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Denver East Model United Nations is the official Model United Nations team for Denver East High School, a ninth through twelfth grade public high school located in the heart of Denver, Colorado in the city park neighborhood. East High School is Denver Public School's largest high school with over 2,500 students. Model United Nations is an extracurricular activity that assembles weekly/ every other week for meetings. Our team also competes in monthly Model United Nations conferences across the state of Colorado as well as the occasional national or international conference.
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Model United Nations, also known as Model UN or MUN, is an educational simulation and/or academic activity in which students can learn about diplomacy, international relations, and the United Nations. MUN involves and teaches participants researching, public speaking, debating, and writing skills, in addition to critical thinking, teamwork, and leadership abilities. It is meant to engage students and allow them to explore into current world issues.
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Participants in Model United Nations conferences, known as delegates, are placed in committees and assigned countries, or occasionally other organizations or political figures, where they represent members of that body. They are presented with their assignments in advance, along with a topic or topics that their committee will discuss. Delegates conduct research before conferences and formulate positions that they will then debate with their fellow delegates in the committee, staying true to the actual position of the member they represent. At the end of a conference, the best-performing delegates in each committee, as well as delegations, are sometimes recognized with awards.
Model UN participants include students at middle school, high school, and college/university levels, with most conferences catering to just one of these three levels (high school and college conferences being most common). Delegates usually attend conferences together as delegations sent by their respective schools' or universities' Model UN clubs, though some delegates attend conferences independently." (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_United_Nations)
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Our leadership team consists of four East High School Model United Nations students who have shown tremendous leadership abilities as well as an advanced understanding in the Model United Nations program. There are Secretary Generals who are the Presidents of the Model United Nations program at East followed by the Deputy Secretary Generals who acts as the Vice-President. Our program also has a Communications Director and a Treasure/Dedicated Travel Agent, both of who assist higher roles with their responsibilities. Click the leadership tab to find our current leadership team.
