THE FORUM

Hello fellow Munners! DPSG Dehradun is organising the 3rd edition of its very successful inter school Model UN conference (we're open to individual delegation too!!), Uttarakhand's most dynamic MUN!! The conference will be held online (completely free of cost!!) and will offer the delegates a range of committtees including UNSC, DISEC and even Ministry of Magic to name a few!!! For any further details, you can: -> DM us on instagram (@dpsgd_mun) -> Send us an email at mun.dpsgddn@dpsgs.org Follow us on instagram to stay updated! (https://www.instagram.com/dpsgd_mun/) Happy Munning!!

Before I participated in the MUN hosted by my current school, I had no experience whatsoever nor did I even come across the terms ”MUN”, ”caucus” and ”position paper”. I was completely clueless of what to expect when I signed up to be a delegate. Panic set in when I was told to submit a position paper of my country’s stance on the topic. However, Daryl, one of the crews of this website, shared a sample and it really helped me to get a better understanding of the paper’s structure and purpose. Fast forward to the day itself, finally equipped with the basic knowledge of how MUN works, I have to admit that the experience I had was exhilarating and the bonds I have made with the other delegates was incomparable. I would not mind having those embarrassing moments of not keeping up with the procedure during the simulation or the small mistakes that I’ve made during caucuses all over again just to relive my first MUN experience.

Despite your opinion on her music, you can’t deny that she is talented and knows how to control her presence in the public eye. Idol to many and inspiration to even more, the question of who Beyonce looks up to still remains a mystery! This is how MUN is supposed to work for the UN as well. In short, my thesis is that MUN should be acting as a platform of excellence and motivation for improvement to the real UN. Let me elaborate on this potentially controversial opinion; We know that educational simulations existed from the League of Nations time and when the UN was founded, simulations continued in an attempt to familiarize civil society with the purpose of the organization. As the years passed by though, the procedure followed in conferences differentiated significantly from the one followed at UN organs, leading to a huge gap between what I call the muniverse and actual institution. In the muniverse, impossible is nothing whereas the real thing has a lot of restrictions. Recently, the discussion has been going around bringing simulations closer to the current UN proceedings by undergoing several major changes in Rules of Procedure and logistics mainly. Unfortunately, as many UN-related stories can tell us authenticity is not always effective, therefore if the current way MUNs work is strengthened and negative elements are cleared out, I really believe that simulations can be a model of excellence for the UN as well. MUN needs no fancy venue and high profiled associations, it’s all about the passion of innovation and the love to work on a global scale. I may be romantic, and I definitely sound as such but the current generation of MUNers will be called to either drop its revolutionary character and get compromised to the status quo of things or will find the way to make the UN great again! Anyways, that’s my opinion only- I’m Alexia from Greece and I would appreciate your opinion on the topic!