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Model United Nations of the University of Chicago (MUNUC) is a high school
Model UN Model United Nations, also known as Model UN or MUN, is an educational simulation in which students can learn about diplomacy, international relations, and the United Nations. At a MUN conference, students work as the representative of a count ...
conference hosted by the University of Chicago in downtown Chicago, Illinois. Established in 1988, MUNUC is a four-day conference traditionally held from the first Thursday of February to the first Sunday of February, featuring nearly three-thousand delegates from across the United States and nations around the world, including Mexico and China. Each conference has an opening ceremony and keynote speaker; at the 32nd session in 2020, the keynote speaker was President Barack Obama's Senior Adviser to the President, David Axelrod. MUNUC is the largest conference hosted in the midwestern United States. MUNUC also hosts international conferences in China and India. It has been ranked the 2nd best high school Model UN conference in the United States and is considered one of the largest and most prestigious high school level Model UN conferences in the world. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 34th annual session was held virtually from February 3-6, 2022.


About MUNUC

The Model United Nations of the University of Chicago is a collegiate Model UN organization of undergraduates at the University of Chicago, co-founded in 1988 by Michael Volchok and Maneesh Arora. For thirty-two years, the organization has hosted an annual conference (MUNUC) for high school students across the United States and the world. At MUNUC, high school students assume the roles of member states of the United Nations or government officials of various international and national bodies, crafting and debating policies to solve a variety of political, social, and economic global issues. The 33rd session will feature six categories of thirty-three total committees.


General Assemblies

In General Assemblies, delegates act as representatives of member states of the United Nations to draft resolutions solving a variety of broad and universal global issues. General Assemblies include all member states, and are often double-delegation, where two individuals represent one member state in committee. The General Assemblies scheduled to convene for the 34th annual session are- *
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* '' Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Committee'' * '' Special Political and Decolonization Committee'' * '' Disarmament and International Security Committee'' * '' Economic and Financial Committee''


Economic and Social Councils

The Economic and Social Councils include various specialized United Nations agencies. In contrast to General Assemblies, the Economic and Social Councils feature select member states and generally discuss more specific, in-depth aspects of international humanitarian issues. The Economic and Social Councils scheduled to convene for the 34th annual session are- * ''
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'' * '' United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization'' * ''The Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice'' * '' United Nations Human Rights Committee''


Regional Bodies

The Regional Bodies encompass both past and present international supranational or sub-national organizations separate from the United Nations, discussing issues prevalent in their respective geographical or geopolitical regions. The Regional Bodies scheduled to convene for the 34th annual session are: * '' Alaska Constitutional Convention, 1955'' * ''
African Union The African Union (AU) is a continental union consisting of 55 member states located on the continent of Africa. The AU was announced in the Sirte Declaration in Sirte, Libya, on 9 September 1999, calling for the establishment of the Africa ...
'' * ''
Nordic Council The Nordic Council is the official body for formal inter-parliamentary Nordic cooperation among the Nordic countries. Formed in 1952, it has 87 representatives from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden as well as from the autonomou ...
, 1962'' * ''
Arab League The Arab League ( ar, الجامعة العربية, ' ), formally the League of Arab States ( ar, جامعة الدول العربية, '), is a regional organization in the Arab world, which is located in Northern Africa, Western Africa, E ...
'' * ''
Organization of American States The Organization of American States (OAS; es, Organización de los Estados Americanos, pt, Organização dos Estados Americanos, french: Organisation des États américains; ''OEA'') is an international organization that was founded on 30 April ...
, 1997''


Specialized Agencies

The Specialized Agencies are often
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organizations, discussing or reporting in-depth international and domestic political topics. In some committees, delegates represent individual characters or representatives of private organizations rather than countries. The Specialized Agencies scheduled to convene for the 34th annual session are- * '' International Olympic Committee'' * '' United Nations Conference on International Organization'' * ''Council of the Antarctic Treaty'' * '' U.S. Department of Transportation'' * ''
Asia Cooperation Dialogue The Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) is an intergovernmental organization created on 18 June 2002 to promote Asian cooperation at a continental level and to ensure coordination among different regional organizations such as the ASEAN, the Gulf C ...
'' * '' World Trade Organization''


Hybrid

* '' Creation of Singapore'', 1963 * '' Peru–Bolivian Confederation'', 1836 * '' Parliament of Eswatini'', 1966 * Creation of the FDA, 1906 * '' United Nations Security Council, 1966-1970''


Continuous Crisis

Continuous crisis committees simulate historical governing bodies all over the world. Their smaller size allows delegates to speak frequently, and debate moves quickly between topics. Committees with crisis components are differentiated from non-crisis committees in that delegates represent individuals who has personal powers that can be used to further a personal agenda without the knowledge or approval of the rest of committee. MUNUC staffers provide updates on how the actions of individual delegates, and the committee as a whole, are affecting the simulated world of committee. Delegates will pass multiple short-form directives each session to respond to these developments. The Continuous Crisis committees scheduled to convene for the 34th annual session are- * ''Cabinet of José Batlle y Ordóñez, 1903'' * '' Mughal Empire, Reign of
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'' * ''
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Board of Directors, 1950'' * ''Government of Thomas Sankara, 1983'' * ''Senate and Advisors of West Berlin, 2002'' * '' Foreign Policy Team of George H. W. Bush, 1989'' * ''
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's Advisors, 1762''


Ad-Hoc Committee of the Secretary-General

The Ad-Hoc Committee of the Secretary-General is the committee in which delegates are only notified of the topic 24 hours before the conference, at which point the background guide is released and the delegates do research.


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