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=== Crisis committees ===
Crisis is a specialized form of Model UN where participants can emulate a variety of entities, from a board of directors to historical figures. Crisis committees tend to be much smaller in size than their classic counterparts, and revolve around a quickly-developing series of events known as a "crisis."<ref name=":4" /> Delegates are assigned positions, and must create directives consisting purely of operative actions this means that rather than solving problems with Resolutions, delegates pass Directives.<ref name=":4" /> While delegates are working to solve the crisis at hand through directives, they are also often tasked with individual objectives that can be achieved with the submission of crisis notes.<ref name=":4" /> Delegates may sometimes find out what other committee members have been doing through crisis updates.<ref name=":4" />

Unlike regular committees, crisis committees have two distinct forums: the in-room and the out-room (also known as the front-room and the back-room, respectively). The in-room consists of delegate activity in the committee, including the usual speaking, while out-room refers to directives sent to staffers (also known as directors), communication with other crisis committees. Directives can either be written by an individual, several individuals working together, or the whole committee.<ref name="Crisis committees">{{Cite web|author=Claire Wyszynski|date=31 March 2020|title=Everything You Need to Know About Crisis Committees|url=https://bestdelegate.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-crisis-committees/|publisher=Best Delegate}}</ref>

Staffers can update crisis events based partly on a preset direction and partly on interaction from delegates and committees. Crisis committees are also subject to more variation in rules and experimentation than regular committees. One relatively common variant is the "midnight crisis" where delegates attend a committee session at night to respond to an emergency situation.<ref name="Coaching winners">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WWyuAAAAQBAJ&q=crisis&pg=PA23|title=Coaching Winning Model United Nations Teams: A Teacher's Guide|date=2003|publisher=Potomac books|isbn=9781612346045|author1=E. F. Mickolus |author2=J. Brannan}}</ref><ref name="Crisis committees" /> There also may be crisis committees that interact with each other, where resolutions that are written impact debate in other committees.<ref name="Coaching winners" /><ref name="Crisis committees" />