by Nia Indelicato | Oct 9, 2018 | Two Point Two
What is the goal of AMUN’s Security Council simulations? While this may seem like an odd question, the answer is often a common point of confusion for representatives. I have been involved in AMUN’s Security Council simulations for the last decade, and, each year, I...
by Jacob P Torres | May 15, 2018 | Turtle Bay
When the United Nations was formed in October of 1945, Chapter IV of the UN Charter mandated the formation of the General Assembly and allowed for the General Assembly to “establish such subsidiary organs as it deems necessary for the performance of its functions....
by Chap Nowicke | Apr 3, 2018 | Turtle Bay
On 3 October 1946, the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations established the Population Commission. In December of 1994, on the heels of the International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo, Egypt, the United Nations renamed it the...
by Jacob P Torres | Feb 21, 2018 | Turtle Bay
Organizing for International Health The story of the World Health Organization (WHO) begins in 1851, when, in response to cholera outbreaks across Europe, the first International Sanitary Conference convened in Paris, France. This was the first attempt to work...
by Jacob P Torres | Feb 13, 2018 | Turtle Bay
The United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) is the main governing body of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). UNEP was established in 1972 at the conclusion of the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment, in response to human effect on the...
