Assembly of the African UnionThe 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 DataThe 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, 1989For 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, 2019India's Rajya Sabha, or Upper House, must confront deep issues dividing the country and fight to secure a bright future for India. The country's politics have become more volatile than usual in recent years, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), leaders of the ruling coalition, and the India National Congress, the opposition leaders, both attacking each other more harshly than normally. Some observers argue that press freedom under the new BJP government has suffered, with state influence over media outlets on the rise. India's economy has been stagnant for several years, with poverty, unemployment, and caste resentments rising as the economy fails to pick up speed. The BJP has been making overtures to the lower castes in India, successfully increasing the number of votes they are may get in the coming elections from them. Finally, educational facilities in the country are roundly criticized in the country for being too regimented and failing to give people the skills they need to succeed, and the Rajya Sabha must come up with ways of making the system help young people for the sake of India as a whole. They will have to decide whether press freedom and democratic government, poverty and the economy, or education is the most important topic to discuss for the next several days, and implement the best and most precise solutions to the issue they select.
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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 Emergency European Council is a specialized committee that begins in the beginning of 2018. In this scenario, delegates will have to decide how to provide proper care for the newly-arrived immigrants from the war-torn crisis still going on in the Middle East. In addition to this, delegates will have to figure out how to deal with the challenge of a suddenly rising far-right and far-left movement in Europe. Thereby forcing delegates to strike a balance between accepting conflicting view points and maintaining the liberal ideals that the European Union was founded on. Finally, the idea of NATO will be put into play as well as the potential for a unified, European military front to take on Putin's aggressive actions in the region. Such discussions will create an interesting dialogue for both staffers and delegates alike, and has real potential to answer complex questions that one may have on relevant issues such as these.
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