Model UN Overachievers - Why Intense Delegates Matter.
"Over-achiever" is a key word in the world of Model UN. Once you have been to a couple conferences you know the type: very intense delegate, clearly hasn’t come to make friends, leaves socials early to go work on drafts, doesn’t appreciate jokes during the interventions, gets angry and frustrated by what he or she calls “the lack of seriousness of the committee” or “the people who haven’t prepared enough” or who “don’t take this seriously”. Most of the time, they have their e
Analyzing Background Guides - How the Same Topic can Vary in Different Model UN Committees.
The great thing about MUN conferences is that most of them center their topics on current events, be it ongoing conflicts, controversies taking place, recent UN missions or mandates, or even challenges being discussed in international political summits. This enables delegates to discuss the most pressing issues in the international agenda, while adding the challenge of having to follow an issue that is developing in real time, and whose timeline and progress is updated every
