Nearly 3,200 delegates from 37 countries are at this weekend’s Harvard Model United Nations Conference (HMUN). Secretary-General Hunter Richard leads a 200-person Secretariat across 29 committees.
Last night’s opening ceremonies was more light-hearted than other conferences’. Hunter’s opening speech had a few jokes and various pop culture references, followed by a performance by Harvard’s jazz acappella group the Din & Tonics. US Ambassador Thomas Pickering then gave the keynote speech. Check it out:
Click below to see more pictures of opening ceremonies!
KFC and I had the pleasure of meeting THIMUN 2012 Secretary-General Leonie Reese, who attends the International School of the Hague. Check out our interview below!
We are back! It is our pleasure to announce you that the United Nations Association of Spain is organizing the 7th edition of C’MUN, the MUN of Barcelona. After the great success of former editions, C’MUN 2012 is now a reality and we would like to have your participation. The simulation will take place in Barcelona from the 2nd to the 5th of May 2012. If you are interested, please read the following information:
· Participation is open to university students or interested people AGED BETWEEN 18 AND 30 YEARS OLD
Opening Ceremony at the Parliament of Catalonia
· Please take a look at our website: www.anue.org/castellano/indexcmun.htm. There you will find all the required instructions to apply for the simulation:
Over 200 Georgetown students were selected to staff this year's NAIMUN conference, and they are ready to meet all the delegates in a few weeks!
In March 2011, less than a month after the completion of NAIMUN XLVIII, Secretary-General Taylor Wettach and Executive Director Caitlin Pharo were selected as the conference executives for NAIMUN XLIX. Having worked as Deputy Undersecretary-General (dUSG) of Cabinets and Director of Registration, respectively, for NAIMUN XLVIII, Taylor and Caitlin knew how much needed to be put into NAIMUN to make it one of the finest conferences on the high school circuit. This experience encouraged extensive research into NAIMUN’s past successes and struggles; both came into their positions with a vision of where NAIMUN had been, and where it could go. Ultimately, the direction of NAIMUN XLIX would be decided by the merger of these visions, and also the visions of almost 200 Georgetown University students who volunteer their time for NAIMUN.
THIMUN conferences start out with an informal session called lobbying. Lobbying is time for delegates to collaborate on ideas, start drafting and merging resolutions, garner support for their resolution, and decide who the main submitter will be after the resolution has been approved. It’s a complex process that involves promotion of one’s ideas, collaboration with [...]
KFC and I couldn’t be more excited to be at The Hague International Model United Nations Conference this week! Over 3,400 delegates from around the world are here in The Hague, Netherlands, making THIMUN the largest high school Model UN conference in the world. Opening ceremonies featured keynote speaker Sylvia Earle, explorer-in-residence at National Geographic. Check [...]
This past weekend Best Delegate liveblogged from YMUN and will be liveblogging from HMUN, THIMUN, and ILMUNC this upcoming weekend. Conference Recap YMUN Yale Model United Nations (YMUN) on the campus of Yale University began its thirty eighth conference on January 19, with opening remarks by Samantha Nutt, the co-founder and Executive Director of War Child [...]
Yale Model United Nations (YMUN) on the campus of Yale University began its thirty eighth conference on January 19, with opening remarks by Samantha Nutt, the co-founder and Executive Director of War Child Canada. Delegates immeadiatley went into the first committee session following opening ceremonies. YMUN contained many unique committees, such as NATO and The [...]
This is a guest post by Ehab Ansari, the debate coach at The Lyceum School in Pakistan. At the heart of Model UN is diversity. Representing a variety of nations, possibly with viewpoints contrary to your own is part of the allure for many. It’s no surprise then that Model UN has a strong following [...]
The peak of the Model UN season is approaching and almost every delegate will face the challenge of standing out in a large committee with hundreds of their peers. Large committees can feel daunting, overwhelming, or frustrating for delegates who are unsure how to manage their participation in a large committee. We included several tips on [...]
