Welcome to Columbia University's Model United Nations!

Our goal is to present students with the opportunity to explore the field of international politics from a variety of angles.

The first is through intercollegiate Model UN conferences where delegates from colleges and universities across the country participate in committee simulations over a Thursday - Sunday weekend, either held at the respective university, or at a hotel nearby.

The conferences offer a wide variety of simulations. At each conference, students will find simulations ranging from actual United Nations councils and committees, to simulations dealing with other world organizations, such as the World Bank or the World Health Organization. In addition, conferences present simulations of past, present and futuristic world events, such as wars, crises or country cabinets. (For specific simulations, check out the Conferences page for updated information regarding the conferences we will be attending this coming 2007 - 2008 year.)

The second angle through which you can experience Model United Nations is becoming involved in Columbia's own student run high school conference, better known as CMUNCE, or college conference, known as CMUNNY.

Each year, on the last weekend of winter break, Columbia is host to some 250 high school students from the area, who participate in up to a dozen diverse committee simulations.

Columbia students, Freshmen to Seniors, run the entire conference with positions ranging from Chairs and Vice Chairs of the committees, to Crisis Directors and staff, to Administrative and Secretariat positions who organize and run the conference.

For more information on CMUNCE (Columbia Model United Nations Conference and Exposition), please visit their website at www.cmunce.org or email them at info@cmunce.org.

For more information on CMUNNY (Columbia Model United Nations in New York), please visit their website at www.cmunny.org or email them at secretariat@cmunny.org.

In addition, we plan to run several on-campus committee simulations this coming year for everyone, whether beginner or experienced, in order to familiarize newcomers with what committees are like, and to allow students to get to know one another in an amicable environment.