by Nathan Tripp | Aug 19, 2021 | MUN Tips and Tricks
“Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.” – Alexander Graham Bell Preparation is crucial for many undertakings in life. As you prepare for a Model UN conference, you should focus your research on three substantive areas: the United Nations...
by Amrita Bhagia | Jul 20, 2021 | Turtle Bay
Sometimes the world’s eyes turn to the United States. What Americans may think of as domestic or political issues may also be considered through a global human rights, human security or justice lens. On 20 April 2021, Officer Derek Chauvin of the Minneapolis Police...
by Maren Bollinger | May 3, 2021 | Turtle Bay
Freedom of the press is widely considered the cornerstone of democracy, yet reporters and media outlets frequently face attacks from all sides of the political spectrum and from every corner of the globe. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) found that at least 387...
by Joshua B. Adams | Apr 8, 2021 | MUN Tips and Tricks
Almost exactly one year ago I was the 2020 AMUN Secretary-General and, like many of you, full of bright hopes for 2020. The AMUN staff has a tradition of designating a light hearted internal motto to give each year an informal theme. We decide this theme in January or...
by Kat Nowicke | Mar 18, 2021 | Turtle Bay
When I first joined the AMUN Secretariat, I was asked what three people, dead or alive, that I would want to have a luncheon with. At the time, I had only two people on my guestlist: Michelle Obama and Jeremy Wade. Now, nearly 6 years after being asked at my first...
by AMUN Staff | Mar 16, 2021 | Two Point Two
American Model United Nations is excited to announce the committees and topics we will be simulating this fall! These topics should lead to lively and valuable discussions among Representatives with a broad variety of interests. Without further ado, the topics are as...
by Sylvia Tolczyk | Oct 25, 2020 | AMUN Chronicle
Uganda considers the issue of exploitation to be out of the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Uganda). Instead, this matter should be dealt with in the...
by Samantha Howe | Oct 25, 2020 | AMUN Chronicle
While the General Council of the Food and Agriculture Organization had a general consensus on their discussions concerning Topic II, Antimicrobial Resistance, strong differences among the council started to appear when the council took up Topic I, Sustainable use of...
by Joe Spaulding | Oct 25, 2020 | AMUN Chronicle
The General Assembly 2nd Committee adopted Resolution 1-3 by consensus with zero abstentions. The resolution addressed infrastructure improvements in Member...
by Raegan Mach | Oct 25, 2020 | AMUN Chronicle
The views expressed in this letter to the editor are the author’s and do not necessarily reflect the views and/or opinions of American Model United Nations International or the 2020 AMUN Conference. As tensions build to the upcoming 2020 Presidential Election,...
