & Issues

These are the committees & issues of LEMUN 2018. For more information about a committee, please click on its name.

Security Council (SC)
The Question of:

• The situation in the Middle East (Syria)
• Promoting the role of women and youth in achieving international peace and security
• The situation in the Middle East (Yemen)

GA 1: Disarmament and International Security (GA1)
The Question of:

• Compliance with the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and their Destruction in the Syrian Arab Republic
• Preventing crime syndicates from gaining access to heavy guerilla weaponry in the Americas
• Prevention of an arms race in outer space
• The situation in Nicaragua

GA 3: Social, Cultural and Humanitarian (GA3)
The Question of:

• Women’s participation in the workforce
• Access to religious sites in Jerusalem
• The recognition of indigenous land ownership in Latin America
• Guaranteeing the rights of minority language speakers

GA 4: Special Political and Decolonisation (GA4)
The Question of:

• The privileges and immunities of United Nations peacekeeping personnel
• The status of Western Sahara as a non-self-governing territory
• The recognition of retroactive state responsibility (with regard to wrongful acts)
• Stability in post-peace agreement Colombia

Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
The Question of:

• Addressing sexual misconduct in LEDCs by the personnel of UNOs and NGOs
• Guaranteeing the rights of sweatshop workers by actors along the value chain
• Brain drain in conflict areas
• Local accountability and taxation of the globally operating web-based service industry

Human Rights Council (HRC)
The Question of:

• Human rights of suspects of terrorism
• The legal position of women in family and inheritance law
• Stateless individuals
• Political “re-education camps”

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
The Question of:

• The sustainable use of forest resources
• The effect of border control on animal populations
• Microplastic pollution
• Measures for the recovery of insect populations

World Health Assembly (WHA)
The Question of:

• Measures to prevent the increase in type 2 diabetes
• Intellectual property rights of generic medicine
• Controlling and reducing alcohol consumption
• Preventing and countering addiction to prescription drugs

North Atlantic Council (NAC)
The Question of:

• The growing Russian influence on the Balkans
• The weaponization of social media
• The future of European military integration

Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO)
The Question of:

• The role of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) in achieving Zero Hunger (SDG2)
• Improving resilience for smallholders in conflict areas
• Managing sustainable fisheries in Pacific Ocean Small-Island Developing States (SIDS)
• Minimizing the polluting effects of agriculture

Group of Twenty (G20)
The Question of:

• Regulating and monitoring global financial markets
• Decreasing worldwide carbon dioxide emissions by means of financial stimuli
• The impact of tariffs on the global economy
• Managing the rising cost of health care in industrialized countries

Crisis Committee (CC)
Crisis in South East Asia, for more details see the Crisis Committee page.

Historical Committee (HC)
No issue will be announced. For more information, click here.