Model UN

At our Model UN weekend event, teams of 2 student ambassadors and a Rotary or teacher advisor represent a country at a mock General Assembly and debate and resolve real life UN resolutions.
 
Students learn conflict resolution, debating skills, critical & analytical thinking, and presentation skills. we expose students to different cultures, political ideologies, and the art of making peace.
 

Model United Nations Program 

Our District 5340 is the only one in the United States with a Rotary Model United Nations Program, started by our District's Pathways to Peace Committee thirteen years ago. Rotary International has a long and proud association with the U.N, with Rotarians involved in its charter, and having the highest consultative status of any nongovernmental organization.  We are partners with the U.N. in our PolioPlus initiative.

Rotary clubs select teams of two high school students and one advisor, who can be a Rotarian, teacher or parent. A club can sponsor more than one team. Several months before the Conference, the students are given two current-day UN Resolutions to address, and will undergo a day of training in analytical and negotiating skills, what to expect at the actual Conference and then the students select the countries to which they will become ambassadors. Advisors are also given training and advised of our District's Youth Protection Policy.
Why should Clubs sponsor a Model UN team?
  • Trains students in peaceful conflict resolution, diplomatic negotiating strategies, and critical and analytical thinking and speaking skills.
  • Exposes students to complex international issues and different cultures and political ideologies in order to develop a more balanced, objective worldly perspective.
  • Increases your Club's involvement with Youth Services in addition to LEAD, RYLA, Interact, Rotaract, and the four-way speech contest.
Being Rotary, we deliberately recruit students from a cross section of San Diego and Riverside County schools, including inner city schools, charter schools for underprivileged students and more recognized high schools, as well as students from many international countries to give our Conference a true UN flair.  In this way, students from a variety of backgrounds get to interact and become friends with each other. MUN students can be from freshmen to seniors.
 
The MUN 2023 Conference took place on  April 1-2, 2023, at the Del Mar City Hall Townhall. 
 
MUN 2024 will be held on March 23-24, 2024, at the same Del Mar City Hall Townhall venue. The cost for MUN 2024 will be $500 per Team of 2 students and 1 adult advisor.
 
Please contact the District Chair now to reserve space for your Club for this exciting Program.
Rotary Model United Nations Program - developing the peace-makers and world leaders of tomorrow - today.
 
For more information on Model UN Programs: https://modelunrotary5340.com
 
Model United Nations Co-Chairs: Kevin Cahill and Pauline Lim-Endresen