From 31 March to 2 April 2023, the University of Cyprus hosted the
interna- tional Model United Nations Conference – UCYMUN, which was attended for the first time this year by a delegation of 12 students from the University of Lju- bljana’s Faculty
of Law: Lovro Bobnar, Mark Jeršič, Marta Lipovec, Benjamin Nahtigal, Jasna Nuhanović, Peter Pollak, Rok Šarić, Gal Veber, Metka Vodušek,
Ema Voje, Anže Zalaznik
and Maks Zupančič. The team was mentored by Prof. Dr. Vasilka
Sancin and Assoc.
Prof. Dr. Maša Kovič Dine.
The conference was held
in English and the delegates participated in simulations of six conference committees: the UN Security
Council, the UN Human Rights Council, UN Women, the European Parliament’s "Special Committee on Beating Cancer”, the European Parliament’s "ITRE”
Committee (Committee on Industry, Re- search and Energy) and the International
Court of Justice in The Hague. The delegation from the University of
Ljubljana’s Faculty of Law emerged as the most successful team in the
competition, garnering six individual awards.
Key words: student
competitions, simulations of organs and institutions of international
organizations, United Nations, European Union, the Faculty of Law of the
University of Ljubljana.