COMMITTEES

NAIMUN prides itself on its dynamic, educational committees. Students at NAIMUN are pushed to heighten their understanding of the international system through 41 simulations. Our committees range from standard UN committees like the UN General Assembly and the Security Council to crisis simulations of various regional organizations, national cabinets, corporate boards, and political organizations. NAIMUN will continue to outperform its peer conferences by providing rigorous and innovative simulations that challenge delegates and foster thought-provoking debate.  Going beyond traditional assemblies and cabinets, a large number of non-traditional forums, corporate boards, and domestic bodies push the boundaries of MUN and will force delegates to confront the changing nature of international politics.


Position Papers

Position papers are required for all delegations. Any delegate who does not submit a position paper will be ineligible to receive an award. All position papers must be submitted through the NAIMUN Registration system. Delegates can also find writing and submission guidelines, as well as a sample paper, on the Position Papers page. Position papers must be submitted online by the end of the first committee session (Thursday night).


GENERAL ASSEMBLIES

Large general assembly-style committees (150+ delegates)

Legal Committee (Legal)

World Health Organization (WHO)

World Intellectual property organization (WIPO)

Disarmament and International Security Committee (DISEC)

Economic and Financial Committee

(ECOFIN)

Social, Cultural, and humanitarian Committee (SOCHUM)

 

International criminal police organization (INTERPOL)

 

ECONOMIC & SOCIAL COUNCILS

Mid-sized general assembly-style committees (50-150 delegates)

Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)

Grand National Assembly of Türkiye (TBMM)

African Development Bank Group (AfDB)

Organization of African Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS)

Forum for East Asia-Latin American Cooperation (FEALAC)

Council of Europe (CoE)

 

United Nations Climate change conference, 2025 (COP30)

United Nations Commission for Social Development, 1995 (CSocD)

 

HISTORICAL CRISIS

Small committees with full crisis elements (25-30 delegates)

JCC: mughal succession crisis, 1707: The Mughal imperial court

JCC: mughal succession crisis, 1707: Warlord’s council

A haole lot of trouble: The cabinet of Queen lili’uokalani, 1891

Radio Ga Ga: Live aid planning Committee, 1985

Lights, Camera, Political Action!: All union creative conference of workers in soviet cinema, 1935

Wonder Women: The dahomey amazons, 1885

 

just in time: council of justinian the first, 527

 

CONTEMPORARY CRISIS

Small committees with full crisis elements (25-30 delegates)

Denile is a river in egypt: THe grand ethiopian Renaissance dam, 2011: Ethiopian council of ministers

Denile is a river in egypt: THe grand ethiopian Renaissance dam, 2011: Egyptian Cabinet

United Nations Security Council: The cypriot missile Crisis, 1997

A Paradise Lost: The Maldives Tourism Scandal, 2018

Not you average k-drama: chaebols in crisis, 1997

Hot takes on hispaniola: haitian cabinet of réné Préval

 

Deblazing a path forward: New york city mayoral advisory commission, 2022

 

NON-TRADITIONALS

Small committees with distinct committee procedures (15-30 delegates)

ad hoc committee of the secretary-general

Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS)

International Court of Justice (ICJ)

Press Corps

(Novice Chinese/English)
Cybersecure the bag: APT41, 2020

An “aye” for an “Aye”: The pirates of nassau, 1718

 

(Spanish/English Bilingual)
Comin’ up with a country: The congress of Cúcuta, 1821

 

NATIONAL SECURITY APPARATUS

La guerra del pacífico, 1878

5-way joint committees with full crisis elements (25 delegates)

Chilean Cabinet of Aníbal Pinto

Bolivian cabinet of Hilarión Daza

American Cabinet of rutherford B. Hayes

 

Peruvian Cabinet of Mariano Ignacio Prado

Argentinian cabinet of Nicolás Avellaneda