ECU Model UN Activities 20072008

Volume 1 Spring 2008

Anjali Sahay, PhD.

Faculty Advisor, Model UN Program Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, ECU, Greenville, NC Phone: 252 328 2348, Email: sahaya@ecu.edu

Special points of interest:

Annual ECU Model UN High School Conference Carolinas Conference Crisis Simulation at Elon University Columbia Model UN, NY Obama Campaign UN Day Event POLS 3013, Fall Semester

Tenth Annual ECU High School Conference 16-17 November, 2007

The Tenth Annual East Carolina University High School Model United Nations Conference (ECUMUNC) took place on November 16 -17, 2007 and recorded an attendance of over 300 people. Invitations and delegates guides were sent to the regional high schools. Nineteen High Schools registered and participated in the conference. This years councils included simulations of: General Assembly; Security Council; Crisis Security Council; Historical Security Council (1999); and the European Union. The advantages offered to rience of crisis-style committees that were designed to allow for a high-level of thoughtprovoking debate on innovative topics related to that the intimate setting would ultimately help students to facilitate a greater understanding of International Relations through meaningful interaction. At the same time, through both committee sessions and other social opportunities, such as meals, the conference fostered friendships with the other delegates and the ECUMUNC staff. High schools also got an opportunity to explore the beautiful grounds of ECU campus. The Secretariat and ECUtodays international news. Everyone was encouraged to use the sessions not only to develop their own voice, but also to learn from each other through challenging one anothers ideas. We hoped MUN club members put in countless hours, and most took POLS 3013 as background class for this conference.

UN General Assembly Simulation in SC & TECH Building at

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Obama Campaign

the high school students included first hand expe-

POLS 3013

Carolinas conference

Distinguished Delegation at UNC, Charlotte Model UN Conference

The 18th Annual Carolinas Conference hosted by the University of North Carolina at Charlotte was attended by the ECU Model United Nations team, who United Nations. This years conference included the General Assembly (GA), League of Arab States (LAS), and the Security Council (SC). ECU was awarded the most Distinguished Delegation award, second highest award to a participating school.

UN Day Event

Columbia Model UN

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attended the conference on October 26-27, 2007. The conference trains college students in working together as delegates from member countries in a mock simulation of the

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Crisis Simulation at Elon University, Raleigh, NC, Spring 2008

Elon University hosted a crisis simulation of the League of Arab States on April 6th and 7th, 2008. ECU Model UN club attended and represented Turkey in various crisis committees and councils of the Middle East. This greatly helped ECU is the first college to have taken part in the event at Elon and win awards while competing with other students at Elon University. Among the awards won by the ECU Model United Nations Club were Outstanding Committee Award, Best Delegate Award (Mike McAndrew), Outstanding Delegate in increasing student awareness concerning international relations while developing debate, reThe Elon University International Relations Crisis Simulation was started in Fall 2006 in conjunction with the International Relations professors within the Political Science department. Students were also able to meet and ask questions to Mr. Alan Liotta, Principal Director for the Office of Detainee Affairs at Guantanamo Bay, which brought for them new insight on the happenings at the controversial prison on the island of Cuba. The talk proved to be extremely interesting, as he had also worked as a Defense Department Official concerning talks with North Korea. Award (Ryan Cobey) and Distinguished Delegate Award (Nick Carter).

Nicholas Carter, a student of IR and club member was awarded at Elon for his participation

search, leadership, organization and crisis management skills. At Elon University, Model UN but is also listed as a class as part of the Political Science department.

A place for tomorrows leaders.

Model UN Club and Obama Campaign in Greenville, NC

Some of the Model UN club members are also active in other political debates on campus. Most of them served as volunteers on Thursday, 17th April during Senator Barack Obamas campaign to ECU and Greenville.

Building leaders with debate, compromise, and crisis, the Model UN Way.

Decision Making in the UN POLS 3013, Fall Semester Dr. Anjali Sahay
This course offers a unique experience at East Carolina University. The course combines traditional class lectures on the history, structure and political processes of the United Nations system with an experiential educational format. United Nations Council. Security As secretariat, ECU students are required to serve as a chair, co-chair, runner, etc for the High School Conference. In order to ensure that they are ready for this experience this class teaches them about the United Nations system, laws, political processes, and procedural rules for debates. The challenges one faces are unique, exciting, and provide very useful experiences one will not get in many other classes.

Model UN Class in Security Council Simulation

That is to say, students learn, by the textbook, about the United Nations system the political processes and decision-making processes. Then they supplement this textbook information with mock debates on issues dealt with in the

Through these mock debates one learns about various issues facing the UNSC in todays world, and how different countries on the Security Council respond to these issues. The purpose of this format is simple, by the end of the course students are required to serve as part of the administration for a High School Model United Nations Conference hosted at East Carolina University.

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Carolinas Conference 2006

The 17th Annual Carolinas Conference hosted by the UNC Charlotte proved to be a big success for the ECU Model United Nations team, who attended the conference from October 28-29, 2006. The conference trains college students in how to work together as delegates from member countries in a mock simulation of the United Nations. This years conference included the General Assembly (GA), International Atomic Energy Association Board of Governor (IAEA), and the Security Council (SC). Dr. Sahay, the ECU Model UN club faculty advisor and Political Science professor of POLS 3013 (Decision making in the United Nations), attended the conference along with seventeen students, all of who proudly and honorably represented ECU. Delegates in the General Assembly included Courtney Felker and Joshua Thomas (Germany); Alan Jefferies and Sanchez Jarvis (Ghana); John Markey and Virginia Gonzalez (Peru); Allison Korycki and Maura Ryan (Japan); and Danielle Lainez and Mary Roberts (United Kingdom). In the Security Council Dina Patel, Matthew Stephenson Herrmann, and Andrew Scott represented Peru, Japan and the United Kingdom respectively. Jan Zarski, Preston Stanford, Jesse Pence, Elizabeth Kristian Lauten represented Germany, Japan, Ghana and the UK as IAEA delegates.

Distinguished Delegation 2006

UN Day Event at ECU, 24th October ECU provides

On Tuesday October 24th the Model UN Club celebrated UN Day with a panel discussion on Challenges to Nonproliferation: Iran, North Korea & the United Nations, by Dr. Jalil Roshandel (Director, Security Studies), Dr. Nancy Spalding (Associate Professor, Department of Political Science), and Dr. John Tucker (Director, Asian Studies). The panel was introduced by the faculty advisor of the Model UN Club, Dr. Sahay. The event was well advertised drawing in close to 60 attendees who were provided refreshments. For interested students and faculty, it was a great opportunity to engage in a general debate on the topic with the speakers. East Carolinian, the campus newspaper covered the event and featured an article noting its success the on 25th October.

various avenues through which

students may pursue their interest in International Relations.

ECU Students Attend Columbia Model United Nations Conference in New York
ECUs Model United Nations Club officers attended the Columbia University Model United Nations Conference in New York (CMUNNY) which is Columbia Universitys first intercollegiate Model United Nations Conference. The inaugural conference was held on October 19-22, 2006 at Columbia Universitys campus in New York City. The conference offered students the opportunity to join a diverse selection of committees ranging from independent international bodies, such as the European Council, to UN-based committees such as the Historical Security Council. These committees fostered intense political debate while creating a fun environment for a variety of delegates. East Carolinas attendees were Elizabeth Kristian Lauten (President of the MUN club) representing Netherlands in the European Council; Matthew Stephenson Herrmann (Vice-President) role-playing as Lien Fang in the Grand Council of the Boxer Rebellion in China in 1900; and Preston James Stanford (Secretary) and Shawn Patrick Salzler (Treasurer) jointly representing Angola and Asmara (a make-believe country) in the International Court of Justice.
Elizabeth Kristian Lauten, Preston James Stanford, and Shawn Patrick Salzler outside the UNHQ in NY

Dr. Anjali Sahay

Faculty Advisor, ECU Model UN Club A 105 Brewster, Dept. of Political Science East Carolina University Greenville, NC 27858 Phone: 252-328-2348 Fax: 252-328-4134 E-mail: sahaya@ecu.edu

Our goal is to present students with the opportunity to explore the field of international politics from a variety of angles. The first is through intercollegiate Model UN conferences where delegates from colleges and universities across the country participate in committee simulations over a Thursday - Sunday weekend, held at their respective universities. The conferences offer a wide variety of

ECUMUN Club meets every Thursday in Brewster C - 102 from 5:30 to 6:15 PM.

simulations. At each conference, students will find simulations ranging from actual United Nations councils and committees, to simulations dealing with other world organizations, such as the World Bank, European Union, or the World Health Organization. In addition, conferences present simulations of past, present and futuristic world events, such as wars, crises or country cabinets. The second angle through which you can experience Model United Nations is becom-

Organization

http://www.ecu.edu/polsci/mun/index.html

ing involved in ECU's own student run high school conference, better known as ECUHSMUNC.

Model UN Class Fall 2007 at UNC Charlotte Carolina Conference The Distinguished Delegation Award