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The General Assembly is the primary policy-making organ of the UN. It consists of 193 states that use resolutions to promote global cooperation, protect human rights, and peacefully settle disputes among countries. There are six main bodies as well as smaller committees that discuss more specific topics based on issues of certain regions, fields of study, and industries.
Created in 1972 after the Stockholm Conference, the United Nations Environment Programme serves as the global authority on environmental issues, tasked with promoting sustainability and coordinating efforts to protect the planet. This committee focuses on two key challenges, Regulating AI’s Environmental Impact and Ensuring Global Water Security. Delegates will debate how to balance technological advancement with environmental protection, addressing the high energy and water demands of artificial intelligence systems. They will also discuss ways to combat worsening global water scarcity caused by climate change, pollution, and uneven access. The committee’s success depends on each member’s ability to design realistic and cooperative policies that preserve the environment while sustaining progress.
The UN Human Rights Council convenes in 2023 to address mounting unrest in formerly colonized regions and the lasting effects of historic injustices. Its two primary topics, Reparations for Genocide and Colonialism and Establishing Global Standards for Future Atrocities, ask delegates to confront the moral, legal, and economic consequences of the past while preparing systems to prevent future harm. The first topic calls for reflection on whether former colonial powers should provide compensation for the damage their actions caused, while the second challenges nations to design universal guidelines for addressing crimes like genocide and ethnic cleansing. Delegates must balance justice, sovereignty, and fairness as they determine how the world should respond to both past and future human rights violations.
As humanity expands beyond Earth, the Governance of Mars in 2100 committee gathers to establish laws and systems for peaceful and sustainable settlement on the Red Planet. With colonies now thriving under both national and corporate leadership, delegates face two major issues, Regulation of Resources on Mars and Comptition for Colonization. The first addresses how Martian water, minerals, and energy sources can be shared fairly without damaging the fragile environment, while the second examines growing rivalries over territory, citizenship, and sovereignty. Delegates must decide whether Mars will repeat the mistakes of Earth’s imperialism or become a model of cooperation and unity for humankind.
Specialized agencies are smaller than general assemblies and focused on a more specific topic. They usually act through resolutions, directives, or both. At times, these committees may use a backroom but do not necessarily.
After Europe is ravaged by the Napoleonic Wars, the French Empire falls, and political and social systems across the continent have been disrupted, European powers send their best diplomats to Vienna. Their goal is far easier said than done: restore order and ensure long lasting peace. Before reinstating the balance of power many things need to be hashed out. The royals and statesmen of Europe need to redraw borders, legitimize governments, determine how to prevent future wars, and reassess France’s power while Klemmens von Metternich of Austria plays as their host and chair.
The Wakandan council is formed of elders and representatives from each of the nation’s tribes, all who act as advisors to their king. Currently, their job is to meet and elect a new ruler of Wakanda who will become both the monarch and the next Black Panther. The beloved T’Challa has died, leaving the country in a state of upheaval. Wakanda’s advanced technology and prized, powerful vibranium has been exposed to the outside world, meaning Wakanda is now vulnerable to other nations who may be driven by greed. Whoever the council elects must be a strong and component leader, but also a fierce protector.
When a pope dies, or in extremely rare cases, resigns, a conclave must be called to decide upon a new one. Cardinals, senior clergymen, travel from across the Catholic world to meet, discuss, and finally, elect. In 1799 Pope Pius VI dies, meaning a conclave must be called and cardinals must cast their secret ballots. It is plain to these men that this time is pivotal for all of Christendom, with Revolutionary France spitting on religious tradition and the Papal States on the verge of collapse all while the Austrian emperor is pushing his own agenda. The fate of their dominion is in their hands.
Crisis committees are smaller committees targeting the most experienced delegates. Similar to other committees, there is plenty of front-room discussion and debate. However, they differ in their inclusion of backroom directives that can be carried out by themselves or with the help of others. There are also crisis updates based on private and public directives that can suddenly change the direction of a committee.
Cold War tensions are at an all time high in April 1961. With communist Cuba at America’s doorstep, the United States Government has decided to take action. Over the last several years, a plan to send exiles to invade Cuba and overthrow the government was concocted. Now, on the day of the mission, the government must make sure the plan is executed effectively. Washington must balance the success of the operation with maintaining government secrecy. In the inevitable event the plan goes awry, government officials must carefully decide how to advance their goals without triggering international repercussions or compromising national security.
In the year 1628, China is in the midst of a mega-crisis which threatens to tear the fabric of the country apart. The declining Ming Dynasty, holding on to their fragile reign, is facing both financial crisis and political instability. Meanwhile, famine, environmental disasters, and social unrest are causing further havoc, which has led to the start of peasant rebellions across the land. Furthermore, the Ming and their allies are in a complex web of war with several parties, such as the Jurchens, Yi, and even the Dutch. Delegates from all of China and beyond now must convene to decide the fate of both the Chinese people and the Middle Kingdom itself.
A small Spanish force has just arrived in the Aztec Empire, bringing with them a new religion, advanced weaponry, and dangerous disease. Not only do the Aztecs have to respond to the Spanish arrival, they also have to reckon with internal issues. With rival city states potentially allying with the Europeans, calls for new leadership, and the arrival of Christianity, the leaders of Central America now must come together to discuss reform, disease, and war before the continent falls into chaos.