The Secretariat of NCSC XXXVI feels strongly that the best experiences in Model UN are not necessarily those where you simply act as diplomats charged with crafting a mutually acceptable text, but the ones in which all those sitting at the table are the leaders or representatives of groups charged with safeguarding the visceral interests of their followers in a process of intense negotiation. This is the spirit that guides our design of summit simulations at NCSC XXXVI. This year’s NCSC will feature a hypothetical future summit charged with delimiting hotly contested and potentially resource-rich territory in the increasingly accessible Arctic Ocean. We will also be running an innovative committee comprised of two teams that will work out the arrangements of a Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and a bloc of Central American countries. Our council and cabinet simulations will be equally diverse, including the Cabinet of Ukraine, the Board of Directors of Exxon-Mobil, and the Politburo of the People’s Republic of China- an exciting simulation that will explore the many domestic challenges facing Chinese leadership over the course of the next few years. We are equally proud to present the U.S. Armed Forces Planning Commission, which will craft a coherent plan for the long-term future of the U.S. military and then put it to use, and the quintessential United Nations Security Council. Wherever your interests lie, we hope that you will join us in simulating some of the most interesting council bodies and summit meetings currently salient to the study of international relations. They promise to be highly interactive, crisis-driven, and small in size, ranging from 12 to 25 delegates.
The following committees are in this organ:
Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
Central American-European Union Free Trade Negotiations
Exxon-Mobil Board of Directors
Geneva Summit on the Political Status of the Arctic
Politburo of the People's Republic of China
