Arkansas Collegiate Model United Nations (ACMUN) Conference 2024
The 2024 ACMUN conference will be co-convened with the Oklahoma Model UN (OKMUN) and be cohosted in-person by Northeastern State University and Northwest Arkansas Community College on the NSU campus (in Tahlequah, Oklahoma) on Saturday, November 2 from 9 am to 6 pm. Conference registration and a country matrix (with available countries and committee assignments) will be available in August. Questions can be emailed to Cheryl Van Den Handel at vandenha@nsuok.edu or Matt Evans at mevans8@nwacc.edu. The committees and policy topics are below.
United Nations General Assembly First Committee (GA1)
- cyber espionage against countries and corporations
- media disinformation on the Internet
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
- corporate social responsibility as relates to AIDS medications in Africa and Southeast Asia
- movement to end AIDS by 2030
United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR)
- international solutions to refugees on the US-Mexican border
- internally displaced people throughout the world
United Nations Security Council (UNSC)
- militarization of space
- efficacy of peace keeping missions
Council of the Arab League (AL)
- civil war in Yemen
- attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea
2025 ACMUN
The 2025 ACMUN conference will be hosted at Harding University (in Searcy, AR), and NWACC (in Bentonville, AR) will host in 2026.
Arkansas Collegiate Model United Nations (ACMUN) Conference 2023
The 2023 Arkansas Collegiate Model United Nations conference was hosted in-person on Nov. 3, 2023 by Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, AR. Committees included Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), Human Rights Council (HRC), Council of Arab League (AL), and Security Council (SC).
Best Overall Delegation: France (Harding University)
o Honorable Mention 1: Czechia (University of Central Arkansas)
o Honorable Mention 2: Brazil (University of Central Arkansas)
o Honorable Mention 3: Argentina (Northwest Arkansas Community College)
Outstanding Delegation for HRC: France (Harding University)
o Honorable Mention 1: Czechia (University of Central Arkansas)
o Honorable Mention 2: India (Northwest Arkansas Community College)
o Honorable Mention 3: Ukraine (Lyon College)
Outstanding Delegation for ECOSOC: Brazil (University of Central Arkansas)
o Honorable Mention 1: Czechia (University of Central Arkansas)
o Honorable Mention 2: Argentina (Northwest Arkansas Community College)
o Honorable Mention 3: Japan (Arkansas State University)
Outstanding Delegation for Arab League: Egypt (University of Central Arkansas)
o Honorable Mention 1: Tunisia (University of Arkansas at Little Rock)
o Honorable Mention 2: Kuwait (University of Arkansas at Little Rock)
o Honorable Mention 3: Algeria (University of Central Arkansas)
Outstanding Delegation for Security Council: Albania (University of Central Arkansas)
o Honorable Mention 1: Brazil (University of Central Arkansas)
o Honorable Mention 2: France (Harding University)
o Honorable Mention 2: Switzerland (Harding University)
Other Conferences
There are high school Model UN conferences conducted throughout the state of Arkansas — for example, the Arkansas Model United Nations conference at the University of Central Arkansas (taking place in November), or the Northwest Arkansas Model United Nations conference at Northwest Arkansas Community College (held virtually in January 30, 2021). AMUN started in 1966 and has included thousands of high schools throughout Arkansas and the region.
There are also Model UN conferences taking place throughout the South and the rest of the United States.