The three-day Bangladesh Model United Nations (BANMUN) 2025 began in the capital on Friday under the theme "Just Energy Transition".
Foreign Secretary Asad Alam Siam attended the conference as the chief guest.
The 11th edition of the conference was organised on the American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB) campus, says a statement.
The conference brought together senior government officials, academics, policymakers, and nearly 200 student delegates to reflect on power, equity, and responsibility in a world facing overlapping crises.
Addressing the inaugural session, they said in today's global reality, diplomacy could not be limited to technical or policy solutions alone.
Rather, the issues of justice, human responsibility, and ethical transparency were inherently intertwined, they said.
In the context of climate change, global inequality, and political instability, the experiences of vulnerable countries like Bangladesh carried particular significance in these discussions, observed the speakers.
In his speech, Asad Alam Siam highlighted that Bangladesh Model United Nations offered the young people an important platform to understand the complexities of real-world diplomacy.
"A just energy transition is not merely about moving from fossil fuels to renewable energy; it also involves human lives, equality, and shared responsibility."
He noted that a single solution could not work for all countries and that diplomacy was primarily a process of reaching solutions through dialogue rather than competition. Special guest Syed Muntasir Mamun, director general at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, described the United Nations as an institution built on sacrifice rather than abstraction.
