by Jacqueline E Whitt | Jan 3, 2017 | Turtle Bay
When the United Nations formed in 1945, the organizational structure was set and still operates today, although the roles the various bodies play have changed over time as the United Nations has added Member States and has expanded its global functions. At its...
by Jacqueline E Whitt | Dec 20, 2016 | Turtle Bay
Equal parts diplomat and advocate, civil servant and CEO, the Secretary-General is a symbol of United Nations ideals and a spokesman for the interests of the world’s peoples, in particular the poor and vulnerable among them. ~“The role of the Secretary-General”...
by Jacob P Torres | Dec 6, 2016 | Two Point Two
Closing Remarks, 2016 American Model United Nations Conference by Jacob P. Torres, 2016 AMUN Secretary-General Well, here we are at the end. We’ve made it! Over the last four days, you have all been engaged in intense discussions about incredibly important...
by Shannon L. Dunn | Nov 29, 2016 | MUN Tips and Tricks, Two Point Two
Opening Remarks, 2016 American Model United Nations Conference By Shannon Dunn, AMUN Executive Director Sometimes it seems like we’re living in the future. As a child, I loved the cartoon The Jetsons and its fantastical, imaginary technologies. Maybe some of you have...
by Kate Koett | Nov 8, 2016 | Two Point Two
When I was in the fifth grade, the dynamic duo Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen starred in Winning London, a movie of epic proportions featuring the twins competing in an international Model United Nations conference. After watching, I proudly told my mother,...
by Jacqueline E Whitt | Oct 24, 2016 | MUN Tips and Tricks
I Model UN because. . . The AMUN Secretariat is a 100% volunteer staff. None of us get paid to help run AMUN each year, so one of the questions we get asked a lot is, “Why do you spend time doing this?” It’s usually the question we get right after we have to explain...
by Jacqueline E Whitt | Oct 24, 2016 | Turtle Bay
by Brian Endless, PhD, President, AMUN “The day will come when men will see the UN and what it means clearly. Everything will be all right — you know when? When people, just people, stop thinking of the United Nations as a weird Picasso abstraction, and see it as a...
by Eldon A Winters | Oct 20, 2016 | Two Point Two
Two weeks ago, we told you about some changes to AMUN’s simulations in 2017. Today, we are happy to share the final list of simulations for the 2017 American Model United Nations Conference. The full list is below. General Assembly General Assembly Plenary General...
by Eldon A Winters | Oct 4, 2016 | Two Point Two
Though AMUN 2016 is just a few weeks away, we are starting to plan for AMUN 2017, including our simulations. The full line-up of 2017 simulations will be out in the next week, but we want to preview a couple of the upcoming changes now. In 2017, we will be changing...
by Jacqueline E Whitt | Sep 27, 2016 | Two Point Two
The 2016 AMUN Handbooks are Here! Every year, AMUN publishes two reference books to assist representatives with their preparations for Conference. Issues at AMUN includes descriptions of the purview of each body, background research and bibliographies on the topics...
