2012 Theme: The Arab Awakening

Head of Student Staff: Marlene Nang
Secretary General: Will Cha
Deputy Secretary Generals: Mohammad Khalil Harb and Farah Al Qwasmi

I. United Nations Security Council (SC)
President: Al Jazi Al Thani, aja53@georgetown.edu
Vice President: Loukas Kyprianou
Rapporteur: Jihad Hassan
Chief Administrative Staff: Bilal Shakir

Topics:

• Standards for Intervention
• Palestinian Statehood

II. United Nations Human Rights Commission (HRC)
President: Will Cha, yc337@georgetown.edu
Vice President: Maram Al Dafa
Rapporteur: Fahad Al Khater
Chief Administrative Staff: Dalia El Sayed

Topics:

• Rights of Indigenous People and the Right to Self-Determination
• Human Rights Issues in China, with special regards to Tibet

III. United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
President: Eilin Francis, elf22@georgetown.edu
Vice President: Danah Dehdary
Rapporteur: Emir Hasanovijk
Chief Administrative Staff: Talal Al-Naama

Topics:

• Debt Crisis – Austerity Measures: Europe and the Rest of the World
• Imposition of Free Trade Agreements

IV. United Nations Special Political and Decolonization Committee (SPECPOL)
President: Sara Al Mesnad, ska37@georgetown.edu
Vice President: Mohamad Khalil Harb
Rapporteur: Omar Hashem
Chief Administrative Staff: Haya Al Romaihi

Topics: Please note that these two topics are together in one guide.

• International Cooperation of Peaceful Utilization of Outer space (Prevention of Cyber Warfare)
• UN Blue Helmets – Effectiveness and Possibility of Permanent Residence

V. African Union (AU)
President: Mohammed Al-Nasr, mka35@georgetown.edu
Vice President: Mashael Al Hajri
Rapporteur: Arwa El Sanosi
Chief Administrative Staff: Mak Selimovic

Topics:

• Problem of Famine
• State Building - South Sudan

VI. Arab League (AL)
President: Al Jawhara Al Thani, aha42@georgetown.edu
Vice President: Shady Abdelhamid
Rapporteur: Ali Buainain
Chief Administrative Staff: Sabah Khandar

Topics:

• Solving the crisis of and potential state building after the Arab Spring
• Human Rights of Migrant Workers

VII. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
President: Safiullah Taye, st354@georgetown.edu
Vice President: Emilio Ocampo
Rapporteur: Gabriella Zoia
Chief Administrative Staff: Sara Saeed

Topics:

• Phasing out Nuclear Energy
• Using nuclear techniques to solve key water issues

VIII. International Court of Justice (ICJ)
President: Fatema Hubail, fmh25@georgetown.edu
Vice President: Caroline Abi-Saleh
Rapporteur: Farah Mallah
Chief Justice: Mariam Bengali

Topics:

• Military and Paramilitary Activities in and against Nicaragua (Nicaragua v. United States of America) (1984)
• Questions of Interpretation and Application of the 1971 Montreal Convention arising from the Aerial Incident at Lockerbie (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya v. United Kingdom) (1992)
• ICJ Background Guide
• A Guide to the ICJ

IX. Press Committee

President: Noora Al Mannai, nea6@georgetown.edu
Vice President: Nikhil Lakhanpal

X. Crisis Staff

Sahan Sahsuvaroglu
Reem Al Sulaiti
Sarah El Zeini