Global Model WHO
Terms and Conditions

Terms and Conditions

Eligibility

Global Model WHO welcomes youth between the age of 14 and 30 from the African Region, Region of the Americas, South-East Asia Region, European Region, Eastern Mediterranean Region, Western Pacific Region, who have experience in Model UN or have high interest in global affairs, health, and the World Health Organization.

Delegate participants must be enrolled in a high school, university, grad school, or be a recent graduate under the age of 32.

High school and university level conferences will operate separately with the exception of Opening and Closing Ceremonies, and side events.

University delegates may register as part of a group or as an individual.

High school delegates may register as part of a group or as an individual.

The Global Model WHO also welcomes advisors who have a role in planning and organizing MUN conferences and teachers who use Model UN in their education curriculum.

All underage individual delegates must be accompanied by a chaperone.

Registration Deadlines

All registrations are accepted on a first come, first served basis. Once maximum capacity is reached, Delegates will be placed on a waitlist.

Early registration period is from May 3, 2024 to July 31, 2024.

Regular registration period is from August 1 to September 15, 2024.

Registration Types and Fees

The delegation fee for high school or university groups is $129 per group, which includes attendance for one faculty advisor for free.

The fee for high school or university delegates who are part of a group is $229 per delegate during Early Registration or $259 per delegate during Regular Registration.

The fee for high school or university delegates who are attending individually is $269 during Early Registration or $299 during Regular Registration.

The fee for additional advisors, chaperones, or observers is $189 per individual.

Payment

Group Registration deposit of $358 (the $129 Group Fee plus one $229 Early Registration Delegate Fee) must be paid within 10 calendar days of receiving an invoice to reserve a spot at the conference, otherwise, the registration will be invalid.

The full amount for each Group and each Individual participating in the conference must be paid in full by July 31 for Early Registration and by September 15 for Regular Registration in order for the registration process to be completed.

All fees are non-refundable.

Visa

Upon request, delegates who have completed the registration process will be issued a Letter of Invitation from WFUNA and WHO confirming their participation at the Global Model WHO after a background check. Registrants may use the Letter of Invitation in their visa acquisition process.

WFUNA and WHO will not provide Visa Letters and is not responsible for any participant’s visa into Switzerland. It is the participant’s responsibility to secure the necessary documentation to enter the United States. WFUNA will not issue refunds for delegates who are unable to secure a visa.

Privacy and Intellectual Property

WFUNA collects and processes personal for the purposes of organizing the Global Model WHO. In this regard, WFUNA reserve the right to utilize all data submitted by individuals to WFUNA,  and to collect data in the form of photographs or videos during the conference and social events. Such personal data may be transferred to WHO for the purpose of the Global Model WHO. By registering and participating in the Global Model WHO, all registrants are held to have consented to being depicted in photographs and videotapes, and to agree that WFUNA may, at its sole discretion, reproduce and publicly disseminate any of these photographs and/or any of such video footage on its website and/or in other materials and through other outlets. 

All registrants agree that no data, results, and materials for use in The Global Model WHO will be disseminated by means of publications, reports, conferences, or any other form without the express written consent from WFUNA of which these products, data, results, and materials are its exclusive property. Notwithstanding the foregoing, WFUNA hereby grants WHO a non-exclusive license to use, copy and disseminate materials submitted for use in the Global Model WHO.

WFUNA and WHO reserve the right to update and change information on the official website, conference program, and social media platforms without further notice.

Code of Conduct

Registrants hereby certifies by completing the registration process that all information submitted is truthful and accurate. The registrant understands that falsification of any information provided will disqualify him or her from participation in the Global Model WHO and future WFUNA and WHO activities, and falsification of information or impersonation will result in legal actions.

Participants agree that all materials produced for this conference will be original work. Plagiarism will not be tolerated at the Global Model WHO, and should the Global Model WHO Secretariat discover instances of plagiarism, the individual will be disqualified from the conference without refund.

Participants understands full assumption of risk and acknowledges that WFUNA and WHO, and its members, officers, elected representatives and employees, including the Global Model WHO student Secretariat team, do not assume any responsibility for the conduct and activities of the participant.

Participants agree to accept and abide by the Code of Conduct published ahead of the conference and decided by WFUNA and WHO.​

Participants to this event agree to abide by the following code of conduct when joining the event: https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/code-of-conduct-to-prevent-harassment-including-sexual-harassment-at-who-events 

WHO accepts no responsibility whatsoever in connection with your participation at the Global Model WHO.

For the avoidance of doubt, nothing contained herein shall be construed as a waiver of any of the privileges and immunities enjoyed by the World Health Organization under national or international law, and/or as submitting the World Health Organization to any national court jurisdiction.