Invitation
24 – 26 April 2009
From: The Secretariat of Kyiv International Model United Nations at Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University
It is our distinct pleasure to invite you to participate in the 1st session of Kyiv International Model United Nations Conference to be held this year April 24 – 26, 2009 at Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University from Friday to Sunday, 24 to 26, 2009. Throughout the conference, delegates will gain insight into the workings of the United Nations by actively participating in the resolution of important global issues. Participants will not only work with hundreds of other motivated University students with the common goals of furthering international awareness and building consensus, but will also work within a lively social setting. During the conference, students participated in simulations on topics such as the Situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, Piracy as a global threat to maritime security, Enforced disappearance of people, Case concerning the Aerial Herbicide Spraying (Ecuador vs. Colombia), The affect of the financial crisis on the developing economies and many other topics of great importance to the international community.
Please fill out the enclosed registration form as quickly as possible so that we can assign countries to your delegation. You can also register online on our website at the following address: http://mun.graphcodegroup.com/ (registration – button).
The per student fee will be of Euro 20. The delegations from other countries could pay their fees on the Conference. And the delegations from Kyiv and Ukraine should pay their fees before the 15, April, 2009. They could make the payment to our finance director of KIMUN or to the bank account.
This will be our first attempt to hold an international model United Nations in Kiev. But the group that organizes KIMUN has tremendous experience of organization of many international conferences, including Model UN, held in Kiev, Ukraine, Russia - Ivanovo, Saint-Petersburg, Moscow, The Hague, Belarus – Minsk, Greece - Salonika, Austria - Vienna, Germany - Rammstein, Bad-Urach etc. and we`ll do all our best to make the KIMUN interesting.
A Model UN delegate is a student, teacher of higher educational institutions, expert on the problems the conference, experienced analysts, representative person of embassies and both governmental and nongovernmental organizations. Model UN students tend to go on to become great leaders in politics, law, business, education and medicine, such as the people mentioned above.
This year, the three-day High Kyiv International Model United Nations Conference will include simulations of the United Nations General Assembly, United Nations Security Council, United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), The United Nations Human Rights Council, International Court of Justice, UNICEF, General Assembly Fourth Committee on Special Political and Decolonization (SPECPOL), General Assembly First Committee on Disarmament and International Security. The list of members of each committee You can find on our website (address look higher).
KIMUN 2009 will provide delegates with a look at the functions and responsibilities of the United Nations and other intergovernmental organizations by simulating various different committees within the organization. Each committee will address one topic area of international significance, and the wide range of committees offered will give every delegate a chance to pursue a topic of interest. In addition, KIMUN offers several "round table" conferences. Each participating university will be assigned committee slots from one or more countries based on availability and preferences expressed on the conference application.
From Friday to Sunday, delegates will meet for four sessions of three or four hours each. During the first session on Sunday, the delegates will make there`s Open speech on the General Assembly. Then, on Saturday, on the next session the delegates in committee will debate on the chosen topic area. This debate will take the form either of formal debate, following the KIMUN rules of parliamentary procedure, or of a caucus, where these rules are suspended to allow informal discussion.
Over the next three days, brainstorming and discussion will yield working papers, which express the opinions of a delegate or a group of delegates on specific aspects of the topic. As delegates negotiate and compromise, these working papers will form the basis of draft resolutions, possible solutions the committee could adopt to deal with After resolutions are drafted and introduced to the committee, delegates will debate, combine, amend, and vote on the drafts to pass one all-encompassing resolution to address the problem.the problem at hand.
Main aspects of Kyiv International Model UN 2009:
* Press conference before opening for Media.
* Solemn opening (+Open speech of the delegates) and Solemn closing.
* Work in Committees. Debates.
* Photo-exhibition "The World beauty by our eyes".
* KIMUN daily newspaper.
* Round table.
* Diplomatic Ball.
* TV Project.
* Scientific books.
* The International Night.
Delegates will get to know The Ukraine, Kyiv. They will be visiting many interesting places. They will taste the Ukraine culture and go out in Ukraine clubs. Meanwhile they will get to know international politics, diplomacy, negotiation and debate. Delegates from all academic, cultural and social backgrounds will work together towards common goals. At KIMUN 2009, ideas will come together and new ideals will be shaped. The resolutions that will be written during this conference will give us a glimpse of the world politics and world leaders of the future.
Please fill out the enclosed registration form as quickly as possible so that we can begin assigning countries. You may also e-mail me your country requests and I will try to honor as many as possible. You can also register and submit your country requests via our website at:
http://mun.graphcodegroup.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=44&Itemid=66.
You should send the filled form to e-mail Kyivmodelun@gmail.com. Also, please sign if you need the place to live – we would help you with this.
If you have any questions, please feel free to phone Yuna Scheikhalieva, the Secretary-General of KIMUN at +38-066-932-58-90. You may e-mail her at Kyivmodelun@gmail.com. We are looking forward to work with you and your students.
: Please remember that all the delegates of each country assigned would be representing it in the General Assembly, and one for each smaller committee to which it may be assigned.
I look forward to meeting you at KIMUN 2009!
Sincerely yours, Yuna Scheikhalieva,
Secretary-General of
Kyiv International Model United Nations 2009
Yuna Scheikhalieva,
+38-066-932-58-90.
Kyivmodelun@gmail.com
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