Graduating Seniors!

In 1975, a Memorial High School world history teacher, the late Andrea Flynn, decided to create a simulation of the United Nations as an educational tool for Houston high school students. That program would become the Houston Area Model United Nations (HAMUN).

HAMUN 44 is proud to present the 1911 Andrea Flynn Scholarship for all graduating seniors attending conference.

The 1911 Andrea Flynn Scholarship

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Eisha at secgen@houstonareamun.org or Mary Sue Fairchild at fmarysue@yahoo.com.

ATTENTION STUDENTS: Your position papers are due tonight by 11:59 pm to our Director General, Mackenna, at dg@houstonareamun.org.

Please submit your papers in the following format:

To submit your paper, attach it to an email to dg@houstonareamun.org with the subject “[Your Committee], [Your Country].”

For example: “DISEC, Philippines.” The File attached to the email should have the same name.

REMINDER: 

Students in SPECPOL, UNHCR, UNEP, and Security Council have an extended deadline until January 16th to submit their 1st position paper. 

Attached below is the awards guideline for position paper awards.

To be considered for an award, you must submit 2 position papers; one on Topic A, and one on Topic B of your committee.

The deadline for the 2nd position paper is January 21st by 11:59 pm.

Position Paper Award Guidelines

Attention delegates! Below are the new deadlines for HAMUN 44.

All standard committee background guides will be posted Wednesday, December 12th, 2018.

Crisis background guides will be posted on Saturday, December 26th, 2018. Summaries for crisis committees have been uploaded on the website in their respective links.

Position Paper # 1 – due on January 2nd, 2019.

Position Paper # 2 – due on January 21st, 2019.

REMINDER: Delegates in GA PLEN & CRISIS need to submit only ONE paper.

To be considered for an award, delegates in standard committees – WHO, DISEC, UNDP, etc. – must submit TWO papers.

As always, please email us or send us a Facebook message if you have any questions, comments, or concerns!

Yours in MUN,

Sec-Gen Eisha

Hello sponsors and delegates!

Our third and final DRW will be held this Thursday, December 6th, at Lutheran South Academy. We will be starting promptly at 6pm and will end at 8pm. Members of the staff will be outside to guide everyone to the room.

The address for LSA is: 12555 Ryewater Dr, Houston, Texas 77089

Please RSVP to Ruth at registration@houstonareamun.org if you plan to attend so we can have the proper accommodations, and share the Facebook event with your friends!  https://www.facebook.com/events/175836873276030/

Looking forward to seeing you all there!

Hello Delegates!
We are excited to announce HAMUN 44 T-Shirt Design competition! The winner will have their signature appear on the shirt and will receive a 100 dollar prize. The rules are really simple. You will be provided a template to work on, remember that your design must pertain to HUMUN and must be school appropriate! Y’all will then submit all designs in pdf format to pr@houstonareamun.org with your name and your high schools name. If you have any more questions please email us. The deadline is November 30th! We are looking forward to seeing your creative designs!

Hello sponsors and delegates! The standard committee topics for HAMUN 44 are now available. We hope you enjoy them as much as we enjoyed creating them. A big thanks to our awesome OSG for their work!

Link:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RrMMi4ESj3qK8nmKbd_qqpQqH2zeTYFZWK5cQMc_8DA/edit?usp=sharing

Thank you to all of the schools and sponsors that came out today! It was a great country selection meeting! Feel free to check out the country selection matrix. If there are any errors in your assigned countries email us at registration@houstonareamun.org

CSM Matrix Link:  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1USOMSp5G9Qos3lrQ0KUinDyzLI2kUXiJKGGqUofBxOo/edit?usp=sharing

Crisis Director Applications are now available ! If you are interested in taking on the important role of creating and running Crisis Committees as Crisis Directors we suggest you apply right away, the deadline is rapidly approaching so make sure your application is submitted by September 3rd. If you have any questions please contact crisis@houstonareamun.com.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeTQ1AiHE6u9RVR0_e-J0cI5mQZJpvoQjxiXU1tT9gUtDPNxw/viewform?usp=sf_link

Sponsors, it is that time of the year again to select the countries your students want to represent! This years country selection meeting will be taking place at Episcopal High School in downtown Houston September 8th. If you plan on attending please feel free to RSVP by sending our registration officer an email at registration@houstonareamun.org

CSM

Location: Episcopal High School (4650 Bissonnet St, Bellaire, TX 77401)

Date: September 8th at 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM

RSVP: registration@houstonareamun.org

Sponsors and delegates,

Please find and print the following handbooks if you would like to use them during conference. These are guides prepared by the HAMUN OSG to help students be as prepared as possible when in committee.

Standard Committee Handbook

Crisis Committee Handbook

Maps (for students and teachers)

See you all in 5 DAYS. #HAMUN43