About RICS

In practice, this means AmeriMUNC’s 31 committees exist in one simulated universe. Whether it’s a crisis note from Supreme Leader Kim Jong-Un's Cabinet or a  working paper in DISEC, any action— big or small — has the ability to affect every committee. It’s our take on a more realistic Model UN simulation.

At the center of the simulation is the Security Council itself. As in real life, this committee will be comprised of the 15 national ambassadors to the UN. The other committees in this simulation will include the national cabinets, regional bodies, NGOs, and specialized General Assemblies. The national cabinets will have 20 delegates and will represent positions such as the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, Secretary of the Treasury, etc. The delegates in the Security Council will provide the link between the national cabinets, the General Assemblies, and the Security Council. They will be expected to work with their national governments to formulate policy and then represent that policy on the international stage.

The simulation will be divided into thematic conflicts that will need to be addressed by each of the national governments involved and the Security Council. The goal of the Security Council delegates is to agree upon an international policy for the issue at hand. Simultaneously, the national cabinets will be tasked with formulating their country’s policies towards that issue as well as addressing related domestic concerns. Meanwhile, the General Assembly will be tasked with resolving a subset of the topic based on their purview of their committee

Why RICS

Most Model UN Conferences make diplomacy and leadership out to be this perfect type of decision-making. In reality though, diplomacy is never perfect. In real life, different cabinet and boards have different information. What might be a training exercise for one nation, may look like an invasion to another. That’s why we created the Regional Interconnected Crisis Simulation; we wanted our Model UN conference to mirror the real world problem of asymmetric information. Because every committee at AmeriMUNC is interconnected, each committee will get its own interpretation of a crisis. Not every update is the same generic format but based on the information that would actually be available to them, and interpreted through a lens that would fit the presumptions of that real-world country.

It’s not only misinterpretation or lack of information, but sometimes the rest of the world won’t even know a crisis is occurring until after important decisions have been made. Even in a globalized world, news can only travel so fast. Real leaders may not have time to contact their allies before making a decision. And sometimes events will occur that come as a surprise because of the results of those Actions.

At AmeriMUNC, delegates will not only have to grapple with debate topics, but with the actual problems faced by diplomats and their governments. When making decisions, delegates won’t always have all the information, and as a result, will only make the best decision based on the knowledge they have. We want to prepare delegates with challenges beyond public speaking, writing, and networking. We want to prepare them with problems faced by real-life diplomats and leaders and give them the experience to conquer those challenges.