Welcome to GHSMUNC 2018!

We are very excited to host a Model UN Conference at Greenwich High School on October 13.
​The conference will begin at 9 AM and end at 4 PM.​ ​​

Committees

For a Full List of Committees, Countries, and Roles Click Here ->

General Assembly

Disarmament and International Security Committee

Topic: Weaponization of Outer Space

Chairs: Akshay Joglekar, Matthew Meyers, Chase Pellegrini 

Background Guide: DISEC

Suggested Resources:
a. UN Office for Disarmament Affairs
b. The Race to Militarize Space is No Joke (CNN)
c. No Treaty Will Stop Space Weapons (Popular Mechanics)
d. Weaponization and Outer Space Security (Global Policy) 

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Regional Body

European Council

Topic: Addressing the Schengen Area and Border Security

Chairs: ​Monique Nikolov, Griffin Fill, Timothy Kim, Julia Blank, Melissa Woo

Background Guide: ​European Council

Suggested Resources: 
a. Schengen Map
b. Schengen Area (EU Migration and Home Affairs)
c. EU States Divided Over How National Governments Should Exercise Power (Voice of America)
d. Europe’s walls are going back up – it’s like 1989 in reverse (The Guardian)

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Crisis

JCC: Cuban Missile Crisis (US and USSR)

USA Chairs: Kevin Brunner, Zane Khader 

USSR Chairs: ​Quentin Bazar, Erin Spiess

Suggested Resources: 
a. World on the Brink (JFK Presidential Library and Museum)
b. National Security Archive (George Washington University)
c. The Real Cuban Missile Crisis (The Atlantic)
d. 50 Years Ago: the Cuban Missile Crisis (The Atlantic: In Focus)
e. Learning from the Missile Crisis (Smithsonian Magazine)