Notre Dame International Peace & Harmony Club - NDIPHC Welcome to Model United Nations What Is Model United Nations? Model United Nations — universally called MUN — is one of the most demanding and rewarding academic activities a student can pursue. At its core, MUN is a simulation of t... May 1, 2026
Notre Dame International Peace & Harmony Club - NDIPHC The United Nations Why Every MUN Delegate Must Understand the Real UN It is tempting to treat MUN as a debate game with its own self-contained rules, but the best delegates understand that MUN is a simulation — and simu... Apr 30, 2026
Notre Dame International Peace & Harmony Club - NDIPHC Know Your Country The Single Most Important Thing You Will Do Before a Conference You could memorize every rule of procedure in this course. You could master the art of resolution drafting. You could be the most eloque... Apr 29, 2026
Notre Dame International Peace & Harmony Club - NDIPHC Research Like a Diplomat — The MUN Research Method Research Is the Foundation of Everything There is a saying in competitive MUN circles: "The delegate who wins the conference wins it at home, not in the committee room." This is true. The hours you sp... Apr 28, 2026
Notre Dame International Peace & Harmony Club - NDIPHC Rules of Procedure — The Complete Guide Why Rules of Procedure Matter Rules of Procedure (ROP) are the operating system of a Model United Nations committee. Every motion you raise, every point you invoke, every vote you cast is governed by ... Apr 27, 2026
Notre Dame International Peace & Harmony Club - NDIPHC The Art of Speaking in Committee The Delegate's Voice Everything else in MUN — the research, the networking, the drafting — ultimately gets expressed through speech. You speak to establish your country's position. You speak to persua... Apr 26, 2026
Notre Dame International Peace & Harmony Club - NDIPHC Caucus Strategies and Negotiation The Real Work of MUN If formal debate is MUN's theater, caucuses are its engine room. Speeches in the General Speakers' List and moderated caucuses establish positions and shape perceptions. But the r... Apr 25, 2026
Notre Dame International Peace & Harmony Club - NDIPHC Writing Resolutions That Win The Document That Defines Your Conference A MUN conference is ultimately measured by what it produces. All the speeches, caucuses, negotiations, and procedural maneuvers exist in service of a single o... Apr 24, 2026
Notre Dame International Peace & Harmony Club - NDIPHC Amendments, POI Sessions & Voting The Final Gauntlet You have researched your country. You have built a coalition. You have drafted a resolution with carefully worded preambulatory and operative clauses. You have gathered enough spons... Apr 23, 2026
Notre Dame International Peace & Harmony Club - NDIPHC Crisis Committees — The Fast Lane A Different Kind of Committee Everything you have learned in Articles 1 through 9 still applies here. Country knowledge matters. Foreign policy matters. Procedural fluency matters. Coalition-building ... Apr 22, 2026
