General Information

The Topeka Model United Nations is a two-day event that attempts to imitate the workings and functions of the real United Nations. Delegations representing countries all over the world gather together in Topeka to debate and represent the different positions of the various nations. The objects of the debate are "resolutions" which are proposed by one or more nations which address selected world problems.

The Topeka Model UN is divided 8 bodies:

• The General Assemblies (GA I and GA II)
• The Security Council (SC)
• The Economic and Social Councils (ECOSOC I and II)
• The Political Councils (PC I and II)
• The World Council (WC)

Delegate assignments to the various councils are made in the fall. The Security Council is open only to the "Big Five" nations (United States, United Kingdom, France, Peoples Republic of China and Russia) and ten other nations chosen well in advance of the session. The World Council is comprised of first-year eighth grade participants only. Individual students function as the delegations. The Model United Nations program utilizes the rules of Parliamentary Procedures, under the direction of trained student officers.