RUMUN 2015 COMMITTEES

GENERAL ASSEMBLY:
Disarmament and International Security Committee (DISEC): Mohammed Asker
Topic A: Responsibility to Protect
Topic B: Protection of Critical Infrastructure
France Ayyan Rahman and Sanket Jain
Philippines Nikhil Sadaranganey and Varun Boopathi
Ghana
Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Committee (SOCHUM): Priya Kantesaria
Topic A: Protecting Freedom of Expression
Topic B: Re-Assessing SDGs of Promoting Gender Equality and Empowering Women
SocHum will be a novice committee, meaning that it is reserved for students having attended less
than 3 major Model UN conferences.
France
Philippines Steven Liang and Joshua Doss
Ghana
Special, Political and Decolonization Committee (SPECPOL): Sneha Choudhary
Topic A: Rights of Self-Autonomous Peoples
Topic B: Neo-colonialism\
France Mustafa Sheikh and Jeff Shen
Philippines
Ghana
Legal Committee: Zachary Sinkiewicz
Topic A: Law of the Sea
Topic B: Law of Space
France
Philippines
Ghana
Historical Emergency Session of the General Assembly: Esha Tripathi
Topic A: Emergency Session 6: Soviet Occupation of Afghanistan (1980)
Only members of the 1980 General Assembly will participate in this historic committee. This is
not an advanced committee.
France Jonah Aguilar
Philippines Aman Virdi
Ghana Hamza Sheriff and Rick Sarkar

SPECIALIZED AGENCIES:
Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ): Will Callahan
Topic A: International Drug Trade
Topic B: Establishing International Policing Norms
France Vinay Gonugondla and Sri Devarajan
Philippines Andrew Polinski
Ghana Parth Dhruve and Mike Zeigler
Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD): Lorezelle Shey Yanga
Topic A: Intellectual Property Rights
Topic B: Protecting Cybersecurity Infrastructure
France Kuber Sethi and Anmol Mynam
Philippines Rachael Lee and Jason Guo
Ghana Alina Gorbunova and Arzoo Kapil
Commission on the Status of Women (CSW): Christopher Wilson
Topic A: Political Empowerment of Women
Topic B: Promoting Womens Bodily Autonomy
France Sydney Macuray
Philippines Kyra Dimaranan and Divya Parikh
Ghana Sophia Hu
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC):Rachel DiSciullo
Topic A: Achieving Emission Reduction Goals
Topic B: Sea Level Rise
France JustinNajimian and Elizabeth Jackson
Philippines Doug Willig and Shriram Chandra
Ghana Timothy Li and Suvel Karamakar
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP):Mary Yan
Topic A: Regional Integration of Asia and the Pacific
Topic B: South China Sea Dispute
Only members of ESCAP will participate in this committee.
France Shivam Agrawal
Philippines Mark Basilious and Sid Das

World Health Organization (WHO): Tiffany Chow

Topic A: Sovereignty over Biological Information
Topic B: Food Sovereignty
France Sakshi Roontga and Ian Hou
Philippines Fiona Lu and Bhaavi Patel
Ghana Christina Oh and Michelle Brown
UN Special Summit on Peacekeeping Reform: Aneesha Cheedalla
Topic A: Comprehensive Review of Peacekeeping Operations
Topic B: Peacekeeping in the Democratic Republic of Congo
France Jonathan King
Philippines Sydney Robles and Ananaya Prakash
Ghana Anushka Reddy and Rebecca Ramnarine
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR): Naweed Karimi
Topic A: Stateless People
Topic B: Right of Return for Palestinian Refugees
France Gwendolyn Galt and Alisa Wong
Philippines
Ghana Nathan Yu and Joe Ham
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA): Nikita Barde
Topic A: Establishment of an International Fuel Bank
France Zain Baquer and Kush Mathur
Philippines Sabrina May and Justin Kim
Ghana
United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF): Nadia Bouajila
Topic A: Trafficking in Children
Topic B: Child Marriage
France Kaci Shu and Annie Wang
Philippines Emily Lou
Ghana Amanda Lin and Rachel Rong

ADVANCED COMMITTEES:
Historical Security Council Gopal Velagala
Breakup of Yugoslavia
Belgium Simran Bhatia
European Central Bank Eric Farber
Topic A: Sovereign Debt Crisis and Central Banking
Christian Noyer-France Gowthum Balaji
European Court of Justice Rebecca Ng
Topic A: R(Factorante Limited)v Secretary of State for Transport
Topic B: Flaminio Costa v ENEL
Fernand Grevisse-France Dan Yadin
International Space Agency Summit Mike Fine
International Cooperation in Space
Menachem Kidron Israel Barbara Shi
Counter Terrorism Implementation Taskforce Jake Wasserman
Topic A: Transnational Terrorism
Topic B: Protecting Human Rights While Countering Terrorism
International Maritime Organization Jatin Khona
Egyptian Cabinet Angie Saber
Ensuring the Stability of Egypt
Minister of Tourism Karan Malhotra