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A different kind of Model UN.


The United Nations International School sponsors a rich and different kind of Model UN programme, which has taken place in the UN General Assembly Hall for the past 15 years.

It is conducted by 11th-and 12th-grade students who select a theme of universal importance, such as environment and human rights, and prepare working papers working papers
pl.n.
Legal documents certifying the right to employment of a minor or alien.

Noun 1. working papers
 for discussion.

The objective is to present and assess various views on the issue, in order to stimulate stimulate /stim·u·late/ (stim´u-lat) to excite functional activity.

stim·u·late
v.
To arouse a body or a responsive structure to increased functional activity.
 student interest and enable them to understand world problems better.

During a two-day session, usually held in early spring, participants take their seats in the Assembly Hall to debate the conference theme.

Distinguished speakers, including diplomats Some famous diplomats include: Afghanistan
  • Abdullah Abdullah
Algeria
  • Abdelaziz Bouteflika
  • Mohamed Seddik Benyahia
  • Lakhdar Brahimi
Argentina
  • Carlos Saavedra Lamas
Australia
  • Richard Alston
, academics and specialists in various fields, also address the conference.

Students from a select number of schools in the New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
 area and across the country also attend the session.
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Title Annotation:United Nations International School program international relations program for high school students
Publication:UN Chronicle
Article Type:Brief Article
Date:Dec 1, 1991
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