African Union

Topic A: Effect of COVID-19 in South Africa

With the advent of the COVID-19 virus, South Africa has faced social, health, environmental, and economic challenges in curbing the pandemic. Impacts and implications on South African society in the social, economic, health, environmental, and technological realms. Although President Cyril Ramaphosa and his government have taken measures, including declaring a national state of disaster, COVID-19 has brought to the light systemic weaknesses, while highlighting a lack of capacity in addressing COVID-19-related challenges, and underscored disparities in South Africa. In developing a solution, delegates must be conscious of the potential risks in prolonging quarantine measures, while also proposing a long term plan for the economic future of the continent.

Topic B: Combatting terrorism in eastern central Africa

Since rapid decolonization took place in eastern central Africa during the 1950s and 60s, political instability has stifled the region’s economic potential. Although many African nations are beginning to unite their countries under one banner, this is typically occurring on a superficial level. Often, autocrats may hold elections that are rigged to ensure their prolonged incumbency, and the result is the outrage from the general public, leading to terrorist activity. Thus, one concrete method of combatting this instability is by ensuring that the eastern central African region promotes peaceful solutions, and becoming increasingly representative of the people’s will. To create an effective resolution, delegates must address both the need for unanimous decision making for combating terrorism and address the ways in which this can be accomplished while working within the African Union’s jurisdiction and adhering to the imperative of the situation.