Historical Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
Two decades that changed the architecture of security.
September 11, 2001 did not just kill thousands, it rewrote the rules of engagement for a generation. The wars that followed reshaped Afghanistan, fractured alliances, and left a humanitarian crisis that the international community is still reckoning with.
This historical committee places delegates in the early 2000s, navigating real-time decisions with incomplete information. How do you build international consensus when the threat is asymmetric? How do you protect civilians when the battlefield has no front line? The committee debates both the immediate response to 9/11 and the long-term situation in Afghanistan.
The legal framework for responding to non-state actors who acquire or threaten to use chemical weapons
International obligations to Afghan civilians under the Chemical Weapons Convention
The role of the historical OPCW mandate in post-conflict stabilisation