Back in February, Storm King’s Model UN Club attended the NAIMUN conference, sponsored by Georgetown University. This year’s NAIMUN marked the 63rd year Georgetown is holding the conference and it was an amazing experience for the students. The event drew 3300 delegates with 42 committees.

NAIMUN stands for North American Invitational Model United Nations and is held annually at the Washington Hilton, Georgetown, Washington D.C.

NAIMUN is one of the oldest and largest high school MUN conferences in the world, with over 3300 secondary school participants from 224 schools, bringing together thousands of student delegates from around the country and globe to debate pressing international issues, negotiate solutions, and sharpen their skills in diplomacy, leadership, and critical thinking.

Storm King’s delegation proudly represented the Central African Republic and was assigned various committees at NAIMUN. Students took part in the World Bank Committee, Legal Committee, the Social, Cultural, and Humanitarian Committee (SOCHUM), and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Assembly.

Reflecting on the first NAIMUN, Maiia M. ‘29, who participated in the World Bank Committee, shared how the event went. She said, “It was really stressful and scary at first, I thought I was unprepared and not confident enough. However, as I watched more people go up on the stage and talk I felt more confident and comfortable.”

As the quote implies, many students felt that the events were nerve racking at first, however they all agreed that the more they spoke and watched others do it the more they got comfortable and started to have fun.

This year NAIMUN’s theme was Innovate, Implement, Inspire. Essentially, the main goal of the delegates this year was to think creatively about today’s most pressing global issues while creating realistic, actionable solutions. Charlie M. ‘28 participated in IAEA, discussing topics such as infrastructure problems of aging nuclear power plants. Yagmur D. ‘28 was part of the World Bank committee that discussed Dollar hegemony in the Global Market. Chris S. ‘29 participated in The White House Situation Room, 2026, portraying political advisor Stephen Miller. Cailyn T. ’28 participated in the Legal Committee, and lastly Katja M. ’26 and Kalin C. ’26 served on the Social, Cultural, and Humanitarian Committee, touching on the topic of obesity, debating on how to make nutritious food accessible to everyone.

Katie M. ‘26 represented Storm King School at NAIMUN as the head delegate and shared her experience as she greeted her last Model UN. She shared, “We debated on the topic of Child Malnutrition and Obesity in Rural Areas. The conference went rather smoothly for me, since I knew what I was getting into and had done plenty of research beforehand. Being my last Model UN, it was a bit of an emotional experience, but I had lots of fun and it was overall a very enjoyable experience.”

Last week, just back from spring break, the team members were looking ahead to the MUN Competition at Stuyvesant High School on Saturday, March 28. Storm King School’s Model UN club continues honing diplomacy, negotiation, and leadership.