SHUMUN XXVII General Assembly Committees – Background Guides will be released following January 1st.
South China Sea: The Rise of Technology and Security Dynamics
The South China Sea is a vital region of trade with territorial disputes, priority shipping lanes, and great-power competition. As AI chips and drone technologies become a larger part of global trade, these innovations are central to cooperation and conflict within the region. As a representative of a country, you will come together with others to address issues and concerns that currently exist within the South China Sea.
African Union: Addressing the HIV/AIDS Epidemic – Double Delegation
Due to the recent dissolution of USAID and the general aid pulling out of the Global South, the African Union has been facing challenges in finding alternative funding to provide healthcare across Africa. Topic A will address the HIV/AIDS epidemic, as the general response was dependent upon this, and now it must find new routes towards recovery. Topic B will address the disproportional impacts on women and children of poor socioeconomic backgrounds.
United Nations Security Council: Cold War – SPECIALIZED
The Historical Security Council immerses delegates in October 1962, when the discovery of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba brought the United States and the Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear war. Set during the most dangerous moment of the Cold War, this specialized committee challenges delegates to assume the roles of key political leaders, military officials, and advisors as they navigate rapidly escalating tensions, incomplete intelligence, and intense ideological rivalry. Through fast-paced decision-making, strategic negotiation, and crisis management under extreme pressure, delegates must determine whether diplomacy can avert catastrophe or whether miscalculation will plunge the world into nuclear conflict.
Please reach out to the Under-Secretary General of General Assembly, Joseph Brennan (joseph.brennan1@student.shu.edu), with any questions.
