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Robert College International Model United Nations
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Robert College International Model United Nations is an international Model United Nations Conference organized by the Robert College Model United Nations Club. RCIMUN was organized for the first time in 2007. In 2009, more than 600 participants attended the conference. RCIMUN aims to provide pariticipants a platform to discuss pressing global issues. Conference By Year RCIMUN 2008 Robert College International Model United Nations 2008 took place between April 9 - 12 in the Robert College campus. Around 400 participants from Germany, Russia, Saudi Arabia and Azerbaijan and various parts of Turkey contributed to the conference. U.S. Consul General Sharon A. Wiener delivered a speech as the keynote speaker of the conference. RCIMUN 2009 Robert College International Model United Nations (RCIMUN) 2009 started at 15th and ended at 19th of April. In its 3rd year, RCIMUN took place with the participation of students from all around the world including China, U.S.A, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Czech Republic, Germany, and Italy. RCMICC, which is a simulation of the International Criminal Court, was introduced in RCIMUN 2009 as the only Model International Criminal Court in Turkey. For the first time, after hosting 230 participants in 2007, 350 participants in 2008, the conference has improved capacity and quality, and hosted 650 participants in 2009. RCIMUN 2010 This year the conference took place between 6-10 April 2010 on the Robert College Campus in Istanbul. Robert College Specialized Agencies (RCSA) were introduced as a new feature of RCIMUN 2010. More than 700 participants from over 50 schools attended the conference. Hans Von Sponeck, former UN Assistant Secretary-General and UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq, gave a speech in the opening ceremony of the conference about the general theme of the conference: "Invigorating Humanitarian Interventionism in a Postwestphalian World"
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