Researching for a Model UN committee is definitely the part of this activity that everyone procrastinates. It’s daunting to be given a new assignment, knowing you’ll have to ride the entire roller-coaster of learning about this character and understanding it inside and out. Even more difficult is that is just knowing where to begin! Luckily, the training at Best Delegate’s Model United Nations Institute summer program makes the process of researching simple and—dare I say it—even a little exciting!
I attended the MUNI Crisis Program at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA, and below I’ve outlined 3 ways that MUNI has helped teach me to properly research any assignment that’s thrown at me.