Schedule of Model United Nations Conferences for the 2020-2021 School Year
High School Conferences
Woodstock Academy Leadership Conference, Saturday, September 19th, 2020
St. John's High School Model United Nations Conference XXXIII, Saturday, October 24th, 2020
Woodstock Academy Leadership Conference, Thursday, October 29th, 2020
Phillips Exeter Academy Model United Nations XII, Sunday, November 8th, 2020
Catholic Memorial Model United Nations Conference IX, Saturday, November 14th, 2020
St. John's Prep High School Model United admissions Conference XV, Saturday, December 12, 2020
Seekonk High School Warrior Model United Nations VI, Saturday, January 9, 2021
Duxbury High School Model United Nations III, TBA
Lexington High School Model United Nations VI, TBA
Boston College High School Model United Nations Conference XXXII, Saturday, March 6, 2021
Concord Academy Model United Nations Conference, TBA
Noble and Greenough Model United Nations II, Sunday, April 18, 2021
Sandwich High School Model United Nations Conference XIV, TBA
Westwood High School Model United Nations V, TBA
Cambridge School of Weston Model United Nations, Saturday, April 27, 2019
Conference Info!
St. John's MUNC XXXIII, Saturday, October 24th, 8 AM-4PM
Co Secretaries-General: Jackson Andrews, Amar Kapoor
Faculty Moderator: Mr. Chuck Abdella
Agenda: Registration, 8 AM- 9 AM, Opening Ceremonies: 9 AM, Committees Follow until a 30 minute Lunch Break, Afternoon Sessions run until approximately 3 PM, Closing Ceremonies
Fees: $5 per student registration fee
Awards: SJMUN will continue its tradition
SJMUNC XXXIII Commitees, including difficulty ratings
Note: SJMUNC XXXIII welcomes Middle School delegates in beginner committees alongside High School delegates with entry-level MUN skills
1. ***U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787 –––––––– American Governance
2. ***Imperial Senate from Star Wars –––––––––––––Alderaan Refugee Crisis
3.**Paris Climate Accords --------––––––––––––––––– Navigating Climate Change
4.**World Trade Organization ----––––––– Trade Impacts of the South China Sea
5.*International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) –––– Regulating the Possession of Nuclear Weapons
6.*Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural Committee (SOCHUM) –Kurdish Refugee Crisis
7.*Disarmament and International Security Committee (DISEC) –– Mitigating Airstrikes in the Middle East
8.*Human Rights Council ––-------------–––––––––––––––––– Online Privacy
Key to Committee ratings:
*** Signifies a difficult committee for experienced High School students.
**Signifies intermediate committee open to High School students.
*Signifies beginner committee open to both Middle School and High School students.
Registration:
Step One: Email us Send us an email via stjohnsmodelun@gmail.com by Friday, September 25, indicating your school will be (virtually) attending our conference. This email should include: 1) The name of your school and faculty moderator(s) 2) The number of students you will bring. Please distinguish between Middle and High School students. An accurate number is required to ensure that we have the proper software for the number of delegates that will be attending, as well as the proper country assignments. You can add or delete students by Monday, October 5 without penalty. After October 5, we ask you to pay for any slots you requested. 3) Any requests you may have for country assignments, committees, the level of difficulty of committees, etc. It is a huge endeavor to place hundreds of students in different committees, so we cannot guarantee your committee, country requests, or that you will get your desired level of committee. But if a particular committee is very important to you or a particular country is especially appealing, please let us know and we will do what we can. **This year there will not be a flat school fee, however, there is a $5 registration fee for each delegate who is planning to attend, so the cost per school is $5 multiplied by the number of delegates. We ask schools to collect the $5 per student and then send one check for the total amount ($5 X your number of students) to: St. John’s High School, 378 Main St., Shrewsbury, MA 01545, attn. Mr. Chuck Abdella. *If you have any questions or obstacles to collecting payment, please reach out to us via stjohnsmodelun@gmail.com Please mail a single check to St. John’s in Shrewsbury with the total fee for all your delegates by Friday, October 16th. We want this virtual conference to be affordable, but we’d appreciate all funds being submitted before the conference. Thank you.
Step Two: Assignments After registration is finalized by October 5th, we will assign countries and committees to your school. We have a goal of sending you this information by October 12th, so your students have two weeks to prepare. However, we need your help. If you hit your deadlines, we are better able to hit our deadlines. To reduce confusion in the transmission of information, this year we will share with you a spreadsheet via Google Drive that contains blank spaces for delegate name, committee, and country. Please be sure that you have our email up to date in your contact lists, as we do not want to be mistaken for spam. Please also be aware that all communication from this point on will be via email. We will send you briefing papers for each committee, and a plethora of other information relevant to the virtual conference and how it will work.
Contact: If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please email stjohnsmodelun@gmail.com and either myself or my co-Secretary General Amar Kapoor will answer with any additional information you may need. I am very excited to see everyone, albeit through my computer screen, this October and navigating a never-before-seen MUN landscape with all of you. I thank everyone for their interest and patience regarding SJMUNC this year. I wish everyone the best, Jackson Andrews Co-Secretary General, SJMUNC XXXIII P.S. SJMUN has hit social media! Follow @SJM
Dates to remember:
Friday, September 25th, 2020-email to SJMUN XXXIII indicating interests in attending
Monday, October 5th, 2020-deadline to add or delete students without penalty
Monday, October 12th, 2020-assignments and conference info sent to delegates
Friday, October 16th, 2020-conference fees due to SJMUN XXXIII
Saturday, October 24th, 2020-SJMUNC XXXIII
Phillips Exeter Academy Model United Nations XII, Sunday, November 8, 2020
Secretary-General: Noah James, njames@ exeter.edu
Faculty Moderator:
Website: https://www.peamun.org/
Agenda:
Saturday, November 7th, 7 PM-8.30 PM-Technical Training
Sunday, November 8th-
9AM-9.30 AM-Opening Ceremonies
9.45 AM-12PM-Committee Session I
12 PM-2.30 PM-Break
3.30 PM-6 PM-Committee Session II
6 PM-8 PM-Break
8 PM-8.30 PM optional Closing Ceremonies
Fee: $5 per student
Registration: go to https://www.peamun.org/register.html
Committees:
The Economic and Social Council Committees:
Convention on AI rights
Incarceration during Coronavirus
Latin American Spring
2030-The Next Frontier
The Yemen Crisis
The Crisis Committees
Post Apartheid South Africa
The Five Families
1988 Mexican Presidential Election
The Lion KIng
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Important Note: See https://www.peamun.org/faq.html for information about the responsibility of Chaperons at PEAMUN
See https://www.peamun.org/commitment-to-inclusion.html for a message on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion