Model UN in Chicago

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 7, 2007

Dr. Paul Teverow
(417) 625-3114

 

JOPLIN, MO (SNS) -The Model UN Club recently attended the American Model United Nations in Chicago, Nov. 16 - 20, where it represented the Republic of the Philippines. MSSU’s delegation received a certificate of recognition for the position paper prepared prior to the conference. Rebecca Elo, junior International Studies major from Joplin, who has participated in Model UN since 2004, led the delegation as Permanent Representative.

 

In addition, Missouri Southern alumnus and Model UN Club veteran Jason Kiefer served on the AMUN staff as chair of the General Assembly Plenary. Following his graduation from MSSU, Kiefer earned a master’s degree in International Relations from Webster University.

 

Before the conference, the 10 participating students researched important global issues and prepared positions reflective of the foreign policy of the Philippines. During the conference, they worked with approximately 1200 students, representing 140 other UN member states, from colleges and universities throughout the nation and the world to find solutions to the topics on the conference agenda. For more information about the conference, see http://www.amun.org/.

 

Robert Krueger, who represented his native Texas in the House of Representatives and the Senate, delivered the keynote speech. Senator Krueger, who has served in a number of diplomatic posts, focused on his experiences as United States ambassador to Burundi, shortly after the genocide in neighboring Rwanda.

 

During his tenure as ambassador, renegade units from Burundi’s army were slaughtering at least 100 people per day. Senator Krueger and his wife Kathleen recount their experiences in their recently published book From Bloodshed to Hope in Burundi: Our Embassy Years during Genocide.

Dr. William Kumbier, Dr. Paul Teverow, co-sponsors of the Club accompanied the delegation. Along with faculty sponsors from other universities, they attended sessions on teaching human rights, on the International Atomic Energy Agency [IAEA], and on best practices for preparing students for Model UN conferences.

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MUN Topics for MSSU PHILLIPINES Delegation - Nov. 16-20, 2007

A detailed discussion of each topic and bibliography for each topic may be found in the Issues at AMUN 2007 handbook http://www.amun.org/index.php?page=handbooks

*General Assembly Plenary
VANESSA QUIROGA
Business Administration
Santiago, Chile

Cooperation between the United Nations and Regional and Other Organizations: The United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy

 

*First Committee (Disarmament and International Security):
REBECCA ELO
Senior
International Studies major
Joplin

Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction
Towards a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World: Accelerating the Implementation of Nuclear Disarmament Commitments

 

*Second Committee (Economic and Financial):
HUGO CHAVEZ
Junior
Public Relations
Torreon, Mexico

 

Implementation of the Outcome of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) and strengthening of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) (ONU-Habitat)

Unilateral Economic Measures as a Means of Political and Economic Coercion against Developing Countries

*Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural):
JESSICA REYELTS
Senior Studio Art major
Mt. Vernon, Mo.

Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
International Cooperation against the World Drug Problem

 

* Fourth Committee (Special Political & Decolonization):
VALERIE GERMAN
Senior Biology/PreMed major
Joplin

 

JILL HARRIS
Freshman Nursing major
Lee’s Summit, Mo.

 

Comprehensive Review of Peacekeeping Operations in all Their Aspects
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East

 

*SPECIAL COMMITTEE: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development:
JAMY SPRY
Senior International Studies/French major
Diamond, Mo.

Commodities
Least Developed Countries: Developing Productive Capacities

*ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL PLENARY:
CAITLIN BERMEL
Freshman Spanish/International Studies major
Pleasant Hill, Mo.

 

Economic and Environmental Questions: Science and Technology for Development, Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice: Responses to Violence Against Women and Girls , Strengthening of the Coordination of Emergency Humanitarian Assistance of the United Nations

Report of the Commission on Population and Development, Report of the Commission for Asia and The Pacific

 

*ECOSOC COMMISSION: Commission on Population and Development
MEGAN DAVIS
Freshman Spanish major
Neosho, Mo.

 

The Changing Age Structures of Populations and Their Implications for Development : Reproductive Rights and Reproductive Health

 

*ECOSOC COMMISSION: Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
TIM SHELHAMER
Junior Environmental Health major
Pueblo West, Colo.

 

Poverty and Development: Housing for the Urban Poor
Environment and Sustainable Development: Water Conservation

 

 

 

           

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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