Each year, members of the UN Secretariat and UN Missions are present during the Bentley College Model United Nations to address the delegates, provide background information, meet with faculty advisors, and increase the sense of reality of the program. In past years, UN liaison and guest speakers have included:
Jean Bernard Gazarian, former Director of General Assembly Affairs and Senior Fellow at the UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR);
Abdelhamid Abdeljaber, Senior Officer in the Middle East Radio Department of the United Nations Radio and Central News Services Division;
H.E. Ambassador Lionel Alexander Hurst, former permanent representative of Antigua and Barbuda to the United Nations;
Jacques Baudot, former UN Director of the Budget;
José Campino, Political Affairs Officer in the Department of Political Affairs of the United Nations;
Christopher Hoh, US Foreign Service Officer;
Federica Pietracci, Associate Expert for Policy Coordination and Sustainable Development;
Fernando A. Flores, the Coordinator of Model United Nations and Education Programs for the United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA)
Kari Heistad, the Executive Director for United Nations Association of Greater Boston.
