CSUN Model United Nations Program

CSUN Model UN‎

The Political Science Department at California State University Northridge maintains a highly successful and competitive Model United Nations Team. The team attends local and regional Model UN conferences in Los Angeles, Long Beach and Las Vegas and has established itself as the leading program in California. Under the careful guidance of faculty advisor Prof. Peter Kappas, the team received first-place honors at the National Model United Nations Conference of 2007 in New York and can be considered one of the best in the nation.

2004-2005

CSUN MUN attended conferences in Anaheim-Buena Park, Las Vegas, Long Beach and New York. The team finished with 12 individual delegate awards and received a Distinguished Delegation Award and an Outstanding Position Paper Award representing CARE International at NMUN.

Anaheim-Buena Park Conference: October 30, 2004
Distinguished Delegate Award
Leila Varizdeh, representing Saudi Arabia in the General Assembly
Brent Burpee, representing the United Kingdom in UNICEF
Outstanding Delegate Award
Chris Perry, representing Indonesia in ASEAN
Kevin Rosenberg, representing the United Kingdom in the Security Council

Las Vegas Conference: November 20-23rd, 2004
Distinguished Delegate Award
Brent Burpee, representing Tunisia in the African Union
Outstanding Delegate Award
Albert Atri, representing Portugal in the European Union

Long Beach Conference: March 5th, 2005
Distinguished Delegate Award
Brent Burpee, representing Sweden in the OSCE
Jeff Haviland, representing China in the Commission on Narcotic Drugs
Kevin Rosenberg, representing the USA in the UNHCR
Outstanding Delegate Award
Brittany Drennan, representing Latvia in NATO Chris Perry, representing Belgium in the OSCE

2005-2006

Head Delegate Brent Burpee lead CSUN MUN 13 individual delegate awards as well as a Distinguished Delegation Award representing Amnesty International at NMUN. For his accomplishments Brent Burpee was named United Nations Association (UNA) Southern California Model UN Student of the Year.

Anaheim-Buena Park Conference: October 15th, 2005 Distinguished Delegate Award
Marcus Afzali, representing Turkey in NATO
Kiyomi Richmond, representing The United Kingdom in the General Assembly
Outstanding Delegate Award
Brent Burpee, representing The United Kingdom in the Security Council
Las Vegas Conference: November 19-22nd, 2005
Outstanding Delegate Award
Brent Burpee, representing The United Kingdom in the Security Council
Marcus Afzali, representing The United Kingdom in the UNHCR
Outstanding Position Paper Award
Brent Burpee, representing The United Kingdom in the Security Council
Haroun Nabhan, representing Bangladesh in the UNHCR
Long Beach Conference: March 4th, 2006
Distinguished Delegate Award
Igor Kagan, representing Argentina in the Security Council
Violetta Mkrtychan, representing Argentina in the United Nations Development Programme
Outstanding Delegate Award
Dan Monteleone, representing Amnesty International in the Nations Economic & Social Council for Western Asia
Chris Perry, representing Morocco in the League of Arab States
Los Angeles Conference: March 30th – April 2nd, 2006
Outstanding Delegate Award
Igor Kagan, representing Argentina in the Security Council
Research Award
Tal Liebrecht, representing Argentina in the Commission on Narcotic Drugs

2006-2007

Head Delegate Igor Kagan lead CSUN MUN to an unprecedented 31 individual delegate awards, winning up to 40 percent of awards at some conferences. CSUN received an Outstanding Delegation Award and an Outstanding Position Paper Award representing Iceland at NMUN.

Anaheim Conference, October 26th. 2006
Distinguished Delegate Award
Leonard Wong, representing Palestine in the Organization of Islamic Countries
Tim Lovestedt, representing Afghanistan in the General Assembly
Outstanding Delegate Award
Malte Humpert, representing Sierra Leone in the General Assembly
Ben Fathi, representing Russian Federation in the Security Council
Research Award
Sara Barrett, representing Sierra Leone in the Organization of Islamic Countries
Danae Busby, representing Russian Federation in the International Law Commission
Aaron Montan, representing Finland in the European Union
Dan Monteleone, representing Palestine in the General Assembly
Ben Fathi, representing Russian Federation in the Security Council
Las Vegas Conference, November 18th-21st, 2006
Distinguished Delegate Award
Malte Humpert, representing Saudi Arabia in the General Assembly
Justin Seuthe, representing Tanzania in the UN Environment Programme
Outstanding Delegate Award
Samantha Carnell, representing Belgium in the European Union
Tim Lovestedt, representing Saudi Arabia in the Organization of Islamic Countries
Research Award
Justin Robertson, representing Nicaragua in the World Food Programme
Tim Lovestedt, representing Saudi Arabia in the Organization of Islamic Countries
Long Beach Conference March 3rd, 2007
Distinguished Delegate Award
Samantha Carnell, representing Angola in the World Health Organization
Stephanie Stricklin,representing Burkina Faso in the Commission on the Status of Women
Karen Rosenberg, representing Burkina Faso in the General Assembly
Tiarre Gaddis, representing Somalia in the General Assembly
Jesse Petersen, representing Norway in UNESCO
Outstanding Delegate Award
Malte Humpert, representing Slovakia in the Counter [...] Committee
Tim Lovestedt, representing Somalia in UNESCO
Justin Seuthe, representing Iceland in the General Assembly
Lilly Musci, representing Iceland in the Commission on the Status of Women
Research Award
Lilly Musci, representing Iceland in the Commission on the Status of Women
Jesse Petersen, representing Norway in UNESCO
Anaheim 3-Day Conference April 12-15th, 2007
Outstanding Delegate Award
Mateusz Sarosiek, representing Ukraine on the Human Rights Council
Tiarre Gaddis, representing Somalia in the Organization of Islamic Conference
Distinguished Delegate Award
Stephanie Stricklin, representing Slovakia in the Security Council
Research Award
Dyane Osorio, representing Ukraine in UNESCO

2007-2008

Head Delegate Malte Humpert lead CSUN MUN to an unprecedented 16 individual delegate awards over the course of the fall 2007 semester. CSUN will be representing Afghanistan at NMUN 2008.