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AMUNC Information

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AMUNC, or the Asia-Pacific Model United Nations Conference is the largest model UN in the Southern Hemisphere. It has been running every year since UNSW hosted the first conference in 1995 and now has around 500 people from all over Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific attending each year. Beyond simply improving your public speaking skills, AMUNC will allow you to:

• Add a practical element and first hand experience to your degree.
• Connect you with students all over the Asia-Pacific Region and beyond.
• Meet likeminded people from UNSW.
• Learn the practicalities of the United Nations including how to: write a resolution; conduct yourself in session; and deal with real problems faced by the UN.
• Research the perspective of your allocated country and argue issues from that viewpoint.

Please continue reading for more information on how to join UNSW's delegation to this year's conference. More information on AMUNC can be obtained from the official AMUNC website.

AMUNC 2008 - University of Adelaide (Register NOW!)

AMUNC 2008 will be held at the University of Adelaide from 6th-11th July. The conference theme for this year is "Challenges and Change: A time for new thinking", and as usual, the UN Society will be organising a delegation to represent UNSW at AMUNC.

Dates:
Leave on the 4th/5th - Return on the 12th July 2008.
Registration through this site from 5th-25th of April.

Costs:
The following costs are current and MAY be reduced by possible sponsorship but you must allow that these are final costs:
$300 - flights
$250-$500 - accomodation
$189 - conference fee
$740-$990 - TOTAL

Contacts:
For more information please contact:

• UN Society: unsociety@unsw.edu.au.
• James Flick: External MUN Coordinator.

IMPORTANT:
The first important point is: Don't register yourself! Let us know of your interest and join our delegation. Then, the Society will book as a group to secure group discounts and great country assignments.

The UNSW delegation will be representing the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Indonesia and Belgium on every committee except the ICJ which is by application.

Regitration will open on Sunday April 5th on this webpage and will close on April 25th. You will need to have three committee preferences (not country preferences) and must detail your reason for choosing your first preference in 150 words and any experience in 250 words or less.

You must also commit to the monetary requirements of this trip from day one. By the end of April AMUNC requires the conference fee and deposits for flights and accommodation (approximately $500 in total) which will be required to be paid to the UN Society upon selection to confirm your place.

Completely unexperienced applicants should not be discouraged as AMUNC '07 was my first conference and is a valuable oppourtunity.

Security Council and ICJ applications should be made to me ASAP. See the AMUNC website mentioned below for criterea as these committees require a special application.

Register NOW!

Click on the above link to go to our registration page, where you can sign up for AMUNC 2008.

Committees / Topic Outlines

For your information, we have included a list of the committees and the topics they will be discussing. For more information, please see the official AMUNC website.

• 1st GA Committee: Disarmament and International Security
  • Topic 1: The question for a renewed determination towards the total elimination of nuclear weapons.
  • Topic 2: The Question of criminal accountability of United Nations officials and experts on missions.
• 2nd GA Committee: Economic and Financial
  • Topic 1: The question of overcoming recent volatilities in the global and regional financial markets.
  • Topic 2: The question of strengthening and stabling the international financial architecture responsive to the priorities of growth and development, especially in developing countries, and to the promotion of economic and social equity and equality.
• 3rd GA Committee: Social, Humanitarian and Economic
  • Topic 1: Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, questions relating to the treatment of refugees, returnees and displaced persons.
  • Topic 2: The question of social and humanitarian effects of human trafficking.
• 4th GA Committee: Special Political and Decolonisation
  • Topic 1: The question regarding the equal treatment of indigenous, tribal and islander people in the context of economic, judicial and social welfare.
  • Topic 2: The question of Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories.
• 6th GA: Legal
  • Topic 1: The validity of anti-terror laws with regards to detention and treatment of terror suspects, with particular attention to cases in United Kingdom and Australia.
  • Topic 2: The question of legal rights of foreign mercenaries.
• Security Council (Special Application Required)
  • Topic 1: The question regarding the future stability of the Islamic Republic of Iraq.
  • Topic 2: The question of Kosovo’s independence.
• International Court of Justice (ICJ) (Special Application Required)
  • Topic 1: Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.
  • Topic 2: Validity and effectiveness of the purpose appointed courts and war crimes tribunals in prosecuting and charging individuals and/or groups.
• Human Rights Council
  • Topic 1: The question of globalisation and its impact on the Full Enjoyment of All Human Rights.
  • Topic 2: The question of the realisation in all countries of economic, social and cultural rights of Minority Groups.
• International Monetary Fund (IMF)
  • Topic 1: The question of using financial instruments to fight climate change.
  • Topic 2: The role IMF can play in reducing the fallout from the U.S. subprime mortgage market.
• International Labour Organisation (ILO)
  • Topic 1: The question of combating the practice and conditions of forced labour.
  • Topic 2: The question of enforcing the International Labour Law through the work of the ILO.
• UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
  • Topic 1: The question of climate change – the role of developed and developing nations in decreasing greenhouse gasses, and working towards the use of renewable energy sources.
  • Topic 2: The question of environmental refugees in the South-Pacific region.
• United Nations Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organisation (UNESCO)
  • Topic 1: The question of doping in sport – the effectiveness in enforcing the International Convention Against Doping in Sport, to be effective upon the start of the Beijing Olympics Games 2008.
  • Topic 2: The question of how to achieve quality access to education in developing world.
• UN Development Program (UNDP)
  • Topic 1: The question of transparency and accountability of the Governments in developing states in distributing aid and monetary funds to its citizens.
  • Topic 2: The question of using biodiversity for development.
• World Health Organisation (WHO)
  • Topic 1: The question of using genetically modified foods.
  • Topic 2: The question of minimising and preventing the spread of HIV AIDS in developing and developed countries.
• World Trade Organisation (WTO)
  • Topic 1: The question of negotiating and implementing the current World Trade Organisation’s guidelines on the Doha Development Agreements.
  • Topic 2: The Question of Origin – how to prevent conflict over the origin of raw-materials in a globalised world.

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