About Us

Our Mission

By sending a Japanese delegation to the National Model United Nations held in New York every March, our programme pursues three goals:

1. To raise public awareness of global issues
2. To advance Model United Nations activities
3. To develop people who can play active roles in the international community

What is Model United Nations?

Model United Nations (MUN) simulates the conferences of the United Nations. Each participant serves as the ambassador of a country, develops a diplomatic strategy, and negotiates with ambassadors of other countries with different interests: finding common ground, identifying points of disagreement, and building a consensus that is put into words as a draft resolution. Beyond understanding global issues, MUN requires research to formulate the assigned country's policies and diplomatic negotiation with other delegations, which makes it far more than a simple discussion. The activity teaches participants the importance of viewing global issues from multiple perspectives.

Model UN traces its origins to the Model League of Nations founded at Harvard University in 1927. After the Second World War, it developed into Model UN following the establishment of the United Nations, and the activity is also introduced on the UN's own website. Today, more than 200,000 university and high school students, mainly in the United States and Europe, take part in MUN as part of their studies or extracurricular activities, and over 400 MUN conferences are held each year in 35 countries.

What is NMUN?

The National Model United Nations (NMUN) is a Model UN conference organised by the National Collegiate Conference Association, a non-profit organisation. NMUN holds conferences in New York and Washington, D.C.; the New York conference takes place at hotels in the city and in the General Assembly Hall at United Nations Headquarters. As one of the largest Model UN conferences in the world, it brings together around 5,000 students from more than 300 universities in the United States, Canada, Germany, France, China and many other countries. Representing UN member states or non-governmental organisations, students take part in simulated sessions of UN bodies and other international organisations. Lectures by experts from these organisations are also part of the programme.

Committee settings change every year, and topics are not limited to those on the UN's current agenda; issues attracting international attention at the time are actively taken up and simulated. On the final day, the resolutions and reports adopted in each committee are debated and voted on again in the General Assembly Hall at UN Headquarters, and the five-day conference concludes with a closing ceremony in the same hall. The conference is supported by an experienced staff, many of whom have attended NMUN several times and have extensive knowledge of Model UN and global issues, ensuring its high quality.

NMUN attracts great enthusiasm every year, and its international reputation continues to grow.

The 44th Administrative Members

Rina Iso — President & Head Delegate
Nanami Katagiri — Vice President
Taiki Sukegawa — Treasurer & Research Manager
Aiko Yomitanzan — Event Manager
Haruka Sato — External Sponsorships Manager & Public Relations Manager
Gaia Sato — External Partnerships Manager
Yuta Murakami — General Affairs Manager & English Delegate Development Programme Manager
Yui Hiraoka — Selection Process Manager & Report Manager
Sota Shibata — Delegate Development Programme Manager

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