World MUN 2025

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Deliberating on the situation in Iraq. 14th February 2003

About the committee

The year is 2003, and Iraq is at the center of one of the most divisive and significant crises of the early 21st century. Accusations of weapons of mass destruction, rising regional tensions, and the threat of military action have put the international community in a state of uncertainty and confrontation. As a delegate in this simulation, you will find yourself in the midst of this geopolitical storm, where intelligence is debated, alliances are weak, and every decision has major consequences. The situation in Iraq is fluid and unstable: diplomatic negotiations are strained, national interests clash, and the danger of full-scale conflict hangs over every discussion. The UNSC remains the only body capable of issuing legally-binding mandates under Chapter VII of the UN Charter and thus holds a critical role in the maintenance of Global Peace and Security. Delegates thus also hold an additional responsibility, in ensuring fairness, effectiveness and focused action. The stakes are high. The rewards are higher. Your role will require quick thinking, strategic analysis, and a strong grasp of the competing narratives surrounding the crisis. You will navigate a political landscape filled with mistrust, disputed evidence, and urgent humanitarian issues. Responding to rising tensions will need you to build coalitions, question claims, and decide whether diplomacy or force is the best way to address a situation heading toward war. In this intense environment, your actions and decisions can significantly impact the course of the conflict and shape the future of the Middle East. Get ready to engage with the seriousness, complexity, and moral challenges of one of the most significant crises in modern international relations.

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Developing a comprehensive Artic Governance Charter addressing the security, scientific and Economic polycrisis in the high North.

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The Arctic Polycrisis is likely the single most multifaceted issue the world faces today. Coveted since the Cold War, the Arctic finds itself to be a store for fuels and natural gases, a set of important summertime trade routes, a transit zone for missiles, a key zone for scientific research and a home to many groups of indigenous peoples, all at once. Each of these issues play into the other to create a rapidly changing, but delicately kept semblance of balance. It is simply impossible to look at any of these elements in isolation. The only way, therefore, to definitively solve the Arctic Crisis is to derive a set of principles that account for each of these factors and create a definitive set of ideas for shared Arctic governance. This UNGA-Legal committee will thus see debate fluttering across a myriad of issues, interspersed by careful drafting of clauses on holistic Arctic governance. It is said that synthesis is the highest cognitive skill, beyond understanding, evaluation and analysis, and is precisely what delegates will be expected to do. International law will be re-evaluated, reconsidered and written in conjunction with the boldest, newest ideas. There will be lots of paperwork. Debate will be intense. But committee will keep moving forward, and committee will be fun. The Secretary-General’s committee invites delegates to the challenge of drafting the most ambitious document since the UN charter itself.

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Stabilizing the Sahel: Disrupting Mercenary Supply Chains, Recruitment, and Financing.

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Stretched from the Atlantic to the Red Sea, the Sahel has become the world’s most fragile fault line between governance and chaos. Terrorist organizations and mercenary groups, with the line between the two growing thinner and thinner each day, torment the region; all while mercenary supply chains bleed into insurgent armories, illicit financing networks service both jihadists and contractors, and the very recruitment pipelines used by private armies often radicalize the populations they are hired to suppress. The Counter-Terrorism Committee has a laser-focused, almost surgical mandate in ensuring member nations abide by resolution 1373. This resolution, not only unilaterally condemns all forms of terror but strictly enforces anti-terrorism measures. Delegates will be challenged, in playing to the strengths, and masking the weaknesses of such a mandate, and using it to not only combat terror in, but stabilize the highly conflicted Sahel region. With an agenda this intense, debate will be dynamic. Delegates are expected to adapt, lead, and take control of the room. Delegates are also expected to observe with utmost scrutiny the complex financial links, recruitment processes, and supply processes involved. Let the humanitarian impact of such groups not be understated: the Boko Haram is among the most violent groups in the world. Over 7000 insurgents in 4 countries killing hundreds with every raid. The UNCTC invites delegates to tackle the modern era’s most dangerous nexus, aiming to draft a resolution that finally disconnects the machinery of profit from the machinery of terror.

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Deliberating on the threats posed to global peace security by the presence and deployment of nuclear weapons on sovereign territory with special emphasis on the current situation in Cuba - October 22nd 1962

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This committee meets at a very special point in history, with a profound sense of urgency to debate a landmark event in Cold War history. The story begins with a recent intensification of the situation in Cuba surrounding President John F. Kennedy’s nationalized address revealing findings of Soviet missile constructions in Western Cuba. Even in recent years we have witnessed significant shifts in the geopolitical landscape of the area, specifically the rising tensions between the US and Cuba. In a historical context, foreign policy beats like the Truman Doctrine, Soviet Expansionism and even internal tensions within Cuba create a distinct foreground even amidst the heated backdrop of cold-war dynamics. It is wholly possible that an altered history of the Cuban Missile Crisis could lead to a completely different world today: with different hegemonies, policies, tensions, conflicts, or even just a barren, nuclear wasteland. The last thing delegates may do is escalate the situation further. Debate will reach yet unseen levels of intensity, yet all for the sole purpose of calming the wildfire that is the prospect of Mutually Assured Destruction. The choices we make today will define the course of the war and international laws for the years to come.

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Evaluating the Role of States in Disrupting the Drug-Terror Nexus.

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From the Poppy Fields of Afghanistan to the Hezbollah’s involvement in Captagon, and even the FARC dissidents in Columbia, drug money has long been the lifeblood of terrorism worldwide. It thus follows that the best way to crack down on terror is to nip the problem at the bud: counter the narcotic trade that finances it. The UNODC thus sees a unique challenge, in tracing complex chains, following the money and being forced to anticipate the results of their actions, well in advance. The committee also seeks to address state responsibility, adding a new link to the terror chain. To what extent is each state responsible for the actions of cartels within? Or responsible to ‘intervene’ in affairs beyond? Is indirect involvement with narcotic groups sometimes a mode of aggression? This is a committee where the most technically-minded delegates thrive, those who can research past simple connections and into deeper involvement. There is a fundamental difference between using aspects of an issue rhetorically in a speech, and truly understanding its roots. Understand the law and what drives it. Learn about the chains between parties, due to curiosity, if nothing else. A key intent of Model UN is to build knowledge and an understanding of global affairs, and this committee seeks to recconect with the technical rigour that enables it. Your knowledge may reward you: this UNODC is uniquely poised to address the core of terror, punish aggressor states and counter illicit drug trade, all in the same, highly-charged session. Now Dissect.

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About the committee

The Ad Hoc Committee at WorldMUN 2025 is a place where leadership is tested without the comfort of predictability. In a world defined by rapid change, where there are no clear narratives or linear debates, this committee rewards the ability to adapt, take risks, engage in strategic diplomacy and act decisively in each crisis. Unlike other committees, Ad Hoc does not release an agenda until right before debate commences. This creates a unique environment where pre-written material, prior research and any existing notions are no longer guaranteed, and the only option delegates have before them is to embrace the unknown, analyse the situation and do their best with what they have. The committee perfectly replicates the hard reality of global governance and is for delegates who thrive under pressure. Logic, reasoning, and collected-ness are skills which will be rewarded, while an inability to adapt will be fatal. Delegates must manage alliances whilst navigating the emerging threats which could shatter alliances as quickly as they can build them up. Expect constant choices. Expect the situation to shift in minutes and updates to arrive without pattern. And most importantly, expect countless consequences to every action you take. Delegates must walk the fine line between compliance and escalation, knowing what to say and when to communicate it perfectly, balancing transparency with strategy. Misjudge the situation, and your position becomes irrelevant. But if you know how to read the room perfectly, when to speak and what risks to take, you will dictate the future. Take risks. Think Deeply. Break Foreign Policy (?) Own the room.

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