Model
United Nations, 21st - 23rd February 2001
BREDA, together
with other agencies and bodies of the United Nations' system represented
in Senegal, the UNESCO Clubs and the Senegal National Commission for UNESCO,
will organize a Model United Nations (MUN) from February 21 -23,
2001.
The MUN is
a simulation of the United Nations' System in action. It consists of role
pay in which the participants represent the Member States' of the UN.
The participants,
called "Delegates" in a Model United Nations, resort to diplomacy and
negotiation in order to find solutions for problems currently on the agenda
of the United Nations and affecting the international community.
They cover
issues such as peace and international security, human rights, economic
and social development, environment, etc.
The MUN is
an interactive and interesting learning experience for all its participants.
For more than half a century now, MUNs have had an enormous success with
about 200 000 pupils and students from all over the world taking part
annually. So far, on the African continent, only Egypt, Kenya, Mauritius
and Zambia have organised MUN conferences.
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1ST MODEL UNITED NATIONS IN SENEGAL
250 students
from 16 schools in metropolitan Dakar, 9 of which are public and 8 private,
will participate in this exercise. They will represent 48 countries and
will gather in 7 Thematic Commissions. On February 21st, a
General Assembly will hold a session during which 48 UN Member States
will make a policy statement. On February 23rd, the resolutions
adopted previously in the Thematic Commissions will be submitted for voting
procedures to the General Assembly.
The students
of the 1st MUN in Senegal will act as Delegates, secretaries,
security guards and journalists of the internal MUN press. The event will
take place at the Cours Sainte Marie de Hann, one of the participating
schools.
For further
information : link with the information leaflet
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Programme of the 1st MUN
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21st
February
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22nd
February
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23rd
February
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Inauguration
ceremony
General
Assembly (48 countries): policy statements
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7 Thematic
Commissions (25 countries for each T.C.):
Presentation,
discussion and vote of the resolutions
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General
Assembly (48 countries) : Submission for vote to the G.A. of
the resolutions adopted by the T.C.
Closure
ceremony: award of trophies to the schools
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• Brochures
• Thematic
commissions
• Participating
schools
• Countries
represented
• Focal
points
The preparation
for the MUN started in November 2000. Various training activities have
been organised :
- Three
day training of all MUN participants ( (15-18 November 2000)
- Constitution
of a documentation centre at BREDA, with internet connection
- Elaboration
of a documentation kit on themes dealt with by the T.C. and on the UN
- Information
and exchange meeting with the agences of the UN System, December 8,
2000
- Visits
to Embassies
- Training
of leaders in rules of procedure and in rhetorical skills (4 sessions)
- Specific
training of secretaries, security guards and journalists
- MUN Mocks
: 31 Jan, 14 Feb and 17 Feb 2001.
A press conference
will take place on February 17th 2001.
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