SGMUN 2024

Topic

Combatting gender-based violence

About the committee

UN Women is the United Nations entity dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women. A global champion for women and girls, UN Women was established to accelerate progress on meeting their needs worldwide. For more information, visit https://www.unwomen.org/en/about-us/about-un-women

Chairs

• Sophia Hofbauer
• Lewis Adams
• Kira Brookes

Countries

Topic

Protecting children and upholding their rights in conflict zones

About the committee

UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children's lives, to defend their rights, and to help them fulfil their potential, from early childhood through adolescence. For more information, visit https://www.unicef.org/

Chairs

• Guillermo Rausell Guiard
• Vanessa Billerey
• Maxim Baumgärtel

Countries

Topic

Eurovision Song Contest suspension requirements

About the committee

The European Broadcasting Union is an alliance of public service media organisations whose countries are within the European Broadcasting Area or who are members of the Council of Europe. As of 2024, it is made up of 123 member organisations from 56 countries, and 31 associate members from a further 20 countries. It was established in 1950, and has its administrative headquarters in Geneva. The EBU owns and operates the Eurovision and Euroradio telecommunications networks on which major television and radio broadcasts are distributed live to its members. More info at https://ebu.ch/

Chairs

• Marc Zabel
• Núria Garcia Anglada

Countries

Topics

1. Fighting rising communism in Europe
2. The Prague Spring (1968)

About the committee

Security in our daily lives is key to our well-being. NATO’s purpose is to guarantee the freedom and security of its members through political and military means. For more information, visit https://www.nato.int/nato-welcome/index.html

Chairs

• Ansh Mehta
• Daniel Henke
• Joshua Spreng

Countries

Topic

Reporting on and interacting with the other committees

About the committee

Let the conference vibrate at the whims of your delicate feather! In the IPC, you decide what's news-worthy and what will make the front pages in St. Gallen, which delegate had the most passionate speeches, which committee best defends its interest and what will be the talk of town at the socials. This is your chance to wake up the inner journalist in you!

Chairs

• Adriana Lucero-Dorst
• Janika Ahlvers

Countries

Topics

1. The Prague Spring (1968)
2. Discussing alternative paths to socialism

About the committee

The Warsaw Pact was a collective defence treaty established by the Soviet Union and seven other Soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe: Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland and Romania (Albania withdrew in 1968). For more information, visit https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/declassified_138294.htm#:~:text=The%20Warsaw%20Pact%20was%20a,(Albania%20withdrew%20in%201968).

Chairs

• Micha Fischer
• Damian Vassilev
• Alp Özden

Countries

Topic

The situation in Syria

About the committee

The Security Council has primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security. The Security Council takes the lead in determining the existence of a threat to the peace or act of aggression. It calls upon the parties to a dispute to settle it by peaceful means and recommends methods of adjustment or terms of settlement. In some cases, the Security Council can resort to imposing sanctions or even authorize the use of force to maintain or restore international peace and security. For more information, visit https://www.un.org/securitycouncil/

Chairs

• Kesav Menon
• Tom Kirkpatrick

Countries