Koç School MUNDP
25th – 28th February 2010
BBC NEWS | Middle East | Country
profiles | Profile: Arab League
mailto:http://mundp.kocschool.k1
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POGAR – Democratic governance
FAO – Poverty reduction
GEF – Global Environmental Facility
WHO – World Health Organisation
UNESCO – Building Knowledge Societies
UNICEF – Children and Young People
BCPR – Crisis prevention and recovery
World Bank
UNHRC – Human Rights Council
UNSC – Security Council
EGYPT
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Sophie – GEF
Yasemin – Unicef
Sven – BCPR
Hatau – World Bank
Vishwesh – UNHRC
Deema - Pogar
QATAR
• Carmelo - Pogar
• Victor – GEF
LIBYA
• Anahita – Unicef
SYRIA
• Can - Unicef
DJIBOUTI
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Jay - Unesco
David – Pogar
Chris – World Bank
Noah – GEF
William - BCPR
CROATIA
• Phyllis – Security Council
• Lara
OXFAM
Committees (summary)
• GEF: environmental issues (e.g.
desertification and water use); managing
impact of global warming; use of fossil
fuels
• Unicef: literacy rates; child mortality and
health; gender equality; funding
programmes for young people
• BCPR: identifying cities vulnerable to
natural hazards; effects of population
increase and urbanisation; oil leaks and
after-effects of conflict
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• World Bank: providing loans, investing in
education, health, infrastructure, private
sector development
• UNHCR: reporting on human rights status
of countries and recording violations (in
this case, in the Arab League States)
• Pogar: promoting good governance and
reform of legislature, civil society etc
• UNESCO: culture and education; promoting
links between schools and universities in
different countries
Preparing for the conference
• Register with JMUN Wiki BISI Junior Model
United Nations - home
• Follow the link to the MUNDP website
• Download and read the report of your committee
(‘Chair’s report’)
• Use the links to help you in your research
• Register for the MUNDP forum
• Contact the chair of your committee with
questions regarding what you’ll be doing
• Co-ordinate with each other over researching
your country
Country research: what you need to find
out about your country
• Economic / social – GDP per capita, population
stats, literacy rate, gender equality
• Governance – system of government, leadership,
main parties
• Geopolitical position – strategic importance;
military bases / UN forces
• Allies / ‘enemies’ – especially regarding Middle
East conflict
• Membership of which international
organisations / signatory to which treaties
• Main issues facing the country: terrorism,
poverty, environmental, human rights etc
Next week:
• Research the work of your
committee within the country
you’ve been assigned.
• E.g. how Unesco works in
Djibouti
• Presentation: Oxfam (Lara)
MUN Conference
February 12th
• To happen in school time, involving
members of all MUN clubs
• Topic for debate: the legality of the
West Bank wall and other sites of
Israeli occupation
• Other details will be given out nearer
the time
Delegations (provisional list)
 P.N.A. (Raghad, Zayna)
 Qatar (Carmelo, Victor)
 Israel (Nour, Arzu)
 Turkey (Sven, Erol)
 Djibouti (Jay, Chris)
 Lebanon (Sophie, Ashley)
 United States (David, William)
 Oxfam (Lara, Merve)
 U.K. (Noah, Vishwesh)
 France (Fabian, Victor)
 Libya (Anahita, Sophie)
 India (Yasemin)
 Egypt (Phyllis, Deema)
 United Arab Emirates
 Afghanistan (Hatau, Erol)
 Jordan
 Syria (Can, Kaan)
 Germany
For issues in general:
http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/
http://www.un.org/en/index.shtml
For individual committee topics:
Unicef http://www.unicef.org/mdg/
Environment http://www.unep.org/MDGs/
Health http://www.who.int/mdg/en/
Hunger http://www.wfp.org/hunger/faqs