ILSMUN 2026

Topic

Addressing the territorial disputes over the region of Kashmir and Jammu

About the committee

After the partition of India, the ownership of the Kashmir and Jammu territory has been heavily disputed by India, Pakistan and China in the Aksai Chin region and the Trans-Karakoram Tract. Both India and Pakistan have claimed the entire region as their own, which has led to rising tensions and recurring clashes between their respective military forces. The lack of mediation and weak administration of the region unsurprisingly led to the outbreak of 2 full-scale wars, which were both ended through UN-led mediation. After the end of the Indo-Pakistani war of 1971, both countries agreed to establish a Line of Control (LoC) separating the region into 2 separate territories administered by India and Pakistan, aside from the Chinese Aksai Chin region determined by the Line of Actual Control (LAC) established after the end of the Sino-Indian war of 1962. Ever since those borders have been infringed many times by all parties, with military clashes happening regularly, further escalating the rising tensions in the region. The United Nations Security Council is tasked with creating a non-violent solution to this issue and preventing a full-scale war.

Chairs

• Ksawery Malicki
• Marcin Wołk

Countries

Topic

The Fourth Punic War

About the committee

The newly established Great Roman Empire, wishing to grow in size, declared a war against Islamic Republic of Cartagena. However, the Carthaginian army was stronger and pushed the Romans back to the Alps. Currently, sides reached a stalemate with only the bravest divisions fighting in the mountains. Other nations were touched by the conflict, destabilising many communities across the Earth. The Security Council must consider how to respond to this conflict and prevent further escalation of the conflict.

Chairs

• Stanisław Filip Jeleń
• Michał Zapaśnik

Countries

Topic

Strengthening international standards for transparent and responsible use of AI-generated visual content, with an emphasis on AI-generated personas in advertising

About the committee

For decades, advertising has depended on real people to give products a recognizable face, whether they were actors, models or public figures. Today, artificial intelligence can create a person who does not exist, give them a face and voice and place them in an advertisement for a product they have never seen, used or experienced. This creates a new problem for the advertising industry: consumers may be watching a convincing recommendation from someone who has no identity, opinion or experience behind it at all. With AI-generated personas becoming easier to produce and increasingly difficult to distinguish from real people, the international community must consider how their use should be disclosed, what rights human performers should retain and where the responsibility for these artificial endorsements should lie.

Chairs

• Hania Marchwińska
• Aniela Maria Rita Olejnik

Countries

Topic

Preparing for increased sea traffic in the northwest and northeast passages amid decreasing ice-cover duration

About the committee

The Arctic Council is the leading intergovernmental forum for cooperation, coordination and interaction among the Arctic states and Indigenous peoples on issues concerning the Arctic. Established in 1996, it consists of eight Arctic states and six organisations representing Arctic Indigenous peoples as Permanent Participants. Its work focuses on sustainable development and environmental protection, including climate change, biodiversity, pollution, and the well-being of Arctic communities. The Council does not deal with military security or defence matters and generally operates through consensus.

Chairs

• Michał Jakubowski
• Beata Błażowska

Countries

Topic

Addressing the systematic censorship and violations of human rights that undermine press freedom in the region of Latin America

About the committee

This topic focuses on censorship, threats and violence against journalists and activists in Latin America. Delegates will discuss ways to protect freedom of expression, improve journalist safety, fight impunity and promote cooperation between governments and human rights organizations.

Chairs

• Zosia Prokopowicz
• Wiktor Gaweł

Countries

Topic

Ensuring safe and equitable health care systems with an emphasis on the Sahel region

About the committee

The Sahel region in Africa is currently considered by the World Health Organization to be one of the largest and most neglected humanitarian crises in the world. According to data from 2026, more than 24 million people in this geographical area urgently require humanitarian and medical assistance. In the centre of Sahel region the attacks of terrorist groups already lead to the complete closure or destruction of over 7,000 health centres. Medical personnel are fleeing combat zones, leaving millions of people without access to any doctor. Due to a lack of safe hospitals, maternal mortality in the Sahel is almost 100 times higher than the global average. In many places, one in 10 children dies before the age of five. Because of the lack of medical deliveries the market has been flooded with counterfeit pharmaceuticals. It's estimated that contraband and toxic, adulterated syrups and antibiotics kill nearly half a million people a year in sub-Saharan Africa. There is also a big issue of the shortage of vaccinations illnesses on infectious diseases have increased significantly. This problem needs to be addressed as fast as possible to prevent people from dying and give them back their fundamental human rights.

Chairs

• Kacper Wiech
• Lena Żołędziowska

Countries

Topic

Preventing digital gender-based violence and sexualized intimidation against women politicians and public figures

About the committee

This UN Women committee directly addresses the instrumentalization of gender-based digital violence as a deliberate political weapon, moving beyond generalized cybercrime. While male public figures face policy critique, women in public life: politicians, journalists, and activists - are uniquely targeted through armed sexualization, including deepfake pornography, rape threats, sextortion, and doxxing. The objective of these assaults is not political debate, but character assassination, intimidation, and the erosion of personal dignity. Left unchecked, this harassment creates a severe "chilling effect" that systematically deters women from seeking public offices and drives female voices out of the democratic sphere. Delegates stand before the critical task of treating this digital violence not merely as an online grievance, but as a direct violation of fundamental political rights and democratic integrity.

Chairs

• Marlena Makowiecka
• Lea Jezierska

Countries