by Sarah Schwartz | Nov 18, 2022 | MUN 101
What are Blocs? When you first walk into your committee room, it can be easy to be overwhelmed with the number of people in the room competing with you. Thoughts about who is trustworthy and who you want to avoid at all costs may swirl around in your head. The... 
by Sarah Schwartz | Aug 24, 2022 | MUN 101
An Introduction to General Assembly Before diving into the specific procedures and techniques used in General Assembly committees of Model United Nations, let’s start by discussing what the General Assembly is in the first place. In the United Nations, the General... 
by Sarah Schwartz | Aug 3, 2022 | MUN 101
Crisis Committees in Model UN Crisis is another type of committee commonly found on the Model UN circuit. Different from General Assembly (GA) committees, crisis committees involve two elements, called front-room and back-room. To learn more about the structure of a... 
by Sarah Schwartz | Jul 30, 2022 | MUN 101
Congratulations! You have made it to the home stretch of your General Assembly. By this point, hopefully, you have successfully conquered the writing process and are beginning the discussions for the Author’s Panel and merges. Fatigue, stress, and anxiety are... 
by Gab McKay | Jan 24, 2022 | Editorial, Feature Article, MUN Articles, Strategy
Here’s the thing about Model UN that no one tells you when you first start– it’s not really about raw talent. For much of my early years participating in Model UN (i.e., my freshman and beginning of my sophomore years of high school), I blanked at...
