Conference

Research Links

The United Nations and Model UN

• www.un.org - the homepage of the United Nations
• www.unausa.org - information about national Model UN conferences
• www.unsystem.org - web directory of the UN
• www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/index.html - UN journal
• http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/ - MUN Resource
• http://www.unwire.org/ - UN news source
• http://www.un.int/ - Permanent Missions to the UN
• http://www.un.org/aboutun/charter/ - the UN charter
• http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html - Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Country Information

• http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html - CIA World Factbook
• http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/infonation3/menu/advanced.asp - InfoNation

General Research

• http://www.igc.org/ - Institute for Global Communications
• http://www.newsbank.com/ - Global News Bank
• http://www.csis.org/html/mission1.html - Center for Strategic and International Studies
• http://www.fpa.org/ - Foreign Policy Association
• http://www.fpif.org/ - Foreign Policy in Focus
• http://www.cfr.org/ - Council on Foreign Affairs
• http://www.ips-dc.org/ - Institute for Policy Studies

Model UN Testimonials

CTMUN is an excellent simulation of the actual United Nations.

-- CTMUN Participant

[Model UN] not only involves young people in the study and discussion of global issues, but also encourages the development of skills useful throughout their lives, such as research, writing, public speaking, problem solving, consensus building, conflict resolution, compromise and cooperation.

-- UNA-USA