Committees 

The following committees will be offered.

BACKGROUND GUIDES 

One of the first steps to participate in Lone Star Model UN has to do with a very important resource: the background guide. You should read the background guide! This document provides basic information about the two topics that will be discussed in each of the committees. It contains essential details about the problem that delegates will have to analyze to write resolutions. Likewise, it has a broad description of the committee, its structure, and its mandate (the actions that the committee is authorized to propose, so when it is time to write resolutions, as a delegate, you will present actions that are acceptable within the boundaries of what the committee can do (to urge, to recommend, to  call upon, to request, and to encourage, etc.). 

The background guides include key definitions, and they refer to the main resolutions, actions (standards, international commitments), and tools that the United Nations has already promoted in the topics. This mean that reading these background guides will help you frame the problem, understand the context (the history of the topics) to then connect it to your assigned country. In some cases, it will an excellent resource for you to get an initial idea about how different countries have addressed the problem and to expand your research. You will notice that it is structured in a sequence for you to get a general picture of the topics. It contains texts and links to other resources (short videos, fact sheets, etc.).  It should be your primary source of information, but it is not the only one! You should dig deeper in the committee topics. GO to COMMITEE RESOURCES to get additional resources. 

REMEMBER that these guides provide general information about the TOPICS. It is your job as a delegate to link these topics to your assigned country. What does this mean? This means that if, for example, you are  a delegate in the World Health Assembly (WHA), for TOPIC 1, you should learn about how e-waste affects human health, in general, and you should understand how specific countries are more affected by the inadequate management of it. After you have understood how much e-waste is produced in the world, which countries produce the largest amounts of it, which countries receive e-waste to process it, what laws exist (or do not exist) to regulate the processing of electronic waste, just to cite some important aspects, you should check what your assigned country has done regarding this topic. You should ask yourself “Does my country have domestic rules to protect citizens from the exposure to e-waste?” Does my country have programs to reduce the production of e-waste? Does my country work with other countries to improve the processing of e-waste at a regional level?