MUN guides
84 guides to running a Model UN committee, written for the people in the room: the chair at the dais, the delegate on the floor, and the secretariat keeping the day on time.
How to Run a Model UN Committee: Chair's Complete Guide (2026)
Step-by-step guide covering roll call, GSL, caucuses, voting procedures, and closing the session.
Chairing
Running the room, from the gavel down.
How to Write a MUN Crisis Directive: Three Kinds, Four Worked Examples
What a directive is, the difference between public, private and press, and full annotated examples with the backroom response each one earns
How to Handle Difficult Delegates: Eight Problems and the Exact Intervention
The eight delegates who derail a committee, the smallest fix for each, the words to say from the dais, and the point at which it stops being yours to handle
How to Become a MUN Chair: Applying, Interviewing and Getting Picked
What secretariats look for in a chair application, what the interview really tests, and how to get your first dais
How to Write a MUN Background Guide (Study Guide): Structure, Template and Schedule
A structure that produces a guide delegates actually read, a page budget for each section, and a six-week schedule that gets it done on time
How to Judge a MUN Committee: The Chair’s Scoring Rubric
Five criteria, a weighting you can defend, how to take evidence during a session, and the biases that quietly decide most award slates
MUN Award Categories Explained: Every Award and What It Means
Best Delegate, Outstanding, Honourable Mention, Verbal Commendation, best paper and delegation awards: what each one signals and how many a committee gives
How to Run a Crisis Committee: Arc, Backroom and Pacing
Designing a crisis arc before the conference, staffing a backroom, pacing updates, and the three moves that recover a committee whose story has died
The MUN Crisis Backroom: How Crisis Staff Actually Work
What happens to a directive after you hand it up: triage, writing updates, playing characters, keeping a world bible, and saying no well
How to Keep Debate Moving When a MUN Committee Stalls
Diagnose a quiet, circular or chaotic room, then eleven interventions with the exact words to say from the dais
How to Run a Moderated Caucus in MUN: Chair Guide
Complete chair guide to opening, managing speaker time, keeping order, and closing a moderated caucus.
MUN Crisis Committee Guide: How Crisis Committees Work
Crisis arcs, directive writing, backroom vs frontroom, and how to perform as a delegate in a MUN crisis committee.
MUN Chair Script: Exact Phrases for Every Situation
Word-for-word chair language for opening, roll call, GSL, caucuses, voting, points of order, and closing.
Online MUN Committees: How to Chair and Participate Remotely
Managing procedure remotely, keeping delegates engaged, and the tools that work for virtual and hybrid MUN.
How to Run a Model UN Committee: Chair's Complete Guide (2026)
Step-by-step guide covering roll call, GSL, caucuses, voting procedures, and closing the session.
How to Chair Your First MUN Committee: Practical Guide for New Chairs
A warm, practical guide for first-time chairs covering preparation, opening, debate management, and handling the unexpected.
For delegates
Speeches, papers, blocs and the awards at the end of them.
Model UN Committee Types Explained: Which One Should You Pick?
Every kind of committee on a conference list, what debate actually feels like in each, and who it suits
Is Model UN Worth It? An Honest Answer
What Model UN is genuinely worth on an application and in working life, which skills really transfer, and when it is a waste of your weekends
How to Research Your Country for MUN: A Method, Not a Reading List
Find your country’s actual position in one evening using voting records, treaty reservations and mission statements, and take one page into committee
MUN Speech Examples: Twelve Speeches, Under a Minute Each
Full worked speeches for the opening, the caucus, the vote, the reply and the close, with the timing marks and why each one works
Common MUN Mistakes: 25 Errors Chairs See Every Weekend
The research, writing, speaking, procedure and bloc mistakes that cost delegates the room, each with the specific thing to do instead
Negotiation and Diplomacy in MUN: How to Get Your Clause Into Someone Else’s Resolution
Interests over positions, mapping the room, what you actually have to trade, and how to merge papers without losing the clause you came for
What Is Model UN? A Complete Beginner's Explanation
What actually happens in a Model UN committee, from roll call to the final vote, explained in ten minutes for someone who has never been in the room
MUN Position Paper Examples: Three Full Papers, Annotated
Three complete Model UN position papers at three quality levels, with the chair notes on each and the exact reason the weak one scores low
Preambulatory and Operative Clauses: The Complete Phrase List
Every accepted preambulatory and operative phrase, what each one commits the committee to, and which verbs a General Assembly committee is not allowed to use
Model UN Resolution Example: A Full Resolution, Line by Line
One complete draft resolution, annotated clause by clause with the politics behind each line, plus the amended version that passed and the vote that carried it
Model UN for Beginners: Your First Conference, Hour by Hour
A walkthrough of your first Model UN conference from the registration desk to the closing ceremony, with the one thing to do in each hour
What to Wear to Model UN: The Dress Code, Explained Plainly
What western business attire actually means, a workable outfit on a student budget, the shoe mistake everyone makes once, and what chairs really notice
MUN Head Delegate Guide: Leading a School Delegation
The job nobody writes down: selecting a delegation, distributing assignments, running preparation, holding the team together at a conference, and handing it over
MUN Country Profiles: Policy Briefs for 20 Commonly Assigned Countries
A one-screen policy brief for the countries assigned most often, plus the blank template to build one for any delegation you are given
University Model UN: How It Differs From High School MUN
What changes at university level: preparation depth, committee types, travel team selection, funding, staffing, and what MUN is actually worth afterwards
MUN Press Corps: How a Press Committee Works and How to Win in One
The two press models, what a press delegate does all day, the article forms, interviewing without disrupting a room, and how to run a press committee
Putting Model UN on Your CV and University Application
How to write four years of Model UN into three lines that a reader who was not there will believe
MUN Delegate Tips: How to Stand Out in Any Committee
Practical tips for research, speeches, bloc-building, and winning Best Delegate at any MUN conference.
How to Write a MUN Position Paper: Format, Tips & Examples
Step-by-step guide to the correct format, what to include, common mistakes, and examples that impress chairs.
How to Write a MUN Resolution: Clauses, Format & Examples
Preambulatory clauses, operative clauses, correct format, sponsor rules, and getting your resolution passed.
How to Prepare for a MUN Conference: Complete Pre-Conference Checklist
Week-by-week preparation timeline: research, position papers, practice speeches, rules, and what to pack.
MUN Public Speaking Tips: How to Speak Confidently in Committee
Structure speeches, manage nerves, use your voice effectively, and make every speaking slot count.
How to Write a MUN Opening Speech: Templates and Examples
Four-part structure, length guide, real example speeches, and the most common mistakes to avoid.
MUN Working Paper Guide: How to Draft, Merge, and Introduce
Writing working papers quickly, getting sponsors, merging blocs, and converting to a draft resolution.
MUN Bloc Building: How to Form and Lead a Coalition
How to find allies, draft collaboratively, handle defections, and lead a coalition to a passed resolution.
MUN Awards Guide: How Best Delegate Is Chosen
What chairs look for, how to improve your score, and what consistently disqualifies delegates from awards.
Rules and procedure
What the rules actually say, and what conferences actually do.
Points in MUN: Order, Inquiry, Information and Personal Privilege
All four points, what each is for, whether it can interrupt a speaker, the exact wording, and how the circuits differ
MUN Glossary: Every Term, Explained Plainly
Every word you will hear in a committee room, defined in one sentence, with what it means in practice and the terms people get wrong
THIMUN Rules of Procedure: The Complete Guide
How debate actually runs under THIMUN procedure, and exactly what changes if you learned Model UN on the North American circuit
UNA-USA Rules of Procedure: The Complete Guide
The UNA-USA ruleset as it is actually run, from setting the agenda to rights of explanation, including the five rules most conferences quietly modify
THIMUN vs UNA-USA vs Harvard Style: MUN Procedures Compared
The three main families of Model UN procedure side by side, what transfers between them, what actively misleads you, and which to run at your own conference
Unmoderated Caucus in MUN: What It Is and How to Use It
What an unmoderated caucus is, how delegates should use the time, and tips for chairs on managing unmod periods.
MUN Voting Procedures Explained: In Favour, Against, Abstain
Simple majority, supermajority, roll call votes, abstentions, and everything else about voting in MUN committees.
MUN Rules of Procedure: Complete Reference Guide
Points, motions, yields, quorum, voting thresholds, and how rules differ across major MUN conferences.
MUN Security Council Guide: Veto, P5, and How UNSC Works
Veto power, P5 dynamics, procedure differences, and how to chair or delegate in a Security Council simulation.
MUN Amendments Explained: Friendly vs Unfriendly, How to Submit
Friendly and unfriendly amendments, how to submit them, voting order, and strategic use in committee.
Right of Reply in MUN: When and How to Use It
What qualifies for a right of reply, how to request it, chair discretion, and how to use it effectively.
Tour de Table in MUN: What It Is and How Chairs Run It
How tour de table differs from the GSL, when to use it, and how chairs manage it with software.
Points of Order in MUN: When to Use Them and When Not To
What qualifies as a point of order, how to raise it correctly, and how chairs should rule, for delegates and chairs.
General Speakers List (GSL) in MUN: Complete Guide for Chairs and Delegates
Everything you need to know about the GSL: how it works, yielding time, points, and chair tips.
MUN Motions Explained: Types, How to Propose, and Voting Rules
A complete reference for every motion type: moderated caucus, unmoderated caucus, adjournment, and more.
For organisers
Planning a conference, briefing a dais, getting through the day.
MUN Country Allocation: An Organiser’s Guide to Seating a Conference
How to turn a pile of delegate applications into a seated conference: preference forms, double delegations, committee balance and the reallocation requests you can prevent
MUN Conference Registration and Payments: Fees, Invoices and Refunds
How to take money from schools in six countries without losing track of who paid, plus a refund policy you can publish before the first payment arrives
How to Start a MUN Club at Your School: From Proposal to First Conference
Getting the approval, finding an advisor, recruiting members, an eight-week first term, and the succession plan that stops the club dying in year three
Recruiting and Running a MUN Secretariat: Roles, Team Size and Handover
Every secretariat role, what it actually does week by week, how big a team you need at your size, and the handover that decides whether the conference survives
How to Start a MUN Conference From Scratch
The whole job of founding a Model UN conference, from the first meeting to the closing gavel, with what it genuinely costs and what you can skip in year one
MUN Conference Budget: What It Costs and How to Set Your Fees
A real line-item budget for a Model UN conference, how to price a delegate fee that covers it, and the four costs first-time organisers forget
MUN Closing Ceremony: How to Run Awards Without a Controversy
Award policy set before the conference, slates collected from chairs, ratification, delegation tallies, and a run of show that takes 45 minutes
Accessible MUN Conferences: A Practical Inclusion Guide for Organisers
What to change so your conference is genuinely attendable: venue, documents, committee procedure, cost, and the access statement that increases attendance
How to Host an Online or Hybrid MUN Conference: The Organiser Guide
Time zones, session length, the software stack, running caucus remotely, the hybrid trap, chair workload, fees, and the test week you cannot skip
MUN Visa Invitation Letters: What to Write, When, and What Not to Promise
What a conference invitation letter must contain, lead times, who signs it, the sentences to leave out, and how to handle a refusal
Marketing a MUN Conference: How to Fill Your Committees
How delegations actually decide which conference to attend, and how to reach them before the other conference does
Running Conference Day: The MUN Operations Manual
An hour-by-hour run of show for both days of a Model UN conference, and the fifteen things that go wrong
MUN Team Fundraising: How to Pay for Conferences
Nine ways school Model UN teams actually raise the money, ranked by what they return per hour of work
MUN Conference Sponsorship: Finding and Keeping Sponsors
What sponsors are actually buying, what to offer at each tier, and the proposal that gets a meeting
Choosing MUN Conferences: A Circuit Guide for Teams
How to build a season that develops your team instead of exhausting it, and how to read a conference before you commit
Safeguarding at MUN Conferences: A Policy Guide for Organisers
The safeguarding policy a student-run Model UN conference needs, and the situations it has to cover
Chaperoning a MUN Delegation: The Trip Guide for Advisors
Everything to arrange before you travel with a Model UN delegation, and the rules to set once you arrive
The MUN Club Curriculum: Ten Sessions to a First Conference
Ten ready-to-run hour-long sessions that take a group with no experience to a real Model UN conference
MUN Conference Venue and Logistics: How to Choose and What to Ask
How many rooms a Model UN conference needs, what each one must have, and everything to ask before you sign
MUN Director Guide: How to Run a Model UN Conference
Planning committees, briefing chairs, managing logistics, overseeing awards, and wrapping up successfully.
How to Plan a MUN Conference: Step-by-Step for Schools and Clubs
Complete planning timeline: venue, committees, background guides, registration, technology, and conference day.
MUN Faculty Advisor Guide: How to Prepare and Support Your Team
Building a MUN program, choosing conferences, reviewing position papers, and supporting delegates at the event.
Tools and comparisons
What the software does, what it costs, and where each one wins.
mymun Alternative 2026: mymun and MUN Command vs Gavelling
MUN Command is mymun’s software and the brands are merging. What it costs, what its free tier does not save, and where each tool actually wins.
Best MUN Software in 2026: Full Comparison for Chairs and Directors
Gavelling, MUN Command, Muncoordinated, wxMUN, spreadsheets, and timer apps compared: features, pricing, and which fits your conference.
MUN Command vs Gavelling: Honest Comparison & Free Alternative (2026)
MUN Command charges €1 per user per day. Gavelling covers sessions and conference management free. Full side-by-side.
Muncoordinated vs Gavelling: Which Free MUN Software in 2026?
Two free MUN tools, two very different scopes: open-source dais tool vs full conference platform. Honest comparison.
Free MUN Tools in 2026: Best Software for Chairs and Delegates
A detailed comparison of free MUN tools: Gavelling, spreadsheets, timer apps, and what actually works in a real session.
MUN Technology Guide: Software, Apps, and Tools for Modern Committees
Committee management software, document collaboration, delegate apps, and what chairs and directors need.