Resources for Students

Contact the Program Advisor

Dr. Brian Dille

Model UN Program Advisor
Residential Faculty
Social Science Department
P: 480-461-7065
Office: SC 14 - Room: 7
brian.dille@mesacc.edu

2025 Issue Briefs

General Assembly | 25 SDC GA Brief.pdf

First Committee | 25 SDC First Comm brief.pdf

International Organization of Migration | 25 SDC IOM brief.pdf

FAO | 25 SDC FAO brief.pdf

Human Rights Council | 25 SDC HRC Brief.pdf

CSW | 25 SDC CSW brief.pdf

C-24 | C24 Instructions.pdf , Authorizing resolution from last session, 25 SDC C-24 Issue Brief.pdf

Historical Crisis Committee | SDC 25 Background Guide.pdf

ICJ | Procedures are found in the ICJ Overview.docx . Review the case information below.

Amenia v Azerbaijan.pdf and countersuit Azerbaijan v Armenia.pdf

Ukraine v Iran.pdf

Canada v Syria.pdf

South Africa v Israel.pdf

World Press Guidelines - _World Press Reporter Guide.docx.pdf

Review the submissions from last year's SDC to see the kind of work you will do as a WP delegate: 2023 World Press Story Submissions.pdf

Delegate Guidebook - Refer to the Delegate Guidebook to prepare for the rules and procedures of the MCC Conference

MCCMUN_Delegate Guide_reduced

Scoring Guidelines - Below are the grading rubrics for your policy statements (written matrix) and in-conference experience (performance matrix).

writtenmatrix

performancematrix

Code of Conduct - Please read this document about our expectations of your behavior and your protections at conference. All participants agree to abide by this Code of Conduct by theirparticipation.

SDC Code of Conduct.docx

Collegiate Conference Info

High School students are able to attend a collegiate conference in April with the MCC team if they concurrently enroll in POS 180. If you want your team to do this, have your adviser contact Professor Dille. Below is the website to the collegiate conference.

Model United Nations of the Far West

Campus Map

Research Tips

Good research is essential to becoming a strong Model UN delegate. Remember to use official sources to learn your country/s policy. When doing general issue research, be careful about the quality of the information you find.

Stay tuned for other MCC training materials.