GA Committees
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Topic: Bride Kidnapping
Committee: UN Women Head Chair: Maddie Grisham Vice Chair: Albert Yeam E-mail: griffmun18unwomen@gmail.com |
Committee description:
Committee will start off with short chair introductions and roll being taken. Each delegate will be assigned a chromebook for the day in order to research further and write resolutions. Committee will then proceed normally with general debate, substantive debate, unmoderated and moderated caucuses, and finally voting bloc. UN Women is dedicated to gender equality and empowerment of women. This UN organizations has five goals: increase women’s leadership, end violence against women, engage women in peace and security processes, enhance women’s economic empowerment, make gender equality essential to national development planning. |
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Topic: Chechnya-Russia Conflict
Committee: SOCHUM Head Chair: Jacob Young Vice Chair: Kaylie Matthews E-mail: griffmun18sochum@gmail.com |
Committee description:
The Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Committee or SOCHUM is the third General Assembly of the United Nations. The goal of this committee is to discuss issues having to do with social issues and human rights. This could include topics such as global literacy, women’s rights, children’s rights, refugee treatment and displaced persons, international drug control, crime prevention, and the elimination of racial discrimination. Working closely with other UN bodies, SOCHUM combats various issues. While at GRIFFMUN, the topic we shall discuss in committee will be on the Chechen refugees and the the Chechen/ Russian conflict as a whole and focus on solutions for the many problems that are a result of the Chechens. We realize that this is a novice so during committee we will remind delegates of procedure as well as review key terms and motions. During committee we will go into general speeches first so be prepared. From there we will go into unmod and substantive speech as well as moderated speeches before we present resolutions. |
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Topic: Comfort Women
Committee: CSW Head Chair: Stephanie Nam Vice Chair: Matthew Choi E-mail: griffmun18csw@gmail.com |
Committee description:
Established by Council resolution 11 (Ⅱ) in 1946 and an active commission of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is a principal global intergovernmental body focused on equal rights and empowerment for women. The CSW is responsible for bringing attention to the reality of women’s situations around the world and advocating for the betterment of global gender equality standards. By 1996 the Commission had already made significant moves for women’s political rights, social and economic discrimination, exposing violence against women, and the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action had been set into motion. The monumental document, precedent by three global conferences on women and consolidated by fifty years of adjustments, marked an important agreement solidifying a global benchmark for the “equality of women with men in law and in practice” for 189 countries. |
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Topic: Trophy Hunting
Committee: UNEA Head Chair: Kaitlyn Wong Vice Chair: Vi Nguyen E-mail: griffmun18unea@gmail.com |
Committee description:
UNEA stands for the United Nations Environment Assembly and has the most power over decisions regarding the environment. They bring together countries, NGOs, citizens, and more to collaborate on issues that threaten our natural world. One of these significant problems is trophy hunting - paying to kill animals, often those that are critically endangered. There are multiple well-supported arguments, and the topic is far from resolved. |
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Topic: Violence Towards Health Professionals
Committee: WHO Head Chair: Katelyn Kirkendall Vice Chair: Bill Wang E-mail: griffmun18who@gmail.com |
Committee description:
At GRIFFMUN we will functioning as a novice committee. We will also be accepting position papers that will show your chairs how you have researched your topic. Since this is a novice committee, debate will begin with general speeches, and then move into substantive speeches. At the end there will be resolution groups and resolutions. There will be one break before lunch where you can buy snacks, and there will also be a lunch break with lunch provided to you. We hope that everyone chooses to participate and enjoys the conference. If you have any questions regarding the conference or how debate is occuring, feel free to ask your chairs through a point of inquiry. WHO is the World Health Organization that is a part of the United Nations. The goal of WHO is to ensure the healthiest life for citizens of all countries. They deal with every issue concerning healthcare and the health of the world. They also combat diseases and bring medicine to places that need it. |
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Topic: Karen-Burma Conflict
Committee: Security Council Head Chair: Riley Deutsch Vice Chair: Tallulah Brown Van Zee E-mail: griffmun18sc@gmail.com |
Committee description:
This committee will be working tirelessly to finding a permanent solution to end the civil war inside Burma while protected the persecuted ethnic groups. This committee has the support of countries all over the world and should be fearless in their stance against these “crimes against humanity”. In the longest civil war in history, a militant government has continued to diminish and silence various ethnicities in hope of retaining their autonomy. It is in the best interests of the world to end this bloody conflict once and for all. As more and more peace efforts fail, it has become critical for the UN to step in. |
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Topic: Harry Potter
Committee: Ministry of Magic Head Chair: Zac Bradt Vice Chair: Rachel Fetterman E-mail: griffmun18ministryofmagic@gmail.com |
Committee Description:
It is summer of 1998, immediately following the conclusion of the Second Wizarding War, and Minister for Magic Kingsley Shacklebolt is rebuilding the Ministry after regaining control of it from Death Eaters. One major aspect that he is focused on is the regulation of magical transportation because of its use during the War for dark purposes. Because of the increase in suspicious Dark Magic activities at Hogwarts and throughout the country during the War, the Ministry is looking for any possible way that it can ensure that useful magical transit options are not taken advantage of by dark witches and wizards in the future. The Ministry is considering every aspect of the Department of Magical Transportation, including the Floo Network Authority, the Broom Regulatory Control, the Portkey Office, and the Apparition Test Centre, as potential candidates for securing the Magical infrastructure of Great Britain. Additionally, transit systems like the Hogwarts Express and the Knight Bus are under scrutiny during this investigation. |
