Aberystwyth Model United Nations Society

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.

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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.

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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.

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.