"Model United Nations" (MUN)

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Model United Nations, generally referred to as Model UN (MUN) is one of the most popular ways to learn about the United Nations (UN). Educational institutions hold MUN conferences so students can hold UN-style debates and conversations.

Model UN conferences help students develop public speaking, writing, and research skills. In addition, they often provide students with their first entry point into international affairs and concepts. These affairs and concepts include peace and security, human rights, development, and rule of law issues. Yet Model UN conferences can also teach students about the UN as an institution, its role in world affairs, and the diplomacy involved in UN decisions.

UC Santa Barbara Model United Nations was founded in 2007 with the aim of encouraging international awareness and developing communication and negotiation skills through the simulation of the United Nations and its subsidiary bodies. A fully student-run and student-funded organization, UCSBMUN is comprised of undergraduate students of all different fields of study with a mutual passion for international relations.