BaMUN

The University of Bamberg has been taking part in NMUN since 2003. The delegates have represented countries from Asia such as Cambodia or Viet Nam, but also countries from the Middle East or Africa, e.g. Israel, Jordan, Mozambique and Senegal. The reason for this selection is to open up a new perspective on social problems when diplomatically representing the interests of a country's population and to raise awareness of politically challenging views that one would not hold oneself. Diplomats do not act out of self-interest, but on behalf of the citizens of their UN member state. Over the course of the semester, we try to get to know a country socially, culturally and politically in order to be able to act appropriately in the subsequent negotiations.

The Bamberg NMUN project is run by students for students. The delegates are supported by a large team of tutors who have already taken part in NMUN. It is not our goal to win as many awards as possible at the conferences, but to build a team in which cohesion and personal development are at the center. In addition to the theoretical and practical university events, it is important to us that we create shared experiences that strengthen the sense of community and motivation.

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The project takes place annually in the winter semester and consists of a weekly seminar and tutorial. The seminar is intended to provide basic theoretical knowledge about the structure of the UN as an international organization, international law and global challenges such as climate change and its consequences for people and the environment. The practice-oriented tutorial focuses on the preparation of the simulation conferences. In the weekly sessions, we deal with the procedural rules of decision-making at UN level, our country to be represented, the various committees and researching and finding solutions to current international problems.

During the semester, preparatory conferences are held in Bamberg, Erlangen and Erfurt. There, the delegates do not represent the country of the upcoming conference in New York. Instead, they can choose a country from a pool of different UN member states that interests them geopolitically, for example.

In January, we travel to Berlin together and visit various institutions to gain insights into the world of diplomacy, government work and political organizations. In January 2024, we visited the Federal Foreign Office, the Federal Ministry of Finance, the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection, as well as think tanks such as the Center for Feminist Foreign Policy and former Ambassador Martin Kobler. Before the big conference in New York, the delegation will meet in Washington D.C. and visit various institutions such as the World Bank, the State Department, the International Monetary Fund, the foreign studios of ARD and ZDF and the Center for Strategic & International Studies. Then it's off to New York for the grand finale.

If you would like to get more impressions of the past winter semester, visit our Instagram page.