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African Union
Chair
Briella Lucadamo (She/Her) is the chair for the African Union General Assembly and a second-year studying neuroscience & behavioral biology on a pre-medicine track. This will be her 6th year participating in Model UN, with experience in GA as well as in Crisis. Outside of Model UN (and drawing Lewis structures), Briella spends her time working in a lab, reading about obscure topics, and sorting the 1800+ tabs on her ever-suffering computer.
About the Committee
The African Union was officially established at the Durban Summit in 2002 as a way to amend and adapt the OAU into a form to best address the objectives and challenges of a post-colonial Africa. It is currently made up of 55 member states across 5 geographic regions with a total population of over 1.4 billion people. The organization’s goals span across multiple sectors including national and continental security, internal and external trade, human rights, health, education, and industrialization.
In this committee, delegates will be debating and discussing prominent impediments to Sub-Saharan African socioeconomic advancement. Africa carries a heavy burden of disease that impacts individuals and populations alike through disability, economic loss, and stigmatization. Additionally, economic and military neocolonialism have spurred corruption, abuses of human rights, and further disruption of national sovereignty.