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Model UN before Yale and UNCSY served as a bridge into MUN, YIRA and
the wider international relations community at Yale. It showed me how
fun Model UN was!" - Ferny Reyes '10, YMUN XXXV Director-General
Wizarding World - Joint Crisis Simulation
Dementors, trolls, broomsticks and charms; welcome to the Wizarding World. This Joint Cabinet Crisis between the Death Eaters and the Order of Phoenix takes place in the Harry Potter universe in 1980, before Voldemort’s prophecy-fulfilling attack on the Potters in Godric’s Hollow.
One committee will be a simulation of the highest echelon of Death Eaters, headed by Lord Voldemort and set at the Malfoy Manor. Their ultimate goal will be to assume complete control of both the wizarding and Muggle worlds. Meanwhile, the members of the Order of the Phoenix, meeting at Sirus Black's manor, will fight to keep Britain safe and free.
Delegates will face a series of crises, some that result from the actions of the other committee and some that occur independently. The challenges are supernatural; the opportunities, for both sides, magical.
Organizational Meeting of the League of Arab States
The Arab League, officially called the League of Arab States, is a supranational organization of Arab states in Southwest Asia and North and Northeast Africa.
The main goal of the league is to "draw closer the relations between member States and coordinate collaboration between them, to safeguard their independence and sovereignty, and to consider in a general way the affairs and interests of the Arab countries."
Topic Paper
Meeting of the Board of Governors of the IAEA
After the IAEA controversially allowed India to carry out its nuclear initiatives without signing the Non-Proliferation Treaty, the IAEA has a new problem in its hands. As the organization responsible with dealing with policies regarding nonproliferation, disarmament, and the peaceful use of arms, the IAEA must now decide whether it will grant Pakistan the same privilege it granted India.
The South Asian state has stubbornly refused to accede to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Pakistan’s position is largely motivated by its relationship with India, and its government has stated that the country will not change its position until India signs the treaty as well. In addition, Pakistan has no clear nuclear doctrine; no one really knows if and when they would use their weapons. It is up to the Board of Governors to decide how it will choose to deal with this unprecedented and potentially deadly situation.
Unión de Naciones Suramericanas
The Union of South American Nations is an intergovermental organization that merges two South American unions: Mercasur and the Andean Community of Nations. Modeled after the European Union, the Union seeks to encourage regional intergration through the formation of free trade agreements, open travel, joint defense arrangements and a parlimentary system designed to encourage the further organization of the South American continent.
Delegates will represent the nations of the USAN, which include every nation in South America, on a variety of issues stemming from the global war on terror, the economic crisis and the development of continent wide infrastructure and economic policies designed to further integrate the continent.
It will be up to the delegates if the future of South America is one
that models itself after the European Union or, if instead, it is
better for the nations to work separately.