'UN' role for pupils.Byline: NOOR TOORANI STUDENTS from across the region will gather in Bahrain in two months, to tackle major dilemmas facing the international community. They are taking part in the fifth Bahrain Universities Model United Nations (BUMUN) conference on December 12 at MUvenpick Hotel. The event, sponsored and organised by General Organisation for Youth and Sports (Goys), will centre on the theme 'Human Rights'. Training sessions are taking place in the build-up to the annual event, to prepare participants in diplomacy and public speaking skills. They are being conducted by BUMUN founder and adviser Doris Martin every Sunday, at Goys Science Centre, Umm Al Hassam Umm Al Hassam (Arabic: أم الحصم) (trans. Mother of Sea Shells) is a middle-class neighbourhood on the southern coast of Manama, which is the capital of Bahrain. . More than 50 students attended last night's session where guest speaker UNIC UNIC United Nations Information Centre UNIC Universal Satellite Home Connection UNIC University of Canberra (Australia) UNIC Uni Client UNIC Universal Internet News Collector regional manager Nejib Friji talked about the global Stand Up Against Poverty campaign. Ernst and Young graduate development manager Ms Martin is working as a volunteer for the programme. Five committees have been set up to organise the programme: public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most , logistics, administration, documentation and programme. The sessions will offer advice on chairing committees; procedural rules; public speaking; how to write a resolution and position paper; lobbying and merging; and debate skills. Students from 15 local and five GCC GCC: see Gulf Cooperation Council. (compiler, programming) GCC - The GNU Compiler Collection, which currently contains front ends for C, C++, Objective-C, Fortran, Java, and Ada, as well as libraries for these languages (libstdc++, libgcj, etc). universities will debate as UN delegates on international issues. American University American University, at Washington, D.C.; United Methodist; founded by Bishop J. F. Hurst, chartered 1893, opened in 1914. It was at first a graduate school; an undergraduate college was opened in 1925. Programs provide for student research at many government institutions. , Sharjah; Virginia Commonwealth University Formed by a merger between the Richmond Professional Institute and the Medical College of Virginia in 1968, VCU has a medical school that is home to the nation's oldest organ transplant program. , Qatar; Dar Al Hekma College, Saudi Arabia; American University, Dubai and American University, Kuwait will take part. Each participant will represent a country and try to find peaceful solutions to problems facing the country and the region. Delegates at the General Assembly will tackle issues relating to child and adolescent health and development, the financial crisis and water shortage. The Economics and Social Committee will discuss the right to asylum, torture and extraordinary rendition and democratic governance: the election question. Radioactive water disposal and nuclear reactors' safety will be the focus of International Atomic Energy Agency International Atomic Energy Agency: see Atomic Energy Agency, International. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) International organization officially founded in 1957 to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy. , while the success of the Security Council's Counter-terrorism Committee and the adoption of the Nuclear non-Proliferation Treaty Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) officially Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons International agreement intended to prevent the spread of nuclear technology. It was signed by the U.S. by member states, will be discussed in the council. Ms Martin said participants should look forward to the crisis topic, which will prepare them to think and make quick diplomatic decisions. "This year's crisis topic will be the highlight of the conference as it will be different from others in the past years. It will not be revealed until the conference day." noor@gdn.com.bh Copyright 2009 Gulf Daily News Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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