MUN Berlin is one of the largest European simulations of the United Nations and is hosted annually. Each year, hundreds of students are carefully selected to take part in this distinctive project to discuss globally significant issues such as climate change, terrorism and international economy.

This year's conference took place over four days with approximately 800 pupils participating, and schools from over twenty different countries as far-flung as China, Turkey and the United States of America. The only other school attending from the UK was the French Lycée in London. 

There was an impressive array of guest speakers, including the acting US Ambassador to Germany, an Assistant Director from the World Bank, a Brigadier General from the German Army and officials from various UN agencies.

The Oratory School was allocated the country of Poland to represent, and with Alex Somerville as Ambassador (who addressed the General Assembly at the opening ceremony), the six pupils put forward their country’s interests in the various committees: Political, Economic, Disarmament and Nato.

!The theme of the conference was ‘Building a Rules-Based Order to Withstand Authoritarianism’, and the pupils made a good impression building international relations and have been warmly invited back for next year.

Despite the hectic conference schedule, Oratory pupils also made the most of being in Berlin, with trips to the Berlin Wall and the Brandenburg Gate.