MITMUNC believes in public debate and its potential to empower the future leaders of the world. Every year, in the month of February, we give these young leaders of tomorrow an opportunity to engage in public debate, through our innovative Model United Nations conference. Many of today's issues - international security, global health, alternative energy sources - are all based on scientific principles and are rapidly changing as our technology develops further every day. So, we feature students from our institute as the staff for the conference, using their expertise to make the scientific issues accessible to the students during debate. As a result, our conference has a unique scientific touch.
The MITMUNC logo is the MIT seal encased by the United Nations olive branches, representing the union of our institute with international goals for peace and collaboration. The MIT seal pictures a scholar and a worker, and contains the phrase "Mens et Manus", or mind and hand. MIT has long championed the intersection of academic knowledge and practical skills, and we will bring that same spirit to our conference.
MITMUNC began in Spring 2009. Until 2008, we had co-hosted Boston Invitational Model United Nations Conference, but now, with our conference, we can't wait for you to see what we have in store.
AIRMUN, Association of International Relations and Model United Nations, is the parent organization of MITMUNC at MIT. AIRMUN has several hundred members in the MIT community and regularly holds events promoting interest and study in international relations on campus.