SC session on the situation in Kenya
30 January, 2008 at 12:54 am | In MUN meeting info | 1 CommentTags: abermun, kenya, model un, mun, sc, security council, un, united nations
Hi all,
Our next session on Monday the 4th will be a Security Council session on the current situation of political and ethnic violence in Kenya. As this is a crisis which is unfolding, you should refer to news sources for research (I suggest BBC News), and know the latest development on the issue Monday, as we will be doing this in “real-time”.
Hopefully we can get as many people as last time – feel free to pick a country in the comment section below if you wish.
United States embargo on Cuba
14 January, 2008 at 5:40 pm | In MUN meeting info | 2 CommentsTags: abermun, cold war, cuba, embargo, meeting, model un, mun, un, us embargo on cuba, usa
Hi all,
It’s time to get started again after the holidays and a frustrating exam period. Our first MUN meeting will be on 28 January, where we will be discussing the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba. It will be held in the Library Seminar Room in Hugh Owen, at 6PM as usual. Since I’m currently busy revising I’m gonna leave the research to you, I’m sure you can find something on your own.
The following week’s session (on 4 Feb) will be the last meeting before LIMUN, and it is ESSENTIAL that everyone who is coming to LIMUN shows up on at least one of these two sessions, in order to go through details about the trip. We have rented the Union minibus and will be driving to London, and need to confirm how many people are staying at our hotel – I assume everyone is coming along in the minibus. We’ll go through costs, accommodation, etc in these meetings, but there are other things we need to sort out as well, in order to comply with the bureaucratic nightmare that is the student union. 
If you have any questions, feel free to send us an email as always.
The Future of the UN Discussion
1 December, 2007 at 6:02 pm | In MUN meeting info | 1 CommentTags: abermun, future of the un, model un, mun, un reform, united nations
Many thanks to all those who attended our Christmas conference this Saturday. I hope you all had fun, albeit at the expense of the Israeli and US delegates.
As our next meeting will clash with crisis games, our numbers shall likely be a little down. As such, we’ll not be holding a full meeting this coming Monday (3rd December). Instead, we’ll be holding an informal discussion on ‘the future of the UN’. It should be fun, and will allow us to problematize more fully some of the criticisms implicit in our debates.
As ever, it shall begin at 6:10, though we’ll likely be holding this in the Art Centre as opposed to the Library Seminar Room. We’d like to gain an idea of numbers before the meeting so as to ensure that it’s worthwhile to continue with it. If you are coming, please email me (tjm6@aber.ac.uk) or reply to this post and let me know you’ll be there.
Peace and love.
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.
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.
Non-proliferation
28 October, 2007 at 7:54 pm | In MUN meeting info | Leave a CommentTags: abermun, meeting
Hey all,
Just a quick email to let you know that the next topic for discussion in MUN is non-proliferation. We’ll be discussing this as the Security Council, so if you wish to grab a veto-weilding nation ( i.e. Russia, US, France, UK & China), book your delegation on our website (abermun.wordpress.com).
Read on for more information and some sources for research.
Holocaust Denial
9 October, 2007 at 3:30 pm | In MUN meeting info | 1 CommentTags: abermun, meeting
Hi all!
I’d like to thank all of you who attended our weekend training workshop and conference – the day was a big success and we had a lot of fun. We gained a bit of experience in arranging conferences, and we will be hosting more, larger conferences as the year goes on.
However, next Monday it’s time for our next meeting. The topic for discussion is Holocaust Denial (if the nations of Israel and Iran find consensus, I shall reward them with a cookie each!). This topic has in fact been addressed by the General Assembly only recently, so it will be interesting to see if we will reach the same conclusion as the real UN! As usual, we’ll be meeting at 6PM in the Library Seminar Room of the Hugh Owen Library.
Read on for more information and some sources for research.
The Issue of Sustainable Peace in Iraq
7 October, 2007 at 8:51 pm | In MUN meeting info | 2 CommentsTags: abermun, meeting
Hi all! Hope your all psyched about the next MUN meeting, on this Monday. Our topic for discussion has been set to the issue of sustainable peace in Iraq. We meet as usual in the Library Seminar Room at 6PM. All welcome!
Here are some sources that might be useful in your research:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-invasion_Iraq%2C_2003%E2%80%93present
http://www.irc-online.org/content/chomsky/2005chomsky-iraq.php
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/country_profiles/791014.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/middle_east/2002/conflict_with_iraq/default.stm
Hope to see as many people as possible! Remember that even if you didn’t make it to the training workshop, you can still come along to the meetings.
The 2007-8 Term’s First Meeting
28 September, 2007 at 4:21 pm | In MUN meeting info | Leave a CommentTags: abermun, meeting
We will be having the first meeting of the new term on Monday next week (October 1st) in the Library Seminar Room, if you do not know where this is we will be putting up balloons and sending someone down to the ground floor to help you find it. The topic we will be discussing is Freedom of Speech in the 21st Century.
Here are a few links you may find useful in your research:
Internet censorship (Wikipedia)
Freedom of speech (Wikipedia)
Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy (Wikipedia)
21st Century Threats to Press Freedom (US State Dept)
We look forward to seeing you there.
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