Koç School MUNDP

25th – 28th February 2010

BBC NEWS | Middle East | Country profiles | Profile: Arab League

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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

• 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

• Jay - Unesco• David – Pogar• Chris – World Bank• Noah – GEF• William - BCPR

CROATIA

• Phyllis – Security Council

OXFAM• Lara

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

…continued• 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

• 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

Country research: what you need to find out about your country

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)

• 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

MUN Conference February 12th

Delegations (provisional list)

P.N.A. (Raghad, Zayna)

Israel (Nour, Arzu)

Djibouti (Jay, Chris)

United States (David, William)

U.K. (Noah, Vishwesh)

Libya (Anahita, Sophie)

Egypt (Phyllis, Deema)

Afghanistan (Hatau, Erol)

Syria (Can, Kaan)

Qatar (Carmelo, Victor)

Turkey (Sven, Erol)

Lebanon (Sophie, Ashley)

Oxfam (Lara, Merve)

France (Fabian, Victor)

India (Yasemin)

United Arab Emirates

Jordan

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