GISMUN Topics

Greetings prospective delegates, chairs, and MUN personnel. The topics for the GISMUN conference have just arrived.

GIS MUN 2016 Topics

Theme: Achieving the sustainable development goals through global cooperation for a  harmonious future

Human Rights Council

1. Combatting the effects of terrorism on the enjoyment of human rights
2. Encouraging the eradication of famines through international cooperation and the improvement of the framework for the supply of food aid.
3. Ensuring the fair treatment of refugees in foreign territories by local and international authorities through global cooperation

Disarmament committee

1. The question of the growing international arms trade in Africa and the Middle East
2. Implementation of the Convention on the prohibition of the development, production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons and on their destruction
3. Measures to promote the demobilisation of child soldiers

Environmental committee

1. Combatting the illegal trade in wildlife with measures targeting the transport of wildlife, the financing of the poaching and the sale of  animal parts.
2. The question of the admissibility of nuclear power as a source of clean energy and as an alternative to fossil fuels
3. Strategies to assess and counteract the effects of coral bleaching

Security Council

1. Combatting the continuing instability in Yemen
2. The issue of the proliferation of nuclear weapons in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
3. Taking measures to reduce the growth of homegrown terrorism and the  reach of ISIS (ISIL) in light of recent attacks in Nice and Florida

General Assembly

1. Preventing Violence and Discrimination Based on Racial Identity and Socio-economic Status
2. Harnessing Agricultural Wealth and Creating Sustainable Food Solutions to End World Hunger(SDG 2)
3. Designing Effective Framework to Combat Gender Inequality (SDG 10)

ECOSOC

1. Integrating and coordinating a response to the Zika outbreak
2. The question of the future livelihood of refugees
3. The issue of the rising drug traffic in South America and East Asia

Happy Debating and good luck