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The Model United Nations Assembly (MUNA) is an initiative by Rotary to develop an understanding of World Affairs for Senior Secondary School Students in a forum similar to a General Assembly of the United Nations.

Rotary's objective is to develop Tolerance, International Understanding and World Peace. What better way for us here in District 9750, than to give our future leaders an opportunity to consider real issues confronting the world. We hope their experiences will influence many others in our quest for World Peace.

We invite all the Rotary Clubs of District 9750 to support this program by sponsoring a team of about three senior High School Students to MUNA.

The steps are simple;

• Firstly speak to the Principal of your local High School to promote the concept.
• Then seek the name of the year 11 Co-ordinator for the relevant year who will nominate a teacher to promote the concept to the Year 11 students in that year.
• Once the school has selected a team complete a nomination form which can be downloaded here and send it and the sponsorship fees to the District MUNA Committee. Applications close on 13 March 2009.
• Offer any assistance to the students as they prepare for MUNA.
• You may even invite them to a club meeting or offer to provide transport to MUNA.
• Suggest that current Year 10 students come and watch an Assembly so that they are better prepared for the following year.
• Some clubs contact several local schools and have a "Knock-out" MUNA at club meetings and then sponsor the winning team to District MUNA.

The MUNA Committee formulates the topics for discussion, then selects up to 22 countries that are member states of the UN. These member states are then allotted to the selected school teams by ballot. Each team consists of about three Year 11 students plus and a counsellor (Teacher or Rotarian).

Our senior school students will be our future leaders and we should be committed to helping to equip them for the future, in striving for greater tolerance in the world.

The venue is the Conference facility at the Nan Tien Temple near Wollongong.

We are extremely lucky to be allowed to use this magnificent facility. Our Secretary General is usually a Past District Governor and there are 3 adjudicators, generally with a Rotary background and a wide community experience.

We seek your support to nominate and sponsor a school team at $400 per team. This cost includes:

• The hire of the facility.
• Morning & afternoon tea and lunch for the participating students and their counsellor/teacher.
• Three prizes, total value over $2,000.
• The cost of entering both the winners and runners-up of the District MUNA in the National MUNA to be held in Canberra in August of each year.
• The MUNA committee can also send out a CD or video tape to a school or Rotary Club with about twenty minutes of excerpts from a previous MUNA which will inform viewers of the day’s proceedings.
• The MUNA committee can also provide a speaker at a club meeting.