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Role-play conference during which the work of one of the six UN committees is simulated. Every participant can try on practically any role from the world of big politics and become a delegate of any country to defend its interests.

A meeting is led by the Presidium which includes Chairperson (President), Co-chair(Vice-president), Expert and Secretary. The expert is responsible for accuracy of facts, a Secretary provides the session with technical means, while a President and a Vice-president are in charge of the meeting and monitor the observance of the rules.

Firstly, a general speakers' list is opened by Chairs, delegates present their countries' positions (short reports on the government‘s statements on the issue mentioned in the agenda), then a meeting can be held in three modes: formal debate, moderated caucus (led by Chairperson), unmoderated caucus.

Voting is held by raising the plates with the names of the countries (placards). The result of each bodies’ work is a resolution (a final document with the list of measures to be done).

Resolutions adopted by the UN Security Council are mandatory, while others are considered to be recommendations.

Nowadays MUNs are spread all over the world: from the UK and France to China and Egypt. They recently came to Russia – only in 1990s, nevertheless, it did not prevent MUNs from becoming popular among young people very quickly. These days practically every Russian city has its own MUN.