MSSU News

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 8, 2006
Dr. Paul Teverow
(417) 625-3114

JOPLIN, MO (SNS) - The Model UN Club at Missouri Southern State University represented the country of Peru at the American Model United Nations in Chicago Nov. 17-21.

Before the conference, the 15 participating students researched important global issues and prepared positions reflective of the foreign policy of Peru. During the conference, they worked with approximately 1400 students, representing 125 other UN member states, from colleges and universities throughout the nation and the world to find solutions to the topics on the conference agenda.

Most of the agenda items were connected to the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. For more information about the conference, see http://www.amun.org.

Missouri Southern alumnus and Model UN Club veteran Jason Kiefer served on the AMUN staff as chair of the 3rd Committee. Kiefer recently earned a master’s degree in International Relations from Webster University.

Gillian Sorenson, Senior Advisor at the United Nations Foundation, delivered the keynote speech. Ms. Sorenson, who has served as New York City Commissioner for the United Nations and as UN Assistant Secretary-General for External Relations, spoke about the consequences of the extreme poverty that an estimated one billion of the earth’s inhabitants endure everyday. She suggested ways in which a coalition of government, the private sector, and non-governmental organizations could meet the Millennium Development Goal of cutting global poverty in half by 2015.

MSSU faculty members Dr. Paul Teverow and Dr. William Kumbier, club co-sponsors, along with other faculty sponsors, attended sessions on the impact of globalization on the UN and on best practices for preparing students for Model UN conferences.

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Note to Editors: See accompanying information for members of the Missouri Southern delegation, their respective committee assignments, and the issues before each committee.

MUN Topics for MSSU PERU Delegation Nov. 18-21, 2006

A detailed discussion of each topic and bibliography for each topic may be found in the Issues at AMUN 2006 handbook, available at A hard copy is on reserve at the library.

SECURITY COUNCIL

Jessica Reyelts
Junior

Art (Studio) major

Mt. Vernon

Michael Watson

Freshman

Political Science major

Washington , D.C.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PLENARY

1. Support by the U.N. System of the Efforts of Governments to Promote/Consolidate New or Restored Democracies

Hugo Chavez

Junior

Communications & Spanish major

El Paso , Texas

First Committee

1. Conventional Arms Control at the Regional and Sub-Regional Level
Michael Hildreth

Senior

History major

Carl Junction, Mo.

2. Measures to Prevent Terrorist from Acquiring Weapons of Mass Destruction

Rebecca Elo

Junior

International Studies major

Joplin

Second Committee (Economic and Financial)

1. Natural Disasters and Vulnerability
Kristiyan Hristov

Junior

Economics & Finance major

Bulgaria

2.Women in Development

Vanessa Quiroga

Special Student

International Studies

Chile

Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural)

1.The Right to Development/Missing Persons

Jorge Fung

Junior

International Business major

Peru

Jeff Erman

Junior

English major

Joplin

Sixth Committee (Legal)

1. Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts

Katie Hargrove

Senior

International Studies major

Sherwood , Ark.

2. Nationality of Natural Persons in Relation to Succession of States

Valerie German

Junior

Biology major

Webb City

SPECIAL COMMITTEE:

(United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural )

1. Education in situations of Emergency, Crisis, & Reconstruction

Jamy Spry

Junior

International Studies major

Diamond

2. Literacy

Steve Seely

Junior

Biology major

Asbury

ECOSOC COMMISSION

(Commission for Social Development)

1. Further Promotion of Equalization of Opportunities by, for and with Persons with Disabilities and Protection of their Human Rights

Josh Freeman

Junior

Sociology major

Joplin

2.. Implementation of the Social Objective of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development

Lauren Oxendine

Junior

International Studies major

Joplin