The Boston University International Affairs Association has a rich organizational history defined by its members. As early as 1973, the organization began as a Model United Nations Association, but the last four years have redefined us. From a small, dedicated group of internationally minded individuals wanting to debate current issues, our membership has reached to nearly 200 students.
The Association began hosting BosMUN, our high school conference, as a joint venture with MIT in 2001 and the conferences have grown immensely. Now solely executed by Boston University, BosMUN is now one of the world’s premier conferences for high school delegates even attracting schools from China, Panama, Canada, India, Bhutan, Saudi Arabia, and Hungary.
The BUIAA held its inaugural collegiate conference, the BarMUN Simulation, for college delegates in 2007. After receiving outstanding reviews, the Association continued to build the conference. In 2008, BarMUN I was the first four-day conference the BUIAA (then the BU Model UN Association) had ever hosted solo. Now, four years later, plans for BarMUN IV are well underway and members continue to dedicate countless hours to make it a leading conference on the circuit.
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