MUN Research and Preparation Resources

Our Complete Member's Guide to MUN Success 

The Basics: How to MUN 

• Short Form Parliamentary Procedure

• Rules and Procedure

• Guide to Caucusing

• Guide to Writing Resolutions

• How To Crisis Arc

Preparation for Conferences 

• Model UN Preparation: UNA-USA

• How to prepare for a Model UN conference: research preparation

Primary Resources on the Web 

• United Nations homepage

• Yale United Nations Scholars' Workstation

• Harvard School of Government

• University of Minnesota Government Libraries

• CIA World Fact book

Programs and Funds

• United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTD)

• United Nations Drug Control Program (UNDCP)

• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

• United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)

• United Nations Development Program (UNDP)

• United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

• World Food Program (WFP)

• United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)

• United Nations Human Settlement Program (UN-HABITAT)

Research and Training Institutes

• United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Center (UNICRI)

• United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)

• United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)

• United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)

• International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW)

Specialized Agencies 

• International Labor Organization (ILO)

• Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO)

• United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

• World Health Organization (WHO)