Limun: High School 2017
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- Elizabeth Wilmshurst CMG
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC)
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- Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
- United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
- United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)
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Letter from the Secretary-General Page 3 Secretariat Page 4 King’s College London Page 5 Opening Ceremony Speakers Page 6 What is Model United Nations? Page 8 Committees Page 9 Schedule Page 13 Preparation & Teaching Materials Page 15 Resolution-Writing Page 16 Glossary Page 20 Contact us Page 25 Map Page 26 Conference information Page 27 Letter from the Secretary-General Dear Delegates, It is my great pleasure to welcome you to the 2nd edition of LIMUN: High School. On behalf of the Secretariat, we are honoured that you have chosen to participate in our diplomatic exercise. Since its foundation, the LIMUN Foundation has aimed to educate students globally on the goals, values and purpose of the United Nations through Model United Nations. In organising this conference, we hope that you are able to gain an insight into how the most important international institutions work, from learning about the powers of the Security Council to how countries have aimed to protect our environment in the United Nations Environment Programme. Presently, the international community faces unprecedented challenges. From issues of climate change to nuclear proliferation, international institutions must evolve and learn to deal this unprecedented challenges. This year’s theme of Multilateralism in Crisis is a reflection of ongoing crises our current international system and how we must protect it. Finally, LIMUN: High School 2017 could not have happened without the dedication and work of my secretariat. Any conference is only as good as the team that works hard to turn a dream into reality. As such, we really hope that you enjoy the 2nd edition of LIMUN: High School. 
Kind regards, George Mullens Secretary-General of LIMUN High School 2017 Secretariat  
George Mullens Secretary-General Alfie Jenkins Deputy Secretary-General Chris Whitehouse USG Chairing Tahmid Chowdhury USG Finance Sofia Ntali USG Applications Dania Ashary USG Logistics 
 
King’s College London 
Founded in 1829 by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington, King’s College London is the fourth oldest university in England and one of the two founding colleges of the University of London. Globally, King’s is consistently ranked amongst the best universities in the world and its alumni include Heads of State, Nobel Prize Laureates, members of the House of Commons, House of Lords and Oscar winners. With regards to diplomatic services and the United Nations, King’s alumni include former British Ambassadors to a variety of countries including Argentina, Ukraine, Yemen, Greece and the United States among others. Within the UN system, a number of top UN officials have studied at King’s including Bernardino León, Head of the UN Support Mission to Libya and Sir Muhammad Zafrulla Khan, a former President of the UN General Assembly and first Pakistani Foreign Minister. Guy’s Campus is one of five campuses of King’s College London, situated close to Guy’s Hospital, it is home to the Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine and also the Faculty of Dentistry. The campus is named after its founder Thomas Guy who established Guy’s Hospital in 1726. In the field of medicine, King’s has been at the centre of many of the most important medicinal discoveries, including the discovery of DNA Structure and Hepatitis C, stem cell research and in-vitro fertilisation. Opening Ceremony Speakers 
Lord Wood of Anfield Stewart Wood is a British academic and statesman who is Chairman of the United Nations Association – UK and a member of the House of Lords International Relations Committee. Lord Wood grew up in Tonbridge, Kent. He studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics at the University of Oxford, and subsequently obtained a doctorate in Government from Harvard University in 1996. Blending teaching and practice, Lord Wood taught politics at Magdalen College, Oxford, from 1996 to 2011 while simultaneously serving in government. Between 2001 and 2007, he was a member of the Treasury’s Council of Economic Advisers, working for the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, on a range of issues including local government affairs and European Union policy. In 2007, Lord Wood became Senior Special Advisor on foreign policy to Prime Minister Brown, covering Europe, the United States, the Middle East and relations with international organisations. Following the 2010 general election, Lord Wood became an international affairs adviser to the Leader of the Opposition, Ed Miliband. He was created a life peer in January 2011, and served in the Shadow Cabinet as a Minister without Portfolio until 2015. In 2016, Lord Wood became Chairman of the United Nations Association – UK and a member of the newly-constituted House of Lords International Relations Committee. In these capacities he contributes to the management of the United Nations Association and helps oversee the foreign policy of the United Kingdom. Lord Wood is also a Visiting Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford, and a Fellow in Practice at Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government. His academic research is centred on European and American political economy, the welfare state and issues in European public policy. 
Elizabeth Wilmshurst CMG Elizabeth Wilmshurst is a British academic and former Foreign Office legal expert, who is Distinguished Fellow of International Law at the Royal Institute of International Affairs. After obtaining her degree in law from King’s College London, Ms. Wilmshurst began her career as a lecturer at the University of Bristol. She entered the Foreign and Commonwealth Office as an Assistant Legal Adviser in 1974, before being appointed Legal Counsellor. She retained that post until 1994, with a four-year hiatus as Assistant Legal Adviser, and then Legal Counsellor, at the office of the Attorney-General for England and Wales. In subsequent years, Ms. Wilmshurst was Legal Counsellor to the UK Mission to the United Nations, and served as Deputy Legal Adviser to the Foreign Office. In these capacities she took part in negotiations over the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. She resigned from the Foreign Office in March 2003, days before the invasion of Iraq, in protest over what she deemed would be an unlawful crime of aggression. Since 2003, Ms. Wilmshurst is a Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Laws at University College London. She became an Associate Fellow at the Royal Institute for International Affairs (Chatham House) in 2005, and Distinguished Fellow in 2014. Among her areas of expertise are the use of force, international criminal law, international humanitarian law and the United Nations. What is Model United Nations? 
Model United Nations, otherwise known as MUN, is an educational activity which aims to educate students about the working of the United Nations. Students from around the world role play as diplomats in one of the varying UN bodies, ranging from the Security Council and UNICEF to the World Health Organisation and Human Rights Council. Delegates play the role of a diplomat with a chosen country, representing and promoting their foreign policy with the objective of finding solutions to many of the world’s most difficult issues. By participating in MUN, students are able to learn key skills of diplomacy, public speaking, team work, leadership skills and formal writing. The LIMUN Foundation traces its roots to 2000, originally known as LoMUN (London Model United Nations) it was created by students from the University of London who attended a conference in Cambridge in 1999. “Sitting in Pizza Express, they decided to set up one in London, so half a year later we had the first LIMUN”, recalls a long-time LIMUN associate. The aim was to organise an annual conference to attract students from all over the UK and beyond. Since its founding, LIMUN regularly attracts more than 1600 students from around the world. In 2016, in an attempt to improve the Outreach of the LIMUN Foundation, members of the LIMUN Secretariat founded LIMUN: High School with the aim of providing high level university debating for school children around London and beyond. Committees This year’s LIMUN: High School features 12 committees. Below you will find the committee, a brief summary of the committee, the topic of your committee, the names of your chairs, a link to the study guide and finally the location of your committee. United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The Security Council is a main organ of the United Nations, tasked with primary responsibility over international peace and security. Topic: The DPRK Nuclear Programme The study guide is available here. Director: Yeva Agayan Assistant Director: Nina Jeffs Location: Hodgkins Classroom 6 Historical Security Council (HSC) The Historical Security Council will place delegates in a historical scenario, dealing with issues of international peace and security during the Cold War. Topic: The Cuban Missile Crisis The study guide is available here. Director: Maria Amrin Assistant Director: Badshah Kazi Location: Hodgkins Classroom 1 Disarmament and International Security Committee (DISEC) 
This is a subsidiary committee of the United Nations General Assembly, dealing with disarmament and threats to international peace. Topic: Arms Proliferation to Terrorist Organisations The study guide is available here. Director: Camille Bigot Assistant Director: Chris Trenk 
Location: New Hunt’s House Lecture Theatre 2 United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) The Council is a subsidiary body of the United Nations General Assembly that addresses thematic issues relating to human rights as well as specific country situations. Topic: Protection of Human Rights in War and Conflict Zones The study guide is available here. Director: Estelle Briot Assistant Director: Karina Valieva Location: Harris Lecture Theatre (Hodgkins) United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) This programme is dedicated to sustainable development and poverty eradication. Topic: Internet access in LEDCs The study guide is available here. Director: Vaishnavi Sayal Assistant Director: Simon Cremer Location: New Hunt’s House G12 Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) This Council is dedicated to effective economic policies and general social advancement. Topic: Encouraging sustainable development in Energy The study guide is available here. Director: Charis Yeap Assistant Director: Prashant Garg Location: New Hunt’s House G4 United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) 
This programme is dedicated to sustainable environmental policies and discussions. Topic: The question of environmental refugees The study guide is available here. Director: Nikitas Terzoudis Assistant Director: Ariel Fedida Location: New Hunt’s House G3 United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) The United Nations Children's Fund principally deals with the protections of the rights of children globally. Topic: The Question of "Access to Quality Education for Girls" The study guide is available here. Director: Sarthak Kumar Assistant Director: Ashvini Rae Location: New Hunt’s House G8 European Council (EC) The European Council is a body within the European Union that is comprised of the heads of states of member countries. Topic: The Question of UK-EU relations post Brexit The study guide is available here. Director: Petros Petrikkos Assistant Director: Carlos Torrado Ortega Location: Hodgkins Classroom 10 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialised agency of the United Nations dedicated to promoting peace through education, scientific collaboration and intercultural understanding. 
Topic: Addressing the current threats towards journalism The study guide is available here. Director: Ali Gardiner Assistant Director: Charlotte Lenz Location: Hodgkins Classroom 7 World Health Organisation (WHO) The World Health Organisation is a specialised agency of the United Nations tasked with finding solutions to issues of international public health. Topic: Combating the Cholera outbreak in Yemen The study guide is available here. Director: Angelina Tsilimpari Assistant Director: Clara Grabitz Location: Hodgkins Classroom 2 Crisis Committee The Crisis Committee is a new addition to LIMUN: High School. Crisis aims to challenge delegates to deal with an ongoing crisis, which develops as time unfolds and in accordance with how delegates respond to given situations. The format is very different from regular committees. Topic: The Six Day War The study guide is available here. Director: Katrina Marina Director of Israeli Cabinet: Hamzah Sheikh Assistant Director of the Israeli Cabinet: Kinza Khan Director of the Egyptian/Syrian Cabinet: Ivan Srbulov Assistant Director of the Egyptian/Syrian Cabinet: Daniel Page Backroom staff: Maria Slobodina, Tim van der Horst, Meshaal Choudhary Location: Hodgkins Classroom 13 & 14 Crisis Staff Location: Hodgkins Classroom 16 Schedule The schedule of the London International Model United Nations: High School 2017 can be found below. Please note that the conference will be taking place at King's College London Guy's Campus, the address of which is Guy's Hospital, Great Maze Pond, London, SE1 9RT. Day 1 09:00-12:00: Delegate and School Registration Location: Hodgkin’s Classroom 11 10:15-11:15: LIMUN Rules of Procedure workshop (Optional) Location: New Hunts House Lecture Theatre 1 11:30-12:30: Opening Ceremony Location: New Hunts House Lecture Theatre 1 12:30-13:30: Lunch Location: Various around King’s College London 13:30-18:00: Committee sessions including breaks Location: Various around King’s College London, Guy’s Campus Day 2 09:30-12:30: Committee sessions including breaks Location: Various 10:00-10:30: Teacher Feedback Session - round one Location: Hodgkin’s Classroom 8 10:30-11:00: Teacher Feedback Session - round two Location: Hodgkin’s Classroom 8 13:30-14:30: Lunch Location: Various around King’s College London 14:30-15:45: Committee sessions Location: Various around King’s College London, Guy’s Campus 16:00-17:00: Closing Ceremony Location: New Hunts House Lecture Theatre 1 Committees UNSC - Hodgkins Classroom 6 HSC - Hodgkins Classroom 1 DISEC - New Hunt’s House Lecture Theatre 2 UNHRC - Harris Lecture Theatre (Hodgkins) UNDP - New Hunt’s House G12 ECOSOC - New Hunt’s House G4 UNEP - New Hunt’s House G3 UNICEF - New Hunt’s House G8 European Council - Hodgkins Classroom 10 UNESCO - Hodgkins Classroom 7 WHO - Hodgkins Classroom 2 Crisis Cabinets – Hodgkins Classroom 13 & 14 Crisis Backroom – Hodgkins Classroom 16 Secretariat Room – Hodgkins Classroom 11 Teacher’s Room – Hodgkins Classroom 8 
Preparation & Teaching Materials At this year’s LIMUN: High School we are aiming to provide more materials for teaching purposes. These can all be found on our website here. As we recently organised a Masterclass, we have provided presentations which give a comprehensive overview of the various aspects of running a MUN club at your school. Our materials have been made by experienced MUNers who in whole have attended a combined 200 conferences. Before the conference, teachers are expected to allocate their students to the various committees that they have been given. Every student must be aware of which committee and country they have been given to ensure that they are fully prepared for the conference. If you have issues with finding your country allocations on our website, please email Sofia Ntali at applications@limun-hs.org.uk. The role of teachers during the conference is to act as support for their students. We have a room for teachers and conference organisers which can be found in the schedule above. Students are expected to research their topics and countries before the start of the conference. While position papers are not due for LIMUN: HS, we do expect students to read through the study guides of their respective committees so that they can have an understanding of their topics. During the conference itself, students are expected to be dressed in formal business attire, we would also like to encourage students to bring a packed lunch for the conference. 
Resolution-Writing One of the most common questions from newer delegates is how to write a resolution. A resolution contains all the proposed solutions to a topic. Learning to write a resolution is very important because it is the ultimate goal of the committee: to have written solutions to the problems the delegates are trying to solve. The primary authors of the resolution will also be recognised as the leaders in the committee, which distinguishes them from everyone else for awards. Once you understand the structure of a resolution, it is a fairly simple to write. A resolution is separated into three parts: the heading, perambulatory clauses and operative clauses. Heading The heading of a resolution contains the name of the committee in full and topic name. Sponsors are the delegates who wrote the resolution. Signatories are other delegates in the committee who do not necessarily agree with the resolution but would like to see it debated. Most conferences require a minimum number or percentage of sponsors and signatories (or a combination of both) before a resolution can be presented — this encourages consensus-building. Pre-ambulatory Clauses Pre-ambulatory clauses state the issues that the resolution is aiming to solve. It can also include the background to the problem and also state previous international action on the issue. They can include: 1. Past UN resolutions, treaties, or conventions related to the topic 2. Past regional, non-governmental, or national efforts in resolving this topic 3. References to the UN Charter or other international frameworks and laws 4. Statements made by the Secretary-General or a relevant UN body or agency 5. General background information or facts about the topic, its significance, and its impact. It’s very simple to write a preambulatory clause. First, take a statement that you would like to write about (perhaps an issue you want to solve or a specific fact from one of the five bullet points above). You then take that statement, combine it with an underlined preambulatory phrase, and end it with a comma. 
Here are a few examples of pre-ambulatory phrases (this is not an exhaustive list):
Operative Clauses Operative clauses state the solutions that the sponsors of the resolution propose to resolve the issues. The operative clauses should address the issues specifically mentioned in the pre-ambulatory clauses above it. In order to write an operative clause, first take a solution that you would like to include in the draft resolution. You then take that solution, combine it with an underlined operative phrase, and end it with a semicolon (the last operative clause ends with a period). Operative clauses are also numbered. This differentiates them from pre-ambulatory clauses, helps show logical progression in the resolution, and makes it easier to refer to the operative clauses in speeches and comments. Usually more details in an operative clause will make it stronger or at least make the idea clearer to other delegates. A simple way to strengthen each operative clause is to think of “who, where and why” of each resolution, and find solutions (in your research) to these questions: Who is being affected by the issues? Where is the issue most prevalent? Why has the issue raised? These details can actually be broken down into sub-operative clauses underneath the main operative clause as demonstrated by the same draft resolution. Here are a few examples of operative phrases:
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