Model United Nations of the Far West has hosted collegiate Model United Nations conferences since 1951. We are currently in the process of digitizing and reconstructing our conference archives. Below you will find conference materials, including programs, issues books, and issues of the World Press, going back to the 65th Session in 2015. If you are looking for materials from MUNFW conferences prior to the 65th session, please contact oed@munfw.org for assistance.

Hosted by: Whittier College
Secretary-General: Ms. Erin Clancy
Keynote Speaker: Ms. Paula Lynch, U.S. Department of State

Hosted by: Colorado State University
Secretary-General: Mr. Benjamin Carroll
Keynote Speaker: Mrs. Arti Denterlein, Education Chairperson, UNA-USA

Hosted by: Whittier College
Secretary-General: Mr. Phaelen Parker
Keynote Speaker and Honored Guests: Dr. Charles Henry, Chair of African-American Studies, UC Berkeley

Post-Conflict Nation Building

Hosted by: Mesa Community College
Secretary-General: Mr. Joel Foster
Keynote Speaker and Honored Guests: Ms.  Aurora Javate-de Dios, Executive Director, Coalition Against Trafficking of Women – Asia Pacific

Quest for Human Betterment

Hosted by: Consortium of Cabrillo College, CSU Hayward, Holy Names College, Mesa Community College, Modesto Junior College, Western Oregon University
Secretary-General: Ms. Jessica Wilken
Keynote Speaker: Mr. John McArthur, Research Fellow, Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government

We the Peoples

Hosted by: Whitter College
Secretary-General: Ms. Barbara M. Reed
Keynote Speaker and Honored Guests: Ms. Barbara Crossette, Chief UN Correspondent, New York Times

Equality and Justice in the 21st Century

Hosted by: MUNFW Alumni Association
Secretary-General: Ms. Julie M. French
Keynote Speaker: 

Building Global Peace and Security in the 21st Century

Hosted by: Mesa Community College
Secretary-General: Ms. Jennifer Broaddus
Keynote Speaker: Mr. Masood Hyder, Associate Director, UN Development Group

Post-Conflict Peacebuilding

Hosted by: Whittier College, Western Oregon University, and Mesa Community College
Secretary-General: Ms. Betsy Dolan
Keynote Speaker: Mitchell Werner, Principal Officer, Office of the Secretary-General, UN

Hosted by: San Francisco State University, Mesa Community College, University of California, Riverside, University of Judaism, and Western Oregon University
Secretary-General: Ms. Sharon Sulse
Keynote Speaker: Mr. Joe Sills, UNA-USA

Science, the Environment and Sustainable Development

Hosted by: Whittier College, Western Oregon University, and Southern Oregon University
Secretary-General: Ms. Karrah Lompa
Keynote Speaker and Honored Guests: 
Ms. Dawn T. Calabria, Sr. External Relations Officer, UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Ms. Tsegereda Assebe, Liaison Assistant, UN High Commissioner for Refugees

Restructuring The United Nations For The Next Fifty Years

Hosted by: San Francisco State University
Secretary-General: Ms. Alex Pereira
Keynote Speaker and Honored Guests: 
Mr. Douglas Bennett, Assistant Secretary of State for International Affairs
Ms. Judy Mayotte, Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration, U.S. Department of State
Mr. Manfred Noetzel, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Public Affairs, UN
Mr. Stephen Astourian, Lecturer, History and Politics

A New Era of Human Rights

Hosted by: Whittier College
Secretary-General: Mr. Greg Whaling
Keynote Speaker and Honored Guests: 
Ms. Nancy Halliday Ely-Raphel, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State
Mr. W.B. Ofuatey-Kodjoe, Professor of Political Science, Queens College Graduate Center, CUNY
Dr. Pirkko Kourula, Deputy Director of the Liaison Office NY, Office of the High Commissioner of Refugees

Advancement, Environment and Development for Women

Hosted by: Central Washington University and University of Puget Sound
Secretary-General: Ms. Heather Parkinson
Keynote Speaker and Honored Guests: 
Ms. Christine Braughtigam, Policy Advisor, UN Women
Dr. Bangsoon Yoon, Professor of Political Science, Central Washington University

A Rebirth of World Peace

Hosted by: University of California, Davis
Secretary-General: Mr. David Roberts
Keynote Speaker: Consul General Zheng Wanzhen, Consulate General of China

Hosted by: University of the Pacific
Secretary-General: Ms. Ruth Elder
Keynote Speaker: Consul General Humberto Urteaga, Consulate General of Peru in San Francisco

Hosted by: Riverside Community College
Secretary-General: Mr. Anthony Tu
Keynote Speaker and Honored Guests:
The Right Honorable David Russell Lange, Former Prime Minister of New Zealand
Mr. Juan Alberto Cordero, Vice-Minister to the Presidency of Costa Rica, Head Delegate to the High Commissioner of Refugees

Hosted by: University of Washington
Secretary-General: Ms.Tamara Klindt
Keynote Speaker and Honored Guests:
Dr. Giovani Castigan, Professor Emeritus, Department of History, University of Washington
Dr. Don Heilman, Director, Department of English, University of Washington

Hosted by: University of Regina
Secretary-General: Mr. Brad Svorkdal
Keynote Speaker and Honored Guests: 
The Honorable Grant Devine, Premier of Saskatchewan
H.E. Stephan Lewis, Ambassador From Canada to the UN
General Vernon Walters, U.S. Ambassador to the UN

Hosted by: University of California, San Diego
Secretary-General: Mr. L. Mark Carrier
Keynote Speaker: Mr. Juergen Dedring, Department of Political and Security Council Affairs, UN

Hosted by: MUNFW Alumni Association
Secretary-General: Mr. Steve Baker
Keynote Speaker: Mr. James O.C. Jonah, Assistant Secretary-General for Field Operational and External Support Activities, UN

Hosted by: California State University, Hayward
Secretary-General: Mr. Kenneth Sligar
Keynote Speaker: Mr. Michael Stopford, Department of Public Information, UN

Hosted by: Oregon State University
Secretary-General: Mr. Thomas Kipp
Keynote Speaker: Mr. Yassin Ayouty, Department of Public Information, UN

Hosted by: University of Arizona
Secretary-General: Ms. Sue Bolton
Keynote Speaker: Rev. William McLinn, speaking as Mark Twain

Hosted by: California State University, Long Beach
Secretary-General: Mr. Matthew Adams
Keynote Speaker: Mr. Phillips Louet, Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of France to the UN

Hosted by: University of Oregon
Secretary-General: Mr. Randy Thompson
Keynote Speaker and Honored Guests: 
Mr. Elliot Richardson, Chairman, UNA-USA
Ambassador B. Akporode Clark, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the UN
Ambassador David L Hepburn, Permanent Representative, Bahamas Permanent Mission to the UN

Hosted by: San Jose State University
Secretary-General: Mr. Richard R. Marovich
Keynote Speaker and Honored Guests: 
Dr. Michael Boll, San Jose State University
Ambassador Anthony C. E. Quainton, Director of the Office for Combating Terrorism, U.S. Department of State

Hosted by: Occidental College
Secretary-General: Mr. David L Carmell
Keynote Speaker and Honored Guests: 
Mr. Francis Lykins Dais, Publisher, Los Angeles Herald Examiner
Mr. Alfred Leroy Atherton, Jr., U.S. Ambassador to Egypt

Hosted by: Seattle University
Secretary-General: Mr. Richard Morse
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Albert Pierce, U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency

Hosted by: San Diego State University
Secretary-General: Ms. Jan Slanczka
Keynote Speaker and Honored Guests: 
Mr. William B. Buffum, Under Secretary General for Political and General Assembly Affairs, UN
Dr. Minos Generales, Professor of Political Science, San Diego State University

Hosted by: University of California, Davis
Secretary-General: Mr. Ward A. Campbell
Keynote Speaker and Honored Guests: 
Mr. Robert Rodes James, Principal Officer, Executive Offices of the Secretary General, UN
Mr. James Jonah, Principal Officer, Office of the Under Secretaries General for Special Political Affairs

Hosted by: California State University, Fullerton
Secretary-General: Ms. Cheri Peterson
Keynote Speaker and Honored Guests: 
Mr. John Richardson, Jr., Former Assistant Secretary of State, Educational and Cultural Affairs
Dr. F.Y. Chal, Former Director of the Security Council and Political Committees Division,
Department of Political and Security Council Affairs, UN

Hosted by: Oregon State University
Secretary-General: Mr. Steve K. Lund
Keynote Speaker and Honored Guests:
Governor Tom McCall, State of Oregon
Dr. Yassin El-Ayouty, Department of Political Affairs and Decolonization, UN

Hosted by: University of the Pacific
Secretary-General: Mr. Jack Coward
Keynote Speaker and Honored Guests: 
Mr. Robert Rhodo Wames, Principal Officer of Executive Office of the Secretary-General, UN
Mr. Rudolf Peterson, Administrator of the UNDP

Hosted by: Seattle University
Secretary-General: Mr. John Peterson
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Noel J. Brown, Political Affairs Officer, Department of Political and Security Council Affairs, UN

Hosted by: Occidental College
Secretary-General: Mr. Stan Mabbitt
Keynote Speaker and Honored Guests: 
Mr. William C. Powell, Organizing Consultant to the General Assembly
Mr. Jean-Jacques Graisse, Research and Development Officer, UN Development Program
Mr. Maximo-Leopold Zollner, Representative of France to the General Assembly
Mr. Wayne L. Kines, UN Center for Economic and Social Information
Mr. E.S. Reddy, Principal Secretary, Special Committee on Apartheid, UN

Hosted by: University of Oregon
Secretary-General: Mr. George Britton
Keynote Speaker and Honored Guests: 
Lord Caradon, United Kingdom Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Ms. Angie Brooks, President of the General Assembly, 24th Session

Hosted by: Fresno State College
Secretary-General: Mr. Ian Walker
Keynote Speaker and Honored Guests: 
Mr. Clinton A. Rehling, Assistant to the Administrator of the UN Development Program
Ms. Dorothea E. Woods, Social Development Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, UN

Hosted by: University of Arizona
Secretary-General: Mr. Ronald S. Barber
Keynote Speaker and Honored Guests: 
Mr. Apollo K. Kironde, Director for African Problems, Department of Political and Security Council Affairs, UN
Ms. Elizabeth Ann Brown, Director of Office of UN Political Affairs

Hosted by: Lewis and Clark College, Portland
Secretary-General: Mr. Charles Katungi 
Keynote Speaker and Honored Guests: 
The Honorable Jose Rolz-Bennett Under-Secretary for Special Political Affairs, UN
Dr. John G. Stoessinger, Director, Political Affairs Division, UN

Hosted by: Stanford University
Secretary-General: Stanford University
Keynote Speaker: The Right Honorable Lord Caradon, Ambassador from the United Kingdom to the UN

Hosted by: Claremont Men’s College
Secretary-General: Mr. Steve Haselton
Keynote Speaker and Honored Guests: 
Dr. Charles W. Yost, Deputy U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN
H.E. Chakravarthi Vijayaraghava Narasimha, Chef de Cabinet to the Secretary-General, UN
Dr. Dorothy Collings, Office of Public Information, UN

Hosted by: Whitworth College, Spokane
Secretary-General: Mr. Robert Yearout
Keynote Speaker and Honored Guests: 
Dr. William C. Powell, Chief of Information Centre Services, OPI
Mr. Raymond E. Lisle, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Dr. Dorothy Collings, Office of Public Information, UN

Hosted by: San Jose State College
Secretary-General: Mr. Samuel Obregon
Keynote Speaker and Honored Guests: 
Mr. Jonathan Bingham, U.S. Ambassador to ECOSOC
H.E. Dr. Nokolai Fedorenko, Ambassador from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to the UN
Dr. Dorothy Collings, Office of Public Information, UN

Hosted by: San Diego State College
Secretary-General: Mr. Rodney Walker
Keynote Speaker and Honored Guests: 
Mr. Joseph Sisco, Director, Office of UN Political and Security Affairs, U.S. Department of State
H.E. Chakravarthi Vijayaraghava Narasimha, Chef de Cabinet to the Secretary-General, UN

Hosted by: University of Oregon
Secretary-General: Mr. Paul Ward
Keynote Speaker and Honored Guests: 
H.E. Fredrick Boland, President of General Assembly, 15th Session
Governor Mark Hatfield, State of Oregon
United States Senator Wayne Morse, State of Oregon

Hosted by: University of California, Berkeley
Secretaries-General: Mr Bernard Frelwald, Mr. D. Richard Artis
Keynote Speaker: Mr. George Cabot Lodge, Assistant Secretary of Labor for International Affairs

Hosted by: University of Southern California
Secretary-General: Mr. George Young
Keynote Speaker and Honored Guests: 
Sir Leslie Munro, President of General Assembly, 14th Session
H.E. Mohammadali Carim Chagla, Ambassador from India to the UN
U.S. Representative Charles Porter, State of Oregon

Hosted by: University of Washington
Secretary-General: Mr. Joe Schiebel
Keynote Speaker: Dr. George Taylor, Director, Far Eastern and Russian Institute, University of Washington

Hosted by: Stanford University
Secretary-General: Mr. Charles W. Reynolds
Keynote Speaker and Honored Guests: 
Col. Irving Salomon, U.S. Ambassador to the UN
Dr. Tsiang Ting-Fu, Ambassador from China to the UN

Hosted by: Oregon State University
Secretary-General: Mr. George Papidoupolous
Keynote Speaker and Honored Guests:
Dr. Karlin Capper-Johnson, Professor of International Affairs, Lewis and Clark College
Mr. Frank Monk, President, Oregon World Affairs Council

Hosted by: San Francisco State University
Secretary-General: Mr. Chandler Meloy
Keynote Speaker: Dr. William Jordan, Department of Political and Security Council Affairs, UN

Hosted by: University of California, Los Angeles
Secretary-General:
Keynote Speaker and Honored Guests:
Mr. Paul Taylor, Acting Deputy Director, Office of Political and Security Affairs, UN
Mr. Cyrus Barnum, UN Consultant
Mr. Chet Huntley, NBC-TV
Mr. James Wordsworth, U.S. Ambassador to the UN
Dr. Sudjarwo Tjondronegoro, Acting Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Indonesia to the UN
Sir Leslie Munro, Ambassador from New Zealand to the UN

Hosted by: University of California, Berkeley
Secretary-General: Mr. Ralph Phillips
Keynote Speaker: Mr. David Wainhouse, U.S. Ambassador to ECOSOC

Hosted by: University of Southern California
Secretary-General: Mr. D. Jerome Harris
Keynote Speaker: Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, Chair of the UN Commission on Human Rights; Former First Lady of the United States

Hosted by: Stanford University
Secretary-General: Mr. Alan H. Nichols
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Ralph Bunche, Director, Divison of Trusteeship, UN; 1950 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate