| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
 |
|
|
| |
|
Becki Bryant, '04
On March 22, 2003, students that are primarily political science majors
were involved in the Ferrum College Model United Nations. Model United
Nations allows the students to take part in a mock UN meeting as Security
Council members in an attempt to deal with current worldly issues. Two
of the main issues of this year's Model UN were weapons inspections in
Iraq and the North Korean nuclear program. Associate |
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Model UN in session |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| professor of History, Dr. Michael
Trochim acted as the Security Council President and headed the program.
There were twenty-five students involved overall either working individually
or in a team of two in order to represent the countries of Angola, Bulgaria,
Cameroon, Chile, China, France, Germany, Guinea, Mexico, Pakistan, Russian
Federation, Spain, Syrian Arab Republic, United Kingdom and the United States.
This was the first year that all fifteen countries were represented. |
|
|
 |
|
Though this is a mock program of
the UN that Ferrum College sponsors, it is very similar to the real United
Nations that the world uses for international peace. In 1945, representatives
of fifty countries met in San Francisco to draw up the United Nations charter.
The purpose of the UN is to maintain international peace and security, and
to develop friendly relations among nations by cooperating in resolving
international economic, social, cultural and humanitarian problems. The
students involved in the Model UN did just that, tried to resolve any international
economic, social, cultural and humanitarian |
|
|
|
| Victor and Sandra
going over a few last minute points |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| problems occurring in the present
day. The representatives of each country drafted a resolution to be presented
to the other representatives which would eventually be voted on. The resolutions
varied from keeping U.S. troops out of Iraq to such things as restoring
humanitarian aid to the people of Iraq. Each resolution was presented and
voted on, just as in the real UN. The structure of the Model UN was similar
to the structure of real UN as well. The six principal organs of the UN
are the General Assembly; Security Council; Trusteeship Council; International
Court of Justice, and the Secretariat. Though all of these councils were
not demonstrated, the students made up the |
|
 |
|
|
Security Council, which votes on
each resolution. The order of the Model UN was also similar because the
delegates of the countries had to address the president of the Council in
order to speak, and ask for breaks for the purpose of caucuses amongst the
representatives over resolutions. These caucuses allowed time so that countries
could seek support from other countries before their resolutions were voted
on. These are just the basics of how the Model United Nations is similar
to the real United Nations that deals with international issues. |
|
|
|
| Party after UN session
with Dr. Muller |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
During the Model UN session, Dr.
Philip Moeller a consultant to the World Bank on institutional development
joined and looked in on how we were running the Model United Nations. Dr.
Moeller holds a doctorate from the School of International Service of American
University. He spoke to the students participating and discussed how we
ran the program and its similarities to the way the UN actually is ran.
This experience was a great way to see how the United Nations works. It
was a great opportunity to become involved in political issues that face
our world today. I would recommend doing the Model UN to anyone that has
the opportunity. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
