Who is this conference designed for?

MUNO is a high-school-level Model UN conference, so it is aimed at secondary-school students rather than university delegates.

Where does the conference take place?

The event is hosted in Oud-Beijerland, a town in the South Holland province of the Netherlands, placing it within the active Dutch and Benelux school MUN circuit.

How do delegates register?

Registration is handled through the MyMUN platform, which is the standard intake system used by most European school conferences.

What format should delegates expect?

Delegates should expect standard UN-style committee simulation conducted in English, with formal debate, moderated and unmoderated caucuses, and resolution drafting as the core activities.

Part of the Model United Nations Oud-Beijerland series

Model United Nations Oud-Beijerland

Name: Model United Nations Oud-Beijerland
Start: 2026-11-24T00:00:00Z
End: 2026-11-27T00:00:00Z
Location: Oud-Beijerland

Oud-Beijerland, Netherlands · high-school

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Dates: Nov 24–2026 (day: 27)
Fee: TBD
Reg deadline: TBD
Delegates: 200
Language: English
Format: In-person

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Summary

Model United Nations Oud-Beijerland (MUNO) convenes secondary-school delegates in the South Holland town of Oud-Beijerland for a multi-day simulation of United Nations committee work. The conference sits within the dense Dutch and Benelux MUN circuit, where school-organised events draw participants from across the Netherlands and neighbouring countries to debate, draft, and negotiate in English. The edition is positioned as a high-school-level programme of moderate size, with committee work as the central activity. Registration and logistics are handled through MyMUN, the platform most European school conferences use to manage delegate intake.

Why this edition matters in 2026

Town-scale Model UN conferences like MUNO are the connective tissue of the European high-school circuit. They give delegates who may not yet be ready for the larger flagship conferences in The Hague, Amsterdam, or Brussels a structured environment to learn procedure, build confidence on the floor, and test policy positions before stepping into more competitive rooms. The Netherlands in particular has cultivated one of the most developed school MUN ecosystems in Europe, with a culture that prizes substantive policy debate over performative speechmaking. A conference held in Oud-Beijerland slots into that tradition and reflects how MUN has spread beyond the country's elite international schools into regional secondary education. For delegates, the value of an event at this scale is the ratio of speaking time to participants. Smaller rooms mean more interventions per delegate, more amendments authored, and more direct exposure to the mechanics of resolution-building - the skills that translate later into university-level conferences and, for some, into the diplomatic and policy careers MUN is designed to seed.

How to prepare

Preparation should start with the committee assignment and the country allocation, because the entire weight of a delegate's performance rests on how well they can speak for a state that is not their own. That means reading the country's most recent statements in the relevant UN body, identifying its bloc affiliations, and understanding where its position diverges from obvious neighbours. For a conference of this level and size, the realistic preparation target is a one-page position paper per topic, a short list of operative clauses the delegation would support, and a clearer list of red lines it would not cross. Delegates who arrive with draft clause language - not just talking points - tend to anchor unmoderated caucuses and end up on the main submitter list. Because the event is conducted in English and draws a regional Dutch and Benelux cohort, delegates should also rehearse the procedural vocabulary: motions, points, yields, and the difference between a working paper and a draft resolution. Fluency with the rules of procedure is what separates delegates who get recognised from delegates who get talked over. Finally, treat the social programme as part of the diplomacy. Bloc-building at European school MUNs frequently happens outside the committee room, and the delegates who invest in those conversations tend to find their amendments adopted more easily once formal debate resumes.

Eligibility deep-dive

Level: high-school
Age: —
Team size: —
Country quota: Open

Schedule & deadlines

Conference
Nov 24, 2026 – Nov 27, 2026

Frequently asked questions

Who is this conference designed for?
MUNO is a high-school-level Model UN conference, so it is aimed at secondary-school students rather than university delegates.
Where does the conference take place?
The event is hosted in Oud-Beijerland, a town in the South Holland province of the Netherlands, placing it within the active Dutch and Benelux school MUN circuit.
How do delegates register?
Registration is handled through the MyMUN platform, which is the standard intake system used by most European school conferences.
What format should delegates expect?
Delegates should expect standard UN-style committee simulation conducted in English, with formal debate, moderated and unmoderated caucuses, and resolution drafting as the core activities.

Last verified May 27, 2026 · Source: mymun.com

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