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Harold E. Stassen Chapter
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Model UN
UNA-MN is more than advocacy and informative programs — we support Minnesota educators across the state in the pursuit of great educational programming.
Model UN is a simulation of the UN General Assembly and its other multilateral bodies where students perform delegate roles while debating topics such as gender equality, climate action, global health, and more.
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Each year, UNA-MN hosts fall and spring conferences where students from across the state come together to debate important, real world issues that the United Nations faces.
Our Fall 2024 Model UN Conference was held at Macalester College on Friday, November 15, 2024.
Additional Conference information will be posted as it becomes available. ​For more information, please contact UNA-MN at INFO@UNAMN.ORG
To learn more about Model UN click on this link.
Click image to view 2024 Model UN at Macalester College (See 2025 Feb below)
"Student delegates debate topics such as human rights, arms control and security, environment and climate change, sustainable development, international trade and peacekeeping. Students think critically about global issues and explore these issues from the perspective of the countries of the world. Students develop leadership skills and a first-person understanding of the importance and challenge of solving problems collectively; and the interconnection of all countries and peoples. Since 2004 over 28,000 students (junior and senior high) have participated in the United Nations Association of Minnesota Model UN program."
Model UN Announcements & Events
Model UN February 2025
Organizing the start of the latest Model UN session.
Handing off to the first speaker
Consensus countries voting
Organizing the start of the latest Model UN session.
A gallery of photos from the latest, 2025 February Model UN at Macalister College, St. Paul, MN
Model UN simulations engage hundreds of thousands of students each year, helping them to learn more about the principles of the UN and how it functions. Many of today’s leaders in law, government, business, and the arts – including at the UN itself – participated in Model UN as students.
The United Nations supports Model UN simulations by building and maintaining strong links between the UN and Model UN participants. It does this by sharing first-hand knowledge about the work of the UN at Model UN conferences; providing guidance with organizers to create accurate and authentic simulations; and encouraging Model UN clubs to take concrete action to support UN values and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Recognizing the value of Model UN simulations across the globe in engaging young people with the initiatives and goals of the UN and garnering support for international cooperation, the General Assembly adopted Resolution 77/336 on “Model United Nations”.