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📅 October 17–19, 2025
📍 Duke Kunshan University
Register here: https://dwz.cn/Zs9HZUG3
The Sino-Foreign Model United Nations Conference (SFMUN) will be an annual academic simulation of the United Nations, established through a partnership among Duke Kunshan University, New York University Shanghai, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, and the University of Nottingham Ningbo China. Hosting responsibilities will rotate among the partner institutions each year.
The inaugural edition, SFMUN 2026, will be hosted by Duke Kunshan University from November 6–8, and is expected to convene 100–150 university students for three days of residential engagement in diplomatic negotiation, policy dialogue, and multilateral cooperation.
Held under the theme “Youth Voices, Global Choices,” the conference will aim to foster global awareness, intercultural exchange, and leadership in international affairs through structured simulations of United Nations bodies.
Committees
The rapid development of emerging biotechnologies and artificial intelligence is creating new opportunities in medicine, agriculture, research, and public health, while also raising concerns about their potential misuse for military and harmful purposes. Advances in synthetic biology, genetic engineering, and AI-assisted biological research could make it easier to develop or modify biological agents, potentially creating new challenges for international peace and security. This issue raises important questions about biosecurity, responsible scientific innovation, non-proliferation, international cooperation, and the prevention of biological weapons. In this committee, delegates will discuss how the international community can prevent the misuse and weaponization of emerging biotechnologies and AI-enabled biological capabilities, strengthen international safeguards and accountability, promote responsible research, and improve cooperation between states while respecting scientific progress and national security interests.
Transnational repression happens when governments try to monitor, threaten, pressure, or silence people who are living or working outside their own country. With the rapid development of digital technology, journalists, political dissidents, activists, and human rights defenders can increasingly be targeted through spyware, online surveillance, hacking, and the collection of personal data. This issue raises important questions about privacy, freedom of expression, national security, state sovereignty, and the responsible use of technology. In this committee, delegates will discuss how the international community can prevent the misuse of digital surveillance, protect people who may be at risk, improve international cooperation, and create fair rules and accountability mechanisms while respecting the interests and responsibilities of different states.
On April 26, 1986, an explosion at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant turned a Soviet domestic emergency into an international crisis. As radiation began spreading beyond the Soviet Union, governments were forced to confront an unfamiliar problem: how should the world respond when a nuclear disaster crosses national borders? This committee will explore public health, nuclear safety, government transparency, international assistance, and the tension between national sovereignty and international responsibility. Delegates will have to balance the safety of their populations with political and economic interests while responding to a crisis whose full consequences are still unknown.
巴以冲突是现代国际关系中历时最久、矛盾最复杂的区域争端之一，根源涵盖历史领土更迭、宗教文化差异、人口迁徙与长期地缘干预。巴勒斯坦复国问题的核心，围绕领土划分、边界划定、难民回归权、耶路撒冷地位、巴勒斯坦主权与独立建国等核心矛盾展开，兼具历史遗留性、法理争议性与多方利益博弈性。联合国大会将推动多边包容对话，为巴勒斯坦独立建国制定可行制度方案，保障巴勒斯坦人民的合法民族权益，推动中东争端走向长期、公正、和平的可持续解决。
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