Committees
Note: When registering for HNMUN Africa, delegations will request a list of countries they would like to represent as well as which types of committees they would like to be placed into. Our administration team will endeavor to fulfill every registrants top preferences for countries and committees, with every delegation assigned one country for as many delegates on their team as possible. We cannot guarantee primary preferences can be met, and encourage applicants to register with a list. Early registrations will have priority for their preferred countries and committees.
General Assembly
Large committees with 100-200 members with delegates representing individual nation-states seeking to debate and propose solutions to pressing international issues
Economic and Financial Committee (ECOFIN) – Double Delegation, Open to High School Students
Topic: Automation and Structural Unemployment
Director: Liana McGhee
Assistant Directors: Kiarie Mark Muturi, Nicole Maranga
Conference Room 1
World Health Organization (WHO) – Double Delegation, Open to High School Students
Topic: A Prescription Pandemic: Addressing Substance Use Disorder
Director: Vivian Yee
Assistant Directors: Nickie Molo Ochieng , Pauline Wangechi Kiboi
Conference Room 2
United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) & Regional Bodies (RB)
Medium-sized committees with 30-60 members with delegates representing countries from regions or global organizations, such as the African Union, debating and acting on specific issues relevant to those countries
African Union (AU) – Single Delegation, Open to High School Students
Topic: Western Sahara Conflict
Director: Patil Djerdjerian
Assistant Directors: Sayo Kituzi, Mercy Wanjiru Kamau
Conference Room 10
United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development (UNCSTD) – Single Delegation, Open to High School Students
Topic: Legal Implications of Information Technology and Data Privacy
Directors: MichaeI Pecorara and Ian Toyota
Assistant Directors: Joyce Zebedee Omondi, Wandia Muchiri
Conference Room 13
Specialized Agencies (SA)
Small-sized committees of 14-22 members with delegates representing notable characters from the present or past working together to resolve a relevant crisis
Crisis Committee A – Single Delegation, Open to College Students
Topic: 1064 BCE – Fall of the Shang Dynasty in China
Director: Alexander Junxiang Chen
Crisis Director: Calvin Osborne
Assistant Directors: Eva Njeri Njuguna, Keith Albert, Pauline Wanjiru Irungu
Conference Room 8
Crisis Committee B – Single Delegation, Open to High School Students
Topic: Golden Age of Piracy, 1716
Director: Arpit Bhate
Crisis Director: Georgia Steigerwald
Assistant Directors: Celine Wanjiru Maina, Abner Khuzwayo Dlamini, Tatiana Gicheru
Conference Room 7
Crisis Committee C / United Nations Security Council (UNSC) – Double Delegation, Open to High School Students
Topic: Myanmar Crisis
Director: Sahil Kuchlous
Crisis Director: Sophia Weng
Assistant Directors: Cynthia Bosibori Michira, Hannah Nziokari Katuku, Moses Mwema Ngaya
Conference Room 3