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Coronavirus: What Does It Mean For The MUN Community

Disclaimer: Not a single member of MUN01 is a health professional. You know us. We’ve either just graduated college or we’re still there. And we’re definitely not studying medicine. Please do not take any of this as something other than just our thoughts about Coronavirus and its current and potential impact on the circuit. We… Continue reading →

Conference Cancellations in the Wake of Coronavirus

The following conferences have either been cancelled or significantly delayed. This information has either been confirmed by Secretariat reportings or delegates reporting cancellations. The list contains both high school and collegiate conferences around the world. To add a cancelled conference to the list, please email mun01.business@gmail.com or DM us the information at @mun01podcast on Instagram. … Continue reading →

March 13, 2020March 16, 2020

Conference Recap: HNMUN 2020

The sixty-sixth session of Harvard National Model United Nations (HNMUN) occurred over the weekend of February 13-16, 2020. The largest conference on the collegiate circuit, HNMUN hosted over 2,000 delegates for a conference of debate and collaboration. This year’s conference was led by Secretary-General Noah Cominsky in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Committee Overview HNMUN 2020 offered a… Continue reading →

March 5, 2020March 3, 2020

Conference Recap: FLCS IX

The Florida Crisis Simulation (FLCS) was a three day conference held by the University of Florida in Gainesville over the three-day weekend of February 14-16, 2020. Led by Secretary-General Zola Hoehn, who provided us with this statement, “As Secretary-General, I have been involved with the Secretariat of FLCS for the past three years. Serving as… Continue reading →

Conference Recap: MUNE VIII

As another early Spring semester conference, the Model United Nations at Emory (MUNE) conference was held February 6-9, 2020. Delegates from around the South and schools even further traveled to Atlanta, Georgia to participate in a long weekend of Model UN at Emory University’s campus which was headed by Secretary-General Miguel Vivar-Alcalde. According to statistics… Continue reading →

February 21, 2020February 21, 2020

Conference Recap: McMUN 2020

As the first major conference of the Spring 2020 season, the McGill Model United Nations Assembly (McMUN) occurred over the weekend of January 23-26, 2020. Temperatures may have dropped to well below freezing, but delegates still showed up in droves to the conference this year. The conference was led by Secretary-General Hawa Maiga along with… Continue reading →

February 4, 2020February 17, 2020

Fall 2019 North American Circuit Recap

Mid-Year Rundown Fall 2019 was a rigorous conference season with periods of time through October having one or more conferences running per weekend. In total, MUN01 recapped eight conferences this season and those will be the conferences reflected in this article. For references the conferences were: CMUNNY XIV (9/26/19-9/29/19) BarMUN XII (10/3/19-10/6/19) NCSC XLVII (10/17/19-10/20/19) … Continue reading →

January 10, 2020

MUN01: A Year In Review

Happy New Year! Please enjoy a recap on MUN01’s 2019 as we ring in the new decade. We’d like to thank everybody who has helped us grow and who has supported us whether it was from the beginning or just starting today! Why We Started the Podcast: We began MUN01 in early April of 2019… Continue reading →

January 1, 2020January 1, 2020

Guest Article: MUN in Singapore

Article by Prithvi Vijay Kumar Bio – Prithvi Vijay Kumar, 11 MUNs (Singapore, GIIS). Apart from the time he spends MUNing, Prithvi is a self-proclaimed book connoisseur, and an avid follower of cricket – all whilst lamenting about the looming deadlines his procrastination has made worse. Although I claim to be an avid MUNner, my… Continue reading →

December 17, 2019December 17, 2019

Conference Recap: UNCMUNC XI

Disclaimer: The following recap was written by UNCMUNC. MUN01 thanks the conference for their hard work to write this conference recap themselves! The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Model United Nations Conference (UNCMUNC) was hosted in its 11th iteration from November 7th to November 10th. UNCMUNC XI was organized and staffed by the… Continue reading →

December 12, 2019December 12, 2019

Guest Article: So You Want To Run a High School MUN Conference?

Guest Article by Evan Willams Bio: My name is Evan Williams and I’ve been competing in Model UN for four years. I’m currently a senior at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, VA, and I serve as the Undersecretary General for TJMUN. Outside of MUN, I enjoy playing the saxophone and being on the… Continue reading →

December 7, 2019

Conference Recap: CIAC X

Over the long weekend of November 7-10, 2019, Cornell International Affairs Society hosted the 10th iteration of the Cornell International Affairs Conference (CIAC). Hosted in snowy Ithaca, New York the weekend took place on campus at Cornell University. This year’s conference was led by Secretary-General Ria Singh as well as a sizable Secretariat. 256 delegates… Continue reading →

December 3, 2019

Guest Article: The Story of SOI²

Article by João Cardoso Bio: Hello readers! My name is João Cardoso and I am currently a senior at an international school in São Paulo, Brazil. I have participated in Model UN for the past 4 years, as a delegate and a chair. Aside from MUN, you can find me browsing reddit, cooking, and dying… Continue reading →

November 22, 2019November 22, 2019

UPMUNC 53

The University of Pennsylvania Model United Nations Conference occurred over the long weekend of October 31 – November 3. Led by Secretary General Beau Staso in downtown Philadelphia at the Philadelphia 201 hotel. According to the UPMUNC website, the conference was staffed by over 300 UPenn students led by 16 secretariat members to ensure a… Continue reading →

November 19, 2019November 19, 2019

Guest Article: My First Conference

Guest Article by Emerah Adell Bio: Hello! I’m Emerah, I’ve been doing MUN for 2 years now and have become completely and irrevocably obsessed with it! I have represented Croatia, South Korea and Italy for Rocky River High School’s MUN team and adore debate, dance and learning new languages! It seems like my first Model… Continue reading →

November 16, 2019

Conference Recap: TrojanMUN 2019

On the weekend of October 24-27, the University of Southern California hosted their annual TrojanMUN conference. Their largest yet, the conference boasted 351 delegates from 25 delegations in attendance. Led by Secretary General Rahul Francis, staff achieved an exciting weekend of MUN at the DoubleTree Hilton in Downtown Los Angeles. Committee Overview TrojanMUN covered a… Continue reading →

November 12, 2019November 12, 2019

Guest Article: Chairing Social Responsibility

Article written by Andy Andy is an Indonesian with a weirdly American accent. As her final year of university draws near, now she mostly joins MUN conferences to meet her friends and reminisce the good old (chaotic) days. It helps that she loves dark jokes, music, poetry, and writing – things that many MUNers also… Continue reading →

November 8, 2019November 8, 2019

Conference Recap: SCSY XLII

Yale University hosted its annual Specialized & Crisis Simulation at Yale (SCSY) in its 42nd iteration over the weekend of October 24-27, 2019. This year’s conference was led by Secretary-General Lauren Gatta and was held on Yale’s campus. Secretary-General Lauren Gatta provided this quote about SCSY XLII and the weekend, “SCSY XLII was the most… Continue reading →

November 5, 2019November 19, 2019

Guest Article: Transforming My Delegate Style and Letting MUN be Fun Again

Article by Stephen Hoffman My name is Stephen Hoffman, and I am a junior at Seton Hall University from just outside Philadelphia, PA. I am the current President of Seton Hall’s Competitive Team, and have done MUN since my freshman year of college. When my life is not consumed by Model UN (very rarely), I… Continue reading →

November 1, 2019November 16, 2019

Picking Your Senior Secretariat

So you want to host a conference? We love to see it. Before you do anything, you have to find 4-7+ other people who also want to host a conference. This will be your Senior Secretariat, and all of you will be responsible for nearly every aspect of the conference. No pressure. So without any… Continue reading →

November 1, 2019

Conference Recap: NCSC XLVII

Conference General Information Georgetown University’s National Collegiate Security Conference (NCSC) took place in its 47th iteration. It is one of the oldest, collegiate Model UN conferences in North America. Over October 17-20, 2019 many delegates convened at the DoubleTree by Hilton Crystal City for an exciting weekend of debate and crises. This year’s Secretary-General was… Continue reading →

October 29, 2019November 19, 2019

How to Research a Made-Up Crisis Position

Imagine this. You’re excited for your committee assignment, you receive your position and your committee name, you look up your position name on your preferred search engine (you Google it, let’s be honest), and nothing comes up. Correction–you get results, but absolutely nothing useful. You have a sinking feeling and you realize, your position is… Continue reading →

October 18, 2019

Guest Article: How My First Conference Taught Me to Love Model UN

Article By Darya Foroohar Darya is a senior at Bard High School Early College Manhattan, where she is the Under-Secretary General for her school’s MUN team. She enjoys crisis and has won multiple awards in various conferences, the highest being best delegate. Outside of committee, her writing on MUN-related issues has been published on Best… Continue reading →

October 18, 2019October 18, 2019

Conference Recap: BARMUN XII

The Boston Area Model United Nations Conference (BARMUN) occurred in its 12th iteration this past weekend from October 3rd to October 6th. The conference took place on Boston University’s campus was led to success by this year’s Secretary-General Akash Chopra. Akash generously contributed to this article with both comments on the weekend as well as… Continue reading →

October 15, 2019November 14, 2019

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