Model United Nations 

CLICK HERE FOR SAMPLES OF MUN WORK 

GENERAL INFORMATION - search here for committee/topic information for POSITION PAPERS AND OPENING SPEECHES AND RESOLUTIONS

Google News - search in the box at the top of the page.  Will give you the most recent news about that topic. Start with simple/one term and increase from there. 

RefSeek - general knowledge/topic search engine 

Bing - general search engine with AI assistance.  

Gale Global Issues: focuses on specific issues that sometimes appear in MUN. Search your topic alone without your country. Gives you a good background about the topic. Look at the list of issues here. password is empower.

Relief Web - United Nations-funded news and document search engine. For documents and reports from the United Nations. 

United Nations Data Reports: Statistics on every imaginable category in the world regarding countries, demographics, human resources and much, much more. 

Trading Economies World News - Daily updated economic/business news categorized by country and region. Only use for business/economic topics.  

Gale in Context: Middle School: password is empower.  Database that covers all topics and subjects. For students in Years 7 to 9. Covers past topics, current events and all content areas

Gale OneFile: Popular Magazines: password is empower. Access to articles from the most popular magazines and newspapers in the world. Coveres news, current events as well as past reporting in all areas, from economics to science and more. Use this database for all research pursuits. 

Gale in Context: High School: password is empower. This is a general info database that covers all topics and subjects. For students in Years 9 to 13. Covers past topics, current events and all content areas taught at school.  Contains more than 2 million articles, sources, videos, books and more. Use this database for all research pursuits. 

COUNTRY BACKGROUND INFORMATION- search here for information about your country's demographics and statistics. 

Countryreports.org - Comprehensive general information reports on many topics. Search in the upper right search box or click the country name first and then choose the country name. 

NationMaster country list - lots of information regarding population, economics, geography, rankings, ethnicities, and much more. 

CIA WorldFact Book: demographic information on every country. Search or choose from the list.

Various country statistics from World Bank - choose country from the list. Focuses on social, economic, environment, government/rights and more. 

EveryCulture: alphabetical list of countries and within that an enormous amount of information from culture to history to economics to much more

Moral Freedom Rankings 2024 - Ranks countries on religious freedom, gender freedom, drug policy, and environmental care. Scroll to page 7 for the rankings. 

Freedom House - Freedom in the World rankings - Individual rankings of how "free" a country is.  Scroll down for list. Can be sorted by different categories. 

Democracy Index - rankings of the most to least democratic countries in the world

Cultural Crossing Guide: choose country from the list in the upper right. Each page tells the cultural rules for each country. Very valuable to understanding the daily life of different countries. 

Amnesty international country human rights rankings - Everything you need to know about a country's human rights situation. Can look at extensive reports for each country or simple overview. 

Int'l Monetary Fund Trading Game - role playing realistic trade game between countries

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THE FORMULA FOR A GOOD POSITION PAPER: 

PART I - Short explanation of the topic. 

-What is the topic (explain it)?

-What is happening (short summary)?

-Why is it important?

-What problems is this creating in the world? In your country?

-What could happen with this problem in the future?

-An interesting statistics/evidence/fact (to get the reader's attention!)

PART II - How the topic relates to your country 

-What is your country’s connection with this topic OR does your country have a similar issue happening?

-Is this happening in your country or is your country observing this happening other places?

-How could this impact your country?

-What does your country want to do solve the problem?

-What do you hope for the solution to this problem to be?

PART III - Resolutions/Proposals/Solutions

-How the topic can be solved by you/your country 

-Give 1 or 2 specific examples/ideas of possible ways to fix the problem