For more than 40 years, the NCCA has provided quality programs that bring together the next generation of international leaders. We are a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization and non-governmental organization affiliated with the United Nations Department of Public Information.
2008 NCCA ANNUAL REPORT (  )
OUR MISSION |
The National Collegiate Conference Association is a nonprofit organization that advances understanding of the United Nations and contemporary international issues. We positively affect the lives of participants and prepare them to be better global citizens through quality educational experiences that emphasize collaboration and cooperative resolution of conflict.
HISTORIC HIGHLIGHTS |
1945 | The UN Charter is ratified on 24 October. Support for the United Nations in subsequent years includes the development of UN simulations like the National Model United Nations (NMUN)
1950s | Eleanor Roosevelt serves as a keynote speaker at an early NMUN Conference.
1968 | The National Collegiate Conference Association (NCCA) is incorporated to assure the long-term educational integrity and financial success of the NMUN conference.
1974 | NCCA develops National High School Model UN conference (NHSMUN). In 1979 this conference incorporates as a separate nonprofit organization.
1990 | NCCA begins to develop the Southern Regional Model UN conference (SRMUN) in Atlanta in response to the absence of Model UN opportunities in the region. In 1993 SRMUN incorporates as a separate nonprofit organization.
1999 | UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan serves as a keynote speaker at the annual NMUN conference in New York City.
2007 | To better serve participants, NMUN is held as one conference at two New York City venues. More than 4,000 students attend, half from outside the United States. Attendance has more than doubled in the past 10 years. First NMUN•DC conference held in November.
2008 | UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon serves as keynote speaker at the annual NMUN conference in New York City. NMUN premiers NMUN•CHINA - its first international location.
2010 | NMUN•LATIN AMERICA will be held in Quito, Ecuador
OUR VISION |
A world comprised of civically engaged people who strive for peaceful, multi-lateral conflict resolution and equitable, sustainable human development. |
