Does AMUN conduct “Crisis Simulations”?
One of the highlights of each AMUN Conference are the “crisis simulations” provided in the Security Council and Historical Security Council. Since the Security Council is responsible for all matters or international peace and security, and since the UN Charter states that the Council may be called “at any time” to deal with these matters, AMUN traditionally “creates” a crisis for these councils each year. Highly experienced AMUN staff members, including several with professional simulation experience in government and private industry, prepare a “viable” simulation which could feasibly happen in some part of the world, given current military, strategic and geo-political considerations. In the Historical Security Council, this often culminates in a variant of one of the “key” events which occurred in the year being simulated. In the contemporary Council, this could culminate in a crisis exploding in any part of the world currently in conflict. Additionally, since Council members are alw
