14th Annual Washington Area Model United Nations Conference

Background Guides Available (Updated 2/16)

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:41:00 +0000

Background guides are becoming available as they are finalized and formatted. Here, you will be able to find the master list of background guides that are currently available. This list will be updated daily.

International Bodies:

UNHCR Background Guide (198)
UNDP Background Guide (112)
ICJ Background Guide (74)

Regional Bodies:

African Union Background Guide (78)
LAS BGG (37)
EAS BGG (53)
OAS Background Guide (68)

Historic and Specialized Bodies:

Press Corps BGG (52)
Novice BGG (76)
CCPCJ BGG (51)
N. Ireland BGG (49)

Joint Crisis Committees:

JCC- Arab Fall Middle East Stability BGG (48)
World Petroleum Summit BGG (89)

First WAMUNC Staff Meeting

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 20:11:41 +0000

The first staff meeting for WAMUNC XIV will immediately follow the IAS GMM on Tuesday November 1. The mandatory meeting will begin at 8PM, and address background guides, deadlines, and other important staff duties. Feel free to contact WamuncStaff@gmail.com with any questions or concerns. If you are still interested in staffing WAMUNC XIV, positions are still available. Please submit an application as soon as possible!

WAMUNC Hotel Arrangements

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:33:25 +0000

The WAMUNC XIV Secretariat is proud to announce that we have partnered with the following hotels to provide affordable accommodations in convenient locations to WAMUNC and the George Washington University.

The following two hotels have set aside room blocks at the reduced rate of 184.00 USD/ night for those attending WAMUNC. They are:

The Renaissance, DuPont Circle- (202) 775-0800

1143 New Hampshire Avenue NW

Washington, DC 20037

And

The Washington Marriott- (202) 872-1500

1221 22^nd St NW

Washington, DC 20037

Washington Marriott >>

When booking rooms, please mention that you are a part of WAMUNC and request our room block. If you have any questions or concerns about hotels or accommodations, please contact WAMUNC XIV Faculty Liaison Daniel Hennessey at faculty@wamunc.com.

Recent Downtime

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 19:43:46 +0000

As you may have noticed, the WAMUNC website was down from July 26th until July 28th. During this downtime, WAMUNC was transferred to a new server cluster. We would like to apologize about this downtime. While most functions of the website have returned to normal, certain features as well as downloadable files such as registration forms will not be available until July 30th at the latest. If you notice any pages that are not available, please notify us at webmaster@gwias.com. If you have any questions regarding WAMUNC itself, please contact secretary general Bryce Jarvis at secretarygeneral@wamunc.com Again, we apologize for the inconvenience.

-The WAMUNC Web Team

Registration Open

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 19:42:50 +0000

Registration for WAMUNC XIV is now open. Held from March 22nd-25th on the George Washington University’s Foggy Bottom Campus in the middle of Washington D.C., WAMUNC is an excellent opportunity for high school students to learn and discuss international affairs with other students and explore our nation’s capital. Forms and check must be postmarked and dated by February 26th, 2012 . The liability form can be hand delivered at the conference. You can find registration forms here.

Outreach at WAMUNC XIV- Universal Clean Water

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 19:23:54 +0000

UN Photo/Kibae Park

Outreach at WAMUNC XIV

WAMUNC XIV has selected its outreach goal for 2012. Universal access to clean water was declared a basic human right in July 2010 by the United Nations General Assemby and WAMUNC has taken on this challenge and will endevour to help provide universal sustainable clean water. Working with both the organization Charity Water and delegates at WAMUNC XIV, we hope to make our mark on this immense campaign. You can read more on our outreach program here.