IAFOR CEO Addresses Nagoya University Model United Nations

Dr Joseph Haldane delivered the welcome address at the Nagoya University Model United Nations (NUMUN) as an invited speaker.

Dr Joseph Haldane delivered the welcome address at the Nagoya University Model United Nations (NUMUN) as an invited speaker. In front of assembled NUMUN delegates, made up of high school, undergraduate, and postgraduate students from all over Japan, Dr Haldane spoke of the ‘value of the MUN in developing the capacity and skills necessary to engage in the international fora that help shape our world’. He also spoke of the ‘crucial importance of the international system’, specifically ‘how the need for diplomacy and achieving solutions through dialogue and agreement was now needed more than ever’. He continued: ‘Learning how to engage with others and their ideas, as well as people from different backgrounds, nations, and cultures, may not always be easy, but it is through dialogue that we should seek solutions to some of the world's most difficult problems’. Dr Haldane ended his address by underlining the importance of ‘learning how to disagree well, and cultivating that skill’.

IAFOR was very pleased to support the Model United Nations at Nagoya University and looks forward to continuing this support in the future.


IAFOR CEO Addresses Nagoya University Model United Nations



About the Nagoya University Model United Nations

Model United Nations (MUN) is an academic simulation of the United Nations where students act as delegates of different countries and attempt to solve real world issues using the viewpoints and policies of the countries they represent. MUN helps students to understand the principles of the UN and how it functions: once a student has registered for an MUN conference, they will be allocated to a committee (at random or the student’s own choice) and receive a country to represent. The programme offers opportunities to explore and propose solutions to real-world problems, including political issues that directly impact people around the world. Many of today’s leaders—including those that work in the UN—are former MUN participants.

Student-delegates can participate in many MUN conferences all over the world organised by universities, high schools, nonprofit organisations, and other educational groups, offline or online. Nagoya University recently entered this group of MUN organisers, and is gaining momentum: this is the third iteration of the NUMUN since 2022, with an increasing number of participants coming from different backgrounds every year. NUMUN’s 2024 Organising Committee of the 2024 Nagoya University Model United Nations is composed of 19 critical, steadfast thinkers from different nations of the world studying different topics in their own majors, promising interdisciplinary dialogues and proposals.



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