World Health Organization
TopicAddressing the Global Black Market Trade in Human Organs and Prevention of Organ Trafficking
TAMS Model United Nations
RegisterLetter from the Secretary General
Fall 2026
Dear delegates and advisors,
On behalf of the Secretariat, it is our pleasure to invite you to TAMS Model United Nations. On Saturday, October 10, the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science will welcome high school delegates to the University of North Texas campus in Denton for a full day of debate, negotiation, and resolution writing.
TAMSMUN is deliberately compact. Four committees, one day, and a staff of student chairs who run the rooms, run crisis, and keep the day on schedule. That scale is the point. Smaller rooms mean more time on the speakers' list, more chances to build a bloc, and closer attention from your dais than a delegate can expect at a conference of two thousand.
This session's agenda spans the range of what Model UN can be. The World Health Organization takes up the illicit trade in human organs. DISEC confronts weapons of mass destruction in the hands of non-state actors. The General Assembly debates censorship and mass surveillance in the digital age. And our crisis committee returns to 1991, where delegates will manage the final months of the Soviet Union from inside the room where it came apart.
Whether this is your first conference or your fifteenth, we have built a committee for you. Background guides will follow once registration opens, and we will keep this page current as details are confirmed.
We look forward to seeing you in Denton this October.
Secretary General
TAMS Model United Nations, Fall 2026
Committees
Three General Assembly-style committees and one continuous crisis. Each committee debates a single topic for the full day. Background guides will be published with registration.
Disarmament and International Security Committee
TopicPreventing the Acquisition and Use of Weapons of Mass Destruction by Non-State Actors and Terrorist Organizations
General Assembly
TopicAddressing the Global Rise of Censorship and Mass Surveillance
Crisis Committee, Moscow 1991
TopicThe Dissolution of the Soviet Union: Managing Political Instability and the Collapse of the USSR
Schedule
Three committee sessions with a lunch break, plus opening and closing ceremonies. Doors open at 8:00 AM and the day ends at 6:00 PM. Times are tentative.
Please be there at 8:00 AM. Check-in runs until 8:45, when the opening ceremony starts.
The session notes are for the GA-style committees. Crisis runs continuously all day.
Lunch details to come.
- 8:00 AMCheck-inPick up your placard and badge
- 8:45 AMOpening ceremony
- 9:30 AMCommittee session oneRoll call and opening speeches
- 12:00 PMLunch
- 1:00 PMCommittee session twoCaucusing and working papers
- 3:15 PMBreak
- 3:30 PMCommittee session threeDraft resolutions, amendments, and voting
- 5:30 PMClosing ceremony and awards
- 6:00 PMConference ends
Registration
We're still putting both forms together. Once they're live we'll link them here.
Opens soon
Delegates
Open to all high school students and their advisors. Register through the form below. You'll give us your committee preferences there, plus country preferences for the GA-style committees.
Register as a delegate
Opens soon
Chairs
Open to everyone. Chairs and crisis staff run the committee rooms. The application asks about your MUN experience, which committees you'd like, and whether you can make training before the conference.
Apply to chairAbout TAMS
TAMS is a residential early-college program at the University of North Texas in Denton, just north of Dallas-Fort Worth. It started in 1987 as the first program of its kind in the country. Students spend their last two years of high school taking regular UNT classes alongside undergrads.
TAMS students organize TAMSMUN. It brings other high schoolers onto the UNT campus for a day.
Questions
A few things people ask.
Do I need Model UN experience?
No. WHO and the General Assembly are meant for first-time and newer delegates, and the chairs will explain procedure as you go. DISEC is better if you've done a conference or two. Crisis is for experienced delegates who already know how directives and crisis updates work.
What should I wear?
Western business attire: suits, blazers, dress shirts, slacks, skirts, or dresses. Wear comfortable shoes, since it's a ten-hour day.
Are position papers required?
Each committee's background guide will say whether one is required. Either way, plan on writing one for your committee's topic, since it's the best way to prep.
How are committee and country assignments made?
You'll give us your committee preferences on the registration form, plus country preferences for WHO, DISEC, and the GA (in Crisis you represent a person, not a country). We assign in the order forms come in, so the earlier you sign up, the better your chance at your first choice.
How do I apply to chair?
Anyone can apply. The chair application is in the Registration section above. Chairs come to training before the conference and help write their committee's background guide with the Secretariat.