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Second Committee, Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural

Addressing the Needs of Adoptive and Foster Care Systems

Reversing High Crimes Rates in Young Adults

About this Committee

The Social, Cultural, and Humanitarian committee (SOCHUM),

founded in 1945, was created in order to address global

human rights violations, social inequities, and various cultural

disputes. This committee, being the third body out of the

main six, has helped to create unity amongst nations in

promoting fundamental freedoms and drafting declarations.

One of the major achievements that it has accomplished is

the signing of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human

Rights. The committee commonly deals with issues facing

gender equality, indigenous rights, and human trafficking.

SOCHUM has also dealt plentifully with the protection of

children, a particular point of focus in one of the topics that

we will be discussing. While this committee has no official

motto to stand by, it constantly advocates for the same

matters. SOCHUM is built around some of the most

fundamental standings that we as a race hold onto, and it

continues to guide the globe with its instructions and settings

on many subjects such as worldly equality and human rights.

Chair

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Sophia Pham

Vice-Chair

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Michael Dinh

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