John Cabot University
Model United Nations
Dear
Dear teachers
teachers and
and students,
students,
John
the 2012
2012
John Cabot
Cabot University’s
University’s Model
Model United
United Nations
Nations Society
Society is
is pleased
pleased to
to invite
invite you
you to
at the
edition
of
our
JCU
MUN
conference,
to
be
held
on
the
university
premises
in
the
heart
of
Rome
on
edition of our JCU MUN conference , on the university premises in the heart of Rome on February
March
30-31st,
2012.
10th—12th,
2012.
At
At JCU
JCU MUN,
MUN, students
students will
will act
act as
as national
national delegates
delegates to
to the
the UN
UN General
General Assembly
Assembly and
and to
to the
the
Security
Council.
They
will
be
divided
in
committees
and
will
debate
the
questions
regarding
Security Council. They will be divided in committees and will debate the questions regarding the
the
creation of
of aa Palestinian
Palestinian state.
state.
creation
In
will have
have to
to deepen
deepen their
their knowledge
knowledge in
in the
the mechanics
mechanics
In order
order to
to prepare
prepare for
for the
the event,
event, students
students will
of
the General
General Assembly
Assembly and
and the
the Security
Security Council;
Council; to
the issue
issue
of the
to have
have aa broad
broad knowledge
knowledge regarding
regarding the
at
stake;
to
research
the
political
position
of
the
state
they
will
be
representing
vis-à-vis
at stake; to research the political position of the state they will be representing vis-à-vis the
the
debate
for
Palestine.
debate for Palestine.
JCU
JCU MUN
MUN will
will be
be enriched
enriched with
with lectures
lectures by
by diplomats
diplomats and
and University
University professors.
professors. We
We will
will also
also
introduce
the
participants
to
the
UN
rules
of
procedures,
so
that
they
can
participate
actively
introduce the participants to the UN rules of procedures, so that they can participate actively and
and
effectively
in
the
debate.
The
Conference
will
take
place
in
the
English
language,
and
it
will
be
the
effectively in the debate. The Conference will take place in the English language, and it will be the
only
one
allowed
during
officials’
discussions.
only one allowed during officials discussions.
John Cabot University
Via della Lungara 233
Rome, Italy
00165
Phone: +39066819121
Fax: +39066832088
E-mail:
munsociety@johncabot.edu
JCU
JCU MUN
MUN 2012
2012 is
is an
an incredibly
incredibly important
important experience,
experience, for
for learning
learning and
and the
the formation
formation of
of students
students
interested
in
a
possible
diplomatic
career.
High
School
teachers
are
invited
to
select
students
who
interested in a possible diplomatic career. High School teachers are invited to select students who
might
might be
be interested
interested in
in and
and prepared
prepared for
for such
such an
an experience.
experience.
John
provide meals,
meals, refreshments,
refreshments, study
study materials,
materials, and
and training
training for
for the
the participants.
participants.
John Cabot
Cabot will
will provide
Participants
country, and
and can
can express
express their
their preference
preference
Participants will
will be
be paired
paired in
in groups
groups of
of two
two for
for each
each country,
regarding
the
country
to
represent
to
create
single
delegations.
The
list
of
UN
Member
regarding the country to represent to create single delegations. The list of UN Member States
States can
can
be
found
here:
http://www.un.org/en/members/index.shtml
be found here: http://www.un.org/en/members/index.shtml
To
To participate,
participate, students
students should
should send
send us
us an
an email
email telling
telling us
us their
their name,
name, school,
school, why
why you
you would
would like
like
to
participate,
and
at
least
3
countries
they
would
like
to
represent.
Emails
should
be
sent
to participate, and at least 3 countries they would like to represent. Emails should be sent to
to
munsociety@johncabot.edu
munsociety@johncabot.edu by
by December
December 31,
31, 2011.
2011. Qualified
Qualified delegates
delegates will
will be
be chosen
chosen on
on aa firstfirstcome,
come, first-serve
first-serve basis
basis to
to participate
participate in
in JCU
JCU MUN.
MUN.
We
We look
look forward
forward to
to seeing
seeing you
you in
in Rome!
Rome!
Model
United
Nations
Model United Nations
John
Cabot University
University
John Cabot
Rome,
Rome, Italy
Italy