Model United Nations Assembly (MUNA) 2025
On 16 - 17 August 2025, almost 60 students from 19 schools around Australia representing 19 different nations, travelled to Canberra to debate United Nations (UN) Resolutions with fervour, conviction and with passion.
The following photos provide a record of this event (Photos of MUNA 2025 courtesy of Peter McDermott AM CSC)
Rotary District Governor Robert Shore and Rotary Club of Canberra Sunrise President Rosemary Everett with the MUNA 2025 Delegates
Key Note Speaker Dr Lorraine Finlay - Australia's Human Rights Commissioner
First Prize - Russia
Macarthur Anglican School Cobbitty NSW
Second Prize - Iran
Central Coast Grammar School Erina Heights NSW
Third Prize - Saudi Arabia
St Mary’s Cathedral College Sydney NSW
Totenhofer Peace Prize - Chile and Japan
Frensham Mittagong NSW and Brighton Secondary College Brighton East VIC
DEBATE AND PRESENTATION PHOTOS
Brazil - The Hills Grammar School Kenthurst NSW
Canada - Carroll College Broulee NSW
Chile - Frensham Mittagong NSW
China - Katoomba High School NSW
Egypt - Alfred Deakin High School Deakin ACT
Germany - Merici College Braddon ACT
Iran - Central Coast Grammar School Erina Heights NSW
Ireland - Melrose High School Pearce ACT
Japan - Brighton Secondary College Brighton East VIC
Netherlands - Daramalan College Dickson ACT
North Korea - Saint Stephens College Gold Coast QLD'
Russia - Macarthur Anglican School Cobbitty NSW
Saudi Arabia - St Mary’s Cathedral College Sydney NSW
Singapore - Lumen Christi Catholic College Pambula Beach NSW
South Africa - Erindale College Wanniassa ACT
Switzerland - St Peter’s Anglican College Broulee NSW
United Arab Emirates - St Peter’s Anglican College Broulee NSW
United States of America - Southern Highlands Christian School Bowral NSW
Vietnam - Chevalier College Southern Highlands NSW
Other photos from MUNA 2025
Staying at Discovery Park Canberra, the students prepared their arguments from a national as well as a Bloc perspective, and MoAD provided the perfect venue for debating the UN resolutions – a venue that was the home of our democracy from its opening almost a century ago on 9 May 1927, until the opening of our “new” Parliament House on 9 May 1988. We wish to thank the delegates, their schools and sponsoring Rotary Clubs, MoAD and Restaurant Associates, Rotarians, Rotaract participants, school teachers and counsellors, Discovery Park Canberra, Secretarys General, Adjudicators, diplomatic note runners, and all of the other volunteers who contributed to making MUNA 2025 a success.