2024 SAMUN Committees
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SAMUN 2024 Committees
UN Environment Programme [English]
Suitable for: All Delegates (No Prior Experience is Required)
Language: English
The United Nations Environment Programme aims to solve ecological issues such as desertification and other types of land degradation and improper waste management. Delegates will need to find attainable and realistic solutions to problems while focusing the most toward the issues that their own country faces. This is a beginner-friendly committee, and the delegates will be guided through Model UN rules of procedure throughout the committee. No prior Model UN experience is required
Director: Isabelle Wu
Chair: Lion Li, Co-Chairs: Christina Yang, Kristin Gao, Alice Li
UN Security Council [English]
Suitable for: Delegates with Prior MUN Experience
Language: English
The UNSC is mainly bestowed with maintaining peace and security amid the often turbulent and unsettled world we live in. Within this committee, students will face two of the Security Council's most pressing issues; The Use of Sanctions And Military Interventions in Maintaining World Peace and the potential outbreak of the Third Sudanese Civil War. Students will also be required to find realistic and creative solutions, all while balancing national interests with the collective goal of maintaining international peace and security.
Director: Sophia Zhang
Chair: Claire Wen Co-Chair: Joe Qiao
Ontario Ministry of Francophone Affairs [French]
Suitable for: French Speaking Delegates (No Prior MUN Experience Required)
Languages: Debating in French, Documents in English
Welcome to the Ministry of Francophone Affairs committee (MAF). The Ministry of Francophone Affairs is entrusted with the distinguished mandate of preserving Franco-Ontarian culture amidst a rapidly evolving cultural and linguistic landscape. Within this committee, students will be tasked with dealing with reforms to improve French-language education, for both children and adults, and also find ways to expand growth opportunities for Franco-Ontarian businesses. Within this committee, delegates are expected to debate in French, while all written submissions should be prepared in English.
Although students are representing a character, they are not restricted by foreign policy, meaning you can pitch any ideas you would like while formally representing the character in question.
Director: Lily Wang
Chair: Yuqi Sun, Co-chair: Jenny Li
Three-Body Problem Crisis Committee [Chinese]
Suitable for: Students who speak casual or fluent Mandarin Chinese & have prior MUN experience
Languages: Debating in Mandarin Chinese, Documents in English
Alien invasions. Political intrigue. Ideological battles. Dark times are ahead for this Three Body Problem* crisis committee. The trilogy is a thrilling tale of science fiction, philosophy and the undying flame of humanity on its quest to survive. Victory will not be guaranteed. The fate of the Earth now hangs on a precarious balance in the hands of delegates taking the roles of influential characters trying their best to find a solution to extermination. Creativity, strategy, innovation and leadership skills are the fundamental pillars for success. Good luck out there.
*The committee will take place at the beginning of the second book, The Dark Forest. (Crisis Year 3)
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Director: Alex Zhao
Crisis Analyst: Kevin Zhang
Chair: Mason Li, Co-Chair: Althea