On 12-24 September, MUNRFE School - Blagoveshchensk 2016 was held in the Amur State University (AmSU) under the leadership of Ms. Anastasia Klopova. The main goal of this project was to make an introduction to the system of international relations, humanitarian law and the United Nations. A complex of lectures contributed to the preparation of the participants to the final event of the School – a Model UN debate session. The first day of the project was devoted to the public speaking strategies and techniques presented by the President of Vladivostok MUNRFE Club, Ms. Ekaterina Tretiakova. On the next day participants got acquainted with negotiation techniques, and deepened their knowledge about consensus-building under the guidance of MUNRFE Executive Director, Ms. Ksenia Shevtsova.

The third day of MUNRFE School - Blagoveshchensk 2016 was saturated with information about the upcoming agenda item for debate. Dr. Natalia A. Zhuravel, AmSU Associate Professor, delivered a lecture about Humanitarian Law and the issues regarding humanitarian crises. Furthermore, Mr. Martin Smith, the esteemed guest from England, devoted his speech to the rules of great presentation and crucial ideas about decision-making and responsible management. The participants of fourth day of MUNRFE School 2016 had an opportunity to ask questions to Mr. Alexander Druzhinin and get the answers about the work of the United Nations Security Council and its mandate. Moreover, that day Ms. Joanna Kirienko devoted her speech to the essence of leadership and the myths about it. The final day of the project was devoted to the procedural rules of debates in the Security Council. Ms. Alexandra Gritsenko conducted a training on public-speaking and helped participants to simulate the key processes and the interactions between the delegates. During the final day of MUNRFE School - Blagoveshchensk 2016 the participants took the roles of diplomats and became the delegates struggling to find consensus on the issue “Humanitarian crisis in Syria” in frames of the Security Council. According to votes of the delegates, Mr. Alexander Rasskazov became a winner of the MUNRFE School - Blagoveshchensk 2016 debate session and got a special award - free participation in the 15th MUNRFE Anniversary Conference.