THIMUN Foundation

The THIMUN Foundation, based in The Hague, Netherlands, runs Model United Nations conferences for secondary school students. THIMUN started as a local conference in The Hague in 1968, set up by Paul Sand of the American School of the Hague, and the foundation was established in 1981. A Board of Directors, chaired by Alain Meidinger, directs it, and Esmeralda van der Hout is its Managing Director. The foundation organizes four yearly MUN conferences, including THIMUN The Hague, held at the end of January each year, and THIMUN Singapore, a sister conference established in 2004. It also runs an affiliation program for other MUN conferences. In 1995 it was accredited as a non-governmental organization associated with the UN Department of Public Information, and in 2003 it was granted Roster Consultative Status with the UN Economic and Social Council. Its mission is to promote collaborative, solution-oriented discussion of global issues among young people, so they become responsible global citizens. THIMUN conferences give no awards to delegates.