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The Yale International Relations Association, Inc. (''YIRA'') is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit student organization at Yale University. Founded in 1969 by a group of individuals who wished to promote a better understanding of global affairs, YIRA's mission is to raise awareness of and foster debate about international relations and global affairs through a number of unique programs.〔Website of the Yale International Relations Association. http://www.yira.org〕 These include the Security Council Simulation at Yale (SCSY); the Yale Model United Nations Conference (YMUN); the Model United Nations Team at Yale (MUNTY); Hemispheres; the Yale Review of International Studies; a series of speaker events; international trips; and several independent initiatives, including conferences in cities across the world (such as Shanghai, Seoul, and Budapest); and the Yale Model United Nations Institute (YMUNI). YIRA also enjoys consultative status at the United Nations Economic and Social Council. With several hundred members hailing from 30 countries and pursuing virtually all courses of study, YIRA is one of the largest and most diverse student organizations at Yale University.〔The Yale Politic.http://thepolitic.org/resolved-the-yale-political-union-is-doomed/〕 ==Programs and Initiatives== The Yale International Relations Association runs a number of programs and initiatives aimed at increasing knowledge of international affairs, organized entirely by undergraduate students.:〔About the Yale International Relations Association. http://www.yira.org/yira_overview/〕 * Hemispheres is a program in which YIRA members teach afterschool classes on international relations and Model UN to students from New Haven public schools. Hemispheres was established in the early 1990s as the Yale International Education Program (YIEP), which taught geography and international affairs to middle school students and established a Model UN team at a local high school. Due to lack of interest on the part of local school administrators, YIEP was disbanded in 1997. The program has since been restarted and has achieved great success. Hemispheres classes typically take place on Friday afternoons, with Yale students encouraging participants to speak about current issues in foreign affairs, including human rights in Africa, unrest in the Middle East, and the non-proliferation treaty. Students are also taught the basics of Model UN and encouraged to attend YMUN. Thirty New Haven high school students competed at YMUN in 2011. Current schools participating in the Hemispheres program include Common Ground High School and Hill Regional Career High School. * The Yale Review of International Studies (YRIS)〔Website of the Yale Review of International Studies. http://yris.yira.org〕 is an undergraduate publication that publishes long-form scholarship on foreign policy and international affairs. Pieces are typically 600 to 2500 words in length and contributors are Yale faculty and students. * The International Relations Symposium at Yale (IRSY) is an annual conference for high school students that features prominent experts in international affairs, college admissions consultations, and an internship recruitment fair. Opportunities are offered free of charge to all attendees, which is possible due to the generous support of numerous Yale University departments and corporate sponsors. IRSY was founded by the YIRA 2010-2011 Executive Director and is administered by the YIRA Board of Strategy and Operations. * The YIRA Roundtable is an opportunity for a diverse group of interested YIRA members and Yale College students to meet with eminent guests in the intimate setting of one of the Yale College Fellows lounges. Founded in 2011, the program's weekly breakfasts, lunches and dinners foster an exchange of ideas, opinions, and dialogue. In collaboration with the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, students and guest attendees alike explore issues of national and international scope. * International trips are organized and led by YIRA members over fall, winter and spring breaks. Trips generally fall into one of four categories: election monitoring trips, political/investigative trips, community service trips, and Model UN conferences. The Vice-President of YIRA selects trip leaders from a pool of Yale students who have submitted proposals and participants receive substantial subsidies from YIRA. Trips usually involve ten to twelve members. Past trips have included election monitoring trips to Kenya and Mauritania, and a political investigative trip to six countries in the Balkans. YIRA members participated in an election-monitoring trip to Honduras during the Honduran general election, 2009, where they met with leading presidential candidate Bernard Martinez and members of the Tribunal Supremo Electoral.〔Honduras Elections Blog. http://honduraselections.wordpress.com/〕 In 2010, YIRA members went to Haiti for another election monitoring trip and met with the major presidential candidates, including Michel Martelly, Mirlande Manigat, and Wyclef Jean. They were often the only international press in the cities they visited, and upon returning to the United States, presented their findings in a widely-reviewed gallery opening.〔Yale Daily News. http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2010/dec/02/yira-observes-haiti-elections/?print〕 In the academic year 2011-2012, YIRA members traveled to Cuba for social and political observation, to Ecuador to film a documentary on tribal politics, to Russia and the United Kingdom to record an oral history of nuclear non-proliferation debates, to Egypt to explore the role of minorities in the aftermath of the Egyptian revolution, and to the Philippines to study how cultural history has shaped the current political situation. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yale International Relations Association」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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