Birkerød Gymnasium Model United Nations (BIGMUN) is an annual Model UN conference held at Birkerød Gymnasium in the Danish countryside with more than 450 participants each year.

Between Wednesday the 21st and Sunday the 25th of February, 2024.

BIGMUN will take place at Birkerød Gymnasium, Birkerød, Denmark. The address is Søndervangen 56, 3460 Birkerød, Denmark. More information on how to get there can be found under 'Pratical.'

The participation fee for BIGMUN 2024 is 75 Euros and it covers location costs as well as lunch throughout the conference, entrance to the BIGMUN party, the formal dinner and also the canal tour of Copenhagen. This fee is per delegate. Furthermore, delegates wishing for host accommodation will be charged 40 Euros, as Host Accommodation Fee.

Model United Nations is an authentic simulation of the UN General Assembly and other multilateral bodies.

Some Model U.N. exercises take place in the classroom and others are school wide. Still others are regional, national, or even international. These are called conferences, and the events are much larger, with participants from all over the world. More than 1,000,000 people have participated in MUN conferences around the world since the conferences became popular over 50 years ago. Today there are more than 400 conferences that take place in 35 countries. Depending on the location, the average conference can have as few as 30 students or as many as 2,000.

For over 50 years now, teachers and students have benefited from and enjoyed this interactive learning experience. It not only involves young people in the study and discussion of global issues, but also encourages the development of skills useful throughout their lives, such as research, writing, public speaking, problem solving, consensus building, conflict resolution and compromise and cooperation.

A Model UN delegate is a student who assumes the role of a diplomat to the United Nations at a Model UN event. A Model UN delegate does not require experience in international relations. Anyone can participate in debate, so long as they have the ambition to learn something new, and to work with people to try and make a difference in the world.

Each delegation participating at BIGMUN will have to choose an ambassador among their delegates who will be held responsible for the group. At BIGMUN we do not ask ambassadors to give ambassador's speeches.

A host family will host delegates and student officers at their home during the conference. This is provided by students and families of Birkerød Gymnasium. They will provide you with breakfast, dinner and a bed to sleep in after a challenging day of participating in BIGMUN.

Model UN promotes student and teacher interest in international relations and related subjects. It increases your capacity to engage in problem solving, and teaches conflict resolution, research, and communication skills. Plus, you get the opportunity to meet new, interesting people from all over the globe!

The popularity of Model UN continues to grow, and today more than 400,000 middle school, high school and college/university students worldwide participate every year. Many of today's leaders in law, government, business and the arts participated in Model UN throughout their academic careers, from US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer and former World Court Justice Stephen M. Schwebel to actor Samuel L. Jackson. Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton is a Model UN veteran as well.

Simulating international organizations began even before the birth of the United Nations, when students held a series of Model League of Nations in the 1920s. The MUN Program is a successor to a student-directed simulation of what preceded the UN itself, but it is not documented exactly how it began.