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'''MUN Society Belgium (MSB)''' is an inter-university organisation dedicated to training Belgian students to take part in Model United Nations conferences domestically and around the world. Founded in 2006, they are noted for their success internationally, as well as being host team for WorldMUN 2014.
'''MUN Society Belgium''' is an inter-university student club aimed at broadening the mindset of its members as well as developing abilities such as speaking, debating and negotiating through participation in international [[Model United Nations]] (MUN) conferences.<ref>[http://www.facebook.com/MUN.Society.Belgium MUN Society Belgium on Facebook<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The organization was founded in 2006 and has won awards and the patronage of the national and regional ministers of Foreign Affairs.<ref>[http://www.munsocietybelgium.org MUN Society Belgium<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.olivaint.be/011_presse_15_03_2010.pdf |title=De Standaard, 15 March 2010<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=4 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328125357/http://www.olivaint.be/011_presse_15_03_2010.pdf |archive-date=28 March 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.gva.be/nieuws/binnenland/aid1029370/belgie-levert-beste-diplomaten.aspx Gazet van Antwerpen, 21 March 2011<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20111004064400/http://www.belgium.mid.ru/press/136_ned_1.html Gazet van Antwerpen, 6 October 2007<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.econ.kuleuven.be/nieuws.html KU Leuven, 30 March 2010<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>


==History==
==History==
After participating in the Catalonia Model of United Nations (C'MUN) in 2006, six students from various universities across Belgium founded MUN Society Belgium.<ref>[http://www.munsocietybelgium.org MUN Society Belgium<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
After participating in the Catalonia Model of United Nations in 2006, six students from various universities across [[Belgium]] founded MUN Society Belgium.<ref>[http://www.munsocietybelgium.org MUN Society Belgium<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>


{{As of|2017}}, MUN Society Belgium had won the eight last editions of Oxford International MUN,<ref>[http://www.oximun.org/ Oxford International MUN<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> had won the Harvard [[WorldMUN]] eight times<ref>[http://www.muncircuit.com/2011_03_01_archive.html MUN Circuit, 1 March 2011<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110317075855/http://www.muncircuit.com/2011_03_01_archive.html |date=17 March 2011 }}</ref> and was ranked #1<ref>[http://bestdelegate.com/the-best-college-model-un-teams-world-division-international/#more-4400 Best Delegate, 30 March 2011<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> in the MUN World Division.
MSB have won many acolades, including winning Best Large Delegation at Harvard WorldMUN a record ten times (most recently in 2024). In 2011, MUN Society Belgium were ranked as the best international delegation, accoridng to the Best College Model UN rankings<ref>[http://bestdelegate.com/the-best-college-model-un-teams-world-division-international/#more-4400 Best Delegate, 30 March 2011<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>.


In March 2014, MUN Society Belgium hosted the annual [[WorldMUN]] conference in Brussels.
In March 2014, [[Harvard World Model United Nations|Harvard WorldMUN]] was hosted in the Belgian city of [[Brussels]], with the organisation named as host team

==Harvard WorldMUN==
MUN Society Belgium won the best large delegation awards at the following Harvard WorldMUN conferences:
* The Hague 2009
* Taipei 2010
* Singapore 2011
* Melbourne 2013
* Rome 2016
* Montreal 2017
* Virtual 2021
* Virtual 2022
* Paris 2023


==See also==
==See also==
* [[Olivaint Conference of Belgium]]
* [[Olivaint Conference of Belgium]]
* [[Prince Albert Fund]]


== References ==
== References ==

Latest revision as of 00:51, 19 May 2024

MUN Society Belgium
AbbreviationMSB
Formation2006
TypeFoundation
PurposeEducation
Location
  • Belgium
Official language
English
Websitehttp://www.munsocietybelgium.org/

MUN Society Belgium (MSB) is an inter-university organisation dedicated to training Belgian students to take part in Model United Nations conferences domestically and around the world. Founded in 2006, they are noted for their success internationally, as well as being host team for WorldMUN 2014.

History[edit]

After participating in the Catalonia Model of United Nations in 2006, six students from various universities across Belgium founded MUN Society Belgium.[1]

MSB have won many acolades, including winning Best Large Delegation at Harvard WorldMUN a record ten times (most recently in 2024). In 2011, MUN Society Belgium were ranked as the best international delegation, accoridng to the Best College Model UN rankings[2].

In March 2014, Harvard WorldMUN was hosted in the Belgian city of Brussels, with the organisation named as host team

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ MUN Society Belgium
  2. ^ Best Delegate, 30 March 2011
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