On February, 13 the Presidential Elections were successfully conducted in MUNRFE Vladivostok Club. Two bright and ambitious Сlub members – Ms. Yana Krasnitskaya (a former Vice-President) and Mr. Alexey Stanonis were nominated as the candidates. Both of them have presented their Presidential statements to the Club beforehand. The election process included informative presentations of both candidates, which invoked a great interest of all Club members and was followed by a further discussion. Each candidate demonstrated sincere passion to lead the Club. This Elections were one of the most competitive in the history of MUNRFE Vladivostok Club and took around 3 hours.

As a result, by a majority of vote, Ms. Yana Krasnitskaya was elected as MUNRFE Vladivostok Club President, with Ms. Anna Timokhina appointed as the Vice-President. MUNRFE is grateful to each and every nominee for their desire, confidence and wiliness to work hard for the whole Club. Moreover, we congratulate both selected ladies with having received the trust of the entire Club and we wish them every success in all beginnings.

Model United Nations of the Russian Far East jointly with the Department of Youth Affairs of the Far Eastern Federal University are delighted to announce the start for the application process among FEFU students to participate in the Moscow International Model United Nations (MIMUN) 2017 that shall be implemented in MGIMO-University on April 16 – 21, 2017. The participation is open for full-time bachelor, master and PhD students. In order to participate in the selection process, the applicants shall fill in the application form attached below and send it to board@munrfe.ru no later than 19 February (23:59), 2017 (Vladivostok time zone). The applications will be considered in the period of February 20-22, 2017, after which, up to 10 applicants will be invited for the interview. Those applicants who will demonstrate most outstanding skills and capacities will comprise the FEFU delegation to MIMUN 2017. The Expert Commission of the selection process is composed of the following officials: Ms. Elena A. Kiseleva (MUNRFE Executive Director), Mr. Vitaly E. Savenkov (MUNRFE Director-General), Dr. Elena V. Saprykina (FEFU Deputy Vice-President for International Affairs), Mr. Sergey O. Shishmakov (FEFU United Council of Students Chairman), Dr. Andrey N. Shushin (FEFU Vice-President for Academic Affairs), Ms. Ekaterina V. Tretiakova (Far Eastern MUN 2017 Secretary-General), Mr. Ilya O. Yaskov (FEFU Youth Affais Department Director).

MUNRFE is delighted to introduce the leaders of the upcoming Far Eastern Model UN 2017 (May, 3-6, Vladivostok), who will be in charge of the implementation of this unique Conference: the Secretary-General - Ms. Ekaterina Tretiakova and the Under-Secretary-General for General Assembly Affairs and Conference Management Ms. Aleksandra Kosyreva.

Throughout their MUN career both ladies have been actively involved in the development of MUNRFE. Ms. Tretiakova has been a member of MUNRFE for three years. Throughout her membership in the Organization, Ekaterina has represented MUNRFE at several international conferences, including Moscow, Indonesia and New York. Except for Model UN experience Ekaterina has been actively involved into project management activities. She has contributed to the implementation of the Third Russia-ASEAN Youth Summit 2015 as the Head of PR, consequently Ekaterina got a chance to represent MUNRFE at the Fourth ASEAN-Russia Youth Summit 2016 in Cambodia.

MUNRFE XXVIII Presidential Council has been successfully conducted in Vladivostok on January 21-22, 2017. This important event was attended by Mr. Vitaly Savenkov (MUNRFE Director-General), Ms. Elena Kiseleva (MUNRFE Executive Director), Ms. Ksenia Shevtsova (Counselor for Project Management), Mr. Jesse Thomas (Counselor for External Affairs), Ms. Ekaterina Tretiakova (Vladivostok Club President), Ms. Yana Krasnitskaya (Vladivostok Club Vice-President), Ms. Alexandra Gritsenko, Ms. Anna Timokhina, Ms. Olga Bukach (MUNRFE Alumna) and Ms. Kristina Nozhnyuk (representative from Blagoveshchensk New Site Development (NSD). The first day of the Council was marked by the presentation of the reports provided by the Board, Vladivostok Club and Blagoveshchensk NSD.

On January 19, 2017 the Vladivostok MUNRFE Club, being one of the most international student organizations of Far Eastern Federal University, had a meeting with the Acting President of the Far Eastern Federal University, Dr. Nikita Yu. Anisimov. The main topic of the conversation was the adaptation to life and studies in the University of international FEFU students. Nowadays there are around 3200 international students from 52 different countries in FEFU. That is why it is highly important to create a comfortable, friendly atmosphere and help them to participate in the saturated and interesting life of Far Eastern Federal University. During the meeting the development of bilingual environment was discussed, the involvement of international students in the extracurricular life - scientific, creative, public and organization of mass youth events. In order to achieve this goal MUNRFE annually holds Conferences and other events where Russian and international students participate in Model UN sessions and discuss the most important global issues.

The year of 2017 has started for MUNRFE with a few new changes in the composition of the organization management. First of all, the composition of the Board changed due to the fact that Ms. Victoria Yavorskaya left the position of the Deputy Executive Director. MUNRFE expresses its gratitude to Ms. Yavorskaya for her contribution towards MUNRFE development, which deserves universal recognition within the Organization. Being one of the youngest members of the Board, Victoria has demonstrated unbelievable commitment, devotion, and effectiveness. Besides changes in the Board composition, a few new appointments have been made. MUNRFE is delighted to appoint Mr. Jesse Thomas as a new Counselor for External Affairs of MUNRFE. Being one of the most professional and passionate members makes Mr. Thomas fully deserve this position. In turn, the person who occupied this position previously, namely Ms. Ksenia Shevtsova, will now occupy the position of the Counselor for Project Management. Her experience and relevant skills and capacities make her absolutely eligible for this position.