Yeshiva University Model United Nations 2027

About the Conference

Yeshiva University Model United Nations, known as YUNMUN, is a high school conference run by students of Yeshiva University in New York. The coming edition is the 37th. YUNMUN XXXVII takes place from 7 to 9 February 2027. The conference expects hundreds of delegates from more than forty high schools, spread over sixteen committees. It is aimed at high school delegates and their advisors. The slate mixes regional summits, a Security Council, the International Criminal Court and a wide range of UN bodies on health, environment, culture, children and outer space. Committees 🤝 African Summit (Leveraging Africa's Resources; Refugee Burden Across Africa) 💻 Commission on Science and Technology for Development (Privacy Rights; Emerging Biotech Regulation and Open-Access Science) 🕊️ Commission on the Status of Women (Unrecognized Care Work; Declining Birth Rates) 🛡️ Counter Terrorism Committee (Repatriation and Prosecution of Foreign Terrorist Fighters and Their Families; State Sponsorship of Extremist Ideology Abroad) 🛡️ Disarmament and International Security Committee (Proliferation of Untraceable Firearms; Accountability and Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems) ⚖️ International Criminal Court (Preparation for the Trial) 🤝 Middle East Summit (Regional Economic Integration; Syria's Political Transition) 🛡️ Security Council (Sudan Civil War; Nuclear Deterrence After the New START Treaty) 🌍 United Nations Environment Programme (Circular Economy in the Textile Sector; Reducing Automobile Dependence to Combat Urban Air Pollution) 📚 UNESCO (Repatriation of Cultural Artifacts; Education in Emergencies for Refugees and Displaced Populations) 🕊️ United Nations Human Rights Council (Human Rights and Statelessness; The Fundamental Human Right to Healthcare) 🌱 UNICEF (Protecting Children from Online Exploitation and Abuse; Reintegration and Rehabilitation of Incarcerated Youth) 🌾 World Food Programme (AI Resource Consumption) 🩺 World Health Organization (Human Gene Editing; Global Medicine Security) 💊 United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (Illicit Trade in Precious Metals; Counterfeit Medicines) 🚀 United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (Regulation of Private Companies in Outer Space; Space Law and its Enforcement)

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