Esteemed Delegates, Fellow Directors, Honourable Chairs, and Guests;

Halcyon Model United Nations (MUN) was founded in 2013 with its first conference hosted in June of that year. Eight London schools attended the inaugural conference, which catered for 60 students in three rooms: The Security Council, Environmental Committee, and Disarmament Committee. The conference was opened by Baroness Julia Neuberger, a life peer in the British House of Lords, who shared anecdotes about her time in government and her work in Northern Ireland. After this, a day of active ad-hoc debate took place and fun was had by all.

Halcyon Model UN has always been a space to realise the great international issues and this year is no different. The conference will focus on moving the global political space from a culture of rhetoric to action, fostering multilateral cooperation to create and preserve peace, move towards sustainability and continue on a global course of economic and social development. We hope delegates keep this in mind during the debate, supplementing the conference with high, optimistic spirits.

This year will be our eleventh annual conference. We aim to keep expanding the conference, taking delegates and chairs from schools in both the state and private sectors, from the UK and abroad. The conference will run for two days from 21st to 22nd of March, 2024. Halcyon MUN aims to provide an opportunity for all students, including those who are younger or less experienced, to participate in lively debates with students from across London. For further information regarding the conference, please contact us by email at stumun@halcyonschool.com.

We hope to see you soon!

Yours Sincerely,

Halcyon MUN 2023/2024 Board of Directors,

A Guide to The HALCYONMUN XI Session Website

This website should include anything that a delegate may need for the conference. This includes resolution templates, rules of procedure, debate procedure, the schedule and rooms and most importantly the committees and issues.

We strongly advise all delegates to read the reports from their specific committees, as a lot of work has been put into them and they are great informative sources specific to your issues, whilst being quite easy to digest. Furthermore, they include many sources that may aid you in your research.

For new delegates, please familiarise yourselves with the procedure which can be found in the delegate resources part of this website. Make sure that you know all the motions and points that can be made. Also, familiarise yourselves with the terminology that may be needed:

General Terms

  • Resolution: A document that aims to help solve an issue.

  • Chair: The person mitigating the debate.

  • Admins: Those who will pass notes, secure the doors, and make sure the debate runs smoothly.

  • Council/Committee: The part of the UN that you will mimic in your debate.

  • The floor: Where delegates speak, for example, if you “yield the floor” it means that you are no longer speaking and are giving speaker’s rights back to the chair or to another delegate.

  • Amendments: Changes to the resolution

This is only some of the terminology that may be useful for you in the debate, we urge you to look at the rest of the resources this site has to offer to make sure that you are able to use the time of the conference to its fullest and perhaps win a best delegate award!

Many Thanks,

Leo Rangoni-Gopal

Secretariat of Halcyon Model UN