CONFERENCE

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YESHIVA UNIVERSITY

NATIONAL MODEL UNITED NATIONS XXVIII FEBRUARY 11 –13, 2018

STAMFORD, CT

TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE

FEBRUARY 11-13, 2018

THE STAMFORD PLAZA HOTEL

AND

CONFERENCE CENTER STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT

SECRETARY GENERAL

Dena Katz

UNDER-SECRETARIES

Azi Fine

Sammy Marcus

Shoshana Marder

MEDIA CENTER DIRECTOR

Shayna Michalowski

COMMITTEES AND STAFF

COMMITTEE ON THE PEACEFUL USES OF OUTER SPACE

(COPUOS)

CHAIR: Avigayil Adouth

ASSISTANT CHAIR: Benji Snow

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT: Ben Atwood

COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN (CSW)

CHAIR: Lilly Gelman ASSISTANT CHAIR: Liam Eliach

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT: Sarah Berger

COUNTER-TERRORISM COMMITTEE (CTC)

CHAIR: Ariel Hochman

ASSISTANT CHAIR: Chaya Levinson

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT: Lizzy Soclof

DISARMAMENT AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY COMMITTEE

(DISEC)

CHAIR: Ben Strachman

ASSISTANT CHAIR: Atara Huberfeld

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT: Michal Yacker

INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (ICC) CHAIRS: Joey Jubas and Alyssa Wruble LEGAL COUNSEL: Shana Adler, Chezky Frieden and Rachel Rosenberg

INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO)

CHAIR: Raffi Wiesen

ASSISTANT CHAIR: Zach Spero

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT: Eliana Moss

MIDDLE EAST SUMMIT (MES)

CHAIR: Sam Gelman

ASSISTANT CHAIR: Abby Epstein

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT: Shira Perton

SECURITY COUNCIL (SC)

CHAIR: Rena Kleiner

ASSISTANT CHAIR: Yaacov Schneider

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT: Shira Levy

UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMME (UNEP)

CHAIR: Judah Stiefel

ASSISTANT CHAIR: Reena Wasserstein

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT: Elen-Sarrah Dolgopolskaia

UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION (UNESCO)

CHAIR: Kira Paley

ASSISTANT CHAIR: Tai Miller

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT: Mori Schick

UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE (UNHRC)

CHAIR: Joey Senders

ASSISTANT CHAIR: Talia Kupferman

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT: Eli Werner

UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S EMERGENCY FUND (UNICEF)

CHAIR: Yael Blau

ASSISTANT CHAIR: Ezra Felder

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT: Elad Jerusalem

UNITED NATIONS OFFICE ON DRUGS AND CRIME (UNODC)

CHAIR: Keren Neugroschl

ASSISTANT CHAIR: Leib Weiner

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT: Mordechai Lis

WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME (WFP)

CHAIR: Ilan Atri

ASSISTANT CHAIR: Zoe Abboudi

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT: Noa Eliach

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO)

CHAIR: Shelby Weller

ASSISTANT CHAIR: Yael Saban

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT: Jack Lebenbom

RESEARCH AND MEDIA CENTER STAFF

DIRECTOR: Shayna Michalowski

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: Carli Muller

STAFF:

Amalia Diament

Nolan Edmonson

Yael Itskowitz

Anat Jacobson

Esti Kuperman

Talia Saban

Matthew Silkin

Avi Strauss

Abby Stiefel

Sarah Tourgeman

Binyamin Zirman

Racheli Zirman

Yehoshua Zirman

Committee and Conference Rooms

Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space

(COPUOS)

Twain

Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)

Atrium Boardroom 3

Counter Terrorism Committee (CTC)

Greenwich

Disarmament and International Security Committee (DISEC)

Crowne Ballroom

International Criminal Court (ICC)

King David

International Maritime Organization (IMO)

Webster

Middle East Summit (MES)

Fiske

Security Council (SC)

Atrium Boardroom 2

United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP)

Hartford North

United Nations Educational, Science and Cultural Organization

(UNESCO)

JP Morgan

United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC)

State North

United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF)

Nathan Hale

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

Hartford South

World Food Programme (WFP)

State South

World Health Organization (WHO)

Ethan Allen

Research and Media Center Bedford

SCHEDULE OF CONFERENCE EVENTS

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11

3–5:00 p.m. Arrival/Registration

Lobby

5:30-5:45 p.m. Maariv International Ballroom

5:50–6:40 p.m. Dinner International Ballroom

6:45- 8:00 p.m. Opening Ceremonies

International Ballroom

Mrs. Geri Mansdorf

Director of Undergraduate Admissions

Yeshiva University

Featured Keynote Speaker: Mrs. Nitsana Darshan-Leitner

Founder of Shurat HaDin

Yardena Katz

Secretary General, YUNMUN XXVIII

8:15–10:30 p.m. First Committee Session Conference Rooms - See chart on previous page

8:15–8:45 p.m. Faculty Advisor Meeting

International Ballroom

10:30 – Midnight Refreshments

International Ballroom

Delegation Pictures Lobby Check-In Table (Please see the photo schedule)

SCHEDULE OF CONFERENCE EVENTS

10:45–11:15 p.m. Optional Shiur

Rabbi Murray Sragow, MTA YUNMUN Advisor

Nathan Hale

Midnight Curfew (Delegates are expected to be in their assigned rooms)

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12

7:45 a.m. Wake Up

8:15–9:00 a.m. Shacharit International Ballroom

9:00–9:50 a.m. Breakfast International Ballroom

10 a.m.–12:15 p.m. Second Committee Session Conference Rooms

12:30–1:30 p.m. Lunch International Ballroom

1:45–3:45 p.m. Third Committee Session Conference Rooms

4:00–4:15 p.m. Mincha International Ballroom

4:20–6:15 p.m. Fourth Committee Session

Conference Rooms

6:15–7:15 p.m. Dinner

International Ballroom

SCHEDULE OF CONFERENCE EVENTS

7:15–7:55 p.m. Maariv and Remarks

International Ballroom

Dr. Matthew Holbreich

Resident Scholar

Yeshiva University

8:00–9:15 p.m. Fifth Committee Session

Conference Rooms

9:15–9:45 p.m. Refreshments International Ballroom

9:45–11:15 p.m. Sixth Committee Session Conference Rooms

9:45–10:00 p.m. Faculty Advisor Meeting International Ballroom

11:15 p.m.–12:30 a.m. Refreshments International Ballroom

Delegation Pictures Lobby Check-In Table (Please see the photo schedule)

Optional Shiur Rabbi Murray Sragow, MTA YUNMUN Advisor

Nathan Hale

12:30 a.m. Curfew (Delegates are expected to be in their assigned rooms)

SCHEDULE OF CONFERENCE EVENTS

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13

7:30 a.m. Wake Up

Please bring your luggage to assigned areas in the Crowne

Ballroom

8:00–8:30 a.m. Shacharit International Ballroom

8:30–9:15 a.m. Breakfast

International Ballroom

9:30–10:00 a.m. Closing Remarks

International Ballroom

Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman

President

Yeshiva University

10:00–12:00 p.m. Closing Ceremonies International Ballroom

Noon–1:30 p.m. Buses Depart

RESEARCH AND MEDIA CENTER SCHEDULE FOR YUNMUN XXVIII

Bedford

The Research and Media Center will be open and available to help facilitate a more productive conference.

For all non-committee related requests, such as name badge changes, please go to the YUNMUN administrative table in the hotel lobby.

Sunday 8:00 p.m.–11 p.m.

Monday 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

1:30 p.m.–6 p.m.

7:00 p.m.–midnight

Tuesday 8:30 a.m.–noon

The Research and Media Center is the communications and resource center for the conference. These services are located in Bedford and serve several functions:

• Messages may be left for members of the Secretariat.

• All working papers and resolutions are photocopied here.

• Compiled sets of position papers submitted by delegates for each committee will be available.

YUNMUN XXVIII GENERAL INFORMATION

BADGES AND PLACARDS

Upon registration, each delegate will receive a conference badge with the delegate’s name, country and committee. These badges must be worn by all delegates throughout the conference. You will need the badges not only in the committee sessions but also within the hotel as identification.

• Badges may not be altered, defaced, decorated, forged or tampered with in any way.

• For name badge changes, please go to the YUNMUN administrative table in the hotel lobby.

• Trading of badges among delegates is strictly prohibited.

• Borrowing and lending of badges is strictly prohibited.

• Placards may not be defaced and the letters may not be removed. The conference coordinator reserves the right to expel a student or their entire school if a placard is tampered with in any way.

HEALTH AND SAFETY

EMTs are on call and on the premises at all times during the conference. Details and contact information will be provided upon arrival.

RULES CONCERNING STAY AT THE HOTEL

We ask for your cooperation in maintaining order, both in and out of committee sessions, so that we can provide an educational and safe environment. Please be courteous to the hotel staff and other hotel guests by observing the following rules:

• Delegates are required to be in their hotel rooms by all curfews, and remain there. After curfew all hallways must be empty and quiet. Chaperones will be asked to remain on duty until all delegates have returned to their rooms, and will be called to return any delegate violating curfew to his/her room. Any delegate found in the halls after curfew may be dismissed from the conference.

• Smoking and alcohol consumption will not be tolerated. Delegates possessing or using these items will be expelled from the conference immediately.

• Individuals will be held financially responsible for vandalism and/or damage found to their rooms and elsewhere.

• Specific hotel floors will be designated for a single gender. Under no circumstances may a member of the opposite gender be on those floors.

• Delegates are not permitted to use the hotel’s restaurant, bar or pool.

• The hotel reserves the right to expel the delegates for excessive noise or other disruptions, which impact upon the well-being of other hotel guests.

Please cooperate with YU and the hotel in ensuring a successful conference. Yeshiva University reserves the right to immediately expel delegates from both the conference and the hotel due to behavior deemed unacceptable. Serious infractions on the part of a single delegate will result in dismissal from the conference of individuals involved, and may disqualify one’s delegation from winning an award.

YUNMUN and The Stamford Plaza Hotel are not responsible for belongings left in guest rooms or in meetings rooms. Delegates are encouraged to place valuables in hotel safe deposit boxes.

AWARDS

Awards will be presented in recognition of outstanding delegates and delegation preparation. Recipients will be those delegates who submitted topic papers and best solved international problems, while maintaining the integrity of their national interests. Criteria used to determine awards include the following: knowledge and representation of the nation’s interests and policies, depth of understanding of the committee’s diplomatic protocol, skill and effectiveness in formal and informal debate, and ability to work with and persuade other delegates through reasoned argument.

DRESS CODE

The dress code for all delegates is business attire and must conform to Jewish standards of modesty (tzniut).

Women: Women should wear skirts or dresses that reach the knee and must wear sleeves at all times.

Men: Men should wear a suit or jacket and dress pants with a shirt and tie, and must wear a kippah at all times. No sneakers or jeans will be permitted. Any delegate not dressed appropriately will be asked to return to his/her hotel room to change. The dress code applies not only to committee sessions, but to the entire conference.

POLICY ON VISITORS

It has come to our attention that some students from outside of the Tri-State area would like to have relatives from the New York area visit them during YUNMUN. Prior to a guest’s arrival, delegates must inform a Yeshiva University staff member of the visit, and must make sure that the visitor signs in with this staff member at the YUNMUN registration table upon arrival. Visitors may visit with the following conditions:

• The delegate being visited must be from outside the Tri-State area.

• The visitors must be relatives.

• Friends (from camps, summer and youth group programs) may not visit.

• Visitors may only meet in common areas of the hotel. They may not go to delegate rooms under any circumstances.

• Visitors may only visit during breaks.

• Delegates may not leave the hotel campus at any time.

POLICY ON CARS

No delegate may have a car at YUNMUN at any time.

FACULTY LOUNGE

The Faculty Lounge will be located in the upper gazebo throughout the conference. Delegates are not permitted in this lounge.

YUNMUN XXVIII QUICK REFERENCE TO

THE RULES OF PROCEDURE

# POINTS OR MOTIONS

2ND REQ’D SPEAKERS VOTE

23 Point of Personal Privilege

No N/A Chair

20 Point of Order No N/A Chair

21 Point of Parliamentary Inquiry

No N/A Chair

25 Tabling of Debate Yes 2 Pro/ 2 Con 2/3

28 Recess of Meeting Yes None Majority

27 Caucus Yes None Majority

26 Closure of Debate Yes 2 Con 2/3

32 Competence Yes 1 Pro/ 1 Con Majority

41 Division of the Question

Yes 2 Pro/ 2 Con Majority

31 Amendments Yes Open Majority

31 Resolutions Yes Open 2/3

25 Resumption of Debate

Yes 1 Pro/ 1 Con Majority

34 Reconsideration Yes 1 Pro/ 1 Con 2/3

8 Quorum No N/A N/A

15 Setting Agenda Yes Pro/Con Majority

18 Yields No N/A N/A

19 Comments No 2 Pro/ 2 Con N/A

24 Right of Reply No None Chair

37 Roll Call Vote Yes by 1/3 None N/A

42 Appeal of the Chair No Chair

Lobby Level

1A. State Ballroom North

1B. State Ballroom South

2.State Pre-function 3. International Ballroom

4. International Ballroom

Pre-function 5. Ethan Allen

6. J.P. Morgan

7. Nathan Hale 8A. Hartford North

8B. Hartford South

9. Terrace 22. Gazebo Lounge

Second Floor

11. Atrium Boardroom 1

12. Atrium Boardroom 2 13. Atrium Boardroom 3

14. King David

15. Main Entrance 16. Bedford

17. Twain

18. Webster 19. Fiske

18)WEBSTER 19)FISKE

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