Welcome to the official website of MUNSA XVII, the largest high school run Model United Nations conference held in the western United States. MUNSA is hosted by The International School of the Americas, a public magnet school in the North East Independent School District. On January 9th through January 11th, 2013, MUNSA will welcome over 1200 delegates to the Trinity University campus in downtown San Antonio.

MUNSA XVII

The world has always been at odds over the issue of development. Since the conclusion of the Second World War and the end of institutionalized imperialism, the world witnesseda watershed of global inclusiveness that has heralded the rapid industrialization and development of a plethora of nations, former cast aside as the third world. Under the auspices of appropriate development nations cast asunder have experienced spirited development at a faster rate than anything accomplished by the developed world during the Industrial Revolution. The world is converging, and with it the former barriers of East vs. West, Indigenous vs. Imperialist, Communist vs. Capitalist has given sway to the backdrop of a globalized planet.

However, as the world surges we continue to negate the strain that our society puts on the Earth in terms of the consumption of our natural resources, minerals, soil, food, and water. The immense growth of population coupled with the increasing demand for higher standards of living among the population stand to create a windfall of ecological, political, and economic ramifications that cannot be shunned. The concept of Sustainable Development stands as the vanguard of development that does not infringe on the ability of future generations to develop themselves. At the heart of this concept lay the crucial issues of water, environment, population, and economy that together form the pillars of society. In this concept lays the key to the transcendence of our world to a new era of prosperous longevity.