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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





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