Committees and Topics

SPU HSMUN 2023 Committees and Topics

United Nations Security Council (UNSC): 

Topic A: Targeting Civilians in Conflict Zones
Topic B: Western Sahara

Commission on the Status of Women (CSW): 

Topic A: Representation of Women in Governance
Topic B: Women in Police Custody

Disarmament and International Security (DISEC):  

Topic A: Nuclear Material and “Dirty Bombs”
Topic B: Tracking and Reduction of Small Arms Flows

United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC): 

Topic A: Concerns on Limiting Access to Voting
Topic B: Denial of Human Rights to LGBTQ Populations

United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA): 

Topic A: Climate Change, Environmental Justice, and Security
Topic B: Threats to Biodiversity in Arctic Regions

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR):

Topic A: Ending Statelessness
Topic B: Violence Against Refugees

United Nations Economic, Social and Cultural Organization (UNESCO): 

Topic A: Violence Against Journalists
Topic B: Tracking and Repatriating Stolen Art

World Health Assembly (WHA): 

Topic A: Gun Violence as a Public Health Crisis
Topic B: Mental Health Awareness and De-stigmatization

Your students will have an opportunity to submit written position papers in response to issue briefs that we will make available prior to the conference.

Position papers will be due no later than February 20, 2023 at 5 pm. Papers submitted after this deadline will not be eligible for an award.

We hope you will be able to join us at our conference this year. If you have questions or would like more information about Saint Peter’s University HSMUN, please contact SPU HSMUN Faculty Advisor Ginger Schnitzer at spuhsmun@saintpeters.edu. Ginger Schnitzer can also be reached at 609-577-0377.