About Us

Our Mission: To foster a future where every student is politically literate.

Since our founding in 2013, HalcyonMUN has remained entirely student-driven and non-profit. From the administrators who keep our conferences running, to the Board of Directors, Student Officers, Secretariat, and even the students who build our website, every part of HalcyonMUN is organised by young people who care deeply about diplomacy, debate, and global affairs.

We are driven by a belief that the Model United Nations has a vital role to play in today’s world. In an increasingly polarised society, young people need spaces where they can listen, challenge ideas respectfully, understand global issues, and learn how cooperation can lead to meaningful solutions. HalcyonMUN exists to create that space.

The Halcyon London International School Model United Nations Conference is one of London’s largest international high school MUN conferences and has been running for over 13 consecutive years. Each year, we welcome students from a wide range of schools, backgrounds, and levels of experience, giving them the opportunity to engage with politics, real-world issues, and formal debate in a supportive and academically ambitious environment.

Our conferences are designed to help students develop the skills that matter both inside and beyond the committee room: public speaking, negotiation, research, formal writing, teamwork, confidence, and critical thinking. Across a range of councils modelled on the real United Nations, delegates represent countries, debate pressing international challenges, and work together to form practical, thoughtful solutions.

HalcyonMUN began with eight London schools attending an inaugural conference held across three rooms: the Security Council, Environmental Committee, and Disarmament Committee. The conference was opened by Baroness Julia Neuberger, a life peer in the British House of Lords, who shared reflections from her work in government and peacebuilding in Northern Ireland. Since then, HalcyonMUN has grown tremendously, now hosting over 200 students annually and representing a broad range of United Nations member states across our committees.

Our long-term vision is to become the UK’s leading youth organisation for political literacy. We believe every student, regardless of background or prior experience, should have the chance to understand the world around them, experience diplomacy first-hand, and develop the confidence to help shape the future.