SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL 2
Issues on the agenda 2026
ALL DELEGATES WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE SC, HSC & CCPCJ SHOULD COME PREPARED WITH AT LEAST ONE WRITTEN RESOLUTION IN THEIR ASSIGNED COMMITTEE AND POLICY STATEMENTS ON ALL ISSUES IN THEIR FORUM
THIMUN Qatar values the academic integrity of the conference. In addition to requiring policy statements on each of the issues on the agenda for the selected committees, (with the exception of Security Council, Historical Security Council and CCPC), THIMUN Qatar’s Executive team have formulated issue videos to support delegates understanding of some of the issues that are harder to access. Each issue video can be found hyperlinked inside the research report.
Committee
GA1 Disarmament and International
Security (UNODAUN office for Disarmament Affairs)
- Reducing Arms Flows into Food-Insecure and Conflict-Prone Regions
- Preventing the Militarisation of Humanitarian Food Aid and Relief Convoys
- Strengthening International Cooperation to Combat Agroterrorism and the Use of Bioweapons Targeting Food Systems
GA2 Economic and Financial
- Exploring the idea of UN backed multi-nutritional farms in Lesser Developed Regions
- Methods as to improving food networks in Mountainous and Desert communities in Central Asia
- Addressing the Impact of Market Profitability on Food Security in Least Developed Countries
GA3 Social, Humanitarian and Cultural (SOCHUM)
- Upholding the Right to Food in Detention Centers in North and South America.
- Preventing Discrimination in Food Aid Distribution to War-Affected Civilians in the Middle East
- Protecting Indigenous Food Sovereignty Against Land Exploitation
GA4 Special Political and Decolonization
- Supporting Indigenous and Marginalised Populations in Politically Disputed Areas in Achieving Food Sovereignty
- Enhancing Food Security in Non-Self-Governing Territories Through Supporting Decolonization Processes, Advancing Sustainable Development, and Promoting Local Political Empowerment
- Combating Hunger in the Context of Climate-Induced Displacement in Low-Lying Island Territories
GA5 Administrative and Budgetary
- Addressing Climate-Driven Displacement as a Threat to Food Security in Least Developed Countries
- Reforming Global Trade Frameworks to Protect Agricultural Sovereignty in Least Developed Countries
- Closing the Agricultural Technology Divide to Enhance Food Security in Least Developed Countries
GA6 Legal
- The question of establishing international legal standards on the use of agricultural biotechnology to safeguard food security
- Strengthening international legal protections against land grabbing in developing countries
Security Council
Historical Security Council (1992)
- The Role of International Peacekeeping in Famine Response during the Somali Crisis (1992)
- The Siege of Sarajevo and the Use of Hunger as a Weapon in the Bosnian War (1992)
World Health Assembly (WHA)
- Exploring the Use of Gene-Edited Crops to Meet Global Nutritional Needs
- Promoting Precision Nutrition in National Healthcare Systems to Prevent Diet-Linked Diseases
- Proposing Effective and Functional Systems for Combatting Cardiovascular Disease in Malnourished Populations.
Environment Commission (EC)
- Safeguarding biodiversity and soil health in the application of geoengineering methods for climate-sensitive agriculture.
- Preventing degradation of aquatic food systems through the regulation of urban and aquaculture pollution.
- Promoting sustainable irrigation methods to combat water scarcity in food-producing regions of the Indo-Gangetic plain.
Human Rights Council Sub Commission 1
- Ensuring Fair Labor Practices and Wages in Agricultural Supply Chains
- Addressing the Impact of Occupation on the Right to Food in Disputed Territories
- Combating Food Insecurity in Developing Countries
Human Rights Council Sub Commission 2
- Addressing food insecurity among refugee settlements in Subsaharan/North Africa.
- Ensuring corporate accountability for land grabbing and exploitative labor practices by the Global Agribusiness Sector.
- Promoting gender equality and women’s rights in the agricultural sector.
Special Committee on SDG2: Zero Hunger
- Safeguarding food security against the weaponization of digital infrastructure in conflict zones (cyberattacks on food supply chains(Gaza)).
- Addressing the global fertilizer crisis and its role in increased hunger in developing regions
- Strengthening resilience of urban food systems to prevent hunger in urban cities during crises (urban food deserts).
ECOSOC
- Mitigating the usage of arable land, required for food security, for biofuel expansion in emerging economies such as Brazil, India, and Indonesia.
- Evaluating the consequences of trade barriers such as tariffs, border delays, and subsidies on crops leading to food wastage and disadvantages for farmers in developing countries.
- Proposing global initiatives to reduce post-harvest food wastage due to inadequate infrastructure to store and transport cereal crops in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Commission on Crime Prevention and
Criminal Justice (CCPCJ)
- Addressing the Role of Organized Crime in Controlling Agricultural Resources and Food Supply Chains (Mafia control, food trafficking and exploitation of scarcity)
- Ensuring State Accountability for the Deliberate Use of Hunger as a Political Tool (legal accountability for starvation policies)
- Strengthening legal protections for children against hunger-induced exploitation and malnutrition (rights of the child, international law on nutrition and failure to protect)
International Court of Justice (ICJ)
- Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Uganda)
- Accordance with international law of the unilateral declaration of independence in respect of Kosovo
- Obligations concerning Negotiations relating to Cessation of the Nuclear Arms Race and to Nuclear Disarmament (Marshall Islands v. United Kingdom)
French GA3
- Défendre le droit à l’alimentation dans les centres de détention en Amérique du Nord et du Sud.
- Prévenir la discrimination dans la distribution de l’aide alimentaire aux civils touchés par la guerre au Moyen-Orient
- Protéger la souveraineté alimentaire des peuples autochtones contre l’exploitation des terres
Arabic GA3
- تعزيز الحق في الغذاء في مراكز الاحتجاز في أمريكا الشمالية والجنوبية
- منع التمييز في توزيع المساعدات الغذائية على المدنيين المتضررين من الحرب في الشرق الأوسط
- حماية السيادة الغذائية الأصلية من استغلال الأراضي
Arabic GA1
- خطر وصول الأسلحة المدمرة إلى الجماعات غير الحكومية وتهديده على التنمية و الأمن الغذائي والفقر المنتشر
- انتشار الأسلحة الصغيرة وتجارة الأسلحة غير المشروعة في مناطق النزاع، وتأثيرها على الأمن الغذائي والمعونة الإنسانية.
- أثر الإنفاق العسكري المفرط على الأمن الغذائي وجهود القضاء على الفقر في الدول النامية.
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