Georgetown International Relations Association
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| Georgetown International Relations Association Inc. | |
| Type | 501(c)3 non-profit |
|---|---|
| Founded | Delaware, USA (1969) |
| Headquarters | Washington, DC, USA |
| Key people | Jason Sun Hwang, Chairman & CEO |
| Website | www.modelun.org |
The Georgetown International Relations Association, Inc. (GIRA) is a non-profit organization incorporated in the State of Delaware and located in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1969, GIRA runs two Model United Nations conferences, the National Collegiate Security Conference (NCSC) and the North American Invitational Model United Nations (NAIMUN). GIRA is entirely run by students of Georgetown University.
[edit] Georgetown-GIRA Relations
GIRA is not officially affiliated with Georgetown University. However, the Directors of the Board are selected from the members of the Georgetown International Relations Club (GIRC). The Chair of GIRC is often selected CEO of GIRA.
[edit] North American Invitational Model United Nations
The North American Invitational Model United Nations (NAIMUN), a high-school level Model United Nations simulation, is held annually in February during the President's Day weekend. Each year, about 2500 students attend the Conference in Washington, D.C. to participate in the simulation. Alongside Harvard Model United Nations and the UNA-USA Model UN, it is regarded as one of the largest Conferences in the hemisphere. Students act as if they were delegates to the United Nations from a particular nation, and serve as representatives of that country's policies for the weekend.
NAIMUN runs over 20 mini-simulations, including standard committees from the UN General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council and the Security Council, as well as crisis simulations of various Regional Organizations, national Cabinets and political organizations. In the United Nations body simulations, delegates fashion resolutions and shape the actions of the UN as a whole in dealing with world situations. In the crisis bodies , the simulations focus on injecting real-time changes to the facts in order to mirror the dynamics of true international relations. Through this constant change of facts, the delegates are subjected to the rigors of trying to solve world dilemmas as the international political landscape changes.
[edit] National Collegiate Security Conference
The National Collegiate Security Conference (NCSC) is the college-level Model United Nations conference held annually in late October or early November. NCSC attracts over 500 University students from all over the North American continent to the D.C. area to participate in crisis and UN committee simulations. NCSC runs UN body simulations in the form of General Assembly committees. The forte of NCSC, however, is its crisis simulations. NCSC runs most of its committees in the crisis style, and believes itslef to be the first of the Collegiate Model UN Conferences to have used Crisis Teams in such a large fashion.
