Colegio Internacional de Caracas is planning an extraordinary educational event. On Saturday March 29th and Sunday March 30th, 2008 we are hosting our sixteenth annual Junior Model United Nations Conference. This is an event for students in grades six through eight. JMUN appears in a similar format to that of SAMUN but JMUN has an altogether different feel. It is a high energy, friendly debating forum for younger students new to the MUN organization.
Model United Nations is a simulation of the negotiations that occur at the United Nations in New York. Students prepare to be a delegate of a country and a committee. During the conference they negotiate real and current global problems and lobby towards real solutions with their delegate peers. JMUN is a regional event and host to many of the top educational institutes in Venezuela.
This year JMUN will be even more current, vibrant, and exciting as we make new changes. One major change will be the replacement of the Disarmament commission which forms part of the peace and security branch and replacing it with the new Peace Building commission. This new commission aims at supporting peace building initiatives that directly contribute to post conflict stabilization and the prevention of recurring conflicts. The overarching goal for this commission is one of bringing long term sustained peace for post conflict countries and their residents.
Pedagogically, JMUN is an excellent curricular tool. It not only increases awareness of world issues, but it also develops such skills as public speaking, problem-solving, negotiating, investigating current political, social and economic events, understanding foreign policy, as well developing students' skills in researching and writing. JMUN is also an excellent venue to prepare students for SAMUN, or other MUN conferences. JMUN is a required academic unit in CIC's Social Studies program for the Middle School.
Each day the student news staff publishes a chronicle of the day's events. This year's JMUNDO will be published and updated live on the internet.
Colegio Internacional de Caracas (CIC) just completed hosting its annual Junior Model United Nations (JMUN) Conference—a truly extraordinary educational event. The Conference took place this past Saturday March 29th and Sunday March 30th, 2008. CIC has now hosted JMUN for sixteen consecutive years. This is an event for students in grades six through eight. JMUN appears in a similar format to that of SAMUN but JMUN has an altogether different feel. It is a high energy, friendly debating forum for younger students new to the MUN organization.
Model United Nations is a simulation of the negotiations that occur at the United Nations in New York. Students prepare to be a delegate of a country and a committee. During the conference they negotiate real and current global problems and lobby towards real solutions with their delegate peers. JMUN is a regional event and host to many of the top educational institutes in Venezuela.
This year JMUN was even more current, vibrant, and exciting as we made a number of new changes. One major change was the replacement of the Disarmament commission which forms part of the peace and security branch and its replacement with the new Peace Building Commission. This new commission aims at supporting peace building initiatives that directly contribute to post-conflict stabilization and the prevention of recurring conflicts. The overarching goal for this commission is one of bringing long term sustained peace for post conflict countries and their residents.
Pedagogically, JMUN is an excellent curricular tool. It not only increases awareness of world issues, but it also develops such skills as public speaking, problem-solving, negotiating, investigating current political, social and economic events, understanding foreign policy, as well developing students' skills in researching and writing. JMUN is also an excellent venue to prepare students for SAMUN, or other MUN conferences regionally and internationally. JMUN is a required academic unit in CIC's Social Studies program for the Middle School.
Each day the student news staff publishes a chronicle of the day's events. This year's JMUNDO was published and updated live on the internet and is available here on our CIC website at http://cic-caracas.org/mun/jmun/jmundo2008/
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