Historical and Specialized Agencies
Spec committees tackle niche topics that allow delegates to dive deeply into specific historical, modern, or future events and issues.
Historical and Specialized Agencies
United Nations Security Council
Topic: Addressing the Situation in the Sahel: Preserving Stability and Security in a Crucial Region
Chair: Alberto Rodriguez
unsc@busun.org
FIFA World Council
The FIFA Council is the governing body of FIFA, the world’s most powerful sports federation that oversees global football. This council, historically rife with corruption, must overcome regional biases and personal vendettas to select a host country for the 2030 World Cup.
Chair: William Loughridge
fifawc@busun.org
First Hague Convention, 1899
National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) Board of Directors Meeting
Conference on Preventing and Restricting the Proliferation of Misinformation and Fake News
Divine Council of the Trojan War
The Great European Powers convene to codify the rules of warfare for the upcoming century, and to find some method of enforcing these rules on each other.
Chair: Braelen Head
hague@busun.org
In a recent twist, the American Medical Association has decided to seek alternatives to the Residency Matching Program, an algorithm by which med school students are partnered to hospitals for their residency. This decision is ironic in light of the previous standpoint of the AMA fighting to keep the Matching Program in a 2002 lawsuit…join medical students, doctors, school officials, and AMA employees on a journey to reinventing what the future of medicine will look like.
Chair: Andrew Xu
Co-Chair: Emmanuel Chery
nrmp@busun.org
Unauthentic and intentionally falsified news not only divides populations but also promotes distrust in government, threatens democracy, and conflates inaccuracies as the truth. Delegates of the UN congregate to mitigate the dangers of fearmongering and propaganda and advocate for truth.
Chair: Rohan Kumaran
Co-Chair: Natalie Wadhwa
news@busun.org
The Greek gods have gathered to discuss the Trojan War and its implications. The Pantheon must decide whether to intervene and who to hold accountable.
Chair: Hpone Thit Htoo
trojanwar@busun.org
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