A delegate represents one country or one entity in one committee. Everything a delegate says, writes and votes for is on behalf of that country. It is not the delegate's own opinion.
The job has two halves. Preparation before the conference, and debate during it.
You are given a committee, a country and a set of topics. From there you research, decide your country's position, and write it down.
Research your country and its position on each topic. See Researching your country.
Research the issue itself. See Researching the issue.
Turn that research into a policy you can defend. See Developing a policy.
Write and submit a position paper. See Writing a position paper.
Prepare an opening speech. See Opening speeches.
In MEDIMUN, lobbying starts online before the conference and continues on day one through the call feature in MediBook. See The lobbying process.
Each day opens with a roll call. You answer "present" or "present and voting", and that answer sets how you may vote. See Roll call.
Lobbying comes first. You find delegates who share your position, merge your draft resolutions into stronger ones, and agree who will be the main submitter. See The lobbying process.
Debate follows. You give speeches, take and ask points of information, write and move amendments, and vote. See Debating effectively.
In MEDIMUN, alliances are declared in MediBook and resolutions are written there. The chair enforces this. See Alliances in MediBook.
A delegate is not staff. Staff are the people who run the conference. See What is staff.
You stay in policy. You speak in the third person and address the chair and the house. You keep your placard down until the chair asks for it. You do not insult any member of the house, any guest or any member of staff. See Parliamentary language and decorum.
You do your own work. Copying clauses from previous resolutions is plagiarism, and so is having an artificial intelligence tool write a clause or a resolution for you. See Plagiarism.
Only schools apply to a conference. A student cannot register alone. The school applies as a delegation and is granted the countries it will represent.
In MEDIMUN, delegates are aged 15 to 19. A school is granted one or more countries, and each country gives that school one delegate seat in each General Assembly committee. No two schools share a country. See Delegation applications.
In MEDIMUN, the Security Councils and the Special Committees are for experienced delegates. A school may send delegates to those on top of its General Assembly delegation, and those country assignments are decided later.
In MEDIMUN, you take part through MediBook. A person without a MediBook account cannot attend and does not receive a certificate. A delegate who is not declared as a delegate in MediBook does not count as a delegate and cannot join the committee room. See MediBook is required.
In MEDIMUN, you need your own device to take part in debate properly. MEDIMUN does not provide one. See Device and technology policy.
In MEDIMUN, a delegate whose parental consent is not complete is not allowed on the premises. See Parental consent explained.
The conference usually ends with a Plenary Session. All General Assembly delegates meet in one room. Everyone representing the same country sits together, debates together and acts as one delegate. See The plenary session.
Delegates can be recognised at the end of the conference. See Awards and what they recognise.
In MEDIMUN, a delegate who submits a position paper late cannot receive an award. A delegate who breaks the code of conduct cannot receive an award. See Awards eligibility policy.
Start with Delegate first steps. Then read Your first speech and What to do when you are lost before day one.