Locals promote participation in national, global programs

The following article was published in The Kentucky Standard on May 24, 2019, featuring one of NHSMUN's delegates and her terrific initiative to promote MUN in her area. The article is posted with permission from The Kentucky Standard.A local eighth-grader is promoting participation among area high school students in...

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Fall 2018 Video Contest for NHSMUN 2019

Below is a new scholarship opportunity to participate in NHSMUN 2019! Each school or team is eligible to submit a video in response to one of the two prompts below. Winners will receive a $1000 scholarship, to be used toward NHSMUN 2019 conference fees. Submissions are due by October...

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Model UN and Youth Involvement at the 67th Annual DPI/NGO Conference

IMUNA was honored and excited to participate in last week’s 67th Annual DPI/NGO Conference, hosted by the United Nations Department of Public Information and taking place at the UN Headquarters in New York City. The conference was a meeting of more than 2,000 NGO representatives from around the world...

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Students Show Incredible Growth at Inaugural IMUNA Summer Program

I know I'm repeating this, but I'm serious--this program and these people I've met have exceeded my expectations from day one. It was so hard to leave.The results are in! The inaugural IMUNA Summer Program, held from July 22-28, 2018, was a huge success among participants, scoring a 100%...

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67th United Nations DPI/NGO Conference: Youth Involvement

The 67th United Nations DPI/NGO Conference, entitled "We the Peoples...Together Finding Solutions for Global Problems," will be convening on August 22-23, 2018, at the UN Headquarters in New York. This is the premier UN event on the NGO calendar. Over 2,000 civil society representatives from around the world are...

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Spring Video Contest: UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015 at a UN Sustainable Development Summit, world leaders adopted 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The UN describes the SDGs as follows: "The SDGs, also known as Global Goals, build on the success of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)...

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IMUNA’s 2018 Summer Model UN Program

JULY 22-28, 2018 After serving more than 175,000 students around the world in 44 years, IMUNA and its flagship conference, NHSMUN, have come to exemplify academic excellence in Model UN. Our delegates and staff members have gone on to become influential leaders in international relations, business, science, law, and many...

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UN Day 2017 Video Contest

Every year, the world celebrates UN Day on October 24, marking the anniversary of the date that the UN charter entered into force in 1945. It's a day for people everywhere to reflect on the importance of the UN's work globally and the impact it has on each individual...

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Selecting and Training the Best Directors

Every year, significant time and effort is put into the process of hiring our Directors. Our Committee Directors are not only responsible for running our committees and educating our delegates, but also for writing our world-class background guides, guiding delegates prior to the conference through e-mail and social media,...

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Surprise Visit in the UN GA Hall

Voice actors of the upcoming animated film “Smurfs: The Lost Village” Demi Lovato, Mandy Patinkin, Joe Manganiello, President & CEO of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF Caryl Stern, and others joined NHSMUN at the UN to celebrate the International Day of Happiness and the #SmallSmurfsBigGoals campaign. They visited NHSMUN...

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