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Model United Nations: The HistoryThe International Relations Program has sponsored a delegation to the National Model United Nations session at UN headquarters in New York City each year since 1997. The Model UN delegation is selected annually by the Undergraduate Director in consultation with the officers of the Syracuse Chapter of Sigma Iota Rho, the national honor society for International Relations. |
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Model UN Team members spend weeks preparing for their roles through training and practice sessions and earn academic credit for their participation. If you would like to be involved in our Model UN work, you must be an International Relations major; contact the Undergraduate Director, Professor Francine D'Amico, for more information. Please find the application form here. Applications are due by 5:00pm on October 15th.
2008: Modeling Belgium in the United Nations Head Delegate: Allie Hertling '08 Delegates: Mia Adamowsky ‘09, Wilson Aiwuyor ‘09, Nicholas Dwyer ‘08, Nayab Khan ‘10, Rob Magliaro ’08, Meaghan Monfort '08, Helen Or ‘09, Joemmy Ramirez ‘09, Clare Rutz ‘09, Nana Sang-Bender ‘09, Kelly Schuur '08, Dhaval Shah ‘09, Natalie Sporysova ‘08, Jessica Watro ‘08. Alternate: Cathy Vasquez '10 2007: Modeling Guinea in the United Nations Head Delegate: Erin M. McFarland '07 Delegates: Nathalie Agudelo '07, Angelina Azhigulova '09, Maria Cartaya '07, Charles Cutshall '07, Samanthe Eulette '07, Allie Hertling '08, Vanessa Marquez '07, Meaghan Monfort '08, Didier Rutagarama '07, Jessica Schaeffer '07, Kelly Schuur '08, Haris Shawl '07, Matthew Stiles '07, Christine Turoczi '07, Kena Vasquez '07. Alternate: Yulia Kosiw '08 2006: Modeling The Philippines in the United Nations
Head Delegate: Afroviti Guta '06: Delegates:
Michael An '06; Sarah Auerbach '06; Leeland Clark '06;
Allison Hertling '08; Sania Khan '06; Jacki Kosdemba '06; Matthew McNabb '06; Ross Rustici '08; Haris Shawl '07; Julia Shenk '06;
Karin Smith '06; Natalie Sporysova '08; Zarina Syed '06; Chad Vincton '08; Jessica Watro '08; Alternate: Yevgenia Azhigulova '09
2005:
Modeling Nicaragua in the United Nations
This year’s National Model United Nations
Delegation did a remarkable job of modeling Nicaragua, bringing attention to the
interests of a small country while successfully staying in character. A meeting
Wednesday morning with Nicaragua’s U.N. Ambassador, Eduardo Sevilla Somoza
prepared the delegation for the task ahead. In the four-day conference, the
delegates learned how painstaking, yet rewarding, successful international
cooperation can be.
Representing the country’s interests in 10
different committees, SU’s portrayal of Nicaragua successfully built alliances
to pass sponsored resolutions regarding land claims against governments, ethical
codes for large corporations, free trade and regional trade blocs, debt relief,
foreign direct investment, taxation of currency conversions, defining the
legality of occupation, technology training programs for developing countries,
and other resolutions that support the expansion of internet and computer
technologies in developing countries. In several committees, SU’s delegates
stepped up and led coalitions of countries, wielding a tremendous amount of
influence and gaining the respect of many participants. As we built ties with other delegations in our assigned committees, our delegates strongly emphasized teamwork and friendship within our own delegation. The entire group held firmly to the belief that the delegates only perform as strongly as the unit. The idea of team-building within the delegation was taken very seriously. Developing this team identity started in weekly meetings leading up to the conference and continued throughout the entire week in New York. This sense of community identity served the same function as “national identity,” which plays a huge role in integrative multilateral international negotiations such as you’ll find in the United Nations. This complete packaged provided the delegates with an unforgettable experience. The modeling and team-building were completely student run, and all involved feel proud that, mutually and exclusively, they created this tremendous experience themselves. -- N. Scott Boyer, co-head delegate 2005. 2004: Modeling Israel in the United Nations
At this year's conference, Syracuse University's chapter of Sigma Iota Rho
represented Israel. When asked about this year's conference, team member
Chris Pickar stated "we recognize the uniqueness of Israel's position in the
political structure of the world and we realize the world would be a different
place without Israel...this is one of the most interesting and varied cultures
we have ever had the honor to represent."
The Syracuse University International Relations Undergraduate Program will have twelve students representing Albania for this year's Model United Nations. Student representatives include: Bob Jovanovski - UN General Assembly Plenary 2002: Modeling Kenya in the United NationsTwelve students from the Syracuse University International Relations Undergraduate Program represented Kenya on a variety of UN committees and other organizations, discussing subjects such as refugee issues and the problems of Third World development. The delegation, led by Bryan Legaspi (IR '02), was selected by the officers of the Syracuse Chapter of Sigma Iota Rho, the national honor society for International Relations students. The 2002 participants in the Model UN served in the UN General Assembly, the General Assembly's Social Humanitarian Comittee, in the FAO, African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP), Human Rights, Disarmament, the Conference for Development, for Sustainable Development, and the Committee for HIV/AIDS. Please join us in congratulating this year's Model UN team, as they head to New York City this spring: This year's team prepared briefs on issues central to Kenya's concerns, learned about their committees, each other, and how the world of international relations functions at the United Nations. In short, they have applied their international relations majors academic work to the field at large.
2001: Modeling the Slovak Republic in the United Nations
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2003: Modeling Albania in the United Nations