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KnightMUN 2026

Background guides

Every committee has one guide. It is the document the debate is built on, and the only reading you have to do before conference day.

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5 committeesEach guide downloads as a PDF
01
LIBERTY

Liberty or Death

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An alternate-history council at Onondaga in late 1775, grounded in real people and records. Delegates confront whose liberty matters, who controls Indigenous land, and what form of government deserves loyalty.

Liberty & emancipationHaudenosaunee sovereigntyRevolutionary government
LevelBeginnerFormatSingle delegateChairsCael Lee and Atharva LadwaLength14 pages
02
NET ZERO

Chasing Net Zero

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A global climate-policy brief covering emissions, climate finance, renewable energy, adaptation, and the challenge of building enforceable cooperation without ignoring unequal national circumstances.

Emissions responsibilityClimate financeEnergy transition
LevelBeginnerFormatSingle delegateChairBen VossenLength11 pages
03
AI-SURV

Regulating Artificial Intelligence for Surveillance

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A contemporary examination of facial recognition, social scoring, bias, privacy, and the international trade in surveillance systems through human-rights and governance frameworks.

Facial recognitionHuman rights lawTechnology export controls
LevelIntermediateFormatDouble delegateChairsKahini Gandhi and Shrey ShahLength12 pages
04
SULTAAR

The Sultaar Assembly

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A fictional but policy-rich water crisis centered on Sultaar’s failing condensation-tower network, the aging Mirai Accord, regional inequality, external finance, and institutional reform.

Water infrastructureRegional equityGovernance reform
LevelIntermediateFormatSingle delegateChairsLahari Sundaresan and Weston MaLength13 pages
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ALIEN

Alien Outbreak

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A fast-moving crisis committee about containing an unfamiliar microbial outbreak while balancing public health, scientific uncertainty, state authority, and international coordination.

Outbreak containmentPublic healthCrisis response
LevelAdvancedFormatCrisis committeeChairsPramith Pradeep and Alexander Lydzinski