SLMUN 2011 TOPICS

POSITION PAPERS DUE JULY 22ND.

SECURITY COUNCIL
1) The situation in Yemen
2) The situation in Sudan

FUTURISTIC SECURITY COUNCIL
1)The Situation in the Middle-East 2013 (Study Guide released July 01st 2011)

INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
1) The legality of the extent of states' rights to interfere and obstruct the freedom of the journalistic press

GA1- COMMITTEE ON DISARMAMENT AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
1) Defining the limits of engagement in times of military intervention.
2) The risk of nuclear proliferation in the middle-east.

GA2- ECONOMICS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE
1) External debt sustainability and development.
2) Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people and of the Arab population in the occupied territories over their natural resources.

GA3- SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND HUMANITARIAN COMMITTEE
1) Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order.
2) Human rights and cultural diversity.

UNESCO- UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION
1) The importance of exercising the freedom of the press as a fundamental right to information.
2) Development of nuclear-based energy solutions in order to cope with the rising energy demand.

COMNARD- COMMISSION ON NARCOTIC DRUGS
1) Liberalization of the various forms of cannabis used for medicinal, recreational, or cultural purposes.
2) The question of Narco-terrorism.

IPCC- INTER-GOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE
1) Managing the risks of extreme events and disasters to advance climate change adaptation.
2) Technology transfer between countries in an effort to combat Climate Change.

HRC-HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
1) Respect for Women’s Rights universally, and the comprehensive implementation of The Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).
2) Measures to secure the human rights of migrant workers.

EU- EUROPEAN UNION (EUROPEAN COUNCIL)
1) The question of Voting Rights and Candidate Nations.
2) Evaluation of the performance of the EMU, with special attention towards the actions before and during the recent global economic crisis.

SAARC-SOUTH ASIAN ASSOCIATION FOR REGIONAL COOPERATION
1) Information sharing member nations so as to combat terrorism on regional scale.
2) A multi-lateral response to alleviate poverty.

China Shadir Hisham – DISEC Amaan Akram – IPCC Amirthajeevan Sellayappan – ECOFIN Malin Rodrigo – UNESCO Aabid Amaan – COMNARD Shazwan Careem – SC Thanuja Meegahawatte – FSC Adrian Marcus, Inthisaam Fahim – ICJ Shakthdharan Buwaneshwaran–UNHRC Imal Kumarage, Rukshan Pieris – SAARC Kevin De Bond - SOCHUM Slovakia Bashim Mahir – ECOFIN Sanjana Gayashan – DISEC Ismail Nyzar – EU Michael David –UNHRC Arom Mendis – SOCHUM Nisura De Silva – UNESCO Dominica Nigel Weerasinghe –ECOFIN Suhail Kichchilan – UNESCO Amir Faleel – SOCHUM Ishaan Pothupitiya - DISEC Lichtenstein Anfaal Nilar – DISEC Harindu Weerasinghe – ECOFIN Shashika Gamlath – UNESCO Daanish Rinooz - SOCHUM Senegal Navodh Seneviratne – SOCHUM Ryan Reid –DISEC Joshua Lobendhan- ECOFIN Jonathan De Costa-UNESCO Hareep Pragadeesh - UNHRC