The seminar will introduce you to the institutions and topics that will be simulated at the VII DuEMUN conference as well as prepare you in negation skills. On Model United Nations (MUNs) students simulate the process of decision making in international institutions. To take part in the conference and the seminar you first have to apply for a delegation at www.duemun.de.
The seminar will take place at Campus Duisburg SG 135 (Aula Geibelstraße) five times plus the DuEMUN conference:
Friday, 15-04-2011, 12 am - 4 pm Introduction to the seminar, institutions, negotiation skills
Friday, 29-04-2011, 12 am - 4 pm Rules of Procedure I (conducted by DuEMUN e.V.)
Friday, 06-05-2011, 12 am - 4 pm Topics of the committees
Friday, 13-05-2011, 12 am - 4 pm Rules of Procedure II (conducted by DuEMUN e.V.)
(Sunday, 15-05-2011 disposal position papers)
22-05 until 26-05-2011 VII Duisburg-Essen Model United Nations (DuEMUN) conference
Friday, 10-06-2011, 2 pm - 4 pm Evaluation
To earn credit points you have to attend all sessions of the seminar, write a position paper for the country you represent concerning the topics of the institution you will be part of, and participate in the VII DuEMUN conference.
Necessary information as well as literature to the institutions and topics will be available at the Moodle server. Keyword and link will be announced at the first session of the seminar.
All participants of VII DuEMUN conference are required to pay a conference fee of 50 Euros (This fee covers materials, badges and placards. Snacks and drinks for the duration of the simulation are included in this fee.) Attendants of the DuEMUN conference fulfill the condition to participate and apply for the DuEMUN delegation at the following NMUN (New York Model United Nations).
More information: www.duemun.de
List of institutions and topics:
United Nations Security Council:
- Cyber Warfare and Chapter VII of the UN Charter
- Nuclear Non-Proliferation: The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
United Nations General Assembly First Committee – Disarmament and International Security (DISEC):
- Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space
- Children and Armed Conflict
United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC):
- Biodiversity and Forests
- The Human Right to Water and Sanitation
Council of the European Union:
- New strategy for the NATO – new strategy for the EU?
- Migration and Asylum politics
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