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Amnesty International raises questions about freedom of expression in SOCHUM

Amnesty International raises questions about freedom of expression in SOCHUM

By YENA SEO, THE WASHINGTON POST Following heavy debate regarding the freedom of expression and protection of journalists in the Social, Cultural and Humanitarian committee (SOCHUM) at the 61st session…

Amnesty International Attempts to Tackle Arms Trade

Amnesty International Attempts to Tackle Arms Trade

BY JESSE JAMES STEELE, AL JAZEERA The representative from Amnesty International (AI) has been working with members of the Disarmament and International Security (DISEC) to discuss the issues surround ethnic…

The Presidium on the National Conference on Benin, 1990

The Presidium on the National Conference on Benin, 1990

  By ANA MARIA VASCONEZ, THE GUARDIAN One of the loudest comments in the room of the Presidium of the National Conference on Benin was on the improving relations with…

Why Healthcare Technology is important

Why Healthcare Technology is important

By YIWEN DONG, THE GUARDIAN Today is the second day of Harvard National Model United Nations 2015 (HNMUN 2015), and the conference of Special Summit on Technology (SST) is still…

BREAKING NEWS: Lives Lost on a SpaceX Craft

BREAKING NEWS: Lives Lost on a SpaceX Craft

BY JESSE JAMES STEELE, AL JAZEERA In an update to the Futuristic Commission on Space Development, 2030, it was reported that a vast number of lives have been lost due…

The Forgotten Heroes of HNMUN 2015

The Forgotten Heroes of HNMUN 2015

By JOHN SUNUNU, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE At the largest conferences on the Model United Nations circuit, the glitzy committees, fast-paced debate, and lavish conference rooms often allow delegates to forget about the…

UK dodges question on government spying at press conference

UK dodges question on government spying at press conference

By ANAÏS VOSKI, THE GUARDIAN FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tonight’s SOCHUM press conference produced some interesting results at the sixty-first session of the Harvard National Model United Nations conference. The committee…

BREAKING NEWS: NGOs take a “United we stand, divided we fall” approach to UN

BREAKING NEWS: NGOs take a “United we stand, divided we fall” approach to UN

By DIVJOT ANAND and JOHN SUNUNU, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE The Non-Governmental Organization Program, one of the most integral parts of Harvard National Model United Nations 2015, had decided to shake up…

EDITORIAL: Oxfam International is on the right track

EDITORIAL: Oxfam International is on the right track

By ANAÏS VOSKI, THE GUARDIAN Oxfam International is calling for a coalition between NGOs in order to strengthen their acting capabilities at the sixty-first session of the Harvard National Model United…

Tension and resolution overlap in the Historical General Assembly

Tension and resolution overlap in the Historical General Assembly

By YENA SEO, THE WASHINGTON POST With the dawning of a new millennium, member states of the United Nations gathered at the Harvard National Model United Nations conference to discuss…