Local high schools participate Friday in model UN confab at YSU

YOUNGSTOWN — More than 300 high school students from 14 area schools will convene on the Youngstown State University campus Friday for the 22nd annual High School Model United Nations Conference.

Students from northeast Ohio and western Pennsylvania will simulate various international committees such as the UN General Assembly 3rd Committee, The Human Rights Council, African Union, the International Criminal Court and the United Nations Security Council.

Topics include human trafficking and peace and security in Africa and Afghanistan.

Cynthia Anderson, YSU president-elect, will be the keynote speaker for the program, which begins at 8 a.m. in YSU’s Kilcawley Center.