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The Harvard International Relations Council (HIRC) is a non-profit student organization based at Harvard University. It is the largest student organization at Harvard College, run entirely by undergraduates, and holds status as an affiliated non-governmental organization with the United Nations Department of Public Information.
Harvard Model United Nations was founded in 1953. It grew out of a Harvard student group that had been simulating the League of Nations since the 1920s and decided to create a new simulation reflecting the United Nations, which had been established after World War II.
The 2024 session of Harvard Model United Nations was the largest in the conference's history, with over 4,000 participants. The conference is held annually at the Sheraton Boston Hotel, with overflow sessions at the Boston Marriott Copley Place.
The Harvard International Review is a quarterly journal of international relations founded in 1979. It is distributed in more than 60 countries and has a readership of over 30,000. It has featured contributors including Nelson Mandela, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, Paul Krugman, and Amartya Sen.
Harvard National Model United Nations (HNMUN) is the longest-running college-level Model UN simulation in the world, held annually in February at the Boston Park Plaza. It focuses on university students rather than high school delegates, drawing roughly three thousand participants each year with about half coming from more than 40 countries outside the United States.
The first HMUN India session was held in August 2011 at the World Trade Centre in Mumbai, India. Over 1,250 delegates from India and several other countries including Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Turkey participated.