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IIB Partners with Susan G. Komen

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

The IIB received a grant totaling over $20,000 from the Susan G. Komen Foundation last month. This funding will be used to target breast health More>>

IIB Inspires St. Joseph's Student to Reflect in Poetry

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Amy Fleischauer, Director of Victim Services at the IIB, and Sarah Jakiel, Polaris Project, spoke at St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute as part of More>>

Erie County Donates Used Furniture to IIB

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Erie County will donate used furniture to the International Institute of Buffalo's Refugee Resettlement Department. The County, having determined More>>

International Institute Co-Sponsors Conference on Human Trafficking

Thursday, December 10, 2009

The International Institute of Buffalo partnered with Farmworker Legal Services of NY and the NY Branch of the National Center for Missing & More>>

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Model United Nations

The International Institute's Model United Nations General Assembly regularly attracts more than 600 high school students from throughout Western New York and Northeast Pennsylvania.

Student delegations choose a country to represent and research the laws, national interests and foreign policy of that country.

Delegates then attempt to accurately represent the positions and interests of their adopted countries by writing, debating, amending and voting on resolitions in committee meetings that simulate those of the United Nations.

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NEW! CLICK HERE Model United Nations 2010 Information!

CLICK HERE for the Model United Nations 2009 page!

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