WHAT IS MUN?
Model United Nations (commonly abbreviated as MUN or Model UN) is a simulation of the United Nations or simulation of what the United Nations should be. Led by their committee chairs, participants take the role of delegations and diplomats of different governments to debate, deliberate, and discuss solutions for a better tomorrow.
DHAMUN XVIII MISSION STATEMENT
Dhahran Model United Nations is a student body organisation that advances understanding of the United Nations and contemporary international issues. DHAMUN positively affects the lives of participants and prepares them to be better global citizens. At DHAMUN, students develop an appreciation of differing viewpoints, experience the challenges, witness the reward of cooperation, establish a unique connections, and discover the human side of diplomacy and international affairs. We promise to ensure quality for the delegates to experience, and hone their debate skills through the enriched topics we will offer. The DHAMUN experience seeks and strives to fulfill the aims and goals set out by the founders of the United Nations in the Preamble of the Charter,“to practice tolerance and live together in peace with one another as good neighbors.”
—The DHAMUN Team
LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY-GENERAL
Distinguished Delegates, Honorable Advisors, and Respectable Guests,
Dhahran Model United Nations is an organization that a forward-thinking body of students from Dhahran High School founded 18 years ago, which has grown to become an infamous establishment at our school, as well as the largest MUN conference in Saudi Arabia with over 300+ delegates in each conference. It has been my utmost honor and privilege to be the 18th Secretary-General of such a prestigious organization this year.
Our main mission is To educate ourselves and future generations about the issues that surround us, to raise awareness, and brainstorm solutions that make us better citizens of the world. Throughout our annual MUN journey, we motivate students to learn and advance their public speaking skills, speech writing, collaborating, debating, practicing diplomatic advocacy among a multitude of priceless skills for culturally-sound individuals. MUN gives students a better understanding of current issues, international relations, all the while encouraging tomorrow’s leaders to find modern solutions. Our DHAMUN club works towards enhancing students’ understanding of the mission of the United Nations, engendering responsibility towards the problems our world faces and preparing them to comprehend and show commitment to being the leaders and thinkers of tomorrow.
On Behalf of the DHAMUN senior executive Mahi Mukati, Jialin (Kerry) Wei, Jumanah Manzary, Suleyman Khan, and our advisor Mrs. Zeinab Karnib, I invite you to join our mission to inspire, educate, and train the young minds of students with the global issues that surround them. The uncertainty, the hostility, the conflicts of the world can be eradicated when we come together in society. We must bridge the divides for a better tomorrow.
Our DHAMUN conferences encourage students to be able to think, discuss and create solutions to real-world problems using their critical thinking skills, diplomatic proficiency, and debating expertise. During the DHAMUN conference, students get hands-on experience with the simulation of the United Nations. The experience of researching topics, participating in committee debates, arguing (in a friendly way), debating all day, letting their voices be heard, drafting resolutions, and enjoying the gossip boxes is truly an unmatched eventful experience. DHAMUN has consistently promoted an environment for delegates to learn and prosper, and we will continue to do so inevitably. A conference that leaves them with enhanced skills, new friendships, and memories that will last a lifetime.
Eshan Bokhari
Secretary General