The Sustainable Development Goals at NHSMUN

"Half our world is female. Half our world is under 25 years of age. We cannot meet the Sustainable Development Goals without drawing on the power of women and the enormous energy of young people." Secretary-General António Guterres, addressing the UN General Assembly on 19 September 2017.The Sustainable Development...

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International Youth Day 2023

On International Youth Day, we celebrate and recognize the role of the young population as absolutely essential to achieve change in the world. This year’s theme for International Youth Day is Green Skills for Youth, which the UN explains will raise awareness of green skills by "highlighting initiatives at...

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Join the NHSMUN 2024 Staff!

Click here to download the NHSMUN 2024 Assistant Director Application   NHSMUN 2023 was an incredible experience, and the creativity, ingenuity, and eloquence of our delegates were on full display. Although the conference only just ended, we are already planning for NHSMUN 2024—our 50th conference. To make next year’s conference possible,...

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Food Insecurity: WFP and FAO

On Thursday, January 27, the World Food Programme (WFP) and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) issued an urgent call for humanitarian action in 2022, reporting that food insecurity was soaring across 20 hunger “hotspots.” The agencies warned that millions of people are at high risk of falling into crisis-level...

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Wrapping up 2021 and into 2022

Just like that, 2021 is coming to an end. After a year filled with uncertainty, physical distance, and many surprises, we remain as proud as ever to be a part of the Model UN community. The ongoing commitment to learning and global citizenship that we have witnessed in our...

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NGO and Youth Involvement at COP26

From October 31 to November 12, global leaders converged in Glasgow for the COP26 summit. This meeting was the direct successor to COP25, which resulted in the famed Paris Agreement, or the Paris Climate Accords. However, after six years of implementation, the situation with our global climate remains dire....

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Background Guides for NHSMUN 2022 are here!

The official NHSMUN 2022 Background Guides are here! After a rigorous months-long process of vetting, researching, and writing about the NHSMUN 2022 topics, we are proud to announce that our final background guides (BGs) are ready to be viewed. This year’s topic slate and committees feature some of the...

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76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly

“We need your help to prevent UNGA 76 High-Level Week from being a super-spreader event.” -Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations in a letter to UN Member States on August 13th 2021The 76th Session of the UN General Assembly is set to open on Tuesday, September 14th,...

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2022 Topics and Committees

The NHSMUN 2022 topic slate is out! NHSMUN 2022 will host a diverse range of engaging committees and a collection of never-before-simulated committees that will simultaneously immerse students in the world of international relations and push them to interact creatively with global issues. In addition to staple NHSMUN committees...

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