by Joel Shapiro | Aug 30, 2020 | MUN Articles, Strategy
Imagine you’re in a committee. The chair has called for speakers during a moderated caucus, and your hand shot straight up into the air. However, time and time again the chair decides not to call on you. In Model UN, the little things add up. Who you talk to,...
by Joel Shapiro | Apr 29, 2020 | Editorial, MUN Articles
When I entered the committee room for the first session at NAIMUN LVII, I took a seat along with nineteen other delegates: many of whom I immediately recognized as being Head Delegates from several top Model UN teams from the NOVA area. Each one of them walked up to...
by Natalie Melms | Mar 16, 2020 | Editorial, MUN Articles
To prepare for a Model UN conference, a delegate will research a topic for weeks, write comprehensive papers on the issues, and synthesize creative global solutions. In addition to this, the delegate will argue for his or her research and debate the finer points of...
by Kaitlyn Saldanha | Dec 5, 2019 | MUN Articles, Strategy
During committee, communication with other delegates is absolutely essential in order to stay relevant. Due to the nature of parliamentary procedure, face-to-face conversations are rare during hectic committee sessions; therefore, note-passing is the only viable way...
by Michael Dianetti | Jan 25, 2018 | Editorial, MUN Articles, Top Ten Series
We’ve all been there– we had to be! At some point, everyone is new to Model UN, and every MUN newbie tends to make the same mistakes. Here’s our Top Ten list of the thing MUN beginners mess up the most at their first conferences. Whether it’s...