Join Maryland International School Model UN for our Winter Conference 2025
- Event Date: December 5, 2025
- Position Papers are due November 5th, 2025. A guide will be sent to all students once registered for their committee.
- Location: Maryland International School, 6135 Old Washington Rd, Elkridge, MD 21075
- Who: Local Middle School Model United Nations Delegations
- Dress Code: Students should dress in western business attire.
- Technology Policy: This conference is a tech free conference. This means students may not use chromebooks, phones, or printed materials besides their position paper in their committee rooms.
- Fees:
- Delegate Fee: $25/student
- Delegation Fee: $30/school
- Schedule of Events:
- 8:30 – 9:00 am – Registration/Check in
- 9:00 – 9:30 am – Opening ceremonies
- 9:30 am – 12:00 pm – Session 1
- 12:00 – 12:30 pm – Lunch (Students should bring brown bag lunches)
- 12:30 – 2:30 pm – Session 2
- 2:30 – 3:30 pm – Closing Ceremonies
Hello Delegates,
I am Jaxon Witherspoon, and I am the Deputy Director of MDISMUN. The MDISMUN staff, my fellow chairs, and I are so excited to welcome you to our first annual Maryland International School Model UN (MDISMUN). We hope that this is the premier model UN conference, and all of these middle school delegates learn about model UN while engaging in spirited debate. This conference will bring academic rigor. The proposals and resolutions made will bring together bright young minds to try and tackle pressing real-world issues.
MDISMUN took almost a year to create all of our chairs, and they were enthusiastic when making their background guides. We are so thankful for all of the administrators and chairs at this Model UN. They have leveraged their many years of experience to create a product that will allow the next generation of global leaders to experience diplomacy.
Our Middle School delegates have a day of rigorous debate ahead of them. Whether this is your first or tenth conference, remember that MUN is about growth, not perfection. It is guaranteed that all of the delegates will gain countless skills from this experience. The day will entail the students expanding their Horizons, bringing together unique perspectives, and a rigorous debate. Whether you are debating addressing global issues like the North Korean War or trying to assess the future of the Federalist Party. We hope that every delegate walks away from MDISMUN having learned something new, gained new friends along the way, and discovered their full potential as an ambassador of diplomacy.
Thank you for joining us this December. We look forward to seeing what all of you delegates can do! Just remember: Use your voice boldly, think critically, and collaborate with purpose—you are the diplomats of tomorrow.
Jaxon Witherspoon, MDISMUN Deputy Director, Grade 11
The nation of Korea is divided. There are 2 warring factions in the nation, we need to ensure that North Korea wins this war and instill a communist utopia in the peninsula. As a committee we need to rise up as communist nations and make us more powerful as a whole. Winning this conflict will make communism legitimate through Europe and make the west less powerful globally.
In this committee, forces from the US, South Korea, and the UN all fight to ensure that South Korea wins this war in a manner that doesn’t spur another World War. Additionally, we work to reduce the spread of Communism, instead instill a global value for Capitalism. Through winning this war, we are paving a way for democracy, freedom, peace, and capitalism to spread throughout the world, benefitting the entire global community.
The South China Sea conflict consists of many Southeast Asian countries having territorial disputes over China’s nine-dash line map. China claims to have full control of nearly all the South China sea, including the Spratlys and Paracels islands. Though these claims have been subject to a massive regional dispute as countries like Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam all have their own views on the land in which they claim sovereignty of. Currently, there is no definitive owner of either Spratlys or Paracels islands.
The Empire State Building is the anchor to the mortal world, and it is beginning to collapse. This collapse has resulted in widespread panic and mayhem throughout New York City. The members of Mount Olympus and their children must work together to create solutions that will resolve the chaos happening in New York City and prevent the anchor from crumbling completely. If you succeed, Mount Olympus will continue to stand and mortals will remain unaware of the existence of gods/goddesses and demi-gods/goddesses.
Alexander Hamilton and Eliza Schuyler met in February of 1780 while Eliza was staying with her aunt in Morristown, New Jersey. Hamilton and Maria’s affair began in 1791. Maria came to his family home in the summer of 1791 and requested that she speak to him in private. She told Hamilton that her abusive husband, James Reynold, had run off to be with another woman and left her and their young daughter behind. Maria claimed she was poverty stricken, so she asked her friends for money to travel to New York to see a friend. Hamilton provided her with $30, which translates to roughly $800 today, and thus began their intimate relationship. Soon enough, James Reynold had found out about Hamilton’s affair with his wife and confronted him. He wrote a letter to Hamilton demanding 1,000 in exchange for his silence. Hamilton paid the full amount by January 1792. James Reynolds then went on to ask for smaller amounts of money until Hamilton finally stopped seeing Maria in the summer of 1792.
Overnight, animals from the Maryland Zoo have escaped into Baltimore. The Zoo Council (students in their roles) must protect citizens, restore order, and negotiate with the animal representatives, who may not want to return to captivity.
The Special Political and Decolonization Committee (SPECPOL) is the 4th of all United Nations General Assembly committees. Within SPECPOL, a number of issues could be covered, ranging from the effects of atomic radiation on communities to international cooperation in space exploration. For the purposes of this committee, we will be focusing on the effects of border based conflict on colonization. In today’s climate, it is necessary to explore what these conflicts bring and what is in store for the global community.