The North Atlantic Council is the main political decision-making body within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Organization’s core tasks include collective defence and deterrence, crisis management, and cooperative security. The Council oversees the political and military process relating to security issues affecting the whole Alliance.

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The Council brings together representatives of all Allies to discuss policy or operational questions. It can meet at the level of permanent representatives, at the level of foreign or defence ministers, and at the level of heads of state and government. Its decisions have the same status and validity regardless of the level at which it meets. They express the collective will of all Allies, as they are made on the basis of unanimity and common accord.

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In the North Atlantic Council, delegates shall represent one of the 32 current Allies. The working procedure of the Committee will be led by the Committee Directors. Delegates must write a position paper for the announced topics and submit it to the MUNLawS Academic team. Position papers will be reviewed and scored by the Committee Directors and the Academic team, and shall contribute to the final scores of delegates, upon which Committee awards will be based. Instructions on how to write the position paper are published on this website. Failure to follow these instructions or to meet the deadline for the submission of the position papers will result in negative points for the position paper. All delegates shall present their opening statements on the discussed topic after setting the agenda. Once every delegate presents their opening statement, which must not exceed 2 minutes, a general speakers list will be established and the floor shall be open to points or motions, as described in the General Rules of Procedure. Delegates recognized from the general speakers' list shall have no more than one and a half minute to address the Committee.

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​The main goal of the Committee is to adopt a final document. Issues that have not been discussed during formal debate may not be included in the final document. Every delegate shall read the General Rules of Procedure prior to the start of the MUNLawS Conference for a further detailed description of the procedure.