G8+5
Welcome to the Committee Page for the G8+5! Here, you can find details on the committee and the students who are chairing it, download the background guide, and learn about suggested primary source reading for the committee. Check the page regularly for committee updates.
Chair Contact Information
Chair: Eleanna VarangisVice Chair: Caroline Corley
Crisis Director: Dueaa Elzin
Contact Email: g8@cmunce.org
Recent Updates
[November 15, 2008]: The Background guide has been posted.
[May 2008]: Welcome to the G8+5 webpage. Keep your eyes peeled to this site in the coming month for updates.
Committee Description
The G8+5 committee will meet in the year 2014, the year before the Millennium Development Goals' deadline of 2015. The G8+5 committee must first cope with the challenge of meeting the Millennium Development Goals on time; a challenge considered nearly impossible by some in the international community. Delegates must consider the state of the Earth in the year 2014 and from there derive a drastic course of action to help accomplish the Millennium Development Goals with respect to the ever-looming threat of climate change and its implications on water systems management, global living conditions, and food availability. At the same time, the committee must decide whether to remain as the G8 developed nations, or to expand to include the 5 developing, "Outreach Nations" in the O5 and as included in the G8+5 summits. In past discussions about this issue, debate has proven heated and divisive. Before this 2014 G8+5 summit is over, delegates must come up with a plan to accomplish the Millennium Development Goals within the next year and decide the future of the G8 summit structure.
Background Guide
Recommended Resources and Documents