Model UN First conference, Help me...

opensesame11
Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:49:15 +0000

Ooh Model UN is kind of my thing, so here we go…

Do you have your country/your committee yet? Did you get a background guide? I’m assuming you’re in a General Assembly. You need to research your country’s position and foreign policy - who do they trade with? who will they never ever negotiate with? any big wars/conflicts recently? Check out your country’s website. This is a little iffy, but most of the developed countries have great “ministry of foreign affairs” type pages with great information.

Then, research your topics. What has been done in the past? Has it worked? Why or why not? Look at the UN website and find resolutions that have been passed - has your country signed on to them? Why or why not? Has your country done anything else besides signed a resolution? Given aid, money, refused to sign a treaty, whatever? In addition to un.org, look at think tank websites - Cato, Heritage, Brookings, Council on Foreign Relations, etc. These sites have way more reliable and interesting information than a quick Google search will give you.

And now the fun part: if you were in charge of this (and for a conference, you are), what would you do differently to help the situation? Maybe you would do the same thing that’s happening right now, but chances are you shouldn’t (it’s a topic you were assigned, after all). Come up with your own solutions to the problems, because that’s what you’re going to create during the conference.

Hope this helps, and if you have anymore questions, don’t hesitate to ask…I spend too much time on my MUN stuff anyway. Good luck!