Dress Code

All VMUNC participants are required to wear professional attire to maintain a serious conference environment.

• Professional Western Business Attire includes suit coats or blazers, button-up shirts, pants, dresses, and ties.
• Dresses and skirts should be knee length.
• Delegates should wear the professional attire appropriate for the gender they identify with.
• Casual sweatshirts, casual jackets, jeans, cutoffs, tights, T-shirts, casual dresses, sundresses, sandals, and flip-flops should not be worn.

Dual Delegations

Delegates in dual-delegation committees may only have one delegate leave the committee room at a time. One delegate from each delegation must remain in the room, and delegates should be mindful when entering or exiting committee.

Working Outside of Committee

Delegates at VMUNC VIII are not permitted to work on resolutions outside of committee session. Committee chairs may lock working paper documents when committee is not in session, and suspicious activity may be reported to the Secretariat. Delegates should use breaks to rest, get food, and meet other delegates.

Voting Bloc

During voting bloc, the dais must lock the door so no delegate may enter or exit. Advisors may still enter if needed. Delegates may not send notes, lobby, or hold crosstalk during voting bloc.

Spectating Delegates and Advisors

VMUNC permits advisors, parent chaperones, and head delegates to observe committee sessions. Spectators must receive an advisor badge or clearance from the Secretary-General at registration and may be asked to show credentials to Secretariat. Spectators may not participate in debate, interfere with committee, or interact with delegates during committee. Chairs may remove spectators from the room if needed.

Prewritten Materials

VMUNC VIII values collaboration, debate, and real-time problem solving. Delegates are expected to write resolutions, amendments, directives, crisis notes, and other committee materials during the conference in response to debate and the ideas of other delegates.

• Prewritten resolutions, clauses, directives, crisis arcs, crisis notes, or other substantive committee materials are not permitted unless explicitly allowed by the committee background guide or chair.
• Delegates may prepare research, policy ideas, possible solutions, and notes before the conference.
• Delegates may not arrive with completed documents meant to be submitted during committee.
• If staff believe a document could not have reasonably been written during committee time, they may review document history and refer the matter to the Secretariat.
• Delegates found using prewritten materials may be penalized, disqualified from awards, or face further action depending on severity.

Crisis Sensitive Topics

Crisis committees cover specific historical and political events, and delegates often represent powerful roles from those time periods. Delegates must act with care because crisis committees can involve sensitive political and historical issues.

• VMUNC will not accept motions or directives involving nuclear weapons or biological warfare.
• VMUNC will not accept motions or directives involving slavery, human trafficking, or sex trafficking.
• VMUNC will not accept motions or directives involving violence against any ethnicity, race, religion, or identity.
• Assassination attempts against other allocations are discouraged during the first day of committee.
• Delegates should ask their chair or crisis director if they are unsure whether an arc or directive is appropriate.

Technology Policy

Technology should help committee work, not distract from it. Laptops and other personal devices may be used for appropriate committee tasks such as drafting documents with peers, but chairs may restrict device use if it becomes distracting or disruptive.

Awards Policy

Awards will be based on preparation, speaking, collaboration, diplomacy, writing, and committee participation. Research awards may require an on-time position paper submission. Final award decisions are made by chairs and reviewed by the Secretariat.

Plagiarism and Generative AI Policy

All submitted work must be the delegate's own work and must properly credit outside sources. Generative AI may be used for brainstorming or review, but delegates may not submit AI-generated work as their own research, speech writing, resolutions, directives, or position papers.

Non-Discrimination and Harassment Policy

VMUNC does not permit discrimination, harassment, bullying, or targeted disrespect based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, school, or any other protected identity. Concerns should be brought to a chair, advisor, or Secretariat member as soon as possible.