Organization
Currently, the eighty or so members of the UNIS-UN Organizing Group are divided
into seven commissions:
- Visiting Schools
- Editing
- Speakers and Debate
- Technology
- Finance & Resources
- Logistics
- Public Relations
Each commission is led by two to three junior or senior heads. Together, these commission
heads form a coordinating team known as the Executive Committee (EXCOMM).
Preparations for the conference begin a year in advance, and include: finding and
researching a contemporary global issue; selecting and inviting speakers; inviting
several hundred students from national and international schools around the world
and arranging for the majority of their accommodations with UNIS families; selecting
students to partake in the conference Student Panel and Debate; and compiling a Working
Paper of articles on the conference topic written by members of the UNIS-UN Organizing
Committee and then edited by the UNIS-UN Editing Commission.