Text Box: Issues and Structure       There will be approximately nine separate Security Council simulations conducted simultaneously.  Each Council sets its own agenda and each student is encouraged to  propose resolutions on any security issue.  MMSC provides you and your students with an opportunity to debate and explore a number of crucial and long-standing security issues.       MSU students serve as the MMSC staff and are available to advise participating high school and college students on country strategies.  Each council consists of fifteen two person delegations.  This year the countries to be represented are: China France Russia United Kingdom United States Belgium Congo Ghana Indonesia Italy Panama Peru Qatar Slovakia South Africa           Text Box: Home Welcome from the Secretary General Welcome from Legal Counsel Overview of MMSC Rules of MMSC For Students For Advisors Pictures Accolades Research Assistance Contact MMSC  

MMSC is sponsored by the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, the Stennis Institute of Government, the University Honors Program, the College of Arts and Sciences, and the Starkville community.

The UN Security Council is charged with the responsibility of maintaining international peace and security.  It is the forum for debate and the resolution of international conflicts, and it is the only UN body that has the power to create and deploy international peacekeeping forces into areas of conflict.  The Security Council can also call on members to apply economic sanctions to stop or prevent aggression. 

Text Box: Benefits MMSC is the only state-wide program focusing on understanding current world affairs that also provides a well-trained staff of college students who act as a bridge facilitating understanding; Students have the opportunity to experience the problems and promise of negotiation and compromise in the solution of world conflicts, Diplomats from countries represented on the United Nations Security Council are in attendance, and students and teachers have the opportunity to meet and talk with these individuals; MMSC offers a relaxed atmosphere that is conducive to an enjoyable learning experience while allowing the students to be exposed to a college setting.