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Written by Risha Rohera, Under-Secretary-General of Crisis Committees of UPMUNC 50 & Remi Cordelle, Business Director of UPMUNC 50 UPMUNC Upper Secretariat (Left to Right: Michael Mintskovsky...
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Welcome to Moderated Caucus, a new series from Best Delegate examining the questions that keep delegates, chairs and secretariats up at night. Should closing ceremonies have guest speakers? Does...
View ArticleInterview with McMUN 2017 Secretary-General Ginny Tan
The McGill Model United Nations Assembly (McMUN) is the largest Model UN conference in Canada, and its twenty-eighth edition will be held from January 26-29, 2017. Best Delegate co-founder Kevin Felix...
View ArticleAmerican University Model G20 Launch Recap
Written by Julia Clark, Member of the American University International Relations Society OECD Secretary General Angel Gurría and American University School of International Service Dean James...
View ArticleResearch Binder Friday: United Nations Security Council
Written By: George Mullens Welcome back to Research Binder Friday! Today, we’ll be taking a look at one of the most exciting and coveted UN bodies – the United Nations Security Council. Representing a...
View ArticleResearch Binder Friday: United Nations Security Council
Welcome back to Research Binder Friday! Today, we’ll be taking a look at one of the most exciting and coveted UN bodies – the United Nations Security Council. Representing a country in the United...
View ArticleThe South African Indaba Negotiation Tactic for Achieving Consensus
Delegates negotiating at the South African Model United Nations. Photo credit: UNIC Pretoria. The Paris Climate Change Agreement in 2015 was groundbreaking because it was achieved with consensus. In...
View ArticleOnly One Week Left to Apply to Staff the Model UN Institute This Summer!
There’s only one week left to apply to staff MUNI this summer as part of the Diplomacy Fellowship, or as a Residential Counselor or English Exchange Fellow. The Model United Nations Institute (MUNI) is...
View ArticleAd-Hoc Committees: An Introduction & Some Tips on How to Succeed
Here at Best Delegate, we’re implementing monthly themes for our website content! The theme for January is Crisis Committees – enjoy this crisis-filled article and let us know what you think! In my...
View ArticleMUNecdote: Crisis Mind Games
Here at Best Delegate, we’re implementing monthly themes for our website content! The theme for January is Crisis Committees – enjoy this crisis-filled article and let us know what you think!...
View ArticleMunecdote – Crisis: All in the Details
Here at Best Delegate, we’re implementing monthly themes for our website content! The theme for January is Crisis Committees – enjoy this crisis-filled article and let us know what you think!...
View ArticleAlumni Spotlight: Rodolfo Diaz on Going From Model UN to Working at Facebook
Alumni Spotlight is a new series of interviews with Model United Nations alumni who are pursuing interesting careers and opportunities after graduation. Today’s interview is with Rodolfo Diaz, the...
View ArticleStart a Model UN Conference by Completing These 6 Tasks
This guest article was written by Lukas Corey, who served as the Under-Secretary-General of Regional Organizations for Pacific MUN this past November of 2016. In April of 2014 just following VIKMUN...
View ArticleHow Model United Nations Taught Me How To Lose
Your heart is pounding, you feel a little bit nauseous, you think to yourself and all of the expectations your peers and team mates have of you. All the expectations you have of yourself, and as you...
View Article13 Things We All Did In Our First Conference
Of course, our first Model UN conference is not the peak of our MUN careers. It’s not always that easy! However, since then, we’ve learned how to become better delegates through more practice and...
View ArticleIntroducing the Online Crisis League
The following is a guest post written by Johnathon Seese, a Model UN Alumni and now the Director of the Online Crisis League. The Online Crisis League is the first ever online collegiate Model United...
View ArticleChairing for Beginners Part I: Introduction to Chairing
It’s February! Here at Best Delegate, we understand that the learning curve of Model U.N. can be overwhelming, but that shouldn’t deter you. That’s why we are embracing this month’s theme – How to...
View ArticleHow to Debate Model UN Resolutions
This article was originally written and published on December 7, 2007 by Ryan Villanueva, one of the co-founders of Best Delegate. It has been updated and edited by Rose Jacobs as part of Best...
View ArticleResearch Binder Friday: SOCHUM / GA3
Welcome Back to Research Binder Friday! Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural Committee or (SOCHUM) has been a staple of Model U.N General Assemblies, SOCHUM have a broad range of topics and is usually...
View Article10 Insights Into the British University Model UN Circuit: Interview with Sam...
With London International Model United Nations coming up, Best Delegate Co-Founder Kevin Felix Chan took the opportunity to interview Sam Povey (from the London School of Economics) and George Mullens...
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