CIMUN prides itself on an objective and balanced awards policy that stresses realistic portrayal of national interest and development of political skill.

We are proud to depart from the formula used by many other conferences. CIMUN and all MUNDO programs stress realistic portrayal, political skill, and delegate presentation rather than solely resolution writing and passage.

Awards consist of, in ascending order: Honorable Mention, Outstanding Delegation, and Best Delegation.

The five key areas of evaluation are as follows:

• Accuracy of Policy – Dais staff will be monitoring political and representational accuracy of delegates. This includes rhetoric in speeches and documents, as well as in caucusing and bloc formation;

• Rhetorical Skill – The ability of a delegation to relay the message of their countries policy in the correct terms, as well as the manipulation of dialogue to persuade other delegates toward their position;

• Substantive Development – The ability of a delegation to develop substantive documents (e.g. working papers, resolutions, amendments) with the proper structure, grammar, skill and context;

• Procedural Manipulation – The ability to manipulate the rules of procedure and institutional legality to the advantage of your country and its policies;

• Cross Simulation Articulation – The ability to work across committee lines to create political leverage, using the press as part of public policy, etc.

Awards themselves are determined by a system of points given to these various attributes. We feel that these areas include the best that Model UN represents. Member States large and small, involved and distant, all have advantages in different areas of these criteria. Our staff are trained to evenly apply this policy.

While those states involved directly in a topic may have an easier time articulating their policy, their policy tasks are much more difficult to achieve. For example, we do not expect North Korea, for example, to pass a resolution on nuclear weapons testing, as that would be impossible without many Member States being out of character. By the same token, we do not expect strong rhetoric from Sweden, but rather a level of persuasiveness and conflict resolution.