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Model United Nations
Slide2Model United Nations
is a simulation
of the United Nations that aims
to educate
participants
( students of high school or universities ) about current issues, international problems, conflicts, diplomacy and the United Nations agenda.The participants take on roles as diplomats during the General Assembly.
Slide3The
history of Model
goes back to the 1920s
when students
participated in simulations of the League of Nations in New York City ( National Model United Nations ) .The oldest modern simulation of the MUN is the Harvard Model United Nations which was established in 1951 .
History
Slide4In the early days the participants of MUN were students of select colleges in the USA .
Nowadays MUN has expanded . It is practiced all over the world . The MUN participants are not only students of high schools but also elementary, secondary, undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students.
Conferences are organised in Europe as
well. The most famous are : ●THIMUN- The Hague Netherlands
●LIMUN- in London ( started 30 years ago )
●PIMUN- in ParisThe first MUN in Poland was organised in Gorzów Wielkopolski in 1992 by Mathew Bennett a Peace Corps volunteer.
Slide5The
main
aims
of MUN● to educate participants about the workings of international organization UN ● to enhance students’ negotiating and oratory skills ● to broaden student’s knowledge of the world
Slide6Issues
Each MUN has it’s own way of organizing the debate. Although the issues always refer to the problems of the present world :
● peacekeeping and
enforcement ● humanitarian aid and development● human rights
Slide7S
ample topics:
●
Legal measures to eliminate international terrorism
●
Cyber crimes and identify theft● Improving the lives of slum dwellers ● Eliminating arms sales to areas of social and political unrest ● Child soldiers:demobilization, rehabilitation and reintegration ● Measures against contemporary forms of slavery
Resolution
topics
Slide8●
Practise students
communication skills
, writing & speaking
● Improve their vocabulary knowledge● Learn debating and negotiations Students benefits● Understand diplomacy function●
Obtain
motivation
to
study
English
Slide9Slide10Teacher
benefits
You
go
with inactive, bored, demotivated students
Slide11You
come
back with
hard-
working
, enthusiastic and motivated young people
Slide12Why
are
alternative
ways
of
teaching
more
effective
?
Slide13Tell
me and I forget
Teach me and I remember
Involve me and I learn
Benjamin Franklin
Model United Nations Model United Nations
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