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The History of Model United Nations and Online Model United Nations
We are naturally expected to know the origins of Model United Nations (MUN) as prospective delegates and advisors of future MUN conferences. This short article aims to provide you with some interesting and historical facts as regards the beginnings of traditional (in-person) MUN conferences and Online MUN conferences alike.
Before we start, it is equally important to clarify what we know about the United Nations (UN). We all know that the United Nations is an international organization consisting of 192 independent states. In other words, almost every sovereign state or country in the world is represented in the UN. The principal goals of the UN founded just after World War II on the 24th of October, 1945, are to develop friendly relations among nations, to maintain international peace and security, to promote better living standards and social progress, and to advance human rights. One important fact concerning the UN is that the member states are bound together by the principles of the United Nations Charter, which is an international treaty that specifies their rights and duties in detail as members of the world community.
It was not until the end of the Second World War, and 1952 in particular, that a real and comprehensive MUN conference was held. It was the University of California at Berkeley that held the first Model United Nations conference in 1952. This first conference helped lead the way for Model UN to flourish throughout the world. The following are also recorded instances of early MUN conferences in the past, some of which are still popular today: the MUN Conference at Swarthmore College in 1947, the MUN Conference at St. Lawrence University in 1949, Model United Nations of the Far West (MUNFW) Conference at Stanford University in 1951, and Harvard National Model United Nations (HNMUN) Conference in 1954.
by The Author*
*This article by the author has also been published at MUNTurkey.com in 2020.
References:
McIntosh, D. (2001). The Uses and Limits of Model United Nations in an International Relations Classroom. International Studies Perspectives. 2001:2, 269–280.
Frazier, E., & Asquith, S. (2019). Developing the Skills to be a Global Learner through a Model United Nations. Literacies and Language Education: Research and Practice. Autumn 2019. https://kuis.kandagaigo.ac.jp/eli/publications/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Frazier-_-Asquith_Autumn_2019.pdf
Web Sites Resources:
https://www.oxfordglobal.org/blog/2020/10/6/a-brief-history-of-model-united-nations
http://www.modelundp.org/home.php
https://www.uaa.k12.tr/en/haber/426/26–timun/
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1923/1/10/hold-first-meeting-of-international-assembly/
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