Below you may find more information regarding the different committee types McKenna MUN VIII has to offer.

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General Assemblies

General Assembly (GA) Committees function similar to the United Nations General Assembly, with each delegate (or often pair of delegates) representing an individual nation. Delegates work together over the course of the conference to pass non-binding resolutions to one or, occasionally, both topics outlined in the background guide. Examples of GA committees include: the Disarmament and International Security Committee (DISEC), the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN), and the Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Committee (SOCHUM)

DISEC

​UNHCR

​WHO

Topic 1: Prevention of Extreme Radicalism
Topic 2: Nuclear Proliferation in the Middle East

Topic 1: Human Trafficking
Topic 2: Access to Education

Topic 1: Mental Health
​Topic 2: Climate Change

Specialized Committees

Specialized Committees operate similar to GAs, however, are often smaller in size and do not include double delegations. Specialized Committees will either simulate smaller UN committees, or other governmental or non-governmental organizations, such as NASA, the International Telecommunications Union or the Arab League. Instead of representing an individual country, delegates may also represent individual people or companies.

Arab League

African Union

Iran Cabinet

Arctic Council

Crisis Committees

Crisis Committees are the smallest committees by number of delegates, and require flexibility, quick thinking, and immense creativity. Crisis Committees can simulate anything from the colonization of Mars 50 years in the future to the Taiping Rebellion in the 1800's. Here, delegates will represent an individual character, and must be ready to respond to changing events, which take the form of "crisis updates." Instead of passing a resolution, delegates pass both individual and joint directives in order to respond to current updates, as well as the general issue of the committee at large.

JCC Cuban Missile Crisis - John F. Kennedy's Executive Committee

JCC Cuban Missile Crisis - Nikita Khrushchev's Communist Bloc