SHAMUN XXIV

Esteemed program directors, delegates, and distinguished guests,

The Secretariat Team is beyond excited to announce that the Twenty-Fourth Plenary Session of the Shanghai Model United Nations Conference would be held at Shanghai American School Puxi Campus from October 26 to 28, 2024.

The Keeling Curve, our theme this year, is a rather rare intersection with the sciences. A quantitative reflection of rising global temperatures, ethnic and geopolitical borders were rendered obsolete as the ever-changing climate remind how our interdependency has long band-wagoned the fate of individual nation-states. While states continue to grapple with conventional challenges, novel challenges confront humanity in unprecedented ways. Gone was the time for states to attain self-preservation through disengagement and isolation, as inaction itself became an antidote that kills.

It is with this message in mind that we announce the creation of novel committees, such as the International Monetary Fund, the European Parliament, the World Health Assembly, and the Commission on the Status of Women. A continuation of the experimental International Criminal Court in SHAMUN XXIII, we are delighted to bring back the International Court of Justice, a mock-trial-based committee that challenges the spontaneous articulation, interrogation, and persuasion skills of the most advanced delegates.

Each successive year, SHAMUN takes advantage of its timing as one of the first conferences of the fall semester to not only accommodate for the development and skills-building of new delegates, but also further the growth of veteran delegates. Last year, SHAMUN XXIII has hosted close to 500 attendees from more than twenty schools across China and the Asia-Pacific.

We look forward to hosting you in Shanghai this October!

SHAMUN XXIV Secretariat Team
Shanghai American School Puxi Campus