What is a Specialized Committee?

Specialized committees represent non-UN bodies like presidential cabinets, labor unions, or sports teams. They are smaller than GAs, with 20 to 40 delegates. While delegates usually represent people or agencies, they may also represent countries as well. They are bound by the foundations of parliamentary procedure, but have more room to change the rules to better simulate the body in question. They can incorporate crisis elements, like drops and directives.

Here are a few examples of a Specialized Committee you might see:

  • Disney Board of Directors

  • International Olympic Committee

  • Human Rights Council

Your background guide will contain any information about incorporating crisis elements if your committee plans to incorporate them (To know more about crisis elements, check out our crisis tab). You will be writing resolutions to help solve the specialized issues in these committees. To prepare for the conference, using the background guide and your own research, you can write a position paper to outline the problem and how it affects your character or country, how it’s been dealt with in the past, and potential solutions.