Model United Nations Assembly (MUNA)

The next Model United Nationals Assembly (MUNA) in District 9810 will be held on Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 May 2008 in the Legislative Assembly Chamber of the Victorian Parliament.

 

Be part of this great experience and contact your local Rotary Club or the MUNA Committee by using the email link in the next paragraph.

 

The Chairman of MUNA for 2007-08 is PDG Bob Richards who can be contacted by email on the following link: MUNA Chairman

 

Detailed information relating to MUNA 2008, including necessary application forms, can be found by clicking on the following link which will take you direct to the relevant page: MUNA 2008 - Specific Information.

 

Some History:

MUNA was introduced to Australia in 1980 when Rotary clubs in NSW were invited to sponsor a team of two students to represent a nominated country at an assembly modelled on the format and function of the United Nations.

 

By 1995 five Australian students were sponsored to participate in the MUNA conducted by the Rotary Club of San Francisco as part of the Rotary/United Nations presidential Conference to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the United Nations.

 

The purpose of MUNA is to encourage young people to learn about other nations and to understand and appreciate the workings of the United Nations while they develop debating skills and gain self confidence in public speaking.

 

Before the debate begins a delegate may deliver a brief address setting out the most important facts about the country he or she represents. The resolutions to be debated are selected from those actually debated by the UN as well as a number of motions proposed by the teams. The debates reproduce genuine UN debates, often with a fine flow of rhetoric, points of order, motions of dissent and bloc walkouts!

 

MUNA is actually a United Nations initiative and there are a variety of MUNAs held throughout the world. This site has links to many MUNA sites and it would be of particular interest to any participating students. Visit the UN MUNA website