Haarlem Model United Nations

Haarlem Model United Nations (HMUN) is an annual Model United Nations (MUN) conference organised by the Haarlem Model United Nations Organisation and hosted by the Stedelijk Gymnasium Haarlem, the Latin school of Haarlem, in the Netherlands. HMUN was founded in 1998 and was an initiative of the students of the Latin School. The MUN is held in the monumental building of the Latin School in the old city center of Haarlem. As an internationally known conference, HMUN welcomes schools from several countries including Tunis, the Netherlands, Spain, Norway, France, Germany, Turkey, Slovenia, the United Kingdom and the United States.

This year's HMUN

Anniversary

The conference of 2017 will be the 20th anniversary of HMUN.

Theme

2017's theme is: "Sustainable development; problems of the past, possibilities of the future."

General Information

Aims

HMUN strongly emphasizes on training speaking, negotiating, leadership and debating skills. Moreover it strives for increasing awareness with regards to global issues among high school students and helping them to find sustainable constructive solutions to these problems. HMUN is regarded as an MUN of high quality. Both beginning as well as utterly experienced delegates are more than welcome to HMUN.

Affiliations

HMUN is affiliated to The Hague International Model United Nations (THIMUN) and therefore HMUN uses the THIMUN charter, including rules of procedure as the main basis of the conference.

Forums

The Haarlem Model United Nations has 16 forums. The forums present (as of 2017) are:

• SC Security Council
• PBC Peace Building Commission
• AUPSC African Union Peace and Security Council
• GA1 General Assembly 1: Disarmament and International Security Committee (DISEC)
• GA2 General Assembly 2: Economic and Financial Committee (ECOFIN)
• GA3 General Assembly 3: Social Humanitarian and Cultural Committee (SOCHUM)
• GA4 General Assembly 4: Special Political and Decolonization Committee (SPECPOL)
• ECOSOC Economic and Social Council
• WEF World Education Forum
• ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations
• HRC Human Rights Committee
• SPC1 Special Conference 1
• SPC2 Special Conference 2
• CC Conflict Committee
• G20 G-20 major economies
• ExCom Expert Committee
• ICJ International Court of Justice

See also

• Haarlem Model United Nations Organisation
• Stedelijk Gymnasium Haarlem
• Model United Nations
• Haarlem