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Model United Nations at Whittier CollegeModel United Nations is a program where students
simulate various bodies of the United Nations or related
organizations. Students gather at regional and national
conferences to debate current issues facing the United
Nations and its Member States. Every school is assigned one
or more countries to represent at the conference and a
variety of issues confronting the different bodies that are
being simulated. Students research the history, political
system and values, economic trends, and current events of
their country to successfully negotiate with other countries
in hopes of developing consensus resolutions on the issues.
Whittier College participates in Model United Nations of the
Far West (MUNFW), a five-day conference that meets each
April in Burlingame, California, just two miles south of the
San Francisco airport. Model United Nations of the Far West
is one of the oldest Model UN programs, having just
concluded its 57th Session. Whittier has participated in
MUNFW for over 40 years and has served as the host school,
providing the Secretary-General and Secretariat staff for
the organization, six times since 1994. Whittier will again
serve as the host school during the 58th Session of MUNFW to
be held 18-22 April 2008. The theme for the conference will
be, “Addressing the Needs of the Vulnerable”; the conference
will feature the following eight bodies: the UN General
Assembly, the GA’s Second Committee, the GA’s Third
Committee, UNICEF, the World Health Organization, the
African Union, the Security Council, and a World Press.
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