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On 5 and 6 November, the autumn session of the Model United Nations was held at the Faculty of International Relations of the Belarusian State University. The event was timed to coincide with the 100th anniversary of Belarusian State University.

Three committees were organised as part of the conference: the Security Council in Russian and English and the Executive Committee of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in English.

Model UN opened on November 5 with trainings for delegates at the Faculty of International Relations and continued with an Opening ceremony, where Andrey Selivanov, Executive Director of the INA "Evolutio", and Kristina Ermak, Secretary General of FIRMUN, delivered their introductory speeches. They wished participants productive discussions, excitement and skills to find solutions to the worldwide problems of concern. Right after the Opening ceremony the MUN's participants began the discussions of agenda within their committees.  

The delegates of the autumn session were the students of the Belarusian State University, the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Belarus, the Belarusian State University of Economics, the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics, the Y. Kupala State University of Grodno and the Polotsk State University. For two days, the participants discussed topical issues of the world agenda in the format of debates. The conference ended with a ceremonial presentation of certificates and awarding of the best delegates.

The conference was organized by the Faculty of International Relations of the Belarusian State University and the International Non-governmental Association for Scientific Research, Information and Educational Programmes "Evolutio" with the support of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Belarus.