Mira Costa Model United Nations in one of the top programs in the world. For the past 20+ years, Mira Costa has traveled, competed, and won internationally in simulations of the United Nations such as NHSMUN in New York, NAIMUN in Washington DC, and PAMUN in Paris. We also host our own conference at Mira Costa, LAIMUN, in which students become experts on a topic and chair committees where other schools debate.
But what is the MUN? MUN aims to be an authentic simulation of the United Nations – complete with Security Council, General Assembly, an ECOSOC committee as well as a wide range of other sub-committees, a Secretariat headed by the Secretary General, a Press Corp and of course the delegates.
During a conference, there are committees dealing with issues such as health, politics, disarmament and the environment. Delegates representing the same state together form a ‘delegation’. The ultimate objective of every delegate is to produce, lobby support for, debate and ultimately pass a resolution on one of the topic areas within their committee. A resolution is the proposed solution to a problem and forms the main focus of the debate. Students who are a part of Mira Costa Model UN graduate with skills in public speaking, debate, research, and writing. Most importantly, students gain an understanding of the world as it is today.
1,115 delegates from seven different schools across Southern California attended, allowing for a conference that created lasting memories and a competitive and positive learning experience for all delegates and staff involved. From the preparation, to debates, to the closing awards ceremony, all of the hard work that the Mira Costa…
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Our delegates have showcased their skills at Edison High School and at BruinMUN, UCLA’s renowned Model UN conference. Select delegates traveling to William & Mary Conference have just concluded roasts, a Costa tradition of quizzing delegates on their topics to prepare for a debate. Meanwhile, Costa MUN is stepping out…
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Students have been finalizing committee topic synopses in preparation to chair and dias their debate committees. Additionally, our sophomores who have newly joined the Advanced MUN program are finishing up sophomore testing, an assignment where they are tasked in learning and reciting various poems, speeches, and rules to improve speaking…
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Model UN students traveled both to the BMUN conference at UC Berkeley and the NHSMUN conference at New York. Both teams were very successful with many Costa delegates winning awards. At BMUN, two partnerships won the best delegate award, three partnerships and one delegate won the outstanding award, and 2…
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On February 2nd and 3rd, many of our students participated in Surf City XXI in Huntington Beach. In addition to many individual accolades, our students took home the award for the Best Large Delegation. Great work! “This is Costa 2” is almost here. Our General Secretaries and Chiefs of Staff…
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On December 2nd and 3rd, the Mira Costa Model United Nations program hosted their 29th annual LAIMUN conference. It brought together 1,250 delegates from all across Southern California to debate topics and problems which our world face today. Huntington Beach High School won the best large school delegation award, and…
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