THIMUN Qatar Issues for 2019

The theme of THIMUN Qatar 2019 is Sustainable Development Goal 16-Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions. All committees have one issue that ties to the conference theme.

THIMUN Qatar is  proud to support the work of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the Education4Justice (E4J) initiative, and to incorporate many UNODC mandate issues into our 2019 Conference. We will also host our first Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ), run with rules of procedure that more closely align to the working of the CCPCJ.

SDG 16 related topics are noted with an asterisk (*).

For UNODC topics, we list below the issue briefs to further develop Education for Justice for all THIMUN Qatar participants.

GA 1 Disarmament and International Security 

  • Measures to limit nuclear proliferation in the Middle East click here
  • Measures to prohibit the use of bacteriological and chemical weapons click here
  • Addressing the nuclear threat on the Korean Peninsula
  • Prohibition of the development and manufacture of new types of weapons of mass destruction.

GA 2 Economic and Financial

GA2 Strengthening regulations to limit and prevent corruptive practices, including bribery

  • Promoting urban and peri-urban agriculture to enhance food security and job promotion click here
  • Effective measures to combat the financing of terrorist organisations * click here
  • Measures to protect those vulnerable to climate-related extreme events and other economic, social and environmental shocks and disasters click here
  • Strengthening regulations to limit and prevent corruptive practices, including bribery * click here 

GA3 Social, Humanitarian and Cultural

  • Improving access to education during times of conflict click here
  • Measures to address illegal trafficking of cultural heritage * click here
  • Improving access for girls to technical, vocational and tertiary education click here
  • Combating intolerance, negative stereotyping, stigmatization, incitement to violence based on religion or belief click here

GA4 Special Political and Decolonisation

GA4 The Question of Tokelau and New Zealand

  • The situation of the Western Sahara click here
  • International cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space click here
  • The question of Tokelau and New Zealand click here 
  • Measures to improve the human rights situation of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied
    Territories click here 

GA5 Administrative and Budgetary

GA5 Implementing the Agenda for Humanity

  • Implementing the Agenda for Humanity click here
  • Effective measures to ensure the transparency and accountability of the United Nations * click here 
  • Improving the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea to improve conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity click here 
  • Efforts to coordinate a universal minimum wage in all nations click here

GA6 Legal

GA6 Criminal accountability of United Nations and Experts on Missions

  • Protection of persons in the event of disaster. click here
  • Effective measures to address cybercrime in all its forms * click here
  • Criminal accountability of United Nations officials and experts on missions * click here
  • Addressing the trafficking in persons for the purpose of removal of organs click here

Security Council

  • The Issue of chemicals weapons use in Syria click here
  • The United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti (MINUJUSTH) click here
  • The Question of Yemen click here 
  • Addressing the issue of transnational organized crime in order to combat the growth of terrorist groups * click here 

ECOSOC

  • The role of technology and innovation in curbing the effects of food insecurity / global food shortages click here 
  • Promoting women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels * click here
  • Enhancing educational opportunities for youth in areas of conflict, including refugee populations. click here
  • Addressing the humanitarian crisis of the Rohingya people click here

Disarmament Commission

  • Measures to counter illicit trafficking in firearms in all its aspects * click here
  • Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the region of the Middle East click here 
  • Eradication of landmines, cluster munitions and explosive remnants of war click here
  • Measures to prevent terrorists from acquiring weapons of mass destruction click here 

Environment Commission

  • Combating poaching and trafficking of protected species of flora and fauna by organized criminal groups * click here
  • Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards click here
  • Addressing corruption in the fishing industry to safeguard sustainable fishing stocks * click here 
  • Measure to promote the conservation of mountain ecosystems, including their biodiversity click here 

Human Rights Commission 1


HRC1 Legal Aid and Access to Justice

  • The question of legal aid in promoting access to justice * click here
  • Protecting and promoting press freedom click here
  • Measures to eradicate slave trading and slave markets click here 
  • The human rights situation in the Philippines click here 

Human Rights Commission 2

HRC2 Effective Implementation of the Nelson Mandela Rules

  • Effective implementation of the Nelson Mandela Rules * click here 
  • Measures to eliminate extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions click here 
  • Promoting policies that enhance the rights of the disabled click here
  • The human rights situation in Syria click here

Special Committee on SDG 16 *

Special Committee on SDG 16 Ensuring Adequate Healthcare in Prisons

Special Committee on SDG 16 Reforming the criminal justice system and developing alternatives to imprisonment 

Special committee on SDG 16 Measures to combat online recruitment of foreign terrorist fighters

  • Ensuring adequate access to health care and education in prisons click here 
  • Reforming the criminal justice system and developing alternatives to imprisonment click here 
  • Harnessing the role of the media in the fight against corruption click here
  • Measures to combat online recruitment of foreign terrorist fighters click here

French HRC1

  • La question de l’aide judiciaire dans la promotion de l’accès à la justice click here
  • Protéger et promouvoir la liberté de la presse click here 
  • Des mesures visant à éradiquer le commerce des esclaves click here 
  • La situation des droits de l’homme aux Philippines click here

Arabic HRC1

Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ) *

CCPCJ Rules of Procedure 

CCPCJ Effective measures to protect the rights of smuggled migrants

This committee will be run with revised Rules of Procedure, which will be available at the end of November.

  • Improving international cooperation to prevent and address corruption click here
  • Effective measures to protect the rights of smuggled migrants click here

International Court of Justice

  • Cyprus v Turkey
  • Bolivia v Chile