ugalmun 2026

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Mitigating Exploitation within Private Sponsorship Systems in the Middle East

About the committee

The Third Committee of the UN General Assembly, also known as the Social, Humanitarian & Cultural Committee (SOCHUM), addresses matters concerning fundamental human rights on a global scale. The SOCHUM committee was established in 1945 in response to the creation and implementation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The Third committee promotes fundamental freedoms and ideals intended for the benefit of the entire international community. While the resolutions passed by the SOCHUM committee are not legally binding, they can significantly influence practices within Member States, thus shaping international norms and standards to ensure human rights protection. Furthermore, it works with Special Reporters and independent experts to gather and compile the information required to address the aforementioned problems.

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Addressing the Escalating Crisis in Cyprus following Turkish Intervention (2027)

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The United Nations Security Council, hereinafter UNSC, is the primary body responsible for maintaining international peace and security. Established following the end of World War II with a view to tackling the shortcomings of the League of Nations, the Security Council held its first session in January of 1946. Nonetheless, during the following decades, its activity was severely hindered by the Cold War rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union, along with their respective allies. The Security Council is composed of 15 Member States, each with one vote. Under the Charter of the United Nations, all UN Member States are compelled to abide by its decisions. In cases where peaceful resolution is not attained, the UNSC has the authority to impose sanctions or even authorize the use of force to maintain or restore international peace and security. The main resolve of a Futuristic Security Council is to allow delegates to emulate the unfolding of a sudden, unexpected issue arising in the foreseeable future. This will challenge the delegates’ ability to conceive their own solutions based solely on their prior knowledge of the issue and on their ability to recognise similar patterns in other cases. While evidently more demanding than a normal Security Council committee, the committee will follow the typical procedure of one, the only difference being the time period of its unfolding.

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The Golden Age of Piracy

About the committee

The CRISIS Committee acts as a decision-making body and has more power than a typical committee. While the General Assembly's committees make recommendations and promote consensus, with a focus on creating and improving mechanisms for member countries to coordinate their actions, CRISIS committees come up with prompt, decisive actions to deal with urgent emergencies. This denotes that the CRISIS committee has complete control over its affairs and that all decisions made within this committee are final. The typical roles of a MUN committee are suspended during a CRISIS, allowing delegates to represent any nation, person, group, or organization from any historical period. It is essential to have a thorough understanding of the historical era and the specific role that your character plays within that setting to be adequately prepared for the crisis. Time will not be your main concern during the conference, as it will be perceived subjectively and in accordance with the committee's decisions.

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Grogan v Society for the Protection of Unborn Children Ltd

About the committee

The CJEU focuses on ruling upon legal battles fought between governments and institutions within the EU, while upholding the applicability of the European law, as well as EU treaties, equally between member states of the European Union. The Court of Justice, which is formed of one judge from each EU country, and the General Court, which requires two judges based on the same principle, represent the divisions of the CJEU. The CJEU mainly reviews how EU law is applied in several instances and how it can be interpreted in each case, while also ensuring all provisions of EU legally binding documents are being respected, thus allowing their applicability throughout national courts as well. While the CJEU does create new legislations, its decisions do hold legally binding power, representing a great influence over its case law and the development of EU legislations, as well as making sure member nations continue to act in a manner beneficial to international law and relations through preliminary rulings, annulments of EU legal acts, and actions for damages or failure to act.

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The Trial of Bridget Bishop (1692)

About the committee

The Court of Oyer and Terminer (from Anglo-French, "to hear and determine") was a high level criminal court originating in English law that specialized in trying serious felonies, including treason, murder, and rape. Established in the American colonies, most notoriously for the 1692 Salem witch trials, and later in states like New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, these courts were typically presided over by superior or supreme court justices and were abolished by the end of the 19th century. A specific Court of Oyer and Terminer was created in 1692 by Governor William Phips to hear witchcraft cases, resulting in 20 executions before being dissolved. The court acted as the highest level of criminal trial court in their respective areas, often hearing cases that carried penalties of death or life imprisonment. We now wait to see how this complex, yet amazing court will turn out as part of our simulated trial of Bridged Bishop!

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Reflecting upon the Status of Trust Territories in the Context of Geopolitical Instability during the Cold War (1960)

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The United Nations Trusteeship Council is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations, established to help ensure that trust territories were administered in the best interests of their inhabitants and of international peace and security. The UN Charter established the Trusteeship Council as one of the main organs of the United Nations, and assigned to it the task of supervising the administration of Trust Territories placed under the International Trusteeship System. The main goals of the International Trusteeship System were to promote the advancement of the inhabitants of Trust Territories and their progressive development towards self-government or independence. The Trusteeship Council is made up of the five permanent members of the Security Council - China, France, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom and the United States. The aims of the Trusteeship System have been fulfilled to the extent that all Trust Territories have attained self-government or independence, either as separate States or by joining neighbouring independent countries. The Trusteeship Council suspended its operations on 1 November 1994, a month after the independence of Palau, the last remaining United Nations trust territory. By a resolution adopted on 25 May 1994, the Council amended its rules of procedure to drop the obligation to meet annually and agreed to meet as occasion required -- by its decision or the decision of its President, or at the request of a majority of its members or the General Assembly or the Security Council.

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