MUNers

[Hoid Slayer He/Him]

Hey, I was wondering if there were any other MUNers here at the Shard. I am relatively new to MUN but I’m traveling abroad for a conference next week.

(For anyone who doesn’t know, MUN stands for Model United Nations. It’s a debate style thing where students take on the role of delegates in a committee and debate resolutions. It’s super cool)

This can be a space to discuss experiences, current events or simply ask questions.

Also: What would MUN look like in the Cosmere?

[Keke They/he]

2 hours ago, Hoid_Slayer said:

Hey, I was wondering if there were any other MUNers here at the Shard. I am relatively new to MUN but I’m traveling abroad for a conference next week.

(For anyone who doesn’t know, MUN stands for Model United Nations. It’s a debate style thing where students take on the role of delegates in a committee and debate resolutions. It’s super cool)

This can be a space to discuss experiences, current events or simply ask questions.

Also: What would MUN look like in the Cosmere?

This sounds lowkey fun. Im not a part of it but I would totally join if my school had one

[Shatter He/Him]

13 minutes ago, Thee insane said:

This sounds lowkey fun. Im not a part of it but I would totally join if my school had one

I would as well. That actually sounds really fun and interesting. 

[Keke They/he]

Just now, The Shattered Cosmere said:

I would as well. That actually sounds really fun and interesting. 

Maybe we should make our own on the shard

[Hoid Slayer He/Him]

3 hours ago, Thee insane said:

This sounds lowkey fun.

It really is. It’s a lot of work (although honestly that depends on how serious about it your school is, mine is pretty serious) but it all pays off in conference (when delegates from different schools come together to debate a topic).

3 hours ago, Thee insane said:

Maybe we should make our own on the shard

We could… we would have to adapt it a little, but we could make it work.

Basically, how MUN works is each delegate (student) is assigned a country and committee (General Assembly, Security Council, UNDP, etc.) and a topic. For example, for my conference next week I will be representing Oman in the General Assembly with the topic of “Promoting Sustainable Frameworks for the Regulation of Artificial Intelligence”. To prepare for the conference, delegates research their topic, past international action, and their country’s position (this is where most of the work goes in). Finally, at the conference, all the delegates in the committee come together to debate the topic and pass resolutions, just like the real United Nations.

This could all be simplified relatively easily for the Cosmere (although someone would need to put in the work to compile a topic and delegations). The hardest part would be finding people to participate.