Past Topics
2020
regulation of consumer data (economic topic)
the conflict in Yemen (political topic)
the longevity crisis (social topic)
2017
The impact of automation on employment (economic topic)
Sovereignty and disputes in the South China Sea (political topic)
Medicinal marijuana (science topic)
Protection against police violence (social topic)
2016
intellectual property rights? (economic topic)
free and fair elections? (political topic)
species extinction? (science topic)
climate refugees? (social topic)
2015
juvenile offenders? (Social Topic)
free trade vs. fair trade? (Economic Topic)
biometric identification and privacy? (Science Topic)
refugee rights? (Political Topic)
2014
The global burden of mental health – social
Security Council reform and expansion – political
Consumption and consumerism – economic
Childhood obesity – science
2013
International adoptions (social)
Role of intelligence agencies in international peace and security (political)
On the exchange of digital currency (economic)
Biopiracy (science)
2012
reproduction and population control (political)
the response to natural disasters (social)
the control of natural resources across borders (science)
the impact of the black market trade of legal and illegal drugs (economic)
2011
Science Topic: U.S. position in UN on deforestation?
Political Topic: U.S. position in UN on intervention in foreign internal conflicts?
Social Topic: U.S. position in UN on food security?
Economic Topic: U.S. position in UN on encouraging local entrepreneurship in developing countries?
2010
Econ – the development of alternate forms of financing debt
Pol – human and political rights of indigenous peoples
Soc – control of hate crimes against cultural minorities
Sci – the distribution of and access to fresh water
2009
Clean water
Gender equality
Political prisoners
National sovereignty of fossil fuels