by Olivia Fratangelo | Mar 31, 2020 | MUN Articles, Strategy
The trope of the notorious so-called “power delegate” is tainted with a decidedly negative connotation in the Model UN community: these delegates are widely disliked for being overly cutthroat and for prioritizing personal gain over the greater productivity of...
by Andrew Maglio | Mar 21, 2020 | MUN Articles, Strategy
By far the most commonly and universally applied Model UN skill is the proposition of motions. In any given conference weekend, a competitive delegate likely proposes several dozen, perhaps even a hundred, points or motion to the chair. Motions dictate the format of...
by Alyssa Nguyen | Mar 3, 2020 | MUN Articles, Strategy
The end product of any General Assembly, Specialized Agency, or Regional Body Model UN committee is a resolution which the committee votes on as a whole. Before the voting process, however, comes hours of vigorous and often meticulously detailed debate during which...
by Natalie Melms | Jan 18, 2020 | Community, MUN Articles
For those of us who have so fully immersed ourselves in this niche community of Model United Nations, it’s hard to remember a time before Model UN. But, as Newton reminds us, for an object to stay in motion, it must first be in motion. Before a team can dominate any...
by Kaitlyn Saldanha | Nov 20, 2019 | MUN Articles, Strategy
Unlike in General Assembly committees, succeeding in Crisis Committees requires mastery of both in-committee debate and the Crisis Room: this is why Crisis committees are both infinitely more complex and all the more rewarding. Retaining relevance and domination...
