Latest news

This year's conference topic is Modern Youthquake: A Generation's Impact.

29 January 2013

This year's conference topic is Modern Youthquake: A Generation's Impact. We will gradually be adding more information as the conference approaches.

7 March 2011

The UNIS-UN committee would like to thank everyone's help and support in making this year’s conference "The Web: Wiring our World" possible.

3 March 2011

Live streaming of the 2011 conference "The Web: Wiring our World" starts this Thursday morning at 9 A.M. To view the live webcast, click here.

1 March 2012

Our phone number has changed. If you need to contact us by phone, please dial 212-584-3108 and ask to speak with UNIS-UN representatives.

On conference days Thursday the 3th and Friday the 4th, students should arrive 8:00 AM at the visitors' entrance on 46th Street and 1st Avenue.

Welcome to UNIS-UN

Welcome to the new and updated UNIS-UN Website! In the near future our website will be fully functional. Until then, we hope that our website will meet your needs and satisfy your curiosity. We would love to hear your suggestions and opinions about our new outlay; you can send us input via the contact form!

UNIS-UN at the U.N. General Assembly

Our mission

Our organization’s goal is to provide an educationally and intellectually enriching experience for our peers from around the world while promoting globalism and cross-cultural exchange.

What we do

We host an annual conference relating to a contemporary global issue. We invite expert and engaging speakers that are well versed on the topic who present to our audience of 700 high school students from International Schools from 5 continents. For the past 37 years it has been held in the General Assembly Hall at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City.

To the end of promoting global awareness and cross-culturalism, the annual themes are always ones of global importance. Over three hundred students from all over the world are invited to attend in addition to the upper classes at the United Nations International School. This is our second year that there will be a half day international celebration featuring international performances and a cultural showcase in the Sylvia Howard Fuhrman Auditorium at UNIS.