The Model UN process asks students to step into the shoes of an Ambassador of a UN Member State to debate current issues on the United Nations' vast agenda. Before playing out their ambassadorial roles in Model UN, students do research on the particular global problems to be addressed. The problems are drawn from today's headlines. Model UNers learn how the international community acts on its concerns about peace and security, human rights, the environment, food and hunger, economic development, globalization and more.
Solutions take the form of resolutions.
Resolutions are the UN way of communicating, the primary tool for discussion and decision-making at the United Nations, and form the basis for all UN debate, bringing one or several issues to the floor in a form that Representatives can discuss, amend, and reject or ratify as circumstances dictate. Role-playing in a MUN simulation will stretch your capabilities as you wield your power to negotiate, communicate, debate, seek resolutions and recommend strategy that match the real challenges of the country you are representing.