Background Guides (and Update Papers)
Please click on the committee names below to open the respective background guides and update papers(in PDF format). You can also access the background guides from individual committe pages. Please note that you will need the background guide password available in your school's account page.
General Assembly- Disarmament and International Security (DISEC) Update Paper
- Social, Cultural, and Humanitarian (SOCHUM) Update Paper
- World Health Organization (WHO) Update Paper
- Special Political and Decolonization (SPECPOL) Update Paper
Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
- UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) Update Paper
- UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Update Paper
- UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Update Paper
Specialized Committees
Crisis Committees
- UN Security Council Update Paper
- Iranian Council of Ministers Update Paper
- Somali Cabinet Update Paper
- Mafia Wars of the 1920s Update Paper
- Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 Update Paper
- Origins of the Second World War
- North Korean Cabinet of 2013 Update Paper
- Ad-Hoc Committee of the Secretary-General Update Paper
- LOST Update Paper
Special thanks to Irving Ling for creating beautiful cover-page designs for each of our eighteen background guides, our Model UN 101 Guide, and other conference documents. Irving is a UK-based medical student as well as a freelance graphic designer, specializing in the fields of print designs, web design and currently some motion graphic animation. Most of his work can be found on his personal website @ www.irvingling.com