MIAMUN
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| Abbreviation | MIAMUN |
|---|---|
| Formation | June 2019 |
| Type | Bi-Annual Conference |
| Purpose | Political Education |
| Location | |
Official language | English and Spanish |
Secretary-General | Veronica Famadas |
Director-General | Benjamin Pla |
Main organ | Secretariat |
| Affiliations | International Studies Preparatory Academy |
The Miami Independently Assembled Model United Nations (MIAMUN) conference is a nonprofit biannual one-day event for high school Model United Nations students. It is held at International Studies Preparatory Academy in Coral Gables, Florida in fall and spring. It is currently in its second year and approaching its fifth installment.
General information
MIAMUN began in 2019 as a project of various students from across Miami-Dade County to create an independently assembled student-run Model United Nations conference.[1] In its first year, the conference was attended by approximately 23 high school and middle school delegates. Over the past year, it has continued to grow, with the number of registered delegates increasing by 400 percent by the fall 2019 conference. MIAMUN III expects over 100-120 delegates to be in attendance for the upcoming 2020 conference.
COVID-19 MIAMUN II: Online
On April 24, 2020, MIAMUN hosted its first online conference due to COVID-19, where over 30 delegates participated in two crisis committees: The French Revolution of 1789 and the Iranian Cabinet. The decision was made by former secretary-general Alexander Sutton, who reacted to COVID-19 by creating an online conference in place of the previously scheduled spring event.[2]
Nonprofit
In January 2020, MIAMUN Inc. officially registered as a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization under Veronica Famadas and Irene Jose-Sala in order to donate all proceeds from the conference to the charity of the Secretariat's choice.[3] [4] In previous conferences, proceeds from delegate fees and merchandise sales have been donated to UNICEF in the effort to aid underprivileged children in receiving adequate access to educational resources.[5]
Committees
MIAMUN primarily focuses on small crisis and specialized committees made up of both middle school and high school delegates. Over the past two school years MIAMUN has hosted the following committees:
June 2019/MIAMUN I: Summer
- Pompeii
- National Security Council: al Qaeda
- CDC Virus
November 2019/MIAMUN I: Fall[6]
- WHO Apocalypse
- Avengers
- Continental Congress
April 2020/MIAMUN II: Online
- French Revolution
- Iranian Cabinet
Fall 2020/MIAMUN III
- JCC: Korean War
- Casa de Papel
- Dunder Mifflin Inc.
- Catalonia's Independence
References
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