MaltMUN 2024

Topic

Turning the Tide: Addressing the Situation in Myanmar

About the committee

The United Nations Security Council Committee is a staple of a MaltMUN conference, and this year is no exception. One of the six principal organs of the United Nations, the Security Council is tasked with ensuring international peace and security, recommending the admission of new UN members to the General Assembly, and approving any changes to the UN charter. Its power include establishing peacekeeping operations, enacting international sanctions, and authorising military action. It is the only UN body with the authority to enact resolutions that are binding on member states. It has five permament members, with another ten non-permanent members who are elected on a two-year, regional basis. If there is any organisation that can bring about global resolve, it's the United Nations Security Council! This will be MaltMUN 2024's expert-level committee.

Chairs

• Matilde Rodrigues
• Shari Langner

Countries

Topic

Securing the Waters for Commercial Vessels against Piracy and Maritime Threats

About the committee

Dating back to an agreement made in 1948 in Geneva, the International Maritime Organisation was founded ten years later, in 1958. Its primary purpose is to develop and maintain a comprehensive regulatory framework for shipping, and therefore its remit includes maritime safety, environmental concerns, technical co-operation, legal matters, maritime security and the efficiency of shipping. In a time where geopolitical events have underlined the importance of secure global shipping routes, the IMO is key to solving the logistical and by extension some of the economic issues plaguing the world today. This MaltMUN 2024 committee will be held at intermediate-level.

Chairs

• Ana Domínguez Rodríguez
• Briana Mifsud

Countries

Topic

The Forgotten Part of the World? Revisiting the OSCE Mission in Central Asia

About the committee

The Organisation for Security and Co-Operation in Europe has its roots in Cold War-era Europe, when in 1975 this organisation was created to serve as a forum for discussion between the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc. Most participating countries are in Europe, with a few exceptions in North America and Asia. The OSCE is tasked with the promotion of human rights, freedom of the press, arms, control, as well as free and fair elections. It is also an organisation that works, from a geopolitical perspective, on providing early warning, preventing conflict, crisis management, and post-conflict rehabilitation. With Europe facing some of its most contemporarily challenging times, the OSCE could serve as an organisation to chart Europe's path to stability. At MaltMUN 2024, this will serve as an intermediate-level committee.

Chairs

• Sophia Pizano Sanchez
• Miha Persyn

Countries

Topic

From Survival to Stability: Ensuring Child Welfare amidst the Russia-Ukraine War

About the committee

Dating back to 1946, UNICEF - the United Nation's Children Fund, is an agency of the United Nations responsible for providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide. With operations in 1923 countries and territories, UNICEF works to provide immunisation and prevent disease, enhance childhood as well as maternal nutrition, improve sanitation, promote education, and provide emergency relief in response to disasters. This organisation is important in securing the future of the next generation. This committee will be MaltMUN 2024's beginner committee, whereby those with limited or no experience can engage in debate and rhetoric over the crises most affecting the next generation of the world.

Chairs

• Lucía Núñez Roncero
• Sofia Oliveira

Countries

About the committee

The Press Commitee is designed to highlight the value of the freedom of press and the important role that the media plays in democratic society, particularly in creating transparency on the work done by authoritative institutions, and therefore in being able to hold these institutions to account. This committee will have oversight over all other committees and the work that they will be doing during the MaltMUN 2024 conference.

Chairs

• Lucía González Cilleros
• Adriana Lucero-Dorst

Countries