Conference Agenda

Friday, March 7, 2025 Agenda

Time Session Location
9:00am - 10:10am (doors open at 8:30) Opening Plenary Performing Arts Center (PAC)

Welcome and information from the Secretary General

College welcome: Dr. Joanne Russell, MCC's Vice President of Academic Affairs

Honors program invitation: Blake Wolf, Director MCC Honors

Opening plenary speaker: TBD

10:30 – 11:30 United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) Session

UNITAR for first year delegates (P-rules, how to write a resolution, reaching consensus). PAC Theater

UNITAR for veteran delegates - Topic TBD - Foyer of PAC Theater

UNITAR for ICJ Delegates - PAC Room TBD

UNITAR for World Press Delegates - World Press room, EF-110

Advisers collect credentials - Front Foyer, PAC
11:30 – 1:00 Lunch not provided (coupons to eateries within walking distance of campus will be in conference program)
1:00 – 5:00 Committees in session
5:00 – 6:30 Dinner provided

Community Fair during dinner (Tables in Kirk Center)
6:30 – 9:00 Committees in Session
Session Location
World Press Room EF-110
General Assembly KSC Navajo Room

Genocide and mass atrocities - This will be a consensus document

Committee Reports
First Committee HW 846

New generation of nuclear weapons and power plants

Maritime security
International Organization for Migration SC 11E

Developing and ensuring safe migration pathways

Addressing the needs of forcibly displaced people
Food and Agriculture Organization BP 2S

Reducing the impact of conflict on food chains

Climate smart agriculture for a more sustainable future
Human Rights Council NU 101

Addressing displacement due to environmental degradation

Mitigating the impact of disruptions to education
Commission on the Status of Women BP 4

Protecting and promoting the roles of women in food systems

Ensuring access to services for victims of human trafficking

UN Special Committee on Decolonization (C-24)

HW 842

Assessment of Western Sahara

Decolonization in the New Era

Assessment Selection for next session
International Court of Justice (2 delegate committee) HW 841

Cases from Current Docket (https://www.icj-cij.org/en/pending-cases)

  1. Application of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Armenia v. Azerbaijan)

  2. Application of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Canada v. Syrian Arab Republic)

  3. Aerial Incident of 8 January 2020 (Ukraine v. Islamic Republic of Iran)

  4. Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel)
Historical Crisis Committee HW 847

Security Council discussions of Southeast Asia and African crises
Security Council (2 delegate committee) HW 849, 850

SC topics chosen by delegates during first committee meeting
DGC Room SC Department Office
Advisor Room HW 840

Saturday, March 8, 2025 Agenda

Session Time Location
Committees in Session 9:00am - 4:00pm
Advisor Meeting 10:30am - 11:30am HW 840
Lunch 12:00-1:00 p.m.

Closing Plenary with Committee rapporteurs

and Awards Ceremony

 4:30pm - 5:30 pm Performing Arts Center (PAC)

Campus map will be available once locations are determined.