Apply now for GlobalVoices 2026! GlobalVoices is the UK’s largest high school Model United Nations conference, bringing students together to debate global issues in historic Oxford venues. Expect a fast-paced weekend of collaboration, negotiation, and new connections, with committees for all experience levels and plenty of support to build your diplomacy skills.
With the conference tomorrow, we thought we’d introduce you to your brilliant committee leaders! Each committee will have one Main Chair, one or two Co-Chairs, and potentially an Assistant Director as well. The Main Chair will be your main point of contact and will be leading the Dais - here’s a few fun details about a few of them, so you can get to know them a little bit better before the conference!
It’s almost conference weekend! These are exciting times, and we know you’ve been busy drafting up your opening speeches, so here are a few final reminders to help you prepare for your arrival and make that first committee session go smoothly.
We are super excited to be welcoming you all to OG’s 2025 Home Conference in just a few weeks! Whilst we hope you are all excited too, you may have some queries or concerns, so this blog post is intended to give you some answers. If there is anything you are unsure about that is not addressed in this blog post, have a look through the rest of the OG website, and if that fails, you can email info@oxfordglobal.org. We’re always happy to help! Lots more information about conference logistics will be found within the Delegate Handbook, which you’ll receive at registration.
Hello Delegates!
A fundamental part of being a representative at the United Nations (and, thus, at a MUN Conference) is an awareness of global events. Given that the theme of OG’s 2025 Home Conference is ‘The Spirit of Inquiry’, we think it is important to stay inquisitive about international news. From October, we will discuss three articles, with related questions to allow you to inquire about what is going on worldwide.
GlobalVoices 2026 invites delegates to step into the theme “Diplomacy: Past, Present & Future” and explore how the forces of history continue to shape the world today. Through dynamic debate and negotiation, delegates will grapple with the challenges of the present while imagining the future of international relations.
Apply now for GlobalVoices 2026! GlobalVoices is the UK’s largest high school Model United Nations conference, bringing students together to debate global issues in historic Oxford venues. Expect a fast-paced weekend of collaboration, negotiation, and new connections, with committees for all experience levels and plenty of support to build your diplomacy skills.
Model United Nations has its own vocabulary, and at your first conference it can feel like everyone else already knows what everything means. This glossary makes the key terms straightforward, from the General Speakers’ List and caucuses to resolutions, amendments, and voting, so you can follow debate with confidence and know what to do next.
Model United Nations began as a radical experiment in diplomacy more than a century ago. From its 1921 origins at Oxford to its evolution into a global circuit, MUN has always been a training ground for the world’s future leaders. Explore the history of the movement and see how the skills you build today, from public speaking to high-stakes negotiation, prepare you to take your seat in this long-standing tradition of global problem-solving.
This article shares practical, beginner-friendly tips to help first-time delegates feel confident at NoviceNations. It covers how to prepare your country position, use the Background Guide effectively, write a usable position paper, speak with simple structures, contribute in caucus and drafting, and focus on realistic, collaborative solutions that move committee forward.
2025 was a truly global year for OG - from NoviceNations in Oxford, to international and London programmes across Shanghai, Canada, Dubai, Beijing, Chongqing, and Pune. We ended back in Oxford for GlobalVoices, where the Spirit of Inquiry shaped bold debate and thoughtful collaboration. Our 2026 international trips will be launching soon!
Every February, students from around the world arrive in Oxford, UK to take their first steps into Model United Nations. NoviceNations is OG’s beginner-focused conference, designed to make MUN accessible, supportive, and genuinely exciting. Through beginner-friendly committees, skills workshops, and debates on real global issues, delegates build confidence, develop their voice, and discover the foundations of diplomacy - all in one of the world’s most historic academic settings.
With the conference tomorrow, we thought we’d introduce you to your brilliant committee leaders! Each committee will have one Main Chair, one or two Co-Chairs, and potentially an Assistant Director as well. The Main Chair will be your main point of contact and will be leading the Dais - here’s a few fun details about a few of them, so you can get to know them a little bit better before the conference!
We are super excited to be welcoming you all to OG’s 2025 Home Conference in just a few weeks! Whilst we hope you are all excited too, you may have some queries or concerns, so this blog post is intended to give you some answers. If there is anything you are unsure about that is not addressed in this blog post, have a look through the rest of the OG website, and if that fails, you can email info@oxfordglobal.org. We’re always happy to help! Lots more information about conference logistics will be found within the Delegate Handbook, which you’ll receive at registration.
Hello Delegates!
A fundamental part of being a representative at the United Nations (and, thus, at a MUN Conference) is an awareness of global events. Given that the theme of OG’s 2025 Home Conference is ‘The Spirit of Inquiry’, we think it is important to stay inquisitive about international news. From October, we will discuss three articles, with related questions to allow you to inquire about what is going on worldwide.
Ahead of the conference, we thought it would be useful to dive a bit deeper into our two special crisis committees. This second post takes us into the world of Narnia, as we explore the topic for this year’s fantasy crisis committee. In fact, you don’t have to go far to find Narnia in the city of Oxford, as C. S. Lewis wrote the books while he was teaching at Magdalen College in the 1950s, and was supposedly inspired by a lamppost, lion door carving, and gilded fauns in St. Mary’s Passage next to the Radcliffe Camera.
Ahead of the conference, we thought it would be useful to dive a bit deeper into our two special crisis committees. First up, it’s our historical crisis committee. In recent years, our historical crises have included Empress Wu’s succession crisis in eighth century China, the Korean War, and the Chernobyl disaster. In 2025, we are delving into one of the turning points in international history - the fall of the Soviet Union.
Hello Delegates!
A fundamental part of being a representative at the United Nations (and, thus, at a MUN Conference) is an awareness of global events. Given that the theme of OG’s 2025 Home Conference is ‘The Spirit of Inquiry’, we think it is important to stay inquisitive about international news. From September, we will discuss three articles, with related questions to allow you to inquire about what is going on worldwide.
Walking the streets of Oxford, surrounded by medieval buildings and a deep sense of its lengthy past, one cannot ignore this city’s beautiful history. To help you feel more connected to this city we call home for much of the year, we thought that we would point you to some key historical dates in Oxford’s development as a city, from the tenth to nineteenth centuries.
Oxford is a city steeped in history, where present-day students and locals get to enjoy centuries-old traditions. Beyond all the academics, Oxford is full of rituals, ceremonies, and unique customs, so we thought we’d outline some of these below for you to get to know the city hosting you a bit better.
Hello Delegates!
A fundamental part of being a representative at the United Nations (and, thus, at a MUN Conference) is an awareness of global events. Given that the theme of OG’s 2025 Home Conference is ‘The Spirit of Inquiry’, we think it is important to stay inquisitive about international news. From August, we will discuss three articles, with related questions to allow you to inquire about what is going on worldwide.
