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MUNRFE officials participated in the Model UN Workshop in Tokyo by the UN Secretariat
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.
The Workshop was devoted to traditional UN and MUN issues, such as: organization and presidency over meetings, consensus-building, drafting resolutions, negotiation process, legal aspects of the UN principal organs’ performance, relations between the UN General Assembly and UN Security Council, and many more. The UN DPI has presented its own vision on implementing Model UN, focusing its attention to the peculiarities of real UN work, and promoting this vision among Model UN organizers.
MUNRFE is deeply happy to become a participant of such a big and important project. We look forward to boost our cooperation with the United Nations and bring its values to the local community of the Russian Far East.
