What is AMUNs Home Government?
Home Government (HG) is the ultimate source of substantive, content specific information at the AMUN Conference. AMUN’s dais staff and chairs are trained as neutral facilitators of the discussion in their body; unlike some Conferences which use a “director” structure, AMUN chairs do not become involved in the content, leaving that up to the sovereign nations debating in the body. Home Government, on the other hand, is intended as a substantive resource should representatives have any questions about specific issues on a topic (resolutions, treaties, etc.) or about their nations’ policy on an issue. While AMUN expects that all participants will seriously prepare for the Conference, limits on preparation time and materials often leads to a situation in which a representative has not previously researched a document that is referenced by someone else in Committee. The Home Government staff are trained and experienced researchers with significant resources at their disposal, including a li
