Welcome to the
International Leadership Texas/Osgood Center
Lone Star (LSMUN) and
Texas (TEXMUN) Model United Nations
Conferences 2024!
We look forward to meeting a community of delegates for an exciting Model UN!
DATES:
Lone Star Model UN – Dallas, November 16-17, 2024
Lone Star Model UN – Houston, November 23-24, 2024
VENUES:
DALLAS LONE STAR MODEL UN
Hilton Garden Inn Dallas/Duncanville
800 N Main St, Duncanville, TX 75116
Hotel Info
HOUSTON LONE STAR MODEL UN
Hilton Houston North
12400 Greenspoint Dr, Houston, TX 77060
Hotel Info
REGISTRATION FORMS
After several successful experiences in 2023, the Osgood Center and ILT Leadership Texas are ready for their new conferences. LSMUN2024 and 2024 are open to middle, high school, and college students looking for a solid experiential learning program to transition to more advanced conferences. There will be several advanced committees open to seniors and college students. The conferences offer students ideal scenarios to play roles to tackle real-world problems with realistic tools in the diplomacy toolkit.
Students can be the delegates of the countries that they are representing in middle and large size committees that include the World Health Assembly (WHA), the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA), the General Assembly, First Committee (Disarmament and Security) (DISEC), and the Security Council (SC).
Why should students join this program?
At the Osgood Center, we believe that Model UN is a great learning opportunity for students to develop public speaking, problem-solving, conflict resolution, and analytical writing skills in a collaborative space. Whether students want to dig deeper into the models of a circular economy to reduce plastic pollution, the actions needed to address the situation in Gaza, or to find ways to promote Universal Health Care (UHC), in the conferences, students will be part of programs that combine academic rigor, thematic diversity, and diplomacy to educate them about their role as future leaders called to address these and other international challenges.
The conferences are open for both experienced and beginner Model UN delegates with globally-minded perspectives looking for a very engaging, hands-on learning experience.
Students will enjoy being part of the Lone Star Model UN and the Texas Model UN. They will learn about the international tools used realistically to solve world problems in the United Nations and to help the world become a safer and more sustainable place for all of us.
The conferences are all about getting students out of the traditional box. They encourage them to learn to cooperate and to immerse themselves in a global experience; in short, these conferences will take them beyond their comfort zones to engage them in real-world challenges.
As delegates, students will learn and understand the scale and the complex nature of the global problems that require the United Nations and its Member States to step up to address them. They will gain leadership, communication, negotiation, research, and collaboration skills.
In the conferences you will represent a country in a specific committee. During the conferences, as a delegate, you will discuss 2 topics in each committee. A Committee Chair will enforce the Rules of Procedure for an effective discussion.
COMMITTEE TOPICS
| COMMITTEE | TOPICS |
| WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY
(WHA) |
1. PROMOTING ORAL HEALTH AS PART OF UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE (UHC)
2. PROTECTING CHILDREN FROM THE HARMFUL IMPACT OF FOOD MARKETING |
| UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT ASSEMBLY
(UNEA)
|
1. ENDING PLASTIC POLLUTION: TOWARDS A NEW CIRCULAR PLASTICS ECONOMY
2. ADDRESSING THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF THE FASHION AND TEXTILE INDUSTRIES |
| GENERAL ASSEMBLY FIRST COMMITTEE, DISARMAMENT AND SECURITY
(DISEC)
|
1. COUNTERING THE THREAT OF IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES (IEDS)
2. ADDRESSING THE ACCUMULATION, DIVERSION, ILLICIT TRADE, AND MISUSE OF ARMS |
| SECURITY COUNCIL (SC) | 1. ADDRESSING THE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN GAZA
2. REFORMING THE STRUCTURE OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL |
BACKGROUND GUIDES
BACKGROUND GUIDE – WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY (WHA)
BACKGROUND GUIDE – UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT ASSEMBLY (UNEA)
BACKGROUND GUIDE – GENERAL ASSEMBLY FIRST COMMITTEE
(DISARMAMENT AND SECURITY) (DISEC)
BACKGROUND GUIDE – SECURITY COUNCIL (SC)