CTWAC Model United Nations brings together over 1,000 students from around Connecticut to interact with each other through debate and diplomacy, preparing them to become future global leaders.
MISSION
The World Affairs Council of Connecticut (CTWAC) Model United Nations (MUN) program engages high school students in international affairs and develops students’ critical thinking and problem-solving skills. We empower students to become global citizens and to motivate positive change in the world.
HISTORY
Our MUN program is one of the country’s most established, continuous Model United Nations programs for high school students, with roots tracing back to Hartford High School in 1952.
In 1952, the CTWAC MUN program had about 130 participants. The international education program has grown each year since then. Over 70 years later, 1,000+ high school students from more than 40 schools around Connecticut currently participate in our entirely student-run MUN program.
OPPORTUNITIES
The Council’s MUN program is exclusively student-run, offering students opportunities to take leadership positions and negotiate with peers. At MUN, students experience the inner workings of international policy-making as they tackle global issues and controversies, navigate crisis scenarios, debate solutions and draft resolutions.
Through the MUN program, students can to travel to New York to tour the United Nations, meet diplomats from the countries they are representing, and discuss timely global issues with the policy makers who are currently working to solve them.
CTWAC also contributes to the development of the MUN curriculum for teachers and offers MUN participants exclusive access to international events and speakers.
TESTIMONIALS
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