Participating in your first Model UN conference can be an exhilarating experience, but at times it may appear to be overwhelming. Having gone through the experience ourselves, I have compiled a short list of things that I wish I knew before stepping into the committee room for the first time. If you are a first-time delegate or a delegate looking to refresh your skills, this blog may help you navigate the Model UN experience!

The Secretariat is super excited to be welcoming you to our 2024 Home Conference in just under a month! Of course while we are hoping everyone is looking forward to coming to the city of Oxford, you may also have queries or concerns, so we hope this blog post about some common questions you might have.

At OG, we take dress code very seriously. It might seem frivolous but how you dress is how you present yourself to the world and to each other, and a smart outfit is a sign of respect towards your peers and towards the conference. Our Chairs and Secretariat will be in their best dress, so we expect you to be too!

Read on for a glimpse at our 2024 Home Conference venues…

As MUNers, what helps us make friends and build bonds is not only the exciting weekend of conference spent together, but also MUN-exclusive activities that help incite common memories. Whether you are a first-time delegate looking to read about what to expect at MUNs, or just someone seeking some fun MUN nostalgia, this is the blog post for you!

If you are like many delegates, one of the first things on your mind at a MUN conference will be “how can I win Best Delegate?” If you’re wondering this, or are just looking for some general MUN advice, then this is the blog post for you!

Hello! My name is Ayala and I am the USG for Community Building. I am in my second year studying Politics, Philosophy and Economics, meaning I will graduate in 2026. My role mainly consists in speaker recruitment, managing the access program and planning delegate activities.

Hi guys! I’m Ayala, the Under-Secretary-General for Community Building and I’m going to explain a little more about my responsibilities and my role in the conference. I absolutely love what I do and hopefully by the end of this blog you’ll understand why - if you have any questions about my job please feel free to come and have a chat in November!

Being an English city, Oxford is home to many different coffee shops (80 to be exact). So much so that it becomes very hard to choose where to get your daily fix of caffeine. To help you in this difficult task, I will list below just 3 of my favourites:

Under Secretary General for Content is the role that covers the writing, editing, formatting and final publishing on the Background Guides that delegates use to inform their research on their committee, as well as side-tasks such as proofreading these blog posts, designing training materials for both delegates and chairs, and running mock sessions! It’s an exciting role with a lot of variety and creativity involved, so without further ado, meet you USGs for Content:

The position paper. There are those who love writing it, and there are some who don’t particularly enjoy it. The question really is: how to write a good position paper to start your conference off on a high note?

Meet Ian, the other Under-secretary General for Business! In this interview, Ian talks about his role at OG and offers some tips for delegates.

The Under-Secretary Generals for Business manage OG’s social media, sponsorships, and partnerships to grow engagement and support the conference. They also oversee external staff, design volunteer training, and enhance the delegate experience through collaborations with local businesses.

We are already looking forward to welcoming you all to the city of Oxford in November! While our previous blog posts explained our Rules of Procedure (RoP), this one is about all the things that make our Home Conference a super fun experience for delegates!

Maria, our USG for Logistics, introduces to us her role in our team at OG, as well as her Model UN journey.

The best part is working with an amazing team (the Secretariat) and designing a MUN conference as big as OG from scratch. I get to work with so many interesting individuals, bringing together great ideas on how to make the coming conference as exciting as possible.

In the last blog of the series, David walks us through the actual conference and gives first time delegates a quick explainer of 7 strange things that happen at MUN conferences.

Okay. So now the rules of procedures are all clear, hopefully you’re still following. But there seem to be a lot of ambiguities. How do you decide when to move into a moderated or unmoderated caucus, for instance? The answer would be what’s called ‘motioning.’

Alright, a weekend of debate has gone by, what are you left with? If your debate has been productive, you should be left with a resolution paper. Simply put, a resolution paper is the whole point of the debate. Both in real life and in MUN, simply debating won’t get you anywhere, you need to take action to solve a problem. The debate is simply to clarify what type of action you want to take. Resolution papers are documents that delegates work on throughout the weekend, and details the actions that they, representing their countries, believe that the UN should take to solve the problem.