Peace, security & reunification on the Korean peninsula
20 November, 2007 at 11:08 am | In MUN meeting info | 1 CommentTags: abermun, limun, meeting
We will be having a regular debate next Monday, regarding on the topic of peace, security and reunification on the Korean peninsula. This willl be of particular interest to the two Koreas, prominently represented at AberMUN. The UN General Assembly discussed the matter a few weeks ago, and a link to a summary of the debate is provided below. In the interest of good debate however, I hope the US is willing to throw out a few curveballs regarding communism in the true style of Senator McCarthy. Meeting is as usual in the Library Seminar Room at 6PM.
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2007/sgsm11250.doc.htm
I’m pleased to announce that we have been allocated countries and committees for LIMUN 2008. Excellent as these countries are, I will not tell you which countries until the meeting next Monday – that way I hope to get the numbers up for that session, especially since several of you have yet to pay the £20 delegate fee for LIMUN. Let me remind you that I have personally paid the fee for you, and I am setting a deadline for payments for 7 December, which is when I go home for Christmas.
Next meeting
14 November, 2007 at 7:57 pm | In MUN meeting info | 1 CommentTags: abermun, meeting
Since everyone seems to be busy with essays, we’ve decided to drop the usual debate for the upcoming Monday (i.e. the 19th), and we’re going to be meeting in the Arts Centre Cafe for some cakes and relaxing conversations instead. Feel free to come along.
DDMI events
12 November, 2007 at 2:13 pm | In Miscellaneous | 1 CommentTags: abermun, conference, ddmi, event
As you may know, the David Davies Memorial Institute (DDMI) has been a strong supporter of AberMUN Society this year. They have pledged support to various events to be hosted by us, in particular our Model UN conference which is to be held in early-mid April 2008.
On Friday the 23rd of November, and the following Saturday, the DDMI and UNA Wales is hosting a research skill training workshop and conference in Aberystwyth, hosting a range of prominent speakers on the topics of the Future of the International Nuclear Order (workshop, Friday) and Prospects for Trust-Building between the West and Iran (conference, Saturday). These conferences are free of charge, and with the speakers that have been confirmed (see below), they promise to be of the highest quality. The AberMUN Secretariat will be represented at the conferences and we hope to see as many as possible of our members there.
Note that if you wish to attend any of these, you need to send an email to Dr. Rachel Owen at the DDMI at ddmstaff [at] aber.ac.uk. This way the DDMI will know how many people are attending.
Please read on for further information about the events, courtesy of the DDMI.
News from CIMUN XIII
12 November, 2007 at 1:56 pm | In Society news | 1 CommentTags: abermun, cimun, cimun 2007, cimun xiii, conference, mun
It’s now Monday afternoon, and two of the society’s members took part in the 8th annual Cambridge International Model UN. We had a very good weekend, representing the Republic of France in the Security Council and the ECOSOC. Though the sudden and somewhat dramatic nature of our application was very unfortunate – we would have wanted to see more of our delegates taking part, it was nonetheless a very enjoyable experience. In addition to the verbal punchups of CIMUN, we also enjoyed various social events hosted by the Secretariat of CIMUN. Among these was a committe meal, wherein AberMUN’s Secretary-General tried sushi for the first time ever, while enduring the sound of very poor Japanese karaoke coming from the VIP room in the back.
We look forward to the next conferences which we will attend (unless other conferences take place in between, that will be LIMUN in February), and hope that they will be just as fun as CIMUN XIII.
Reform of the P5
7 November, 2007 at 5:36 pm | In MUN meeting info | 3 CommentsTags: abermun, meeting, mun, un reform, unsc
Hello Everyone,
Monday’s topic is: Reform of the Permanent Membership the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). Read on for further information about the topic, and a slight misprint about a certain former nation state.
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