The United Nations’ General Assembly was established in 1945 under the Charter of the United Nations. It is the only organ of the UN in which all 193 members nations have equal representations. Additionally, it was a founding institution and stood as the “Deliberative policymaking and representative organ of the UN”. The General Assembly is responsible for making vital decisions concerning the United Nations namely; Appointing the Secretary General, electing the nonpermanent members of the Security council and approving the regular budgets of the UN. Due to the variety of diverse global issues treated by the United Nations’ General Assembly, it found the opportunity of establishing six sub-commissions upon which the topics may be divided. The six main committees are as follows: Disarmament and International Security Committee, Economic and Financial Committee, Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Committee, Special Political and Decolonization Committee, Administrative and Budgetary Committee and the Legal Committee.

This year’s topics are:

1. The sustainable management of nuclear energy
2. The increase of the global population and its impact on the resources

This year’s plenary session’s topic is: Abolishment of the death penalty

The International Court of Justice, also known as ICJ is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations. It was established by the Charter of the United Nations after the end of World War II in June 1945, and it started operating in April 1946. It is situated in The Hague, the Netherlands at the Peace Palace. The Court’s role is to settle, in accordance with international law, legal disputes submitted to it by States and to give advisory opinions on legal questions referred to it by authorized UN organs and specialized agencies. The current president of the ICJ is Ronny Abraham; in office since the 6th of February 2015. The Court is composed of 15 judges that are elected for a nine-year term of office by the UN’s General Assembly and the Security Council.

The court’s official languages are English and French.
This year’s case is: The obligation to prosecute or extradite (Belgium vs. Senegal)

The Commission on the Status of Women is  the principal global intergovernmental body dedicated to promote gender equality and empower women all around the world; offering them the rights they deserve and do not receive. It is a functional commission of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). It was established by the ECOSOC resolution 11(II) of 21 June 1946. It The chairperson for the sixtieth session; in March 2016, was Antonio de Aguiar Patriota from Brazil, and one the vice-chairs was Fatma Al-Zahraa Hassan from Egypt. Each year, they dedicate their annual discussions and actions around a specific theme. As for 2016; their main theme is women’s empowerment linked to sustainable development, more specifically: the elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls. However, in OISMUN IX, we will be discussing two different topics, the second one will be in collaboration with the Science and Technology for Development Commission.

Topics:

1. Child marriage

Plenary session: 

Access and participation of women and girls to education, training, science and technology, including the promotion of women’s equal access to full employment and decent work.

The Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD), is a subsidiary body of the Economic and Social Council, the United Nations’ central platform for reflection, debate, and innovative thinking, and one of the 6 main organs of the UN. The commission was established by the General Assembly Resolution 46/253 in 1992, and its main aim is to provide the General Assembly and ECOSOC with high-level advice on relevant science and technology issues. The current Chairman of the CSTD is Atta ur Rahman.This year, in OISMUN IX, the commission will be aiming to find solutions in order to modernise and develop emerging countries through scientific and technological innovation. Moreover, the Commission will participate in an ECOSOC plenary session in order to discuss the access and participation of women and girls to education, training, science and technology, including the promotion of women’s equal access to full employment and decent work.

Topics

1. Science and Technology for Development: the modernisation and development of emerging countries through scientific and technological innovations

Plenary session:

Access and participation of women and girls to education, training, science and technology, including the promotion of women’s equal access to full employment and decent work.

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La conférence spéciale est un comité qui a récemment paru dans les conférences du modèle des Nations-Unies. A OISMUN, un nouveau comité est présenté chaque année. Par exemple, durant la septième conférence annuelle de OISMUN, le comité se centrait autour des problèmes en Egypte, où les délégués étaient des représentants des partis politiques et des personnes bien connues. Par la suite, le comité spécial était consacré à la résolution de problèmes datant de plusieurs siècles, à travers des moyens contemporains. Quant à la conférence spéciale de cette année, le comité spécial – qui est le G20 – sera chargé de résoudre les problèmes économiques, posant des problèmes d’inégalités et de fermeté. Les délégués se comporteront donc en tant que présidents des vingt pays du G20 avec un but commun: la mise en place d’une politique de coordination entre les membres menant à l’atteinte d’un niveau d’économie durable et stable, des régulations financières qui réduiront – voire même empêcheront – des crises financières dans l’avenir et d’un système d’architecture international.

Topics

1. La lutte contre la corruption Petty dans les transactions économiques locales
2. Limiter le protectionnisme lors des investissements et des échanges internationaux