CLUB SPOTLIGHT MODEL UNITED NATIONS

By Club Moderator: Josh Shank

Model United Nations, also known as Model UN, is an educational simulation and academic competition where students take the role of a delegate from a particular country to use diplomacy to solve current real-world issues as if they were actual members of the United Nations. Members of this club travel to other schools’ Model United Nation Conferences to compete against other delegates from the Baltimore area to win awards such as Outstanding and Best Delegate. Students earn these awards by influencing the direction of their committees through public speaking, argumentation, writing, and diplomacy skills.

Calvert Hall’s Model United Nations Club hosted its fourth Model United Nations Conference titled HALLMUNC IV on February 25, 2023. Over 120 students from surrounding schools took on the role of delegates in one of five committees including General Assembly – Water Scarcity, General Assembly – Spread of Misinformation, Fictional Crisis – USS Ford Summit, Historical Crisis – Peloponnesian War, and one Ad-Hoc committee.

More information on each of the committees offered can be found at www. hallmunc. weebly.com.