Beginner GA - SPECPOL: Foreign Influence and Control Over Critical Infrastructure and Military Assets in Developing Regions
In this committee, delegates will debate how the international community should address the growing influence of foreign powers over critical infrastructure and military operations in developing regions. Delegates will discuss the political, economic, and security implications of foreign ownership and control of ports, energy systems, telecommunications networks, and military forces, as well as the impact these relationships have on sovereignty, regional stability, and self-determination.
Beginner GA - SENATE: Future of Gerrymandering
In the US Gerrymandering shapes every aspect of American politics. Gerrymandering has been headline news many times just in the last year alone weather it be the erasure of predominantly black districts caused by the overturning of the voting rights acts, California's proposition 50 that had the goal of flipping numerous Republican held house seats, or the hundreds of other stories such as these that litter American politics. While the word Gerrymandering might be front cover in every newspaper, many Americans still have no idea what it means. Gerrymandering is the act of manipulating the boundaries of electoral districts to give one party an unfair advantage. This Senate committee will be faced with deciding the future of gerrymandering in the US and therefore this committee will decide the future of American democracy.
Beginner GA - UNEP: Ocean Acidification
General Assembly: Ocean Acidification In our UNEP Committee, Ocean acidification explores how global warming and the increase of emissions are impacting the tropical reefs vital to upholding the biodiversity of different fish species, human livelihoods, food security, and flood risks. In this committee, delegates will explore different solutions to combat these problems and discuss ways to prevent coral bleaching from continuing to spread.
Beginner GA - UNESCO: Expanding Access to Education in Developing Nations
This committee will challenge delegates to work to find solutions addressing the persistent issue of access to education within developing nations. In UNESCO, delegates will propose and debate ideas relating to educational inequality as pertaining to infrastructure, funding, gender, access to technology, and geographical factors, while collaborating to form detailed policies to solve this issue. Using diplomacy, collaboration, and their research, delegates will be able to explore ways in which education can be used as a foundation for sustainable growth, stability, and human development, as well as examine the disparities within access to education between different groups today.
Beginner GA -IAEA
The IAEA committee deals with one of the most important global issues: keeping nuclear technology safe. Countries in this committee will work together to stop the spread of nuclear weapons, monitor nuclear programs, and support the safe use of nuclear energy for things like electricity and medicine. Delegates will discuss how inspections of nuclear facilities should work, how to respond if a country is suspected of building weapons, and how to make sure all countries follow international safety rules. The goal is to support scientific progress while keeping the world safe, making sure nuclear technology is used only for peaceful purposes and not turned into a threat.
Intermediate Specialized - Congress of Vienna
The year is 1814, Napoleon’s empire has crumbled, and the great powers of Europe gather in Vienna to do something unprecedented: not just end a reign of terror, but redesign a continent. Representing historical figures, delegates will negotiate borders, restore dynasties, and debate over competing visions for a new world order, balancing conservative stability against the revolutionary ideals that shook Europe to its core. There will be questions around sovereignty, the rights of nations, and what kind of political order should replace the chaos of the Napoleonic era. The decisions made in these chambers will shape the continent for a century.
Intermediate Specialized - Avatar: The Last Airbender - Defeating the Fire Nation Army
In the Avatar the Last Airbender (ATLA) Committee, delegates will be asked to use problem solving and diplomacy skills to navigate the intense challenge of defeating the Fire Nation and its army. In this committee, delegates from all four nations will discuss battle plans, resource allocation, ethical warfare, and post-war reparations. In the end, delegates will endeavor to save the world while minimizing casualties and damages, then develop solutions to the many problems that arise once the war is over.
Advanced Crisis - Harry Potter - The Second Wizarding War
This committee is set in the world of Harry Potter during the Second Wizarding War, as the Ministry of Magic begins to fall under Voldemort's control. Corruption, fear, and propaganda are spreading throughout the wizarding world as Death Eaters invade the Ministry. Delegates will take part in an Order of the Pheonix meeting as they get live crisis updates and work to decide the future of the wizarding world.
Advanced Crisis - Unification of Germany
TIn 1863, Germany is not a country but a confederation of thirty-nine separate states loosely led by Austria. Prussia believes Germany should be one nation, and that Prussia should lead it. This committee is the council of advisors to King Wilhelm I of Prussia: ministers, generals, and diplomats. Over the next eight years, delegates will navigate disputes between the German states and the reactions of France, Britain, and Russia. Three wars stand between Prussia and a unified Germany, and managing them--in war and in diplomacy--will be a central part of the committee's work. The decisions made here will determine whether Germany is unified under Prussia, under Austria, or remains divided.