[WSCSS] Model United Nations Conference for WA State High School Students: December 1, 2007

[Kristina Mader]

Western Washington University is holding a Model United Nations conference
for high school students this Fall, called VikMUN! It is open to anyone no
matter their experience!  Here are some of the basic details for VIKMUN2007:


*Date:* Saturday, December 1, 2007

*Location: *The Viking Union on Western Washington University's campus

*Time: *The conference will last from 8:30 am to 9:30 pm. Registration
begins at 7:30 am.

*Fees:* The school fee is $40, and the delegate fee is $15.  The fees are
due to us, with your school's registration form, by November 20th, 2007.

*Committees: *



*United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
*Topic One:  National strategies to support the UNDP's efforts to achieve
the Millennium Development Goals
Topic Two:  Evaluating the Green Poverty Reduction in China Plan

*The Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ)
*Topic One: Trafficking in Human Beings
Topic Two:  International Cooperation in Combating Transnational Organized
Crime

*Security Council (SC)*
Topics: In the process of being finalized.



Model United Nations it is a simulation of United Nations committees where
students learn to negotiate, research, and play the role of a diplomat from
one of the UN's 180 member countries. It is a fantastic program that allows
the students to gain different perspectives on global issues, as well as
develop public speaking and research skills.


VIKMUN 2007 has been developed with the goal of being challenging to
advanced students, as well as educational to beginning students, so everyone
gets something out of the experience. This conference can also serve as a
practice for students who will be attending the Washington State Model
United Nations Conference (WASMUN), hosted by the University of Washington
in Spring 2008. Our rules will closely mirror those of WASMUN in order to
enable students to prepare more thoroughly and gain a better understanding
of procedure and diplomacy.



For more information, and registration details please e-mail Rachel Lewis,
lewisr21 at cc.wwu.edu or Kristina Mader, kmader at gmail.com.



We hope to hear from you soon, and see you at VIKMUN 2007 this December!






-- 
Kristina Mader

Resource & Outreach Programs Director
Phone: (360) 650-5301
E-Mail: as.rop.director at wwu.edu
Website: http://rop.as.wwu.edu/

"Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless
means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral... dialogue cannot exist
without humility or in the absence of a profound love for the world and its
people." - Paulo Freire
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