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SPIMUN was organized in 1997. It started as a small 3-day simulation of the ECOSOC and was represented by 75 delegates from Athens, Geneva, The Hague, Zurich, Ivanovo, and Saint Petersburg MUN groups. Nowadays the conference has grown in size and has become truly international. Since the foundation of SPIMUN almost 6000 delegates from all the continents except Antarctic have participated in our conference. The 22nd Annual SPIMUN brings together about 330 delegates and teachers from 11 countries of the World: Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Pakistan, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.
SPIMUN allows the students to play the roles of diplomats and learn to negotiate and debate in a formal way. The objectives of the conference are to seek through negotiation solutions to the various problems of the world dealing with economic, social, environmental, and cultural issues. The young delegates in seeking solutions to these problems can learn to develop true international cooperation.
Our Guests have always been a priory for SPIMUN. For instance, the first conference ever held was visited by David Williams, who at the time was the Chairperson of THIMUN foundations. In 10 years’ time, he attended the 10thanniversary SPIMUN conference. Moreover, two of our students were invited to a meeting with Kofi Annan, the United Nations Secretary General. It is a big honor for us that we could meet such gifted a politician and the contemporary face of the United Nations. The photo of that event is proudly hung on the stand on the first floor of our Gymnasium.
As for each and every international MUN, there is nothing that SPIMUN Group values more than taking part in other Model United Nations worldwide. There are models where we are the newcomers and models where we are frequent and awaited guests. No matter where or when your conference takes place, SPIMUN Group is always eager to embrace new experience!
We are glad to have as a partner one of the biggest MUN conferences in Europe. The city of Oldenburg - the city where this conference takes place- is a really small one, the level of organization is fantastic. For years SPIMUN group has been taking part in OLMUN and their participants do the same. We have built strong relationships with our German friends and hopefully look forward to cooperating and working together even more in the future.
We greatly appreciate the long-term history of participation at OLMUN conference. This is the largest conferences that we take part in, and the most creative one. We admire the degree to which the students manage to prepare the conference independently. Our delegates and the delegates of OLMUN have developed a continuous tradition of informal communications thanks to mutual housing programs. It is an honor for us that many of our delegates continue to communicate long after the end of both conferences
SPIMUN and GeMUN teams have been coming to each others’ conferences for many years. Spanning two days, the GeMUN conference is a brilliant chance for our partcipants to hold Chairs and Deputy Chairs in GeMUN committees. We take pride in saying that one of our students, Anastasia Pinchuk, was honored to be the Deputy-Secretary General at GeMUN 2017. Three days of committee sessions and General Assembly are held in memories of each participant of any GeMUN. Students develop strong bonds that last long after the conferences thanks to mutual hosting programs, just as it is with OLMUN. We are thankful and honored to be a part of such an organized conference and hope to have many more as joyful experiences with our partners GeMUN team.
For generations of SPIMUN participants this conference is the first one ever to enter. Many students from SPIMUN group come to NovMUN holding Officer and delegate positions, and many NovMUN participants visit SPIMUN. A cozy two-days simulations of four committees of the General Assembly and masterfully organized Opening and Closing ceremony is what makes us so proud of our friends at NovMUN. We express our sincere gratitude to our friends at NovMUN for their willingness to cooperate and passion for what they do!
The first time that SPIMUN group set out for Jerusalem was the spring of 2017. Back than our MUN director, Natalia Rychkova, received an unexpected offer to take part in ROSMUN conference. Dubious at the moment, she still thought that such an experience could prove to be valuable, and never was she so right!
ROSMUN is the most professional MUN conference that we have ever attended. Jerusalem, a hub of international lite, and other cities of Israel unfold their splendor thanks to excursions, delegates receive an opportunity to debate on the most complicated issues of the UN agenda, and to share opinions with people who come from where Russian students not so frequently travel. Intercultural dialogue, professionalism and daring attitude- these are the reasons why we wholeheartedly appreciate our partners!
