{"id":10847,"date":"2012-09-24T16:49:42","date_gmt":"2012-09-24T16:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/?page_id=10847"},"modified":"2025-09-23T14:40:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T14:40:58","slug":"modelun","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/politicalscience\/modelun\/","title":{"rendered":"Model United Nations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2014\/04\/IMG_3074.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-49908\" title=\"Model UN\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2014\/04\/IMG_3074-300x225.png\" alt=\"Model UN\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2014\/04\/IMG_3074-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2014\/04\/IMG_3074.png 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Augsburg University&#8217;s Model UN is offered periodically. Check with a Political Science faculty member for the current status. Students often participate in the Model UN conference in New York City. The event includes five days of intense negotiation and diplomacy with an international gathering of over 5,000 students. \u00a0On the trip our delegation also meets with members of the UN diplomatic corps and takes advantage of the many resources and organizations of New York.<\/p>\n<p>Any students interested in international relations and diplomacy are welcome to apply. \u00a0It is a demanding and highly educational experience, requiring extensive preparation, research, and practice with public speaking.<\/p>\n<h2>Countries Represented and Partner Delegations<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Slovakia<\/li>\n<li>Laos<\/li>\n<li>Guatemala<\/li>\n<li>Namibia<\/li>\n<li>Indonesia (joint delegation with the University of Idaho)<\/li>\n<li>Venezuela (joint delegation with the Central University of Venezuela)<\/li>\n<li>Pakistan<\/li>\n<li>Denmark (and the Council of Europe)<\/li>\n<li>India (joint delegation with the University of St. Thomas)<\/li>\n<li>Panama<\/li>\n<li>Cote d&#8217;Ivoire<\/li>\n<li>Uganda (Security Council seat)<\/li>\n<li>Namibia<\/li>\n<li>Egypt<\/li>\n<li>Tanzania (and Pakistan on the Security Council)<\/li>\n<li>Senegal<\/li>\n<li>Guatemala<\/li>\n<li>Yemen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Augsburg University&#8217;s Model UN is offered periodically. Check with a Political Science faculty member for the current status. Students often participate in the Model UN conference in New York City. The event includes five days of intense negotiation and diplomacy with an international gathering of over 5,000 students. \u00a0On the trip our delegation also meets &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10847","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10847"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10847\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50503,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10847\/revisions\/50503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}