What was New?

Some firsts that will continue to live on as our legacy

​Model House of Commons
In coordination with the Politics society & Debating union at UEA, Model UN hosted the first Model House of Commons, and had an active presence of Conservative Future, Liberal Democrats, and Labour Students' societies. The idea was introduced by former President, George Appleyard, and was organised by Presidents of the three societies. See other Events >
First Delegation to WorldMUN
The team managed to accomplish its primary aim this year in going to one of the most recognizable conferences in the World. Sikander Bizenjo and Michal Wichowski headed the project. The society receive significant funding for this delegation. The delegation was one of a kind, made up of vastly different backgrounds, with delegates going on to take leading roles in Politics society, Economics society, Debating union, and this societies Fifth committee. Go to WorldMUN Delegation Page >
​The Workshop Series
The committee launched its workshop series, to build on the traditional 101 crash course provided at the beginning of the year during regular meetings. Vice President, Emilie Bragginton lead the organisation of these meetings. New delegates reported having gained significant confidence through these excersizes, and one attendee, Amanie Mathurin, managed to recieve a best position paper award in LiMUN, despite it being her first conference. Go to Workshop Page >
​Inaugural Position Paper Competition
Having run two workshops on position papers, to Presidents (Michal and Emilie) decided to run a competition in writing an exemplary position paper. The position paper is a particularly tricky essay that is required for Model UN delegates, and is a test of a wide variety of marketable skills. Go to Competition Page >
Branding
The society introduced its new logo, its first unique posters, and developed three series of flyers. The majority of this website was also developed under this committee. In addition to promotional material, the society also introduced its permanent placards designed by the society. 
Delegation Info Sessions
Head delegates of conferences for the first time held information sessions for prospective delegates for all four conferences this year, in addition to the traditional info handouts. The meetings helped promote our delegations, but also helped better communicated finances, and logistics of the trip, as well as clearly explain what is expected of new and experienced delegates alike.
UEASU Transformation Awards
The society for the first time won an award at the University of East Anglia Students' Union annual student awards. The award recognised the incredibly diverse membership, international student networks established, and a unique global perspective.

The Delegations

BiMUN
Bonn, Germany
WestMUN
London, UK
LiMUN
​London, UK
WorldMUN
Rome, Italy
26 - 29 November 2015
3 Delegates
Head Del.: Michal Wichowski
30 - 31 January 2016
6 Delegates + 1 Chair
​Head Del.: Muqaddam Malik
26 - 28 February
15 Delegates
Head Del.: Cara Leavey
& George Appleyard
14 - 18 March 2016
12 Delegates
Head Del.: Michal Wichowski & ​Sikander Bizenjo
The Delegates
Amanie Mathurin • LiMUN
Amber Murphy • WorldMUN
Beckie Jones • WestMUN
Cara Leavey • LiMUN 
Charlotte Howlings • LiMUN
​Emilie Braggingon • LiMUN
Genevieve Poku • WestMUN
George Appleyard • LiMUN
George Fowle • LiMUN
Isobel Wright • WorldMUN
25
Delegates
15
First Conference
13
​Nationalities
Jack Spoor • LiMUN
Jun Yu • LiMUN
​Kathi Wodenitscharow • Latter Three
Kit Elmes • WorldMUN
Letizia Vincentini • WorldMUN
Joe Zhou • LiMUN
​Michal Wichowski • All Four
Muqaddam Malik • All Four
Niek Berendsen • WorldMUN
Rainy Prianto • BiMUN & WorldMUN
Rassul Merali • LiMUN
Sam Paccia-Folkins • WorldMUN
Sikander Bizenjo • West & WorldMUN
Sina Øversveen • LiMUN
Tadiwa Msesengwe • Latter Three
Thank You for Representing the University of East Anglia and our Society this Year
Our society members also attended conferences in Warsaw, Poland and Paris, France. In addition to this, Sikander represented us on the WestMUN secretariat, chairing the European Council, and Michal represented us in the KrakMUN and IWMUN secretariats, chairing the UN ECOSOC and WTO respectively.

​* delegates who received awards or were recognized

Biggest Weekly Meetings

Greek Financial Crisis
​Autumn Semester - Week 8
The Economics society and Model UN co-hosted a debate together in Semester I. The meeting had exceptionally high turnout out of around 30 people, and 3 Economics society members who attended this meeting ended up joining our delegations! The scenario was written by the Michal, who is a veteran of economics committees in MUN.
'America is Great Again' Crisis
Spring Semester - Week 10
The social secretaries organised an intense crisis scenario for the last debate of the year, complete with american decorations, pizza & refreshments. The scenario was set in a World devastated by 4 years of a Trump presidency, with the US Senate desperately looking for a way to impeach Trump. As usual, UEAMUN saved the World; Trump was impeached
The Annual General Meeting
Marking the end of a great year, the AGM this year saw the most competitive committee election in UEAMUN history. The meeting included emotional speeches of outgoing committee members, gossip, photos, and the ceremonial closing of the year. 2016 was the first time voting was available online, resulting in a higher than usual turnout.
Find out more about the AGM >

The Fourth Committee (2015/16)

Inaugurated 5 May 2015   •  Term ended 13 May 2016
The fourth committee, elected at the 2015 Annual General Meeting lead the society through an excited time for the development of the society. The originally nine person committee set out an ambitious development plan which they proceeded to execute faithfully throughout the year. The committee throughout this year was lead by the former Secretary, Emilie Bragginton, and former Vice-President, Michal Wichowski, who assumed the roles of Vice President and President respectively. The majority of progress throughout the year was made through personal initatives of the committee members, many of which are listed below.

The Team

President
Michal Wichowski
Vice President
​Emilie Bragginton
Secretary
​Jack Spoor
Treasurer
Sikander Bizenjo
Health & Safety 
Charlotte Howlings
Delegation Organizer 
​Tom Slaney
Social Secretary 
​Cara Leavey
Social Secretary
James Hart
Union Representative
​Yan Malinowski

Development Plan and Accomplishments

At the beginning of every committee year, the newly elected committee sets out a development plan, made out of three principle aims that a society is to pursue during the year. The fourth committee set out aims to greatly improve the foundations of the society, and the experience it provides to members now. The work of the committee forged the way to a number of successes on each of the aims set out at the beginning of the year, as is listed below:
Aim I: Organise Delegations to WorldMUN and LiMUN
Aim II: Increase Amount of Actively Participating Members
Aim III: Improve Legitemacy of the Society
  • The committee collaborated to organise two large delegations to LiMUN and WorldMUN.
    • The Delegation to LiMUN, headed by Cara Leavey and George Appleyard, saw a delegation of fifteen, many attending their first conference.
    • The first ever delegation to WorldMUN from UEA, headed by Michal Wichowski and Sikander Bizenjo, managed to receive over £1400 in funding for the trip for twelve delegates.
    • In addition to this, we held two more delegations, to BiMUN 2015 and WestMUN 2016. Our members on their own also travelled to PiMUN 2016, and our President chaired two conference is Poland.

  • The membership of the society grew from 50 under the third committee to 95, and the amount of delegates from the society increased from 8 to 25. All delegates of the society actively participated in the society. 
  • The first meeting saw over fourty participants, and the Annual General Meeting concluding the year, which saw the most competitive committee election in UEAMUN history, saw a turnout of around thirty.
  • We managed to capture a bigger range of students through events with Economics society, Politics society, Debating society, and by introducing the workshop series for new delegates. 

  • The Fourth committee managed to make UEAMUN a brand, with its own logo, design, and website.
  • The committee made great steps to improve transparency and engagement of the committee with society members. The committee also developed its first set of policies, asides from the constitution.
  • The Model United Nations society represented the Political societies of UEA in the Union Subcommittee this year for the first time.
  • Our committee members chaired a number of conferences this year, as well as made strong acquaintances with a number of Model United Nations groups in the UK and abroad.