SOMUN ’26 Eighth Edition October XXX – November I · MMXXVI Hyderabad, IN

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SOMUN — Model United Nations

Silver Oaks Model United Nations Hyderabad · October ’26

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SOMUN ’26

Silver Oaks Model United Nations

Nº VIII · MMXXVI

diplomacy /di·plō·ma·si/

the art of letting someone else have your way — practiced here by twelve chambers of students, clause by clause, until the gavel falls.

SOMUN ’26

The gavel falls in

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Committees

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Delegates

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Unforgettable Days

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Edition on the Floor

Allocation matrix is out — find your committee and portfolio
01 The Conference

A chamber where
the world argues
toward peace.

Nineteen forty-five handed the world a promise — that words could go where armies could not. Every autumn, Hyderabad picks that promise back up and hands it to twelve chambers of students.

SOMUN runs on a simple conviction: the students who learn to negotiate today will refuse to escalate tomorrow. Three days of authentic procedure, live crisis injections and a press that publishes verdicts daily — nothing simulated halfway.

You will not watch from the gallery. You will draft, amend, hold the floor and defend your clause line by line until the gavel falls — and leave holding proof that you did.

02 Why SOMUN

Built like a summit.
Run like a campaign.

03 The Committees

Twelve chambers,
one charter.

The SOMUN Creed

“The gavel rewards the prepared,
but history remembers the persuasive.”

— Secretariat Address, Opening Night MMXXV

The Grounds · MMXXVI

Three days at Silver Oaks, Bowrampet.

One campus, twelve chambers on the city's north-west edge — minutes off the Outer Ring Road. The live map exhibit waits in the dossier.

Secure your seat
at the table.

Seats are allotted portfolio-first and close when committees fill — the crisis committees historically do within ten days. Delegate kits, meals and ceremonies are included in every registration.

VIII About Us

The students who learn
to negotiate refuse
to escalate.

Who we are, what we stand on, and what the eighth edition of SOMUN is setting out to prove.

Oct 30 — Nov 1, 2026 Hyderabad, India Eighth Edition
Chapter I · The Origin

Born in Hyderabad. Built by delegates. Run on conviction.

SOMUN is a student-run Model United Nations conference — no faculty hand on the wheel. Since our first edition we have run on one belief: the habits you form and the voices that echo across a committee chamber are the same that keep rooms calm long after the certificates yellow.

The MMXXVI edition convenes over three charged days — October 30 through November 1, 2026 — at the Silver Oaks International School, Bowrampet Campus. Twelve chambers sit in session, from the Human Rights Council to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, each tailored to bring out the best in a delegate and steered by an executive board of decorated veterans.

An International Press corps publishes daily verdicts that travel far beyond the committee walls. And every delegate gets the same deal, whether it is a first conference or a fifteenth: authentic procedure, a dossier worth arguing over, and written feedback on every performance.

Chapter II · The File

The edition, by the numbers.

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Committees in session

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Days of charged debate

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Agenda items contested

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Edition on the floor

Chapter III · The Charter

What we stand on.

Four articles, in force since the first gavel. Open each one.

At SOMUN, procedure is not theatre. From the first roll call to the final vote, delegates experience a system built around the principles of real parliamentary debate: formal caucuses, moderated discussion, motions, amendments, points and voting.

You will sometimes have to choose between speaking now and listening longer. You will have to defend an idea you genuinely believe in, negotiate with someone who does not, and find the wording that everyone can finally stand behind. That is diplomacy.

We use procedure to create structure, not to create barriers. Once you understand how the room moves, the rules stop being something to memorise and become a language you can use.

Every delegate remembers a good chair.

The one who made a nervous first-timer raise their placard. The one who challenged an experienced delegate to go beyond a rehearsed speech. The one who knew when debate needed structure and when the room needed space to think.

Our executive boards are built around that responsibility. Chairs are expected to understand procedure, challenge ideas fairly, recognise substance over volume, and make every delegate feel that their contribution can change the direction of debate.

Because a committee is only as good as the people guiding it.

You can prepare your opening speech and recite it a hundred times. You can walk into committee knowing exactly what you want to accomplish.

Then something changes.

A crisis breaks. A leader resigns. Markets react. An alliance fractures. The press asks a question your delegation was never prepared to answer.

At SOMUN, delegates are expected to respond, not simply recite. Crisis updates and press interactions are designed to test the thing that matters most when plans stop working: judgement.

The press is not for decoration. It is another force in the room. Your words can shape the narrative, your decisions can create consequences, and your response can determine whether your delegation leads the story or gets written out of it.

Some delegates will walk into SOMUN with years of MUN experience. Others will be holding their first placard and wondering whether they are supposed to raise it yet.

Both belong here.

We do not believe a delegate should need a long résumé to have a seat at the table. Experience should help you grow, not become a wall between you and everyone else.

That means accessible procedure, meaningful opportunities to speak, fair recognition, and an environment where delegates can learn without being afraid to make mistakes.

Because the delegate who barely spoke at their first conference might become the person leading the room a few years later.

Chapter IV · The Road to the Gavel

Every milestone, on the record.

  1. The record

    Seven editions deep

    Seven SOMUNs have come and gavelled out before this one — each staged by students who once sat exactly where you will sit.

  2. Sep 29 · 4:20 PM CLOSED

    Registrations have closed

    The portal shut at 4:20 PM on 29 September 2026 — seats went first-come, first-serve. Couldn't register this year? We'd love to see you join us next year.

  3. Pre-conference 25 Oct · 11:00 PM

    Background guides released

    Dropped 25 Oct, 11:00 PM on the Resources page — your dossier, your head start.

  4. Pre-conference date TBA

    Portfolios allotted

    You lock three preferences against the allocation matrix; the secretariat answers by email with your portfolio.

  5. October 30, 2026 Day 01

    Gavel-up, Hyderabad

    Roll call at Silver Oaks, Bowrampet. The eighth edition is live.

  6. November 1, 2026 Day 03

    The closing gavel

    Resolutions pass their final count, awards are read, and SOMUN '26 enters the record.

Chapter V · The Exchange

Bring a position. Leave with a resolution.

You arrive with

A position you can defend

You leave with

A resolution you own

You arrive with

A placard with your name

You leave with

A room that remembers it

You arrive with

First-day nerves

You leave with

Written proof you held the floor

Chapter VI · The Grounds

Three days at Silver Oaks, Bowrampet.

SOMUN '26 convenes at Silver Oaks International School — Bowrampet Campus, the Oakwinds grounds on the city's north-western edge, just off the Outer Ring Road. One campus, twelve chambers. The exhibit below is live — drag it, zoom it, find your route.

Live exhibit · interactive map 17.568987° N · 78.38412° E
Oakwinds campus · ORR Service Road, adj. Praneeth Pranav Meadows, Bowrampet, Hyderabad, Telangana 500043 Open in Google Maps
An IB continuum campusThe Oakwinds grounds run PYP through DP year-round — for three days they run gavel, placard and point of order instead.
Venue deskSilver Oaks Bowrampet front office: +91 95154 46520. Delegate queries stay with the secretariat — somundelaffairs@gmail.com.
No seat left empty

Take your seat.

Registrations closed at 4:20 PM, 29 September 2026 — if you couldn't register this year, we'd love to see you join us next year. Until then — choose the chamber you would want to walk into.

II Committees · MMXXVI

Choose your arena.

Twelve chambers of the United Nations system, India's political theatre and beyond, catalogued as a gallery of dossiers — one on stage at a time. Scroll, and each takes its turn; every portfolio is allotted after preference review by the secretariat.

scroll to advance or leaf through with the numerals below
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III Itinerary · Oct 30 – Nov 1

Three days,
choreographed to the minute.

Full programme

Releasing soon

Day-wise ceremonies, committee sessions, meals and socials are being finalised by the secretariat. Delegates also receive the printed programme in their kits on Day One.

Releasing Soon
IV Resources · MMXXVI

Arm yourself with
knowledge.

The archive holds every document a delegate needs — background guides, procedure, formats and handbooks. Each release lands here as a downloadable brief, announced the moment it goes live.

Now Live background guides dropped 25 Oct · 11:00 PM — pick your chamber below

Background Guides · XII Chambers

One guide per committee, chamber by chamber.

12 of 12 Live

Guides are authored by each committee's executive board and vetted by the secretariat. A live chamber unlocks into view + download — open the dossier straight in your browser or save the PDF. No sign-in, no paywall, just the dossier.

V Registration · Oct '26

Take your seat
at the table.

  1. IPersonal Information
  2. IIMUN Experience
  3. IIIPreferences
  4. IVTerms & Conditions
  5. VReferral & Payment
i Personal Information

Allotments and payment links go only to this address — double-check the spelling before continuing.

WhatsApp preferred — the secretariat may reach you here.

Every meal across the three days is covered by your pass — the kitchen is planned against this list, so be specific.

Stage 1 of 5
ii MUN Experience

A rough count is fine — it helps the dais pitch the debate right.

iii Committee Preferences

Committee and portfolio preferences are both required for your first choice. Pick a committee in preference II or III and its portfolio is required too — leave both blank if you'd rather name just one chamber.

iv Terms & Conditions

Before you submit — the fine print

v Referral & Payment
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Registration fees are non-refundable — once paid, they cannot be refunded or transferred.

Registration Fees

Every pass includes delegate kit, all three days of meals, socials entry and certificates.

Deadlines

  • Registrations · early birdClosed Sat, Sep 19
  • Registrations · finalClosed Tue, Sep 29 · 4:20 PM
  • Resources dropLive Sun, Oct 25 · 11:00 PM
  • Allocations announcedYet to be decided
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VI Frequently Asked

Asked, answered.

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