SMUN
Each fall the Stockholm Model United Nations (SMUN) conference attracts an ever increasing number of top university students from both Sweden and abroad. These students, who represent the very best in their respective fields of study, are selected through a competitive application process, to participate as delegates in a simulation of the negotiations taking place within the UN and other international organisations.
Stockholm Model United Nations (SMUN) is a cooperation of students from Stockholm University and Stockholm School of Economics, and is organised as a non-profit event without any political or religious affiliations.
The cooperation that started out in 2004 with a small group of students from Stockholm University and Stockholm School of Economics is today a phenomenon, which several hundred university students have attended. Since the first conference Stockholm Model United Nations has attracted an increasing level of interest from students, as well as from the broader business and academic communities.
About the MUN concept
A Model United Nations conference (also known as “Model UN” or simply “MUN”) is an authentic simulation of the work in a UN committee such as the Security Council, or other regional and international organisations, such as the African Union or the WTO. A MUN conference is structured as a scenario based simulation, meant to educate and train the participants in fields of civics, communications, and multilateral diplomacy.
During a MUN conference, students take on roles as foreign diplomats and participate in simulated sessions, representing the country appointed to them. They prepare by investigating an issue in depth in order to be able to debate and develop solutions to the topic of discussion. During a simulation the participating delegates must employ a variety of communications and critical thinking skills to defend and advance the policies of the country they represent.
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