Model United Nations of the Russian Far East is happy to conduct the selection process of the delegation from Far Eastern Federal University to the Moscow International Model UN 2015 for the third year in a row in cooperation with FEFU Department of Youth Affairs and FEFU United Council of Students. The largest Model UN conference in Russia will take place on 19-24 April 2015 and traditionally will be hosted by a leading Russian university in terms of international relations research - MGIMO-University.

In order to participate in the selection process you need to fill in the application form (in Russian language) and submit it to board@munrfe.ru by the deadline of January 31, 23:59 (VLAT). Any full-time FEFU student, including BA, MA and PhD programs, is eligible to apply. Candidates applying to participate in committees in foreign languages are especially welcomed. Up to 12 candidates will be selected for an interview and the best will represent FEFU at MIMUN 2015 having their travel costs covered by the University (after being considered by FEFU Department of Youth Affairs). Additional information about MIMUN 2015 is available at the official web-site.

The Annual MUNRFE Conference 2014 has brought together more than 50 young leaders from Blagoveshchensk, Khabarovsk, Vladivostok, Mirny, and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy in Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service on December, 26-31. Delegates participated in the work of four committees: Security Council, General Assembly, Food and Agriculture Organization and World Bank. For the first time in the history of MUNRFE the working language of simulated General Assembly was Russian. Under the solid leadership by the Under-Secretary-General for Conference Management Ms. Ksenia O. Shevtsova, the Conference has acquired a list of outstanding partners: OJSC “Sberbank of Russia” as the General Partner, and OJSC “Vladkhleb” and Like Hostel Vladivostok as Official Partners. This bright event finished on December, 31, with the sounds of Kremlin chimes, when the clock struck 12 and the year of 2014 was finally over. For those, who proved to be the best throughout 35 hours of debates, that night became unique and triumphal.

On November, 22-24, MUNRFE officials took part in the Model UN Workshop held in Meiji University, Tokyo, and organized by the United Nations Department of Public Information. MUNRFE Director-General, Mr. Vitaliy E. Savenkov, and President of Khabarovsk MUNRFE Club, Ms. Elena Kiseleva, were the only representatives from the Russian Federation among more than 200 delegates and faculty from 38 countries. The entire Workshop was conducted by UN diplomats, namely Acting Head of the UN Department of Public Information, Mr. Maher Nasser; former UN Under-Secretary-General and Japanese Permanent Representative to the UN, H.E. Mr. Kiyotaka Akasaka; Project Manager of the UN Department of Public Information, Mr. William Yotive. Moreover all the participants were addressed by Mr. Kenichi Fukumiya, President, Meiji University; Mr. Kenichi Matsuda, Director, United Nations Planning and Administration Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan; Ms. Kaoru Nemoto, Director, United Nations Information Centre, Tokyo; Mr. Tomohito Shinoda, Vice-President, International University of Japan.

MUNRFE is proud to announce that “Like Hostel Vladivostok” has become our official partner in organizing the Annual MUNRFE Conference 2014. On November, 19, MUNRFE Director-General Mr. Vitaliy E. Savenkov and “Like Hostel Vladivostok” Co Ltd Director Mr. Vladimir A. Saranchuk have successfully signed a mutual agreement on cooperation. “Like Hostel” is one of the world-biggest international youth hostel chains represented on the Russian Far East. Totally, more than 80 hostels are now operational in Russia and CIS-countries by various aged entrepreneurs, whose age ranges from 19 to 47 years old. “Like Hostel” is always ready to provide a really comfort accommodation at a price equal to the movie ticket one. That is why it is “Like Hostel”, who is the best partner for MUNRFE with its 3 Clubs in different cities of the Russian Far East and high level of student mobility. MUNRFE looks forward to our mutually beneficial cooperation and welcomes all MUNRFE members to Like Hostel in Vladivostok.

On November, 10, Vladivostok MUNRFE Club launched the project “Round Table” in Russian language with the support from International Relations Department, Oriental Institute – School of Regional and International Studies, Far Eastern Federal University. Last semester the “Round Table” was devoted to the “Situation in Ukraine”, while this time Coordinators Ms. Victoria Yavorskaya and Ms. Ksenia Bogdanova introduced a very crucial issue to discuss: “Islamic State of Iraq and Syria”.

The first week of the project included 2 lectures given by the scholars from International Relations Department, Oriental Institute – School of Regional and International Studies, Far Eastern Federal University. The first lecture “World terrorist organizations” by Prof. Andrey V. Gubin, PhD, and the second one “Terrorist organization “Islamic State” by Prof. Ivan N. Zolotukhin, PhD, totally gathered more than 100 active participants.

MUNRFE is happy to announce the results of the Grant Competition to participate in the Annual MUNRFE Conference 2014, which will be held in Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service on December, 26 – 31, with the support from the East and North-East Asia Office of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. We have received more than 10 applications, but unfortunately only few of them met the requirements of the Competition. Anyway, MUNRFE is glad to announce Mr. Pavel Dobrolyubov (student of Mirny Polytechnic Institute (branch) of North-Eastern Federal University), a delegate of Finland to the General Assembly, as a winner of the Grant Competition. On behalf of MUNRFE we would like to express our sincere congratulations to Mr. Dobrolyubov. Moreover, we would like to thank everyone who showed the interest to participate in the Annual MUNRFE Conference 2014.