APPLICATIONS OPEN

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MUNA - for Year 11-12 Students
 

For teams of Year 11-12 students, the Model United Nations Assembly (MUNA) is a one day event that encourages them to learn about other nations and to understand and appreciate the workings of the United Nations (UN) while they develop debating skills and gain self-confidence in public speaking.
 
Teams of three students from Year 11 or Year 12 are preferred, but students from Year 10 may be accepted on request from schools, if space permits. The teams select a country; research its history, politics, economics, peoples, international alignment and policies in current world affairs.
 
Having chosen a country, they then debate selected resolutions from each country’s point of view in a simulated United Nations Assembly.  The debates reproduce genuine UN debates often with a fine flow of rhetoric, points of order, motions of dissent and bloc walkouts!
 
MUNA is actually a United Nations initiative and MUNA events are held throughout the world. The winning team from Rotary District 9640 each year competes in the MUNA Nationals in Canberra in August.

 

NEXT EVENT

3 May 2025
Tweed Heads Civic Centre, Cnr Brett & Wharf Sts, Tweed Heads  NSW  2485
 
$400 per team (sponsorship available)
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APPLICATION PROCESS
Applications for MUNA 2025 are now open! A new online application process has been created and the information below outlines the steps and details required to apply.
Step 1 - Financial Sponsorship
 
On the application form you will have the option of selecting the Financial Sponsorship arrangement for each team (they can be different for each team).  Please make sure you have any information required before completing the application.  The options are -
 
  1. If you have agreed with your local Rotary or Rotaract Club (a list of clubs and contacts can be found here) to sponsor your team(s) application then please make sure you have their details, including a contact person at the club and their email and phone number (if you have it)
  2. Self funding by the school is also an option - please make sure to have the details of the person (at least a name and email address) to whom any invoice should be sent.
STEP 2
Complete Application Form, including Student Details
 
The application form will allow schools to submit up to three teams.  When completing the form you will need to provide the name and contact details of a teacher liaison plus the following for each team -
 
  • The name, age, emergency contact detail and dietary requirements of all three students on the team
  • The country that team would like to represent (only those not selected by other schools will be shown as available)
  • The sponsorship arrangements applicable to that team (see above)
 
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MUNA RESOURCES
 
MUNA 2025 Resolutions
 
Between three and four resolutions will be debated at MUNA 2025 (depending on time) along with an emergency resolution.  You can find the resolutions that will be debated at MUNA 2025 by clicking on the link below.  The emergency resolution will only be provided on the day.
Past Resolutions
 
For practice purposes, schools and students may also review the past resolutions debated at MUNA by clicking the respective link below -
 
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FURTHER INFORMATION
Please feel free to email the MUNA Chair, Susan Howard at muna@rotary9640.org if you have any questions.