MIMUN Essentials: These are resources that each delegate must be familiar with, though by no means an expert of, prior to coming to the conference:

• MIMUN Rules of Procedure
• Delegate's Guide to Navigating MIMUN Rules

MIMUN Helpful Hints: Besides actually reading the background guides, the staff at MIMUN heavily recommends that delegates read the following material:

• 9 Aspects of the Successful Delegate
• Researching Tips for the Successfully Prepared Delegate
• Researching Tips for the Successfully Prepared Delegate

Here are some links that MIMUN thinks might assist delegates in their country position research:

• Model UN Basic Resources
  • UN Cyber School Bus
  • United Nations Model UN Headquarters
  • Stanford Model UN's Guide to MUN
• United Nations Information
  • UN Website
  • UN News Wire
  • UN Chronicle Magazine
  • UN Foundation and the free subscription UN Foundation Newswire
  • UN Area Topics Sorted by Issue
  • Geographic Breakdown of World Issues
• Country Position Sites
  • Washington Post International Spotlight
  • United Nations Association of the United States of America
  • UN Voting Records and Speech Text Archive
  • CIA World Factbook
  • U.S. Department of State Country Background Notes
  • European Union
  • BBC
  • Christian Science Monitor
  • Lonely Planet
  • Global Policy Forum