EMERGE-EDEN INTERNATIONAL MODEL UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE 2026 | Lusaka 2026-06-02 | 2026-06-02 | mymun

Conference

Lusaka, Zambia

Jun 2 - Jun 5, 2026

500 delegates expected

University Students and School Students

Applications

Chairs

Feb 21, 2026 - May 15, 2026

Delegates

Feb 21, 2026 - May 26, 2026

Faculty Advisor

Feb 21, 2026 - May 26, 2026

Observers

Feb 21, 2026 - May 26, 2026

Unity in Diversity

🌍 EMERGE–EDEN INTERNATIONAL MODEL UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE 2026

Beyond 2030: Rethinking Global Cooperation, Accountability, and Youth Action in a Polarized World

Tagline: “Unity in Diversity.”

“Unless we act now, the 2030 Agenda will become an epitaph for a world that might have been.”
— António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations

✨ THIS IS NOT JUST A CONFERENCE.

This is a reckoning.

A moment suspended between promise and collapse.
Between global ambition and political paralysis.
Between the world we inherited… and the world we dare to build.

The year is 2026.
Four years remain before the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals deadline.

Conflicts rage.
Debt traps tighten.
Climate commitments stall.
Youth voices rise — but are they being heard?

At this historic crossroads, EMERGE–EDEN International Model United Nations 2026 calls the next generation of diplomats, thinkers, disruptors, and reformers to the table.

Hosted in partnership with Eden University and convened across Lusaka’s most distinguished venues — the Mulungushi International Conference Centre, the National Assembly of Zambia, and Eden University — this is where global conversation meets African leadership.

Five hundred delegates.
Four days.
Fifteen high-level committees.
One defining question:

Will youth merely inherit the future — or redesign it?

🌎 AGENDA THAT MATCHES THE MOMENT

This is not surface-level diplomacy.

You will confront:

  • Rebel financing and the architecture of endless war in Africa
  • Reforming the global financial system beyond Bretton Woods
  • Extreme poverty and governance failure
  • Energy injustice in resource-rich regions
  • Structural unemployment and the skills crisis
  • Climate accountability and policy paralysis
  • Migration vs sovereignty
  • Refugee identity, child soldiers, and invisible prisons

And in the International Court of Justice, you will stand before history itself, debating:

  • USA vs Venezuela
  • India vs Pakistan
  • DRC vs Rwanda

This is law.
This is power.
This is consequence.

🏛 WHERE DIPLOMACY BECOMES REAL

You will debate Agenda 2063 and SDG 2030 inside the halls of the Mulungushi International Conference Centre.

You will simulate a full General Assembly inside the National Assembly of Zambia — not as observers, but as decision-makers.

You will run a 5KM Delegate Marathon at sunrise — because leadership demands endurance.

You will negotiate, draft, defend, amend, and vote.

You will speak when the room is silent.
And you will listen when the stakes are high.

🌍 WHAT YOU WILL GAIN

Not certificates.
Transformation.

  • Real diplomatic exposure
  • Policy and legislative drafting skills
  • Negotiation under pressure
  • Strategic thinking and coalition-building
  • International networks
  • Cultural intelligence
  • Leadership credibility

You will leave sharper.
Stronger.
More aware of the weight of words.

You will not leave the same person you arrived as.

COME TO ZAMBIA

Extend your experience beyond debate.

From the thunder of Victoria Falls, to safari in Mosi-oa-Tunya, to sunset cruises along the Zambezi — this is where diplomacy meets wonder.

Africa is not a headline.
It is a heartbeat.
And in 2026, it hosts the world.

🔥 THIS IS YOUR SEAT AT THE TABLE.

The world is changing.
Africa is rising.
Youth are leading.

Will you be in the room?

Not just to debate —
But to redefine diplomacy.

Not just to represent a country —
But to represent a generation.

EMERGE–EDEN INTERNATIONAL MODEL UNITED NATIONS 2026

Come. Debate. Disrupt. EMERGE.

Ratings

EMERGE ZAMBIA MUN UNIVERSITY EDITION 2025

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4.16

44 Ratings

ZAMUN XIIth Edition 2024

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3.76

38 Ratings

Committees

General Assembly First Committee (GA1) – Disarmement committee - University
General Assembly Second Committee (GA2) – Economic & Financial Affairs - University
General Assembly Third Committee (GA3) – Social Development - University
ECOSOC I – Energy & Development - University
ECOSOC II – Employment & Economic Justice - University
UNCTAD (Trade & Development)-  University
United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA)- Secondary school
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)- Secondary school
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) - University
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)- University
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) - Secondary school
African Union (AU)- University
International Court of Justice (ICJ) 1- University
International Court of Justice (ICJ) 2- University
International Court of Justice (ICJ) 3- University
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) -University
General Assembly First Committee (GA1) – Disarmement committee - University
General Assembly Second Committee (GA2) – Economic & Financial Affairs - University
General Assembly Third Committee (GA3) – Social Development - University
ECOSOC I – Energy & Development - University
ECOSOC II – Employment & Economic Justice - University
UNCTAD (Trade & Development)- University
United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA)- Secondary school
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)- Secondary school
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) - University
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)- University
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) - Secondary school
African Union (AU)- University
International Court of Justice (ICJ) 1- University
International Court of Justice (ICJ) 2- University
International Court of Justice (ICJ) 3- University
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) -University
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Rebel Financing and Protracted Conflicts in the Sahel, Sudan, South Sudan, Eastern DRC, and CAR Tracing illicit financial flows, external sp... Read all

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Reforming the Global Financial System: Toward a New Bretton Woods Architecture for Development Equity (SDGs 8, 10, 17)

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Extreme Poverty and Wealth Gap Governance failure, corruption, and weak states. (SDG 1)

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Energy Poverty in Resource-Rich Regions Why the Global South remains energy-insecure despite abundant natural resources. (SDGs 7 & 8)

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Structural unemployment: Skills gap (reskilling & upskilling) (SDG 8)

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Resource based economies and economic growth Critical minerals, global supply chains, and economic growth and economic development without d... Read all

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Water Insecurity and Inequality Access to clean water and sanitation as a development and governance crisis. (SDG 6)

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Climate Change, Green economies, and Policy Paralysis Politics and accountability in global climate action. (SDG 13)

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Human Security and Climate Change (SDGs 2 & 3)

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Beyond Protection Addressing the political, economic, and environmental root causes of forced displacement. (SDGs 10, 16)

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Invisible Prisons Refugee children, child soldiers, loss of identity and livelihood, and access to education in prolonged displacement. (SDG... Read all

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Migration vs. Sovereignty Pan-Africanism, visa restrictions, and the unfinished project of African integration. (SDGs 8, 10, 16)

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USA–ISRAEL (APPLICANT) v. ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN (RESPONDENT) Preventive War vs Self-Defence: Interpretation of Article 51 of the UN Chart... Read all

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INDIA (APPLICANT) v. ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN (RESPONDENT) Jammu & Kashmir: Sovereignty, Self-Determination, and Territorial Integrity u... Read all

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REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA (APPLICANT) v. STATE OF ISRAEL (RESPONDENT) Allegations of Genocide in Gaza: Interpretation and Application of the ... Read all

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Free Trade vs Protectionism (SDG 8)

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Organizers

Humairaa KhanProfile Picture

Humairaa Khan
Deputy Secretary General