Topics this year include:

1. Refugee Camps

2. Water Availability

3. Gender Preference in Family Planning

Topic background papers are available here.  

 "Hey y′all! My name is Akvile Zakarauskaite and I will be you chair for the Human Rights Council. This year I am a Freshman at Rhodes and am planning on majoring in International Studies and Computer Science. This is my fifth year doing Model UN as a delegate and my first year staffing. In addition to being your chair at MSMUN, I staff a Chicago conference in December working in their simulations department. My favorite things include espresso, the Cold War, western business attire, and Joe Biden. 

“Freedom from fear” could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights.” - Dag Hammarskjold" 

Major: Political Science

Minors: Theatre and Criminal Justice

Classification: Junior

Experience: Began MUN as a Sophomore in college

Travel Story: My dad′s an over the road driver and, once on a trip with him and my mom, we got stuck at Donner Pass. In the winter. Because of snow. It was a fairly surreal way to ring in the Millennium.

Inspirational Quote: "All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us." J.R.R. Tolkein,  Lord of the Rings