The Cornell Model United Nations Conference (CMUNC) is an annual high school model UN conference hosted by the Cornell International Affairs Society (CIAS) at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Moreover, CIAS was established to promote a greater knowledge and understanding of global socioeconomic and political issues amongst its members and the wider Cornell community. The organization aspires to achieve its purpose by training for, and attending, model United Nations conferences within the collegiate circuit, by planning and hosting CMUNC, and by hosting regular meetings to discuss current events of international importance, as well as by promoting and attending additional international relations events on campus.

Furthermore, CMUNC encourages awareness about international issues through high-level discussion and debate in a wide array of historically, geographically, as well as topically diverse committees. Also, attracting delegates from across the United States, Canada, South Africa, China, and elsewhere around the globe, CMUNC has grown dramatically in size since its inception. Today the conference is proud to host over six hundred fifty students annually.

Center of Attention: Delegate Focus

At CMUNC, the delegate experience takes center stage. From the largest General Assembly committee to the smallest crisis simulation, from the most experienced of delegates to first-time MUNers, all delegates are sure to be challenged and engaged in each of their interactive simulations.

With an annual delegate to staff ratio of just 7:1, CMUNC prides itself on providing a supportive simulative environment in which all delegates can learn, refine, and enhance their debating skills. Their staff desires, first and foremost, to see students grow as delegates who can cooperatively tackle pressing real world problems with efficiency and tact. To that end, dais members continually monitor and constructively critique the performance of each and every delegate throughout the course of the weekend as well as provide personal written evaluations detailing those observations upon the close of the conference.