United Netherlands

Welcome to the United Netherlands website!

United Netherlands is an internationally-orientated foundation that aims to create a platform where talented, motivated and ambitious young people challenge each other to develop their full potential as global citizens.

This network of driven young people from diverse backgrounds attains skills and knowledge in preparation to effectively deal with the global challenges of the future.

To this end, United Netherlands fosters an environment where pragmatic idealism blooms and where good is the enemy of fantastic.

Since its inception in 2004, the inexhaustible strive for improvement continues to flourish and as a result, United Netherlands is proud to offer the programs and activities found on this website. We invite you to look further and discover the world of United Netherlands.

Announcements:

United Netherlands Delegation awarded Best Delegation at OxIMUN 08!
United Netherlands organizes WorldMUN 2009.
United Netherlands and WorldMUN 2009 are recruiting!
High School Program: High Schools can still sign up for the 2008-2009 High School Program.
United Netherlands symposium with Avishai Margalit a success.
The Day of the United Nations was celebrated during UN Me Nijmegen.

From October 31st till November 2nd the United Netherlands Delegation participated in OxIMUN 2008. After a weekend of heated debate and diplomatic maneuvering, the delegates proudly took home the well-deserved "Best Large Delegation" award.

During the conference the delegates had to accurately represent the governments of the United Kingdom, Sudan, Somalia, Romania and the Palestinian Authority. On the agenda were delicate issues like the Israel-Palestine conflict and the militarization of outer space. Despite the thorny nature of these issues, extensive negotiation and public speaking trainings proved highly beneficial in finding solutions.

The next conference of the Delegation will be HNMUN 2009.

This year, United Netherlands is proud to host the conference that travels around the globe: WorldMUN 2009! This grand event will take place from 22-27 March in the legal capital of the world: the Hague.

To cater to the grand size of the event, United Netherlands has created a separate board that is tasked with the organization of this immense conference. For more information, please see the WorldMUN 2009 website.

Since United Netherlands will be hosting WorldMUN 2009, RiMUN and MOTUN will not be organized in 2008-2009. Not to worry, with the experience gained by organizing WorldMUN in 2009, RiMUN and MOTUN promise to be exceptional events in 2009-2010.

The United Netherlands and WorldMUN 2009 boards are recruiting for various part-time and full-time functions. If you are interested, you can download the PDF document. In it you will find all the job descriptions as well as information regarding the procedure of application. United Netherlands and the WorldMUN 2009 board look forward to receiving your application!

The Symposium "Occidentalism and the Media" was made a success by the fascinating speakers Avishai Margalit, Mariwan Kani, Oscar van den Wijngaard and skilfully moderated by Mr. Francio Guadelope. The debate combined the philosophical approach of Mr. Margalit, with the critical views of Oscar van den Wijngaard and the field experience of Mariwan Kani.

On October 24th, 2008, the United Nations commemorated her 63 years of existence. To celebrate, United Netherlands, in cooperation with the Nationale Jeugdraad and NCDO, organized an activity in Nijmegen.

In less than five hours participants learned about the theoretical and practical aspects of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). A news article on the day will follow shortly.