WEEKLY MEETINGS
We invite you to come out to Jefferson Hall (West Range Hotel C) on Wednesday nights @ 7 pm. Every week there is an informative program about the international community in some respect. Sometimes this program includes Professor Panels featuring UVA's illustrious Foreign Affairs and International Law Professors. Other times it consists of informative programs and debates put on by IRO members.
MAILING LISTS
Want to get in on all the IRO fun you're missing? We have two mailing lists. One is our official list uva-iro@virginia.edu (register here) and the other is a chat list iro-chat@virginia.edu (register here).
CONTACT
Mailing Address:
Box 400435
Newcomb Hall Station
Charlottesville, VA 22904-4435
IRO Office Phone Number: (434) 924-3015
Welcome
The International Relations Organization (IRO) is a contracted independent organization that is run entirely by students. Our membership ranges from engineering and education school students to philosophy and foreign affairs majors, but all share an interest in current international affairs.
IRO's activities are as diversified as its members. More than just a "Model UN Club" (though that's an important part of what we do), IRO works to promote awareness of international affairs at the University as well as the Charlottesville community. Our key activities include:
Traveling to compete in collegiate Model United Nations conferences all over North America. In recent years, IRO has participate in conferences at Princeton, Georgetown, Harvard, U Penn, Berkeley, Yale, and McGill University in Montreal.
Organizing and running one of the largest and most successful high school Model UN conferences (VAMUN) in the region each fall, with over 700 delegates from across the country, as well as a college-level simulation each spring (VICS).
Inviting ambassadors and international relations scholars to speak at the University.
Publishing a scholarly undergraduate journal entitled the Wilson Journal for International Affairs, one of the only research journals of its kind in the country.
Writing and staffing the international crisis simulation for the US Institute of Peace High School Peace Essay Contest winners each year in Washington DC.
