saMUN Resources
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Student Delegates Handbook 2008 (to be uploaded soon)
Preparing for the SAMUN Conference at CIC.
Opening Address Speech
Resolution Template BLANK
Resolution Writing EXAMPLE
The Language you need to include in your Resolution
Templates & Guides
Websites with general information
SAMUN Issues and Cases
ENVIRONMENT
- The question of desertification in Africa and its impact on the environment and civilians.
- The question of developing private business partnerships to address environmental concerns.
- The question of the creation of an expanded and revised Kyoto Protocol II encouraging countries to continue decreasing greenhouse gas emissions
ECOSOC
- The situation concerning the global food shortage crisis and the rising poverty levels around the world.
- The issue with respect to the rising energy prices and world energy.
- The questions of the development and use of biofuels as an alternative energy source.
DISARMAMENT
- The issue of disarming guerrilla insurgencies worldwide.
- The question of the proposed ban on the production and use of cluster munitions.
- The threat caused by the ongoing development of nuclear weapons programs in Asia.
HUMAN RIGHTS
- The situation of refugees as victims of human rights violations such as xenophobia, racism, and prejudice.
- The question of civil rights and host country treatment of illegal immigrants.
- The elimination of sexual slavery and sexual trafficking.
SECURITY COUNCIL
- The question of international cooperation in combating terrorism.
- The issue of reforming the Security Council.
- The issue of modifying the Treaty of Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and its protocols.
- The issue regarding the situation in Timor-Leste.
PEACEBUILDING
- Promoting peace and stability in Darfur.
- Promoting security and cooperation in Palestine.
- UN presence and role in Kosovo.
ICJ
- Pulp Mills on the River Uruguay. (Argentina Uruguay)
- Armed activities on the territory of the Congo. (Democratic Republic of Congo vs. Uganda).
- Application of the convention of the prevention and punishment of the crime of Genocide. (Croatia vs. Serbia)
- Aerial Herbicide Spraying (Ecuador vs. Colombia)
- Maritime delimitation in the Black Sea (Romania vs. Ukraine)
