Bimun26 Resolutions

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.

By Kachi Obata

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.

By Kachi Obata

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.

By Kachi Obata

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.

By Kachi Obata

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.

By Kachi Obata

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.

By Kachi Obata

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.

By Kachi Obata

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.

By Kachi Obata

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.

By Kachi Obata

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.

By Kachi Obata

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.

By Kachi Obata