Model UN programs have been in existence for more than fifty years serving to teach students the history, politics and foreign policies of various countries through role-playing. Students begin to understand the importance of the United Nations in the world today. They become familiar with major international problems and issues and experience the give and take of diplomacy as they attempt to pass resolutions. In addition, the model provides an opportunity for students to learn parliamentary procedure and to improve their public speaking skills. At the IUS conference, students are assigned, two to a delegation, to one of the fifteen countries in the UN Security Council to debate issues and pass resolutions. Awards are given to the best delegate and delegation of each Council and the best position papers written on each agenda topic. The experience is a win-win situation for students.

Links to Important Resources for Those Participating in Model UN

• United Nations Association Model UN at http://www.unausa.org/Programs/mun.htm
• United Nations Scholar's Workstation at Yale University at http://www.library.yale.edu/un/index.html
• The United Nations Homepage at http://www.un.org
• The United Nations Cyber-School Bus at http://www.un.org/CyberschoolBus
• The Florida High Schools Model United Nations at http://www.fhsmun.org

Publications Department

United Nations Association - USA

801 Second Avenue

New York, NY 10017-4706

Phone: 212-907-1300

Fax: 212-682-9185

http://www.unausa.org/publications

The first conference was held in November of 1990 with students from Crawfordsville, Eastern, Floyd Central, Graceland Christian, Jeffersonville, New Albany and Providence High Schools participating. Since then students from Mercy Academy, Holy Cross, Buckner Alternative, Brown and Iroquois High Schools in Kentucky and Crawford County, Crothersville, Delphi Community, Madison, Scottsburg and Shawe Memorial High Schools in Indiana have also participated. More than 2100 students have participated since our first conference.  We have grown from one Security Council in 1990 to six in 2003.  Conference issues in the past have focused upon the Arab-Israeli conflict; the ongoing crisis/problems with Iraq; the US embargo of Cuba; AIDs as a security issue; crises in Afghanistan, Rwanda, Zaire, the Congo, Burundi, Cambodia, Bosnia/Yugoslavia, Haiti, Somalia, Western Sahara, Liberia, and Sierra Leone; the issue of North Korea and nuclear weapons; and the issue of improving peacekeeping capabilities of the UN.  Students from IUS serve as chairs of the councils during the model.  Many of these IUS students participated in this conference when they were in high school. 

The IUS Model UN Security Council Conference has its own set of rules with which students should become familiar.  Please see both the IUS Model UN Security Council Rules of Procedure and the IUS Model UN Security Council Provisional Agenda. 
 

The 2002 Conference

The 13th Annual IUS Model United Nations Security Council Conference was held Thursday evening November 21 and Friday November 22.  Students from the following schools participated: Buckner Alternative High School, Crawford County High School, Crawfordsville High School, Floyd Central High School, Graceland Christian High School, Jeffersonville High School, Shawe Memorial (Madison) High School and Scottsburg High School.

The 2003 Conference

The 14th Annual Model United Nations Security Council Conference for High School Students was held Thursday evening November 20th and all day Friday November 21.  The following schools participated:  Arsenal Technical High School, Buckner Alternative High School, Christian Academy of Indiana, Crawford County High School, Crawfordsville High School, Floyd Central High School, Jeffersonville High School, Madison Shawe High School and Scottsburg High School.

The 2004 Conference

The 15th Annual IUS Model UN Security Council Conference for High School Students was held on Thursday evening November 18 and Friday November 19.  The following high schools participated:  Arsenal Techncal, Christian Academy of Indiana, Crawford County, Crawfordsville, Crothersville, Floyd Central, Jeffersonville, Scottsburg, Shawe Memorial and Southwestern.  It was the largest model UN to date with more than 210 student participants.

2005 Conference

2006 Conference

• See the October 4, 2004 issue of Time Magazine for an excellent overview and introduction to the crisis in the Sudan.
• See an article by Samantha Power in the New Yorker on Sudan at http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?040830fa_fact1 
• See also the following website on Sudan http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Country_Specific/Sudan.html
• For an article on human rights and oil in the Sudan see http://www.hrw.org/reports/2003/sudan1103/index.htm
• See also an update from Jan Pronk (Sec. General's special representative in Sudan) at http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2004/sc8206.doc.htm
• See the following Security Council update concerning the role of the OAU in Sudan at http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2004/sc8195.doc.htm
• CNN Special Report on Sudan at http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2004/sudan/
• For more background on Sudan see http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4384422.stm
  
• See also the UN News webpage (http://www.un.org/News) for day-to-day news of UN activities toward Iran, Israel/Palestine, Sudan, etc.
• See also the following UN webpage (http://www.un.org/peace/) and click on the following for information on the Middle East Road Map and Question of Palestine.
• For issues of nuclear weapons see the International Atomic Energy Agency at http://www.iaea.org/worldatom for the most reliable information
• For an overview and discussion of the provisions of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty see http://fas.org/nuke/control/npt/
• For another look at the nuclear non-proliferation treaty see http://www.un.org/Depts/dda/WMD/treaty/
• For a good history of the issues concerning nuclear weapons proliferation and Iran see http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/iran/nuke/index.html
• See also the Congressional Research Service' Report "Iran's Nuclear Program: Recent Developments" by Sharon Squassoni.  You can find this report easily on the internet.
• See also the Resolution adopted September 24, 2005 by the International Atomic Energy Agency entitled "Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement in the Islamic Republic of Iran."
• See also the British Broadcasting Company links to Iran at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4266372.stm
  
• For an interactive map showing states with nuclear weapons see http://www.ceip.org/files/nonprolif/map/

If you need more information concerning the INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTHEAST MODEL UN SECURITY COUNCIL CONFERENCE FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, please contact Dr. Cliff Staten at the following address: 

School of Social Sciences
Indiana University Southeast
4201 Grant Line Road 
New Albany, IN 47150 
Phone: 812-941-2391 
Fax: 812-941-2591 
Email: cstaten@ius.edu

 

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The Indiana University Southeast Model United Nations Club

This student organization sponsors the IUS Model UN Security Council for High School Students.  It also serves as the recruiting tool for IUS students to participate in the Indiana Consortium for International Programs Model UN Security Council Conference for University and College Students at the University of Indianapolis each fall, the National Council on US-Arab Relations Model Arab League Program at Miami of Ohio University each spring and the IUPUI Model European Union Conference each spring.  It is open to all IUS students.

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