Model United Nations started at the Bergen County Academies during the 1997-1998 school year, when students in a 10th grade American History class started the first MUN after-school activity to supplement their interest in international affairs. During the first meeting, about 35 students participated in a mock United Nations session. The team participated in its first conference at Yale University in February 1998, and several months later, we won our first "Best Delegation" award at the George Washington University Model United Nations Conference in Washington, DC.

In 1999, students launched the first Academy Model United Nations conference. Delegates from all over the area came to participate. That year, the same students from a 10th grade history class planned the entire conference, wrote topic papers, developed a website, and ran the committees. AMUN has grown tremendously over the past twenty years, both as a conference and school organization, and we look forward to seeing you at the best one yet.

In 2015, the BCA Model United Nations team debuted a new conference for the first time. Junior Academy Model United, JAMUN, is designed to introduce younger, middle school students to the field of international relations through MUN, as well as provide a forum to discuss issues prevalent in the world today. JAMUN is an excellent introduction to debate, as it is the first conference for most of our delegates.

​Secretaries-General of AMUN

2023-2024 Krystal Jiang
2022-2023 Aminah Sarowar
2021-2022 Anjali Anbu
2020-2021 Aaron Thammavongxay
2019-2020   Sarah McIlroy
2018-2019  Ciro Randazzo
2017-2018   Christian Rodriguez
2016-2017   Michael Dugan
2015-2016   Aparna Anand
2014-2015   Rachel Boutom
2013-2014   Erin Sulovari
2012-2013   Dalia Walzer
2011-2012   Alexander Muller
2010-2011   Danielle LaBarbiera
2009-2010   Liza Ponomarenko
2008-2009   Richard Kang
2007-2008   Jessica Faiz
2006-2007   Evan Rolfe
2005-2006   Andrew Hermalyn
2004-2005   Mark Picinich
2003-2004   Anthony Nardini
2002-2003   Ian Samuels
2001-2002   Allen Ewalt
2000-2001   Nir Harish
​1999-2000   Keith Ericson

Secretaries-General of JAMUN

 2022-2023  Group Secretariat​
2021-2022  Group Secretariat​
2020-2021   Group Secretariat​
2019-2020   Group Secretariat​
2018-2019   Group Secretariat​
2017-2018   Group Secretariat​
2016-2017   Ciro Randazzo
2015-2016   Christian Rodriguez
2014-2015   Caitlin Chan