Editing Model United Nations (section)

=== Europe ===

==== Denmark ====
MUN is relatively popular in [[Denmark]], with BIGMUN being the largest conference in Scandinavia.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Menzer|first1=Joram Gregers|title=Tomorrow's problem solvers are ready|url=http://sn.dk/Rudersdal/Morgendagens-problemloesere-sidder-klar/artikel/556049|website=sn.dk|date=27 February 2016|access-date=29 February 2016|language=da}}</ref>

==== Germany ====
MUN is popular amongst university and high school students in [[Germany]]. Examples include the Model United Nations of [[Munich]] (MunoM) since 2004 and the country's largest conference, [[Oldenburg (city)|Oldenburg]] Model United Nations (OLMUN).<ref>{{cite web|title=MUN Conferences for High School Students 2022|url=https://www.model-un.de/en/schueler/|access-date=15 December 2022}}</ref>
Most model United Nations Conferences in Germany debate in the English language. Exceptions to that are high school conferences including the ones organized by  (DMUN e.V.) in [[Stuttgart]] (MUNBW), [[Kiel]] (MUNSH) and [[Potsdam]] (MUNBB), as well as the ones organized by  (SvEN, Simulation Vereinte Nationen). On college level, BIMUN/SINUB in [[Bonn]] takes place as a multi-lingual conference with live interpretation. The Technical University of Munich's MUNTUM e.V., alongside MUNAM e.V. from Ludvig Maximilian University organize IsarMUN, a large annual conference targeted towards University and high-school students across the world.<ref>https://www.isarmun.org/ {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref>

==== The Netherlands ====
The largest MUN conference in the [[Netherlands]] is The Hague International Model United Nations (THIMUN) conference, which includes over 3500 participants, coming from around 200 schools and 100 countries.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thimun.org/9-features/2-thimun-conference|title=THIMUN Conference The Hague|publisher=THIMUN Foundation|access-date=1 December 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006070307/http://www.thimun.org/9-features/2-thimun-conference|archive-date=6 October 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=Citation is a primary source|date=August 2019}} Although it is not located near the [[Headquarters of the United Nations|United Nations Headquarters]] in New York, it is one of the pioneer model United Nations conferences in the world, since it has been founded in 1968{{citation needed|date=April 2019}} and located in the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) world city of the Hague.<ref name="telegraaf">{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraaf.nl/nieuws/1598341/koning-bij-vn-scholierendebat-in-den-haag|title=King at the UN student debate in The Hague|publisher=telegraaf|date=29 January 2018}}</ref> A whole network of conferences is marked by its THIMUN affiliation, a label which describes the universality of the procedures that rule the conference, and make it part of the UN recognized foundation.{{Clarify|date=April 2019}} In 1995, the THIMUN Foundation was accredited as a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) associated with the United Nations Department of Public Information.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thimun.org/index.php/youth-in-action|title=Youth In Action|publisher=THIMUN Foundation|access-date=1 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208134107/http://www.thimun.org/index.php/youth-in-action|archive-date=8 December 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=Citation is a primary source|date=August 2019}} Additionally, THIMUN has established its own conferences' network throughout time: THIMUN [[Qatar]], THIMUN [[Singapore]], THIMUN Online MUN (O-MUN) and THIMUN [[Latin America]] conferences have been set up from 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thimun.org/index.php/about/thimun-history|title=THIMUN History|publisher=THIMUN Foundation|access-date=1 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208143613/http://www.thimun.org/index.php/about/thimun-history|archive-date=8 December 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="QATARTHIMUN">{{Cite web|url=https://www.gulf-times.com/story/530389/1-800-students-attending-UN-Model-conference|title=1,800 students attending UN Model conference|publisher=Gulf Times|date=25 January 2017}}</ref> The second, third, and fourth biggest MUN-conferences of the Netherlands are MUNISH (Model United Nations at the International School of the Hague, HMUN (Haarlem Model United Nations) and ISUMUN (International School Utrecht Model United Nations).

==== Portugal ====
The [[Iberian Model United Nations]] (IMUN), held in [[Lisbon]], is the largest MUN in Portugal and one of the largest high school MUN conferences in Europe.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://foundation.thimun.org/affiliation-programme/affiliated-conferences/|title=Affiliated Conferences – THIMUN Foundation}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://pt.usembassy.gov/ambassador-sherman-21st-annual-iberian-model-united-nations-conference/|title=Ambassador Sherman at the 21st Annual Iberian Model United Nations Conference|date=13 November 2015|website=U.S. Embassy & Consulate in Portugal |last1=Portugal |first1=U. S. Mission }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.presidencia.pt/?idc=10&idi=137902|title=Sessão de Abertura da XXIII Conferência "Iberian Model United Nations"|website=www.presidencia.pt}}</ref> IMUN's keynote speakers have included prominent politicians, diplomats, [[United Nations]] officials, and rights activists, such as internationally awarded author [[Richard Zimler]], [[U.S. Ambassador to Portugal|U.S. Ambassador]] [[Robert A. Sherman]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.caislisbon.org/page.cfm?p=910|title=CAISL XX IMUN|access-date=29 March 2020|archive-date=29 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329194330/https://www.caislisbon.org/page.cfm%3Fp%3D910|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="auto"/> and [[President of Portugal]] [[Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.educacionyfp.gob.es/portugal/actualidad/2017/imunc.html|title=La Consejera de Educación de la Embajada de España en Portugal acompaña a los alumnos que representan a nuestro país en la XXIII Annual Iberian Model United Nation Conference|website=www.educacionyfp.gob.es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.caislisbon.org/page.cfm?p=546&newsid=444|title=CAISL - XXIII IMUN|access-date=29 March 2020|archive-date=29 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329194335/https://www.caislisbon.org/page.cfm?p=546&newsid=444|url-status=dead}}</ref> There are numerous other conferences throughout the country.

==== Spain ====
MUN first arrived in Spain in 2006 with the organization of the Catalonia Model United Nations (C'MUN) in [[Barcelona]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://exteriors.gencat.cat/es/detalls/noticia/Bosch-Inauguracio-CMUN-2019|title=Bosch durante la inauguración del C'MUN 2019: "Defended los valores de Naciones Unidas en todos sitios"|website=Departamento de Acción Exterior, Relaciones Institucionales y Transparencia|language=es-ES|access-date=2019-08-23|archive-date=23 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190823225253/http://exteriors.gencat.cat/es/detalls/noticia/Bosch-Inauguracio-CMUN-2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2019 [[Madrid]] hosted the [[Harvard World Model United Nations]] (WorldMUN), and among the 2,300 participants were 500 Spanish students belonging to 20 different universities.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://elpais.com/ccaa/2019/03/18/madrid/1552932673_267990.html|title=La ONU de los estudiantes se reúne en Madrid|last=Portillo|first=Javier|date=2019-03-18|work=El País|access-date=2019-08-23|language=es|issn=1134-6582}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/politica/20190318/461107870516/madrid-se-convierte-en-una-onu-de-jovenes-para-debatir-los-desafios-mundiales.html|title=Madrid se convierte en una ONU de jóvenes para debatir los desafíos mundiales|date=2019-03-18|website=La Vanguardia|language=es|access-date=2019-08-23}}</ref> Madrid's bid for WorldMUN was led by the Spanish Alliance for Model United Nations (SAMUN), which reunited the students of the four public universities of Madrid: [[Complutense University of Madrid]], [[Autonomous University of Madrid]], [[Charles III University of Madrid]] and [[King Juan Carlos University]].<ref name=":2" />

==== Switzerland ====
Several universities and schools in [[Switzerland]] have Model United Nations societies and host conferences. Renowned conferences include the ZuMUN of the [[University of Zurich]], and for high school students the IMZMUN, hosted by [[Institut Montana Zugerberg]].