Special Committees

Special Committees at UMMUN consist of those committees which either operate in a fundamentally different way from others or take place in different time periods.  These committees are generally smaller than GA committees, ranging from as few as 10 delegates to as many as 50. The topics for these committees will be made available in September.

Future Security Council

FSC places delegates in a near-future, plausible crisis which the UN must address.

Downlaod FSC Background Guide

War Crimes Tribunal

Delegates will take the part of prosecution or defense on an international criminal case. 

Downlaod War Crimes Tribunal Background Guide

Joint UNSC and Politburo

The joint cabinets act as two opposing committees in the context of a historical crisis situation. The two committees interact, and the decisions made by each committee affect the way that the crisis unfolds. The specific crisis being addresed and background about the two committees and historical figures being represented will be available on the website by October.

 Download Joint UNSC & Politburo Background Guide

International Press Corps

In IPC, delegates play the role of an international journalist, reporting on current events at the (Model) United Nations, interviewing delegates and members of the UMMUN staff, and producing multiple issues of a newspaper for distribution.  In addition, delegates may be asked to perform some investigative journalism should any crises unfold at the conference.

The International Press Corps will focus on operating a newspaper covering the activities of the General Assembly Committees and the Special Committees at UMMUN 2010. The newspaper’s content will call for writers to incorporate both fact and opinion into their articles.  We intend to print five papers over the course of the conference. Writers will report to a consolidated paper under the name “The Daily Planet.” This Special Committee is unique to UMMUN by offering an alternative to the more traditional option of being a delegate in a single committee. This committee aims for a more “transcendent” role that will create essential communication between multiple committees and their delegates.

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