Committees and Topics
"Currents of Change"
At BIGMUN we pride ourselves on having a wide variety of committees, offering interesting and complex topics every year, giving participants the opportunity to learn about the world they live in and to understand the complexities of international politics.
BIGMUN 2027 will have 14 committees, with approximately 25 delegates in each.
General Assembly
GA 1: Disarmament and International Security (DISEC)
1. Alarmed by the contribution of armed conflicts to global warming.
2. Debating the forceful disarmament of Israel to enforce compliance with the 2025 ceasefire.
3. Concerned by the technological advancements threatening the privacy and security of global citizens.
Research Reports:
GA 3: Social, Cultural and Humanitarian (SOCHUM)
1. Concerned by the systemic use of apartheid policies in the State of Israel against the Palestinian population.
2. Expecting countries to develop preventative measures for natural disasters magnified by climate change.
3. Developing measures to make safe spaces for female and trans athletes.
Research Reports:
GA 2: Economic and Financial Committee (ECOFIN)
1. Addressing the growing debt crisis and improving international mechanisms for sovereign debt reconstruction.
2. Regarding giving reparations to indigenous populations.
3. Discussing the development of a secure global financial system to protect economies from trade wars.
Research Reports:
GA 4: Special Political and Decolonisation (SPECPOL)
1. Suggests the conservation of indigenous cultures and practices susceptible to climate change.
2. Establishing a framework to protect transgender people globally.
3. Noting with deep concern how the Great Wall of Sand in the South-China Sea impacts fragile marine ecosystems in the surrounding countries.
Research Reports:
GA 6: Legal Committee (LEGAL)
1. Alarmed by the lack of a framework for limiting artificial intelligence due to concerns of misuse or endangerment.
2. Reconfiguring laws regarding the protection of LGBTQ+ children from conversion therapy.
3. Regarding the reformation of the Veto and permanent Security Council members to align with the contemporary global geopolitical world.
Research Reports:
Commissions of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
ECOSOC 1: High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF)
1. Addressing the unequal contributions to combatting climate change and implementing SDGs.
2. Suggests developing measures to make education available for all children regardless of gender.
3. Observing the widening gap between humanitarian need and international aid funding.
Research Reports:
ECOSOC 3: Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)
1. Combating technology-facilitated violence and harassment against women such as, but not limited to, AI-generated sexual content on social media platforms.
2. Establishing legal and financial frameworks for the protection of women experiencing domestic violence.
3. Discussing the development of treatment and support for women experiencing postpartum complications.
Research Reports:
ECOSOC 2: Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ)
1. Developing methods to judicially charge racially motivated crimes.
2. Stressing the necessity of legal consequences for the mass deforestation of protected rainforests.
3. Condemning the discriminatory procedures of unprocessed deportations.
Research Reports:
ECOSOC 4: Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD)
1. Discussing the role of the space industry in sustainably increasing the standards of living by means of research into other planets' climates and identifying or creating livable environments on them.
2. Emphasizing the importance of avoiding labor displacement and high levels of youth-unemployment due to AI outsourcing and ever-increasing automation.
3. Suggesting the development of sustainable alternatives to minerals and precious metals to minimize the illicit mining and trafficking of natural resources.
Research Reports:
Special Councils and Committees
Security Council (SC)
1. Addressing
2. Combatting cross-border trafficking of illicit firearms.
3. Eradicating and preventing future development of nuclear weapons.
Research Reports:
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
1. Discussing the need to improve access to education, healthcare, and sanitation in refugee camps.
2. Stressing the need for the establishment of a legal framework to prevent human rights violations in refugee camps.
3. Establishing a legislative framework for responsibility-sharing in terms of refugee hosting.
Research Reports:
World Health Organization (WHO)
1. Discussing abortion as necessary medical treatment.
2. Alarmed by the discovery of Strep Throat’s brain altering infections.
3. Addressing the need to further scientific research in mental illness to reduce common misdiagnoses.
Research Reports:
Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
1. Stressing that discrimination against LGBTQI+ communities and individuals is in violation of the Declaration of Human Rights.
2. Providing a framework to protect individuals facing wrongful deportation.
3. Securing indigenous self-determination in Latin America by addressing challenges of land rights and political participation.
Research Reports:
Crisis Committee (CC)
-
(Crisis to be decided by chairs)
-
(Crisis to be decided by chairs)
CC@bigmun.dk