Model United Nations

The California YMCA Youth & Government Model United Nations program is a simulation of the real-life United Nations Assembly for middle school students. Participants in Model United Nations (MUN) take part in some of the activities as real UN delegations. Delegates research, debate and establish policies, treaties and resolutions. They tackle international issues, including disputes between countries, peacekeeping, border crises, stabilizing financial markets and dealing with hunger, disease and poverty

Delegations are assigned to represent one or more countries (depending on the number of delegates). The delegates research their countries and represent them at MUN conferences. The first conference is at Camp Roberts in Paso Robles and the program reaches its high point at the final conference in Burbank.

At the conferences, delegates can be a part of one of several organizations that make up the UN: the General Assembly, Security Council, International Court of Justice, the Economic and Social Council, the Secretariat (for interns only), and an international press delegation. Delegates also participate in caucuses representing different parts of the world: African States, Asian States, Latin American and Caribbean States, and the Western European and Other States.

Delegates write, debate and vote on resolutions in the General Assembly, and participate in one of the organizations, by hearing memorials (court cases), addressing human rights issues, writing news articles, or settling border and territorial disputes Delegates will be faced with some crisis issues that they will be asked to resolve as well.

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