The guest post was written by Lucas Wintrebert and provided by Quentin Crozat, President of MUNwalk Sciences Po Lille.
Model UN has grown to become quite popular in America since its inception, but it has taken much longer to become popular in Europe, particularly France. Despite this, French universities are making up for the delay by hosting major Model UN conferences, developing strong Model UN programs, and fielding winning Model UN teams.
Major MUN conferences in France
Model UN conferences are organized in France but the working language of most conferences is English. Students from around the world participate. For example, the yearly PIMUN conference (Paris International Model United Nations), is organized by three famous French schools: Sciences Po Paris, University of Panthéon-Assas and University of Panthéon-Sorbonne, involving over 500 international students. Also, other institutes of Political Studies (Sciences Po) organize MUNs, such as Sciences Po Lille that organized the NMUN Europe this year, where 300 students attended from over ten different countries.
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We are pleased to announce that priority registration for the 9th annual Chicago International Model United Nations (CIMUN) is now officially open. CIMUN IX will be held December 6-9th 2012 at the Fairmont Hotel in the heart of downtown Chicago. CIMUN is a groundbreaking educational political simulation for high school/secondary students hosted by the Model United Nations Development Organization (MUNDO), and is one of the largest independent Model UN conferences in the United States.
At the core of the CIMUN philosophy is a strong focus on realism and innovation, with our primary goal being the accurate portrayal of the challenges faced by real-life diplomats and politicians. All committees at CIMUN feature a fully-integrated crisis simulation, forcing delegates to think on their feet and work as a team between multiple committees to solve demanding international problems. The result is an unconventional conference that immerses students in a global context, and makes CIMUN a truly one of a kind Model UN experience.
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This recap was provided by Nicholas R. Stewart
The first session of the Security Council
The last weekend of March, 26th thru 31st, Western Collegiate Model United Nations (WestMUN) Conference welcomed over 140 students to celebrate its twentieth anniversary at Santa Barbara City College in Southern California. The theme of the conference was “For a Better World.” This year the conference featured six committees; with some unique twists. The key topics dealt with were the continuous issue of Measures to Ensure the Safety and Security of Nuclear Installations, Weapons, and Materials and Right to Protect Endangered Populations Affected by Intrastate Conflict. But it was the newly highlighted topic dealing with the question of Eliminating Discrimination Based on Sexual Preference that embodies the topic of this year’s conference.
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This guest post has been provided by Alonso Gurmendi Dunkelberg, AENU Perú Founding Member and Former PU Chief Advisor.
A group photo of the delegation from Peruvian University at HNMUN
Peru is experiencing a MUN boom. What was once an obscure acronym known only to a lucky few is now gaining ever-growing popularity among Peruvian high-school and college students. And spearheading this boom is Peruvian Universities (PU), the largest and most successful Peruvian delegation in the global MUN circuit. Having won a Diplomacy Award at WorldMUN -this being our first year attending the conference- as well as 4 awards in HNMUN -including Peru’s first Best Delegate award ever- Peruvian Universities has become a force to be reckoned among its more established South American peers. Given this year’s exceptional results, we believe it is time to share PU’s history with the wider MUN community.
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