United Nations development programme
Noting that 60 million people are submerged in a state of complete poverty, and 150 million people remain vulnerable to poverty,
Recognizing that poverty in Eastern Europe is unique, being that two-thirds of the poor are employed,
Further noting that there is a direct correlation between education, healthcare, and wages,
Acknowledging that proper and ensured education is necessary for the current and future development,
1. Recommends free trade between all European states by
a. Expanding the EU to qualified state by,
i. Having EU members help non-members meet the requirements to join the EU
2. Encourages the investment from developed countries into developing countries that entre a National solidarity Fund whose funds are to be allocated by a government committee;
3. Welcomes the investment from private companies in developed countries that:
A. have stable , developed systems
B. offer jobs
C. Are motivated to develop local economies;
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
philly position paper
Committee: United Nations development program
Topic: decentralization and local governance
Country: Brazil
Delegate: Jose Asiatico, George Washington high school
Decentralization is the idea that political power shouldn’t be central but that it should be spread around for the people. Brazil is in support of this idea and we have been trying to make decentralization work since the 1990’s. Despite the attempt of making it work, there is still a lot of work to be done. The United Nations has to come together and make a plan that will work. There are many plans that have been made; they just need to be put in action.
Brazil began making new laws since the 90’s regarding decentralization. We have always tried to make it work but there are still problems that need to be solved. Our neighboring countries have also made some of our policies regarding decentralization. In the past we have made a lot of local government so the government could have more of a direct connection with the people inhabiting our country. But unfortunately we have fallen short of making the stable.
The reason Brazil like many countries of the U.N want to decentralize is because there’s more interaction between government and the people. This is a good plan but there are many things that keep this from happening. Irresponsibility of local government representatives and the lack of participation of the people of Brazil are two of the major problems with making this system work. The effects of decentralization would be better collection of taxes and more jobs and a better economy.
Brazil feels that decentralization is a move that needs to be made and its necessary, a good connection between the people and the government is what we need to make Brazil a better country. We will continue to give jobs to people and make more local government authorities, but this alone won’t make this system successful.
Decentralization is a great idea, people and government come well together like this but we still need to perfect the system. We want the UN to come help us with our ideas of building new schools and make more jobs by raising the minds of all the citizens. We believe knowledge is the most important item we could use to make it work. We are all great countries and great countries create great ideas.
Topic: decentralization and local governance
Country: Brazil
Delegate: Jose Asiatico, George Washington high school
Decentralization is the idea that political power shouldn’t be central but that it should be spread around for the people. Brazil is in support of this idea and we have been trying to make decentralization work since the 1990’s. Despite the attempt of making it work, there is still a lot of work to be done. The United Nations has to come together and make a plan that will work. There are many plans that have been made; they just need to be put in action.
Brazil began making new laws since the 90’s regarding decentralization. We have always tried to make it work but there are still problems that need to be solved. Our neighboring countries have also made some of our policies regarding decentralization. In the past we have made a lot of local government so the government could have more of a direct connection with the people inhabiting our country. But unfortunately we have fallen short of making the stable.
The reason Brazil like many countries of the U.N want to decentralize is because there’s more interaction between government and the people. This is a good plan but there are many things that keep this from happening. Irresponsibility of local government representatives and the lack of participation of the people of Brazil are two of the major problems with making this system work. The effects of decentralization would be better collection of taxes and more jobs and a better economy.
Brazil feels that decentralization is a move that needs to be made and its necessary, a good connection between the people and the government is what we need to make Brazil a better country. We will continue to give jobs to people and make more local government authorities, but this alone won’t make this system successful.
Decentralization is a great idea, people and government come well together like this but we still need to perfect the system. We want the UN to come help us with our ideas of building new schools and make more jobs by raising the minds of all the citizens. We believe knowledge is the most important item we could use to make it work. We are all great countries and great countries create great ideas.
my career in model united nations
It seems like it was fate that brought me into model UN, the first time I went to a conference was because my teacher was missing a delegate so she asked me out of all people to go to the conference, my teacher (Ms Pollio) told me only a day before so I barely knew any of the rules and all the vocabulary used in the UN! I thought it was going to be just fun and games but it requires hard work staying in a room for hours debating a topic. I remember I represented Liechtenstein and I had to learn everything about it in a few short hours. This was my first MUN experience but I wasn’t really great at it, I was a freshman In high school and I still feared public speaking, especially in large groups, I spent most of the time in the room listening to my partner Remy and teaching me some things I had to do, I spoke like 2 times and I was so nervous but this experience made me more confident and now I don’t fear speaking in public at all, what I notice is that each MUN conference helped me learn something new and develop better as a person.
The overall conference was cool because I got to meet new people and I went to the party after the conference, but for what the purpose of MUN is (solving global issues) I was a bit disappointed because I didn’t do what I was capable of, I didn’t even come up with a resolution. But this 1st conference taught me what it takes to be a successful delegate. This was the only conference I went to freshmen year, it wasn’t until January of my sophomore year that I decided to join the class officially with one of my best friends Jeffrey Mena. I joined the class mostly because the next conference was out of state and we got to stay in a hotel in Philadelphia, but it was here that I started taking MUN seriously, I wrote my 1st position paper and I learned the rules and procedures well before we went to this conference.
The Philadelphia conference was the most fun for me, outside of the conference and making resolutions I did many other things that made it the moat fun, for one I had a room with a couple of my best friends Laron and Jeff, I also ate the Philly cheese steak sandwich, I still remember how good it taste its probably the best sandwich I have ever eaten! On Friday night me and my friends went to sleep around 4 to 5 am, I used the coffee maker to make coffee, and we had to wake up at 7 am to go to the conferences, sorry Miss Pollio! It sounds a bit hard to have the stamina to sleep so little and work so much but I was actually able to do good at the conferences, a lot of other things occurred in the hotel but what happened in Philly stays in Philly. The conference mostly focused on showing newcomers how to work in the MUN environment, it was the least serious but there was still serious work to do, me together with my partner Kelvin had to talk about the issues of decentralization and poverty, after the 1st two committee sessions it got a bit boring but Kelvin is a clown and kept me from falling asleep. I sponsored resolutions in both topics and did really well; the chair said that we came close to winning an award but close is not good enough. The last hours in Philly were good the bad part was leaving the hotel was so much fun and the people I meet were cool.
After I got home I had the whole day to relax but after school started we got back to our usual MUN routines, we stared preparing for the UNA USA MUN the biggest conference of the year and it took place in the official United Nations building. We trained heavily on our vocabulary, speaking skills and resolution writing. We also spent lots of time writing our position papers. We had the hardest country to defend… SUDAN! This country has violated many human rights and everyone knew this, so I had to improve my knowledge on the country and my persuasive speaking to do the best I could. We had 2 months and 2 weeks to prepare. Seems like a lot of time, but time flies.
The day of the UNAUSA conference arrives, this conference was the most realistic one in my entire MUN experience, the hotel was nice and the United Nations building was the best. The first day we had a practice session and we went to the opening ceremony in the UN, the most memorable moment was seeing the secretary general of state Ban Ki-moon, he answered questions and welcomed us to the UN, hearing him talk inspired me to do a better job as a MUN delegate, the next two days where very excruciating and tiring, this made me realize how hard being a UN delegate can be, I had the best partner possible (Laron) because he’s very competitive and kept me in focus the entire time, I had a hard time being recognized by the chair but I did excellent on the unmoderated Caucasus, I was able to convince many countries to work with Sudan and that’s a big accomplishment, by the end of the conference I felt disappointed because I only got to speak in a moderated caucus once, and my resolution wasn’t even typed up by the chair and I felt betrayed, I gave up all hope but then I heard the chair say “honorable mention Sudan” I couldn’t believe it. We won an award!!! Me and my partner were the only ones from our school to win a award and I was so proud, I remembered how unhappy I was and just winning the award changed everything, I guess the chair did notice what big of a job we did, this energized me for the whole day, but this same day the conference ended, I was the only one awarded but I wouldn’t have won without the influence of some of my close friends and ms Pollio, my award to me represents my whole class because if it wasn’t for them I wouldn’t have won, I thought I was overly ambitious on winning a award, but I accomplished it, this was my last MUN experience, lets see what the future holds for me.
The overall conference was cool because I got to meet new people and I went to the party after the conference, but for what the purpose of MUN is (solving global issues) I was a bit disappointed because I didn’t do what I was capable of, I didn’t even come up with a resolution. But this 1st conference taught me what it takes to be a successful delegate. This was the only conference I went to freshmen year, it wasn’t until January of my sophomore year that I decided to join the class officially with one of my best friends Jeffrey Mena. I joined the class mostly because the next conference was out of state and we got to stay in a hotel in Philadelphia, but it was here that I started taking MUN seriously, I wrote my 1st position paper and I learned the rules and procedures well before we went to this conference.
The Philadelphia conference was the most fun for me, outside of the conference and making resolutions I did many other things that made it the moat fun, for one I had a room with a couple of my best friends Laron and Jeff, I also ate the Philly cheese steak sandwich, I still remember how good it taste its probably the best sandwich I have ever eaten! On Friday night me and my friends went to sleep around 4 to 5 am, I used the coffee maker to make coffee, and we had to wake up at 7 am to go to the conferences, sorry Miss Pollio! It sounds a bit hard to have the stamina to sleep so little and work so much but I was actually able to do good at the conferences, a lot of other things occurred in the hotel but what happened in Philly stays in Philly. The conference mostly focused on showing newcomers how to work in the MUN environment, it was the least serious but there was still serious work to do, me together with my partner Kelvin had to talk about the issues of decentralization and poverty, after the 1st two committee sessions it got a bit boring but Kelvin is a clown and kept me from falling asleep. I sponsored resolutions in both topics and did really well; the chair said that we came close to winning an award but close is not good enough. The last hours in Philly were good the bad part was leaving the hotel was so much fun and the people I meet were cool.
After I got home I had the whole day to relax but after school started we got back to our usual MUN routines, we stared preparing for the UNA USA MUN the biggest conference of the year and it took place in the official United Nations building. We trained heavily on our vocabulary, speaking skills and resolution writing. We also spent lots of time writing our position papers. We had the hardest country to defend… SUDAN! This country has violated many human rights and everyone knew this, so I had to improve my knowledge on the country and my persuasive speaking to do the best I could. We had 2 months and 2 weeks to prepare. Seems like a lot of time, but time flies.
The day of the UNAUSA conference arrives, this conference was the most realistic one in my entire MUN experience, the hotel was nice and the United Nations building was the best. The first day we had a practice session and we went to the opening ceremony in the UN, the most memorable moment was seeing the secretary general of state Ban Ki-moon, he answered questions and welcomed us to the UN, hearing him talk inspired me to do a better job as a MUN delegate, the next two days where very excruciating and tiring, this made me realize how hard being a UN delegate can be, I had the best partner possible (Laron) because he’s very competitive and kept me in focus the entire time, I had a hard time being recognized by the chair but I did excellent on the unmoderated Caucasus, I was able to convince many countries to work with Sudan and that’s a big accomplishment, by the end of the conference I felt disappointed because I only got to speak in a moderated caucus once, and my resolution wasn’t even typed up by the chair and I felt betrayed, I gave up all hope but then I heard the chair say “honorable mention Sudan” I couldn’t believe it. We won an award!!! Me and my partner were the only ones from our school to win a award and I was so proud, I remembered how unhappy I was and just winning the award changed everything, I guess the chair did notice what big of a job we did, this energized me for the whole day, but this same day the conference ended, I was the only one awarded but I wouldn’t have won without the influence of some of my close friends and ms Pollio, my award to me represents my whole class because if it wasn’t for them I wouldn’t have won, I thought I was overly ambitious on winning a award, but I accomplished it, this was my last MUN experience, lets see what the future holds for me.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
how technology affected Africa.
technology from the imperial age of Africa lead to the technology they have today in Africa. the steam engine made it possible for Europeans to travel in Africa and most of the technology used in Africa today come from foreign sources, technology is a great thing but in Africa it has lead to a lot of conflict, Europeans used "guns germs and steel" to conquer Africa and the technology they used to conquer it is now being used to fight many wars, wars mostly fought for resources like diamonds. they say that money is the "root of all evil" and this appears to be true in Africa due to all the fighting going on.
This technology has helped Africans battle diseases but it has also lead to many chaos and conflict between Africans and other countries. the technology has helped people to get diamonds but it has also helped refuges like the R.U.F to take away many lives and violate the natural rights of man. this technology also made Africans divide into many different tribes and due to this they don't come together and they fight among themselves.
The technology might have lead to some economic growth, but in my opinion the bad overshadows the good of the technology. it has hindered the social growth of Africa dramatically, Africans became divided and most of them have lost there original culture and Wat of life. it has also hurt them politically because due to wars alot of African nations are never stable and there political leaders sometimes don't make good decisions. the technology has brought more death and destruction than peace and prosperity.
how did the industrial revolution and the rise of capitalism spark interest in africa and the imperialism of the 19th and 20th century?
after great Britain became industrialized, other European countries followed. this created competition between nations and these countries needed more land and resources, the new inventions that came out from the industrial revolution like the steam engine and vaccines made it possible for Europeans to finally enter and imperialize Africa. the reason that Europeans wanted to imperialize Africa was there need of land and Africa has natural resources like diamonds, they also wanted to spread there way of living and it was the "white mans burden" to make Africa better by changing there way of life.
Friday, February 13, 2009
How did the Berlin Conference and the imperialism of Africa that ensued effected both the colonized Africans and the European colonizers?
The Berlin Conference and the imperialism of Africa affected the colonized Africans because they were being controlled by these people. The European colonizers thought that they were more successful than others because of genetics and cultural superiority, this is called social darwinism. This allowed them to think that they can civilize the Africans. This also affected them because their culture or traditions weren't unique because they were being controlled. The Berlin Conference affected the European colonizers because they discussed the lands that they wanted with the other countries to get Africa's benefits such as raw materials and geography.
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