Free Curriculum · The YIMUN Training Program
A complete course
on the craft of Model UN.
Thirteen modules. Five tracks. Roughly eight hours of focused study. Each module ends with a hands-on self-assessment that turns reading into reps. Built by chairs, mentors and former Best Delegates from across the YIMUN team — and free for any student, anywhere.
Track A · Foundations.
4 modules · ~3 hours
M.01
What is Model UN?
A plain-language explainer of what MUN actually is — how committees work, what delegates do, what awards mean, and how to take your first step.
M.02
The MUN glossary.
120+ terms a first-time delegate needs to recognise instantly — from caucus to P5 to operative clause. Reference it before, during and after your first conference.
M.03
Researching your country.
A two-hour research methodology that produces a complete brief on any country's foreign policy — voting record, stated positions, alliances, red lines.
M.04
Rules of procedure.
Motions, points, voting procedure, parliamentary etiquette — the small set of rules that runs every committee, distilled into a survival guide.
Track B · The written craft.
2 modules · ~1.5 hours
M.05
How to write a winning position paper.
Structure, voice, sourcing — and a fully worked example, paragraph by paragraph. The position paper is the chair's first impression of you.
M.06
Draft resolutions 101.
Preambulatory clauses, operative clauses, sponsors and signatories — and a complete sample resolution to model your own work on.
Track C · The spoken craft.
2 modules · ~1.5 hours
M.07
Public speaking for delegates.
Speech structure, pace, pause, posture. The four-move structure that works in every GSL — anchor, position, proposal, open door.
M.08
The art of diplomacy.
What diplomacy actually is, beyond the dictionary — the grammar of restraint, the value of silence, the four-step disagreement sequence.
Track D · The strategy.
3 modules · ~2 hours
M.09
Lobbying & caucusing.
The art of moving the room before the vote — pre-conference outreach, day-one positioning, the unmod choreography that determines who sponsors what.
M.10
Negotiation tactics that win resolutions.
Bloc dynamics, principled negotiation, paper merging, concession strategy, whip counts. How to walk into voting bloc with the numbers you need.
M.11
Leadership in committee.
Lead without a title. Three leadership archetypes — orchestrator, drafter, bridge-builder — and how to refine the one that is naturally yours.
Track E · Mastery.
2 modules · ~1.5 hours
M.12
From beginner to best delegate.
The chair's rubric, the seven silent award-killers, and a 60-day prep plan that has taken delegates from first-conference to gavel.
M.13
History of the UN, and why MUN matters.
From San Francisco 1945 to the chamber you walk into next August. The founding, structure, milestones — and the case for simulating it today.
Take what you've learned to New York.
YIMUN 2026 is the live application of this curriculum — three days at Hofstra University and the United Nations Headquarters, with mentor feedback on every position paper, every speech, every working paper.
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