2. Model United Nations is a simulation of the United Nations that aims to educate participants ( students of high school or universities ) about current issues, international problems, conflicts, diplomacy and the United Nations agenda. The participants take on roles as diplomats during the General Assembly.

3. The history of Model goes back to the 1920s when students participated in simulations of the League of Nations in New York City ( National Model United Nations ). The oldest modern simulation of the MUN is the Harvard Model United Nations which was established in 1951.

4. In the early days the participants of MUN were students of select colleges in the USA. Nowadays MUN has expanded. It is practiced all over the world. The MUN participants are not only students of high schools but also elementary, secondary, undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students. Conferences are organised in Europe as well. The most famous are : ●THIMUN- The Hague Netherlands ●LIMUN- in London ( started 30 years ago ) ●PIMUN- in Paris The first MUN in Poland was organised in Gorzów Wielkopolski in 1992 by Mathew Bennett a Peace Corps volunteer.

5. ● to educate participants about the workings of international organization UN ● to enhance students’ negotiating and oratory skills ● to broaden student’s knowledge of the world

6. Each MUN has it’s own way of organizing the debate. Although the issues always refer to the problems of the present world : ●peacekeeping and enforcement ●humanitarian aid and development ●human rights

7. Sample topics: ● Legal measures to eliminate international terrorism ● Cyber crimes and identify theft ● Improving the lives of slum dwellers ● Eliminating arms sales to areas of social and political unrest ● Child soldiers:demobilization, rehabilitation and reintegration ● Measures against contemporary forms of slavery

8. ● Practise students communication skills, writing & speaking ● Improve their vocabulary knowledge ● Learn debating and negotiations ● Understand diplomacy function ● Obtain motivation to study English

10. You go with inactive, bored, demotivated students

11. You come back with hard-working, enthusiastic and motivated young people

13. Tell me and I forget Teach me and I remember Involve me and I learn Benjamin Franklin