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The SIRS MUN Programme

Diplomacy, Debate
& Discovery

Conducted under a formal MoU with IIMUN, one of India’s most respected MUN organisations, the SIRS MUN programme gives students access to a quality of preparation, competition, and recognition that few schools of any size can provide.

The SIRS MUN Programme

Diplomacy, Debate
& Discovery

The Model United Nations programme at SIRS is among the most distinctive features of the school’s academic offering. MUN is not a game. It is a serious intellectual and civic exercise that asks students to inhabit a perspective not their own, to research the position of a delegated country on a live global issue, to write a formal position paper arguing that position, and then to defend it in structured debate against peers who have prepared their own positions with equal seriousness.

The capabilities MUN develops, research, writing, structured argument, public speaking, negotiation, and the ability to hold one’s position while engaging seriously with opposing ones, are among the most transferable and durable skills a school can cultivate. Students who complete a full MUN conference at SIRS report that the experience has changed, in lasting ways, how they think, how they read, and how they speak.

“MUN asks a student to become someone else, to inhabit a different country’s history, interests, and obligations. What they discover is that the effort to understand someone else’s perspective is, ultimately, the deepest form of education.”
— SIRS Academic Programme
IIMUN Partnership
India International Model United Nations
SIRS has signed a formal Memorandum of Understanding with IIMUN, a national organisation that operates MUN conferences in cities across India and trains delegates to the highest standards of MUN procedure.

Under this partnership, SIRS students receive formal IIMUN training, participate in IIMUN conferences, and have their achievements recognised on the IIMUN national platform.

The partnership is a significant distinction for a school in its first year of operation, and reflects the seriousness with which SIRS takes the development of global citizens.
What MUN Involves

The MUN
Process

For a student preparing for their first MUN conference, the process may feel unfamiliar, and that unfamiliarity is, in itself, part of the education. Here is what it involves.

1
Country Assignment
Each delegate is assigned a country to represent in their committee. The delegate must represent that country faithfully, regardless of their own views, researching its history, alliances, and position on the committee’s topic.
2
Research & Position Paper
The delegate researches their country’s position on the committee topic: its history with the issue, its current stance, its alliances, and the arguments that support its position. This research is formalised in a Position Paper submitted before the conference.
3
Rules of Procedure
MUN conferences follow the formal rules of procedure of the United Nations General Assembly. Delegates must learn to make motions, yield the floor, raise points of information, and engage in formal and informal debate within these rules.
4
Committee Sessions
The conference consists of committee sessions in which delegates debate the agenda topic, negotiate with other delegations, form alliances, and work toward the drafting of a resolution that the committee can adopt.
5
Resolution & Closing
The conference concludes with the presentation and voting on draft resolutions. Delegates who have contributed outstandingly may receive awards. All participants receive a certificate of participation from IIMUN.
Skills Developed

What MUN
Builds

Research
The discipline of finding, evaluating, and organising information from primary and secondary sources on a complex topic.
Writing
The formal position paper and draft resolution writing that MUN requires is among the most rigorous academic writing a school student will encounter.
Public Speaking
Addressing a committee of peers, clearly, persuasively, and within the rules of procedure, builds speaking confidence that transfers to every other area of life.
Negotiation
The informal corridors of a MUN conference are where alliances are built and positions are negotiated, real-world skills practised in a structured environment.
Critical Thinking
Holding a position, engaging with counter-arguments, and adjusting one’s strategy in response to new information, all in real time.
Global Awareness
The sustained research into a country’s history, politics, and international relations that MUN requires produces a depth of global awareness that no textbook chapter can match.
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