United Nations General Assembly & Subsidiary Bodies
1st - Disarmament & International Security -- Updated 3/2/06
Chair: Nomaan Merchant
n-merchant@northwestern.edu
Letter from the Chair
Topic A: Nuclear Proliferation in the Middle East
Topic B: Protecting Non-Nuclear States from the Nuclear Threat
3rd - Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural -- Updated 3/22/06
Chair: Tom Grant t-grant1@northwestern.edu
Letter from the Chair
Topic A: Addressing Urban Poverty
Topic B: Responding to Natural Disasters in Countries that Restrict Human Rights
4th - Special, Political, and Decolonization -- Updated 3/22/06
Chair: Eugenio Vargas e-vargas@northwestern.edu
Letter from the Chair
Topic A: The Effects of Atomic Radiation
Topic B: The UN's Peacekeeping Role in the Ivory Coast
Topic C: Securing International Waters Near Failed States
United Nations Development Programme -- Updated 2/10/06
Chair: Shyaam Ramkumar s-ramkumar@northwestern.edu
Letter from the Chair
Topic A: Formulating Policies to Reach Millennium Development Goals of Poverty and Hunger Reduction
Topic B: Risk and Impact Reduction of Natural Disasters
UN Commission on Human Rights -- Updated 3/22/06
Chair: Stanley Wong s-wong-1@northwestern.edu
Letter from the Chair
Topic A: Situation in Zimbabwe
Topic B: Human Rights and Bioethics
United Nations Select Committees
Security Council -- Updated 2/8/06
Chair: Ryan Lo r-lo@northwestern.edu
Letter from the Chair
International Court of Justice -- Updated 2/10/06
Chair: Rajeev Ranade r-ranade@northwestern.edu
Letter from the Chair
Topic A: Ahmadou Sadio Diallo
(Republic of Guinea v. Democratic Republic of Congo)
Topic B: Legality of Use of Force
(Serbia and Montenegro vs. Belgium, France, Canada, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, United Kingdom)
Non-United Nations Select Committees
Arab League -- Updated 2/18/06
Chair: Rami Toqan r-toqan@northwestern.edu
Letter from the Chair
Topic A: The Displacement of Palestinian Refugees
Topic B: Iraqi Reconstruction
Topic C: Political Response to Danish Caricatures & the Foreign Press
European Union -- Updated 3/22/06
Chair: Ash Jain jcjain@northwestern.edu
Letter from the Chair
Topic A: Recreating and Ratifying the EU Constitution
Topic B: Building a Common Security Policy
Topic C: The CAP and the EU Budget
United States National Security Council -- Updated 2/26/06
Chair: Clif Harding cvh4@northwestern.edu
Letter from the Chair
Overview of the Committee
Position Assignments by School
Paris Peace Conference: 1919 -- Updated 3/22/06
Chair: Lauren Bradley lauren@northwestern.edu
Letter from the Chair
Overview of the Committee
Position Assignments by School
Revolutionary War Cabinet -- Updated 2/27/06
Chair: Chris Taylor c-taylor-1@northwestern.edu
Letter from the Chair
Overview of the Committee
Position Assignments by School
Press Corps
Chair: Neha Therani n-therani@northwestern.edu
Letter from the Chair
Journalism Tips for Delegates