Later this week, Prince Albert II of Monaco will welcome almost 500 students from elite high schools and universities across the Mediterranean region to the 2025 edition of the Mediterranean Model United Nations (MEDMUN) at the Grimaldi Forum. The annual event will host discussions in six languages on topics ranging from crime to climate crises.
Though Prince Albert II will officially open MEDMUN 2025 on Friday 4th April, it is the students who are the stars of the event.
These nearly 500 civic-minded young people from all over the region will converge first at the Grimaldi Forum for a series of engaging round tables and icebreaker activities, allowing participants to connect with fellow committee members, before heading to Menton for a welcoming fireworks display on the Plage des Sablettes.
Over the following two days, the action will be centred around the Sciences Po Paris Menton campus, where these young minds will be encouraged to discuss and debate some of the most pressing issues of the day under this year’s theme, Strategic Alliances: New Generations Turning Divides into Dialogue. Topics on the agenda include the problem of drug trafficking and related crimes, the illegal recruitment of children into armies, mental health in refugee camps and the rights of women.
Delegates will hold these talks in the six languages most widely spoken across the Mediterranean region: French, English, Arabic, Italian, Spanish and Turkish. Through discourse, the conference aims to give a new generation of forward-thinking delegates the passion to study and learn about the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern regions.
MEDMUN 2025 will also feature 18 dynamic committees, including four crisis committees, three courts, the International Press Forum and the newly introduced Conseil MUNicipal, a French-speaking council that discusses and makes resolutions related to local policies. The event will also take a scholarly approach, featuring insights from 16 distinguished professionals who will contribute to discussions during opening and closing ceremonies as well as within the various committees. These experts will provide valuable perspectives to the delegates’ debates and proposed solutions.
In a related event earlier this month, the International School of Monaco hosted its own Model United Nations conference, ISM MUN 2024, on 13th and 14th March. More than 130 students participated, engaging in debates on critical issues such as health, well–being, human rights and environmental sustainability.
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