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MUN/California Debate Association Model United Nations

California Debate Association Model United Nations

Part of the California Debate Association Model United Nations series

California Debate Association Model United Nations

Los Angeles, United States of America · high-school

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Dates
Jun 12–2029 (day: 12)
Fee
TBD
Reg deadline
TBD
Delegates
TBD
Language
English
Format
In-person
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Summary

The California Debate Association Model United Nations convenes high school delegates in Los Angeles for a single-day conference run by one of the more established debate-and-MUN circuits on the United States west coast. As a high-school level gathering hosted in a major American media and policy hub, it sits in the bracket of conferences where competitive debaters and MUN regulars overlap, and where preparation habits forged earlier in the academic year get tested before summer programs and travel circuits begin. For delegates evaluating where to invest their training time, CDAMUN represents a compact, high-density option: one venue, one day, one shot to perform. That format favors delegates who arrive with sharp position papers, clean opening speeches, and a realistic read of where their committee's resolution is likely to land.

Why this edition matters in 2029

Los Angeles is not an accidental host city for a high-school MUN. It anchors a dense network of debate programs, speech and forensics leagues, and university feeder pipelines that shape how American delegates learn to argue about international affairs. A conference run under the California Debate Association banner inherits that ecosystem - which means the room is likely to reward procedural fluency and rhetorical discipline as much as policy creativity. The single-day format also matters. Shorter conferences compress the diplomacy: there is less time for bloc-building to drift, less margin for a weak opening speech, and almost no room to recover from a poorly researched position. Delegates who treat a one-day conference like a three-day one tend to underperform. Those who treat it as a structured sprint - with pre-written operative clauses and a clear theory of which delegations they need on side - tend to advance. For the wider MUN calendar, CDAMUN functions as a checkpoint. It tells coaches and delegates where their preparation stands before larger summer and autumn circuits, and it gives newer delegates a relatively contained environment in which to test whether competitive MUN is something they want to pursue more seriously.

How to prepare

The highest-leverage preparation for a one-day, high-school conference in Los Angeles is unglamorous: read the background guide twice, write the position paper as if the chair will actually grade it, and rehearse the opening speech out loud until it fits inside the speaker's time without rushing. Delegates who do these three things consistently outperform delegates who spend the same hours hunting for exotic policy angles. Because the conference compresses committee work into a single day, moderated caucus strategy matters disproportionately. Delegates should arrive with a short list of the two or three sub-topics they want the committee to spend time on, and with pre-drafted language for the operative clauses they care about most. Walking in with clauses already written is the single clearest signal of a delegate who expects to be in the final working paper. Finally, treat the United Nations' own Model UN guidance as the baseline rather than a curiosity. Chairs in the California circuit tend to reward delegates who use UN procedural vocabulary correctly and who cite real UN bodies and instruments accurately, rather than delegates who invent mechanisms that sound impressive but would not survive a points-of-order challenge.

Eligibility deep-dive

Level
high-school
Age
—
Team size
—
Country quota
Open

Schedule & deadlines

  1. Conference

    Jun 12, 2029 – Jun 12, 2029

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Frequently asked questions

  • Who is eligible to attend CDAMUN?

    The conference is pitched at the high-school level, so it is designed primarily for secondary school delegates and their faculty advisors rather than university teams.

  • Where does the conference take place?

    CDAMUN is hosted in Los Angeles, placing it within the California debate and MUN circuit and accessible to delegations across the United States west coast.

  • How long does the conference run?

    It is structured as a single-day conference, which means committee work, speeches, and resolution drafting all need to happen in one compressed session.

  • How should delegates prepare differently for a one-day format?

    Pre-write your position paper, opening speech, and at least two operative clauses before arriving in Los Angeles - there is no time to develop these on the fly during a high-school single-day conference.

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