The NCCU Model UN Resources Blog

  Unmoderated Caucus Leadership Though widely regarded as critical to getting awards outside of Taiwan, leadership during unmoderated caucuses is seemingly undervalued in the current committee meta. In this article, I’m going to discuss WHY leadership should be valued, why it’s important in committee, and how to do it, that is, be a leader. Why bother valuing leadership? In the real UN, who the leader is when discussing a resolution paper doesn’t matter, so why should it matter here? The answer is quite clear. To start, Model UN is modeling the UN, but it is not the UN itself. It is supposed to be educational, a place where we can gain skills like public speaking or policy development, or leadership. In the end, the people who do Model UN and who really try at it, do it for a reason; because we want to be leaders just like how those who go to the UN are. So it makes perfect sense to use Model UN to practice leadership, not to mention the fact that leadership is a highly valued ...

How to Prepare Your Best Opening Speech In Model UN, though there is always a lot of preparation to be done before a conference, a lot is also left up to fate. You don’t know exactly how many speeches you’ll give, who you’ll meet, or what the atmosphere of the committee will be like. But if there is one thing you can almost always be sure of in General Assembly-style committees, it’s that you will give a first speech. It is the only speech in Model UN you might be able to plan out, so it’s important that you make the most of it. Here is a guide on how to create the perfect first speech. Time and Purpose The first speech you give in a Model UN committee is a unique one because it has a unique purpose and it is given at a unique time. The purpose of a first speech is to tell the other delegates in the room what your country’s stance is and what direction you believe debate should go. It almost always happens in the speaker’s list and is usually 1 minute long.  Structure A first...