Word: hnmun
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Even after missing their flight out of Baghdad, waiting at customs for five hours, and missing another connecting flight out of Chicago, six Iraqi students arrived in time for the opening ceremonies of the Harvard National Model United Nations (HNMUN) conference Thursday evening and received a full minute of applause from the 2,200 other students in attendance...
...visitors were Iraq’s first-ever representatives to the annual HNMUN conference, which brings students from around the world together to simulate the United Nations...
...addition to representing the country of Austria at the U.N. simulation and participating in discussions and receptions, the Iraqi students also had time this weekend to sample American food, attend a dance for HNMUN delegates, and even take part in their first-ever snowball fight...
...While HNMUN has constantly attracted students from abroad—with representatives from more than ten countries each year—the conference has seen increased international presence in the last few years...
According to Smith, “The ultimate goal of HNMUN is to facilitate students with different backgrounds to come together to discuss and learn about international relations and what’s going on around the world...