GENERAL ASSEMBLY (GA)

1st Committee (Disarmament and International Security)
– The adoption of a continent-wide code of
conduct for African armed and security forces
– Finding a peaceful solution for the China-Taiwan conflict
– Maintaining peace in the region of Sierra Leone, Nigeria and Liberia
– Reduction of military budgets including a comparison to the overall government spending/ budget
– The dispute over Nagorno-Karabakh / Artsakh and other territories of the Republic of Azerbaijan [New]

2nd Committee (Economic and financial)
– Elimination of measures to prevent unilateral cutting of energy supplies in order to place pressure on other countries
– The situation of rural areas in transitional countries in post-Soviet Central Asia
– Establishing rules for the payment of member states debts to the UN
– The Promotion of education by the UN through facilities such as the UN institutes for training and research and the UN-University

3rd Committee (Social, humanitarian and cultural)
– Human rights and the administration of justice, the case of the detainees at the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay
– Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development
– Strengthening UN crime prevention- and criminal justice programs
– The illegal trade in cultural artifacts

4th Committee (special Political and Decolonization)
– Self-determination, governance and prosperity of the Western Sahara
– Decolonization of the non-self governing territories in the Pacific
– International cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space
– The long term effects of atomic radiation
– Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial countries and Peoples [New]

5th Committee (Administration and Budgetary)
– Financing of the UN mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara
– Administrative and budgetary aspects of the financing of UN peacekeeping operations
– Financing of the International Tribunal on the former Yugoslavia
– Implementation of the recommendations of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on its
management audit of the regional commissions

6th Committee (Legal)
– The scope of legal protection under the Convention on the safety of UN- and associated
personnel
– Review of the Charter of the UN and of the strengthening of the Organization
– Review of the relations between diplomatic missions and host countries
– Implementation of the Report of the UN commission on International Trade

SECURITY COUNCIL (SC)
– The question of DR Congo
– The question of Iran
– The question of DPR Korea
– Peacekeeping mission in Sudan

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL (ECOSOC)
– The role of NGO’s in improving the lives of people living in slums
– Establishment of a world fund to eradicate poverty
– Cooperation between nations to ensure landlocked nations access to clean water
– Set standards for protecting freshwater resources
– Rural development and its role in reducing poverty
– Fair employment as a means to eradicate poverty
– Creating both private and public alliances and partnerships for eradication of poverty
– Programs to raise awareness of the role of women in development
– The question of indentured labor and semi slavery
– Expanding and improving comprehensive early childhood care and education, especially
for the most vulnerable and disadvantaged children
– Eliminating gender disparities in primary and secondary education, and achieving gender
equality in education by 2015

ENVIRONMENT COMMISSION (EC)

Sub -commission 1
– The question of improvement in the sustainability of farm and forestry production
– The role of water resources management for sustainable development and the adaptation of the hydrological sciences to cope with the expected changing climate and environmental conditions
– The role and permissibility of genetically modified crops as a means of combating poverty and starvation
– The production, trade and use of synthetic chemicals as a threat to human health and the environment
– The 2010 Biodiversity Target

Sub-commission 2
– Protecting oceans, seas and coastal areas
– Review of the activities of the Asian Tsunami Disaster Task Force as established by UNEP
– Water and Wastewater Reuse – an environmentally sound approach to Sustainable Urban Water Management
– Review of the UNEP Program on Success Stories in Land Degradation and Desertification
Control
– Traditional knowledge and the Convention on Biological Diversity

DISARMAMENT COMMISSION (DC)

Sub -commission 1
– Question of the role of and cooperation between the First GA committee, the Disarmament
Commission and the Conference on Disarmament
– Cooperation between the UN and the International Atomic Agency
– Promotion of initiatives at regional levels for nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament issues
– Role of disarmament in strengthening political stability and reconstruction in post-conflict situations
– The question of compliance with the Convention of the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel mines

Sub -commission 2
– Prohibition of the development and manufacture of new types of weapons of mass destruction
– Measures to strengthen international cooperation in the field of protection against atomic, biological and chemical terrorism
– The question of the risks attached to the right to the production of nuclear energy
– The control of illicit conventional arms trafficking in Latin and Central America
– The inclusion of weapons-related issues in peace accords

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION (HR)

Sub -commission 1
– Establishing criteria and guidelines for the protection of Human Rights whilst combating the threat of terrorism
– The protection of persons from enforced or involuntary disappearances
– The implementation of the Millennium Development Goals in order to secure and guarantee Human Rights
– The cancellation of international debt as a means to the further promotion of human rights in Highly Indebted Nations
– Promoting Economic development as a means to achieving Human Rights in Haiti

Sub -commission 2
– The moving and dumping of toxic wastes and its effect on Human Rights
– The effects of child pornography and the Declaration of the Rights of the Child
– Securing and guaranteeing the Human Rights of indigenous peoples and ethnic minorities
– The reintegration of victims of conflict such as kidnapped women and child soldiers into civil society
– The restitution of civil order as a prerequisite for guaranteeing Human Rights in Sri Lanka

SPECIAL CONFERENCE ON THE ERADICATION OF EXTREME POVERTY AND HUNGER

Sub -commission 1
– The role of micro-credits in combating rural poverty
– Setting priorities for health development in Poverty Reduction Strategies
– Developing strategies to insure secure food production in areas most at risk of hunger
– The question of water supply in developing sustainable farming and reducing rural poverty
– Developing strategies to insure access to clean water for the most vulnerable people and combating privatization of water supply in LEDC's

Sub -commission 2
– Developing alternative strategies to corporate led free trade
– Eliminating trade disparities between indebted countries and their donor countries
– Implementation of strategies to relief poverty amongst the ageing population
– Breaking the bonds of Aid dependence
– Implementation of strategies for commitment to good governance and the end of corruption
– Eliminating inequality of wealth- and income distribution in LEDC’s

ADVISORY PANEL ON THE QUESTION OF KOSOVO
This panel is designed for experienced MUN participants and consists of 34 panelists, each representing a different lobby group concerned with the future of Kosovo. Applicants will have to use the separate form in the back the Administrative Handbook, indicating which panel position they would prefer to have (see page 11 for a list of the different countries, organizations and political parties).

INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
– Proceedings instituted by Argentina (Argentina v. Uruguay)
– Dispute regarding Navigational and Related Rights (Costa Rica v. Nicaragua)