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Pace Students ‘Change Their World’, Earn National Recognition at Model UN Conference

Pace University was recognized with nine awards in the United Nations General Assembly Room on 21 March, for its participation in the National Model United Nations (NMUN) 2013 conference in New York City, in which students put skills they learned … Continue reading

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Pace Students Engage in Dynamic Simulation of the UN Security Council

When the United Nations Security Council meets to deal with the most pressing political issues of our era, time does not conveniently stop until negotiations have been concluded. The world’s most intractable problems are constantly changing, they shift rapidly, becoming … Continue reading

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The Tension between Being a Delegate and a Head Delegate

As both a head delegate for our Model United Nations team and a participant in Model UN, I am faced with an interesting dynamic in the committee room. The recent 2013 UN University for Peace Model UN conference in Costa … Continue reading

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Model UN Students Meet Djimon Hounsou, Campaign for ‘Bulletproof’ Arms Trade Treaty

Students involved in Pace University New York City’s  Model United Nations program have played an important role as interns and volunteers in the global campaign to develop stricter controls on the international arms trade, currently less regulated than the market in bananas. This … Continue reading

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Pace Students Examine the Gender Dimensions of International Politics

“The personal is international,” feminist theorist of international relations Cynthia Enloe reminds us. This means that even though global policymaking has traditionally focused on the interactions between states, it is crucial to pay attention to the gender dimensions of international … Continue reading

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Model UN Students’ Arms Trade Treaty Advocacy Makes Front Page of Pace Press

In addition to participating in simulations of global policymaking, numerous students in Pace University’s New York City Model United Nations program have been interning and volunteering with Control Arms, an advocacy coalition calling for a ‘bulletproof’ Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). Model … Continue reading

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Pace NYC Model UN Students Bounce Back from Sandy at UPenn Conference

Located in Lower Manhattan, opposite City Hall and next to the Brooklyn Bridge, Pace University’s campus community in New York City was severely affected by the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. Our main campus was without power for a week and … Continue reading

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Opportunity for Model UNers to Participate in Real Global Policymaking

Students enrolled in the Model United Nations class and club at Pace University in New York City have the opportunity to participate in real global policymaking this Fall semester in a unique partnership with Control Arms. The UN General Assembly’s … Continue reading

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From Model UN to the UN Arms Trade Treaty Conference: Pace New York MUN Students at the Forefront of Diplomatic Efforts on Conventional Weapons Control

Two Pace University students put Model United Nations (MUN) lessons into action at the UN Diplomatic Conference for the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) this summer, participating in a special internship arranged by the Pace New York Model UN program. Shant … Continue reading

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Head Delegate NMUN2012 Blog: A Not-So-Simple Simulation

Last week, nine out of the thirty students from Pace University New York City who participated at the National Model United Nations (NMUN) conference in here New York represented the delegation from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), otherwise … Continue reading

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