NMUN•JAPAN - KOBE

19-27 November 2016*

NMUN – Japan will be held in partnership with the Kobe City University of Foreign Studies, celebrating their 70th anniversary in 2016.

In addition, it marks the year Japan celebrates its 60th year as a member of the United Nations. University students will discuss matters of global importance in the modern port city of Kobe which was rebuilt after the 1995 earthquake. Kobe’s port was one of the first to be opened to foreign trade in 1868 and an Old Foreign Settlement remains.

The conference will include, on an additional fee, visits to UNESCO World Heritage Sites such as the Hiroshima Peace Memorial (where the first atomic bomb was dropped) as well as shrines, temples, and gardens in the ancient capital of Kyoto. Don’t miss this amazing experience!

Curriculum

To obtain the most benefit from the NMUN-Japan, participants will have to possess certain basic knowledge and operational expertise. Consules has therefore created a training program focused on making each team able to compete in the best possible way.

The two-month training course is divided into the following modules:

• International Relations: political analysis of the country being represented and its policies at the United Nations; introduction to UN agenda items; rules for the drafting of ‘position papers’ that summarize the country’s position with regard to issues on the agenda.
• Resolution and Report Drafting: the theoretical framework and operational information for the drafting of formal UN documents.
  Speech and Public Speaking: strengthening public-speaking and negotiating skills in English.
• Procedural Rules: explanation of the procedures that govern interaction within the simulation.
• Simulation: there will be a trial simulation in class to put into practice the acquired notions and expertise in preparation for the final conference.

The course contains 30 hours of lessons and 20 hours of practice exercises. Each student is also asked to do individual research and study amounting to roughly 30 hours.

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