By Nikunj Agarwal, Worldview Staff _______________________________________________________________________________ High School Model UN in India is about a couple of decades old. In the past decade, there has been an explosion in the number of participants, and, consequently, in the number of conferences that are hosted in the country each year. Now almost every large school, college andContinue reading “MUN for India: Back to the Basics”
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The Munual: A Guide to MUN Program Development and Expansion Availability
By IMPACT staffwriter, Si Yun Ee ____________________________________________________________________________ The Munual was developed in Taiwan by a group of High School students two years ago, who were inspired by their passion for Model United Nations (MUN). It is a student led initiative with the primary goal to improve the local MUN community and environment. With their experience,Continue reading “The Munual: A Guide to MUN Program Development and Expansion Availability”
The Personal Impact of MUN-My Story
By Nick Yeh _____________________________________________________________________________ In International Relations 101, students learn three different perspectives, worldviews or theories that are differentiated based on who plays the game. In realism, states are the main actors and agents that dominate the discourse. In liberalism, states and organizations share that realm. In constructivism, that level goes even further allowing individualsContinue reading “The Personal Impact of MUN-My Story”
American School of Doha’s MUN Club supports youth empowerment in Afghanistan
By Neil Udassi and Nada Haddad ____________________________________________________________________________ This year, we set out with the goal of transforming our ASD MUN club from an advocacy group into an activist organization. Our delegates come together to debate some of the world’s most pressing issues, yet, we, ourselves, do little to effectuate the change we so passionately advocateContinue reading “American School of Doha’s MUN Club supports youth empowerment in Afghanistan”
HELA Graduates First Women’s Empowerment Cohort
By Rahmatullah Hamdard, Founder and CEO of HELA _____________________________________________________________________________ The Hope for Education and Leadership in Afghanistan (HELA) organization has successfully graduated the first 20 women of their Women Empowerment Project. During this project which lasted for six months, the students learned managerial skills, leadership skills, entrepreneurial skills, and negotiation and marketing skills. These willContinue reading “HELA Graduates First Women’s Empowerment Cohort”
MUN Thought Leaders Summit and the Launch of MUN Impact
Carried forward by the positive momentum of #QLC17, two dozen MUN thought leaders, educators and representatives from the United Nations met at Qatar Foundation’s Headquarters to discuss best practices around the idea of Model UN as an impactful and engaging activity, and to formulate a plan that would allow for a new community to develop aroundContinue reading “MUN Thought Leaders Summit and the Launch of MUN Impact”
What is MUN Impact?
MUN IMPACT The Model United Nations community is an army of untapped foot soldiers, an enormous community of delegates who care deeply about the role of the UN in the world and the mandates it is tasked with carrying out. The MUN community is, however, a diverse one, with regional, procedural and institutional cultural identitiesContinue reading “What is MUN Impact?”
IMPACT TEAM
The following individuals have played a role in launching the MUN Impact movement. Organization Name Best Delegate Ryan Villanueva Best Delegate Erik Leiden HELA Sulaiman Sulaimankhil HELA Rahmat Hamdard THIMUN Foundation Alain Meidinger THIMUN Foundation Fran Laughlin University-At Large Robin De Zeeuw THIMUN Youth Assembly Founder Reinhardt Smit MUN Café Aditya Soma OMUN SamuelContinue reading “IMPACT TEAM”