Assembly of the African Union​

The African Union Presidential Summit of 2019 is one of the most important meeting of African leaders to date, where leaders will debate the future of foreign investment, the pressures brought on to all African nations by the expected population growth, and other pertinent issues. The leaders in the African Union will decide how to allocate the expected 50+ billion USD worth of foreign investments into African countries by 2020, which could very likely shape the future of Africa as a whole. The leaders will have to analyze which regions in Africa are under performing and find solutions to issues in those countries. Simultaneously, the impending issue of population growth is looming over the fragile African states. Fertility rates are far above the global average as family planning efforts have failed. African leaders need to find solutions to this problem before already scarce natural resources are stretched to dangerous levels.

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2015: Decisions on Data

The year is 2015.  In the wake of peaking growth of social media companies and the rise of companies providing solutions to processing large amounts of data, a large group of technology companies have decided to meet.  Their purpose is to create a standard for themselves to self-regulate their collection and use of large amounts of data in order to avoid possible government regulation that works against their interests.  Delegates will take on the role of these companies, understand the data they collect and their uses for it, and create a way for data-based commercial models to coincide with preserving privacy of those who contribute data. 

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Gorbachev’s Cabinet, 1989​ 

For the Soviet Union, 1989 was a year filled with crises and instability.  The Cold War was reaching its peak, the Berlin Wall had fallen, and Gorbachev's glasnost and perestroika policies had led to civil unrest and domestic turmoil.  The USSR's economic status was stagnant and its foreign affairs were increasingly isolated.  How can Gorbachev's cabinet work around these issues while maintaining stability and unity?​

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India’s Rajya Sabha, 2019​

​India has undergone deep political changes in the past decade, with traditional boundaries between liberals and conservatives changing in response to globalization and social change. The decisions made today in the country’s Rajya Sabha, or upper house, will affect its people far into the future, meaning that the body must reach bold and carefully considered agreements. Delegates will have a chance to debate the topics of Women’s Opportunity, Media Censorship, and Education as they relate to modernity, and will have to reach across a wide partisan chasm for the sake of India’s common future.

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Organization of

Islamic Cooperation (OIC)

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is an organization that focuses on being the collective voice of the Muslim community. They strive to actively represent the 1.5 billion Muslims around the world and to protect the vital interests of Muslims and safeguarding the values of Islam, along with removing misconceptions and discrimination of all forms against Muslims. The first topic that this committee will discuss is “The Issue of Palestine” with the goal of protecting and supporting Palestinian refugees, getting humanitarian aid to the Gaza strip and trying to deal with increased hostilities from Israel. The second topic is “Stability in Afghanistan” where the committee will discuss the potential peace talks with the Taliban, rebuilding infrastructure in Afghanistan, and resettling refugees and the displaced.

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United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UN Women)

​The United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) has been meeting annually since 1947, shortly after the founding of the United Nations. At this time, all 15 original members of the organization were present. Issued tackled at this first session included assisting in the drafting of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights (UNDHR) and advocating to cease in the usage of “man” as a synonym for all humans. Today, as we gather for the CSW’s 72nd meeting, women are still not viewed equal to men politically, socially, and economically in most nations of the world. At the Commission’s 2019 meeting, we will be discussing pressing issues in the fight for gender equality including social protection services and sustainable infrastructure for the empowerment of women and girls.