From 22-24 May, MUNRFE Vladivostok Club conducted the ASEAN 2020: Comprehensive Outlook project under the leadership of Yana Korchevnaya and Aleksandra Mikhailiuk. The participants listened to a series of lectures delivered by the invited experts and took part in a Quiz Game and an individual quiz.
The very end of the spring was marked by some structural changes within the Presidential team of the MUNRFE Vladivostok Club. Thus, the Vladivostok Club Presidential team is now comprised of Nikita Volkov (Acting President) and Polina Babenko (Vice-President). These young people are to oversee the Club till autumn 2020.
On 14 May 2020, MUNRFE members were invited to the webinar on the epidemiological situation in Southeast Asia, organized by ASEAN Centre in MGIMO-University. During the lecture, students deepened their knowledge of ASEAN responses to COVID-19 and perspectives of the region in the post-COVID-19 period.
The Fifth anniversary Far Eastern Model UN (FEMUN) 2020 was held from 15-18 May 2020. The event gathered more than 150 delegates (an absolute record for any MUNRFE event) at online lectures, workshops, and debate sessions. Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the FEMUN 2020 turned out to be the first experience of an online event for MUNRFE as well as the first MUN Conference in Russia that adapted the UN4MUN format online .
On May 15, the Opening Ceremony of the Far Eastern Model United Nations (FEMUN) 2020 was successfully conducted. Moreover, this date was marked by the first-ever MUNRFE online event, as the Conference had to switch to online format due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
On 30 April 2020, the Russian Federal Agency for Youth Affairs Rosmolodezh approved the list of the projects-winners of the All-Russia Grant Competition of Youth Projects among Higher Education Institutions. MUNRFE Annual Conference 2020 (MUNRFE AC) has been recognized in the Competition for the second time in a row. The project leaders are Galina Salnikova (Secretary-General) and Nikita Volkov (USG for Conference Management).
