Model
United Nations Page
Mr. Marchand
The
Secretariat:
Secretary General - Lindsey Dixon
Deputy Secretary General for Training - Grace Mahan
Deputy Secretary General for Media and Publicity - Francesca Marta David
Deputy Secretary General/ Charges d'Affaires - Tyra Bristol
What
Does Model UN Do??
Teams of two delegates choose and represent a country, and are given
two issues to consider by the conference administration.
The students research the issues, and figure out how the country
they represent would address the issues. They then attend
the conference, engage in debate, form coalitions, and negotiate
resolutions. The conferences are moderated by a chair, and a deputy
chair records the contributions of the delegations. The most productive
delegations are awarded honorable mention, outstanding delegation, or
best delegation. The best delegation wins the gavel the chair has used
for the conference.
The more advanced delegates can take part in single delegation
conferences. The advanced delegates often consider non-UN questions.
These have included historical events such as the Congress of Vienna
(circa 1815) and the Versailles Peace Conference (1920-21). They have
also included Avatar, Star Trek, the Crusades, and future topics such
as the Middle East in 2050. There are also crisis committees where
delegates have to react to changing events. Sometimes these events are
actual historical events, other times scenarios are developed based on
possible outcomes of current events.
It is a rewarding activity, in which students broaden their horizons
and learn how to develop policy from differening viewpoints. Delegates
also learn such practical skills as negotiation and parliamentary
procedure.
MUN
Bulletins
Announcements and memos are on the Bulletin
Board EDIT THIS.
Resources
For Position Papers
These sites cover all
the international organizations that involve diplomatic contact between
countries.
Resources
For Resolutions
UN
Website - Writing Resolutions
Preparing
a Resolution
Curriculum
Guides from the Seton Keough International Studies Class
Modules
Treaties
NGO
Resources
Other Model UN On Line Resources
BestDelegate
- Resources for Model UN
- CIA - The World Factbook 2012
Country Reports,
for Countries Around the World!
- Country Studies-home
PBS
Model UN Practice Session
- Nation by Nation Almanac
- Portals to the World from the Library of
Congress
- United Nations Association of the United
States of America
- United Nations Cyberschoolbus
- Virtualsources.com
- Country information and resources
- Welcome to the
Official Web Site Locator for the UN System of Organizations
- Welcome to the
UN. It's your world.
- West Genesee Model United Nations
Here is a worldwide schedule of
Model United Nations
Schedule of All High School
Model UN's
Here are links to other Model UN
organizations:
Other
Model UN's
Seton Keough
International
Studies Class Page
Mercy Participation
Model U.N.'s For
This Year 2017-2018
Please note that all conferences except for JHMUN XVII are limited to
12 delegates for overnight conferences, 14 delegates for one day
conferences!
1. Saturday Oct. 14 - Baltimore
Area Training Model UN Conference (BATMUNC I), at Mount St. Joseph
HS, Baltimore
2. Saturday in November - Centennial
High School, Ellicott City
3. Saturday Dec. 2nd - DelMUN XXX, The
Salesianum High School, Wilmington Del. (Tentative, depending on Model
OAS)
4. Thursday Feb. 9 to
Sun. Feb. 12
- Johns Hopkins JHUMUNC XX, The
Hilton Baltimore Md.
5. March 2018 - GSMUNC, Maggie
Walker Governor's School Richmond Va., or TechMUN, Thomas Jefferson
H.S., Alexandria Va.
6. Saturday April 14 - BAMUNC IV, Mount St. Joseph's High
Schools, at Mount St. Joe's
7. May 2017 - BIMUNC
42, Bishop Ireton High School Alexandria Va.
The timetable is for Mercy to move into co-hosting both the BATMUNC and
BAMUNC conferences beginning in the 2018-19 school year.
Mercy