Kachi Obata

I Am What I Think You Think I Am

If the self is built from what we think others see in us, what happens to the versions of us nobody is looking at anymore?

UNESCO: Governing Artificial Intelligence in Education

The UNESCO committee adopted a resolution requiring Free, Prior and Informed Consent before Indigenous knowledge is incorporated into AI systems — the only resolution at BIMUN26 to address Indigenous rights.

UNDP: Strengthening Local Governance and Community-Led Development

The United Nations Development Programme committee adopted a resolution condemning the replacement of elected local officials with unelected caretaker committees, and calling for independent municipal oversight bodies.

UNODC: Human Trafficking, Migrant Smuggling, and Corruption in Public Institutions

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime committee adopted resolutions on both its agendas, calling for an International Anti-Trafficking Cooperation Fund by 2027 and mandatory e-procurement platforms to counter corruption.

UNSC: Threats Arising from the Activities of Terrorist Groups in Africa

The Security Council adopted a resolution demanding reinforcement of the African Union Border Programme and the consolidation of three regional anti-money-laundering bodies under a single framework with binding authority.

WHO: Health System Resilience and the Health Consequences of Climate Change

The World Health Organization committee adopted resolutions on both its agendas, calling for an International Climate Health Financing Fund and a set of regional emergency mechanisms for small island states.

SOCHUM: Xenophobia as a Political Tool, and the USA–Israel–Iran Conflict

The Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Committee adopted resolutions on both its agendas after all its blocs merged into a single grouping.

UN Legal: Defining and Criminalising Large-Scale Environmental Destruction

The Sixth Committee adopted a resolution recommending that ecocide be added to the Rome Statute as the fifth crime within the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court.

ECOFIN: Mitigating the Macroeconomic Risks of AI Labour Displacement

The Economic and Financial Committee adopted a resolution establishing a Global AI Workforce Transition Fund, capitalised in part by a levy on AI-intensive multinational corporations.

DISEC: Multilateral Responses to Violent Extremist Organisations and Transnational Armed Groups

The Disarmament and International Security Committee adopted a resolution centred on border technology, terrorist financing controls and online counter-extremism.

SPECPOL: Re-engineering UN Peacekeeping

The Special, Political and Decolonisation Committee adopted a resolution requiring host states to be party to peacekeeping transition planning, and calling for structured host-state consultation throughout the mandate cycle.

ICJ: Two Advisory Opinions on Racial Discrimination and Autonomous Weapons

The International Court of Justice delivered opinions on state obligations under CERD following the depopulation of Nagorno-Karabakh, and on the legality of lethal autonomous weapons systems under international humanitarian law.

Twelve Committees, One Room: BIMUN26 Adopts Its Resolutions

Day three at BIMUN26. Every committee brought its resolutions to the closing plenary — from ecocide and autonomous weapons to a global fund for workers displaced by AI. Two committees never reached their second agendas.

Four Blocs Become Two in ECOFIN as BIMUN26 Moves Toward Wednesday's Vote

Day two at BIMUN26. In ECOFIN, four negotiating blocs consolidated into two, leaving Europe on its own. In WHO, resolutions were completed. Everything must be settled before Wednesday morning.

BIMUN26 Day One - The Floor Is Open.

BIMUN26 opened Monday with Peter Obi's keynote and the first committee sessions. In DISEC, three blocs split over whether extremism is a technology problem, a state accountability problem, or a social one. In SOCHUM, Denmark set the agenda and has dominated since. Plus the UN Legal Committee.

When Did Not Judging People Become a Virtue?

The room didn't say she was right. It just called her cool. On moral indifference, the performance of non-judgment, and why silence is never actually neutral.

The Costume Is Not the Culture

From campus fashion labels to Lagos creative studios to modern tech startups, a generation of brands is dressing alike, talking alike, and wondering why nobody remembers them.

“Your Matriculation Number Is Your Ticket In”: Babcock Opens Innovation Drive to All Students

Babcock’s Vice-Chancellor says any student with a raw idea and a matriculation number has a place in the university’s newly launched innovation engine, BIV.

Moniepoint CEO's Remarks on Nigerian Talent Spark Backlash, Then Clarification

A speech by Moniepoint's CEO on Nigerian talent sparked a national conversation about whether the country has a skills problem, a pay problem, or both.