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Berlin Model United Nations

Berlin Modul United Nations (BERMUN) is a biannual conference for high school students that simulates the United Nations. The conference is run through the John F. Kennedy School in Berlin-Zehlendorf.

BERMUN1
After the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989, two students – Lars Day and Stefan Elbe – wanted to find a way to connect students from former East and West Berlin. Their solution was to create a conference modelled after the successful THIMUN conference. The first conference was held in 1992 for one day and had 30 participants.

Over the years, the conference has grown to over 750 students and is four days long. The scope of the conference also grew quickly. Schools from all over Europe and then also from North America and Asia joined the growing conference.

BERMUN2
BERMUN2 was created as a more local conference. Most schools are located in Berlin, or nearby. The conference is smaller and only runs for three days. It is hosted solely in the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung in Berlin-Mitte.

BalMUN
The Baltic Model United Nations conference hosed in Rostock by the Innerstädtisches Gymnasium was created in 2008. The conference was created by students who had attended BERMUN. Directors of the BERMUN conference worked with these students and teachers from their school to set up the conference. By 2012, the conference had 160 students participating. Category:Mun