Resolution

Resolution
Signatories: Kenya, Pakistan, Chile, Suriname

The Security Council,

Recognizing the need to solve the issue of NDM-1 that has been affecting many countries and influencing people’s health,

Expressing our concern over the expansion of NDM-1 from countries that have cases already;

Accounting for policies that will help solve the issue;

Requesting the UN to cooperate based on following resolutions;

1. Strongly urges high developed countries to help developing countries based on the prevention of NDM-1’s expansion;
a. Requesting countries with advanced skills of medication to support countries that are lack of medical equipment
i. May send well-trained doctors and medical staffs to those developing countries’ medical centers;
ii. May provide more advanced medical equipments to those developing countries;
b. Asking high developed countries to provide funds for hospitals and medical research centers to improve medical technology in order to prevent the increase of NDM-1 patients;
c. Strongly urges high developed countries to help improve the environments of developing countries;
i. May provide facilities for sanitization in order to clean public areas;
ii. May contribute cleaning equipments and hygienic appliances to poor areas;
2. Calls for responsibilities of developing countries to set policies to keep in check with their own countries’ precautionary measures;
a. Propose for building some departments to keep NDM-1 patients inside and inspect and observe their health condition;
b. Be sure to isolate NDM-1 patients in a place and prevent them from going outside;
c. Governments should improve hospitals’ facilities and build separated rooms for patients doing surgeries individually;
d. Announce to the public to prevent traveling to infected countries, especially receiving cosmetic and other surgeries;
e. Governments should publicize and educate citizens how to improve individual cleaning and avoid doing unnecessary surgeries;
i. Teach residents about the basic knowledge by making public advertisement;
ii. Government should check each public places’ hygiene;
f. Establish rigid procedure at airports to examine every passengers that travel each country;
i. Measure each passenger’s temperature;
ii. Investigate each passenger’s record of traveling in recent months;
iii. If a passenger doesn’t pass one of the examination, he or she should leave personal information;
3. Suggests for building a big research centre in New Zealand for doing NDM-1 studies and develop NDM-1 vaccines;
a. Each country should send one small group of experts to the laboratory
i. A group include 2 chemists, 2 surgeons, and 2 biologists;
ii. Each group should cooperate with other countries at the lab to do experiments;
b. Each country builds one research centre in their own country and keep in contact with each country’s experts in New Zealand;
c. In the NDM-1 building, establish rooms for each country to contact their own country and report any results from experiments;
d. Establish rigid administration for the building; make sure only appointed experts enter the building, and any information from the research centre shouldn’t be spread out;
e. Only affirmed result that will help solve NDM-1 problem could be currently published;
f. Each country should provide funds for the NDM-1 building at a rate;
i. GDP above one trillion countries provide 70 percent of the funds;
ii. GDP lower than one trillion countries provide 30 percent of the funds;
g. Developing countries provide certain amount of natural resources in exchange of their medical support;
4. Encourages the UN to cooperate with CIDRAP (The Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy).
a. Share studies and experiments with them, but privately;
b. Internet-based infectious disease reporting and publishing when the result is justified and should tell the people;
c. Making current information widely available to educate and inform healthcare providers, public health professionals, and people across the nation and around the world;

MUN resolution

MUN resolution
Security council
Signatories: Germany, New Zealand, India, Mexico, Finland and Japan
Preamble
Aware of the spreading speed of virus with NDM 1, which might cause global panic

Determined that it’s crucial to solve this problem as fast as possible

Emphasizing that the cure for this virus isn’t found yet

Fully believing the patient acquire NDM 1 when travel to countries like India, Pakistan and Bangladesh for cheaper surgeries

Having heard the extravagant use of antibiotics in India is the main reason that cause the formation of NDM 1,

Observing that it’s also spreading towards the world quickly, and if we don’t stop it all at once, it will be invincible

Noting with great concern that it’s not a time to be selfish but to work together as a team to solve this problem

Emphasizing the importance of vigilance in every country and public, especially the affected area,

Welcoming the efforts of UN, WHO and other humanitarian organization on prevention of NDM 1 spreading,

Expressing our concern that the situation is most serious in poorer countries, thus putting out focus on those areas


Operative clauses

1. Calls for all the countries to ensemble and work together and come up with a solution, since the NDM-1 disease is reported as the most serious disease ever.
a. requests the security council to gather power such as human resources and financial supports
2. Draws attention to the countries that have poorer health conditions, and help ameliorate the situation
a. it’s been reported that this virus is spreading quickly throughout southeast and east Asia. It’s where the Security Council should focus on
i. health improvements are still to be continued in all countries, but wish the countries to provide doctors to send to the poorer countries to help cure the patients
ii. the payments for doctors is given by the countries that those doctors come from, and all responsibilities are on their own country
3. requests all the cooperating countries help build a lab in an area isolated from the infected area in order to create a cure for this new virus
a. proposes that the laboratory to be built in New Zealand because it’s geographically isolated, but of course it’s also important that we get approval from the New Zealand government.
i. to save financial budgets, we suggest that we rebuilt a lab in New Zealand and make it suitable for further researches
ii. the security of the lab must be very strict. It’s very critical that we don’t let another country get infected
iii. the choice of this country is also because of it’s advantaging location. It’s the quickest route to send the cure
b. the ownership of the laboratory goes to the New Zealand government. In order make up to the risk they took to transport NDM-1 samples to their country
4. Concerning about the financial problems, we came up with a way to distribute the money
a. noting again that payments for doctors are given by the countries the doctors come from
b. countries such as Germany, New Zealand, India, Mexico, Finland and Japan with more advanced developments pay 70% of the total cost
c. rural countries such as Pakistan, Chile, Kenya and Suriname with less advanced developments pay 30% of the total cost
d. in order to create a balance of financial support among all the cooperating countries, the rural countries should provide certain benefits
i. rural countries should provide tax-free for every trading and no visa should be required when visiting the countries
ii. this contract (both conditions) should be formally signed and last for 30 years
iii. if the problem of the NDM-1 virus isn’t solved in the next 30 years, then another contract will be signed.
5. draws attention to the post-NDM-1. Many rural countries may need supports to rebuild their countries.
a. within the 30 years of our previous contract, these developed countries will help the rural countries with basic infrastructures .
i. the building of these infrastructures only start when the problems are over, because we have to focus on this issue first.
ii. The developed countries will only help with the start of these infrastructure, it’s also important that these countries know how to do it themselves.
iii. such as hospitals, and medical equipments (isolation rooms included)
iv. Transportation such as railways and roads in these countries will also be built.

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PS.再次提醒大家，委員會分為元首高峰會(單代表)、財政部長與中央銀行行長會議(雙代表)以及環境與能源部長會議(雙代表)。營運委員會保留議程變動的權利。 

 

	1/22(sat.)	1/23(sun.)	1/24(mon.)
早上 morning	報到與入住 registration and Check in	會議報到 registration	會議報到 registration
	開幕式 opening	專題演講 speech	議程【四】 . Agenda 4
		議程【二】 Agenda 2
	議規說明會 briefing
午餐
下午 afternoon	議程【一】 Agenda 1	國標舞教學 Ballroom Dance class	議程【五】 Agenda 5
		議程【三】 Agenda 3
	G20 樂透 G20 Lottery		G20 大富翁 G20 Monopoly
晚上 night	休息 Break	外交晚宴 party	團體拍照 Group photo
	晚餐 dinner		閉幕式 Closing Ceremony
	危機之夜 Night of the crisis		賦歸 End of the activity
		決議文撰寫 Resolution Writing
	就寢 bed time	就寢 bed time

*營運委員會保留議程變動的權利。 

12-28-10 Homework

Ni hao,

OK,

You guys still need some more time. You are not ready to vote yet. We need each of the main draftees (Murielle and Christine) to post each resolution later (you are still amending now and we only have three minutes of class at this very moment in which I am writing) once you finish writing and amending them on the blog. Everyone's homework this week is to read over them, make some notes, and prepare on having another (In)formal caucus, or making a Final Speech. You can pick the legnth of time for each delegate next Tuesday. After making the Final Speeches, we will vote and that will be it. As for today, nice work by most of you. We are in good shape to finish up next Tuesday.

Jia you!

Mr. Gibson

12-7-10 Homework - Writing Resolutions

Ni hao,

OK everyone. We're at a point and time in which we should have a good idea where the other delegates stand. It's now time to start drafting resolutions. Remember, a resolution is a list of reasons why this a problem followed by a list of ideas for solving this problem. You will recieve a sheet that explains the proper format and language of resolutions before you leave today. These assignments are due in my gmail by 10:00 p.m. this Sunday evening.

Xie xie!

Mr. Gibson

P.S. Nice job again to everyone who applied for Taipei!

BEGINNING OF CONFERENCE

OK,

Here is the outline

1.) Opening Ceremony (with Sabrina receiving something important)

2.) Opening Remarks (Each delegate reads his/her speech

3.) Caucusing

4.) Suspension of Debate (I don't think we will get that far today)

* Make sure you have your opening remarks, caucus outlines, and position papers handy. I have given you an outline, I recommend that you use that to keep notes with. Let me know if you need more!

Mr. Gibson

Oct. 19th and Oct. 26th Homework

Ni hao again,

Oct. 19th Homework - Make sure you send your Final Drafts of your Position Papers and Caucus Outlines by 10:00 p.m.

Oct. 26th Homework - Turn your Opening Remarks for the Conference into my gmail by 10:00 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 24th. Remember, your Opening Remarks must be a two to three minute speech on the topic of "How to Prevent the Spread of NDM-1."

Enjoy,

Mr. Gibson

Oct. 12th Homeworkut

Ni hao Ya Taiba fans,

It's Mr. Gibson again with another friendly reminder about your homework! Both your Country Profiles and Caucus Outlines are due at the end of class. But remember, I am only extending the deadline in order for you to use classtime to have me check your papers. Here are some hints...

Position Papers - See last weeks post

Caucus Outline - Make sure it is organized, has lots of substantial information, and addresses diverse areas of the topic.

Jia you!

Mr. Gibson

Wonderful and awsome blackboard of history

as u guys can see, blogger will compress this worderful image to something much more useless.

BTW, this is the blackboard of human history, enjoy!

is there a way to upload image files directly instead of posting?

Position Papers

Position Paper

After you create a country profile and research your issue, you and your other group members will meet and create a position paper.

- A position paper is your countries' response to the topic.

- A position paper is a paper that is 3 TO 4 PAGES LONG that...

• gives some background information on the problem (1/2 page).

1. How has the problem developed?
2. Why is it important that the UN fixes the problem?

• talks about past United Nations Involvement (1/2 page).

1. How, When and Why did the UN become involved with this problem?
2. What did the UN and other NGO's do when they became involved?
3. How successful was their solution?
4. How did the world respond to the solution?
5. Avoid making a statement such as "The UN did ___________ and this led to ____________."

• explains your countries' policy and past actions in regards to the issue (1 - 1/2 page).

1. Explain your policy on the topic.
2. Explain why your country is involved with the topic?
3. What actions has your country done in the past to solve the problem?

• proposes at least two to three solutions (1 - 1/2 page).

1. Before you propose your ideas, ask yourselves these questions.
2. Is the solution feasible? Will it cost too much money?
3. Has the UN tried this solution before?
4. What will NGO's do to carry out your solution?
5. What will happen if we implement your solution?
6. Will there be any unexpected problems because of this solution? If so, how will we fix them?
7. Is this solution in you countries' best interest?
8. Is this solution in the world's best interest?
9. Do not pick a solution that your country will not like.
10. Do not pick a solution that the world will not like.
11. Most importantly, BE SPECIFIC! Exactly what will happen with your solution.
    
    

An excellent position paper will be...

1. 3-4 pages, double spaced
2. It's sources will be cited MLA style and it will have a bibliography.
3. It will follow the correct format
4. See Sample Position Paper (example B).
5. It will have background on the problem, UN involvement on the problem and two or three solutions.
6. There can not be NO PLAGARISM.
   PLAGARISM WILL GET YOUR TEAM DISQUALIFIED!
   
   
   After writing a position paper, you are now ready for the actual conference. Your position papers will be used to frame your countries position. In the conference you will make SPEECHES and have DEBATES based upon you position paper.

Your Position Papers are due Tuesday, October 10th, at the end of class.

Jia you!

Mr. Gibson

Your Works Cited Page Should Look LIke This...

Follow the link...

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/12/

It shows you what a Works Cited Page should look like.

In Text Citation Should Look Like This...

Follow the link...

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/2/

It also comes from the OWL at Purdue.


*** Go to Electronic Sources to learn how to cite on-line articles.

MLA Research Paper's should look like this...

Follow the link...

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/

It was pulled from the OWL at Purdue University on 21 Sep 2010.

September 21st Homework - Country Profiles

Ni hao,

You know the drill for Country Profiles. I want you to cite your sources. Your two best sources, as always, will be worldatlas.com and The CIA World Factbook. Make sure that you underline and make bold any information that is especially pertinent to our conference, which will deal with NDM-1.

Here are your assignments!

India - Murielle

Pakistan - Christine

New Zealand - Peggy

Suriname - Eve

Finland - Junior

Tunisia - Sabrina

Kenya - Darren

Chile - Catherine

Mexico - Sarah

Germany - Chris

Japan - Sabina

Your Country Profiles are due to me by 10:00 p.m. on Sunday evening.

Email me if you have any questions.

Mr. Gibson

MUN Homework - Week 2

Ni hao again,

OK. Our homework for this week is for everyone to do research on NDM-1. From here on out, our class is a small research team. Each person is responsible for doing a small portion of the research. Therefore, if one person fails to get their homework finished, we will all suffer.

Your task is to do research on the following topic/ question…

Catherine: How fast could NDM-1 spread across the world? How fast has it spread already? How is it spreading (by boat, by mail, etc.)?

Chris: What kind of symptoms might we find after getting the virus? What do doctors recommend to do if we have those symptoms?

Christine: How can we stop the spread of NDM-1? What medicines are available to stop the spread of the virus? How fast could NDM-1 spread across the world? How fast has it spread already?

Darren: What is an enzyme? NDM-1 is an enzyme. Why is it so dangerous? Why doesn’t it work like a normal enzyme?

Eve: How much do we estimate it will cost to stop the spread of NDM-1? What might we spend the money on to stop the problem?

Junior: How many people have died because of the virus? How many people could die because of the virus? Who made that that estimate? What are they basing their estimate on?

Murielle: How fast could NDM-1 spread across the world? How fast has it spread already?

Peggy: How does NDM-1 spread? How does it attack an individual person’s immune system? How does it travel from person to person?

Sabina: How and when did people find out about the virus? Who found out about it first? Where did they find about it?

Sabrina: What is the origin of NDM-1? How many countries now have confirmed cases of NDM-1? How many people have NDM- in each of those countries?

Sarah: How can we prevent ourselves from getting the NDM-1 virus? Can we stop the spread of NDM-1 by making the bacteria dormant?


How can we stop the spread of NDM-1? What medicines are available to stop the spread of the virus? How fast could NDM-1 spread across the world? How fast has it spread already?


*** As an added bonus, we need to find at least three different sources of information from three different continents who speak three different languages. All of them must confirm your information.

As we mentioned in class, you need to cite your sources of information. As we research, we need to ask ourselves the following questions…

- “Where am I getting my information?”
- “How old is my information?”
- “Is my information reliable?”

Every time you find a new source of information (ex: book, newspaper article, website, scholarly journal, youtube video, etc.), you need to cite the source in the text (the writing) of your paper. We call this in-text citation. For an example and explanation, follow the link to The Purdue University OWL.

1.) The Purdue University OWL http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/553/01/
The OWL also helps explain how to cite sources, how to write a research paper, and gives sample research papers.

At the end of the paper, you should include a Works Cited. The Works Cited should be put on a separate piece of paper. Each source of information that you use should be included in the Works Cited. The OWL has a sample Works Cited page here…

2.) OWL Works Cited Sample Page (Your Works Cited should look like this!)
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/12/

If you are confused as to how to cite sources correctly. Check out link #3. It is from easybib.com, which helps us cite our sources properly for our Works Cited.

3.) easybib.com
http://www.easybib.com/

Last, but certainly not least, we need to discuss plagiarizing. Plagiarizing is when we take research, speeches, news articles, music, or any writing that was done by another person and use it as if it were our own. If you copy and paste from the internet, this is plagiarizing. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT PLAGIARIZING, YOU WILL RECEIVE A 0% AND HAVE TO DO YOUR WORK AGAIN!!!

You wouldn’t like it if someone stole your wallet. Researchers, musicians, artists, journalists, professors, and authors consider their work just as important as most people consider their money. Please remember this!

Jia you,

Mr. Gibson

MUN Homework - Week 1

Ni hao all,

Your first homework is to find something interesting that you would like to read about, research, and have an MUN Conference over. You need to do three things...

1.) find something interesting!

2.) Write a proposal. Your proposal only needs to be about one paragraph long, but it should answer the following questions...

- What is the issue?
- Which countries are involved in the issue?
- Why does it interest you?
- Why would it be important for us to study it in MUN Class?

3.) Think of something that we can do as a class for Tina.

*.) Your homework is due as a comment to this post by Sunday night at 10:00 p.m.


Zai jian,

Mr. Gibson

WELCOME TO MUN CLASS!

Yo,

You are all already familiar with our blog. This will serve as our virtual homework board, communication board, and the place where we can collaborate when we do our research. First thing's first...before we tackle some interesting, and important global issue, we need to actually find an interesting/important global issue. So, why don't we play around with the following websites...

1.) The Economist (U.K.)
http://www.economist.com/

2.) Time Magazine (U.S.A.)
http://www.time.com/

3.) Newsweek Magazine (U.S.A.)
http://www.newsweek.com/

4.) Der Spiegel Nachrichten (Germany)
http://www.spiegel.de/international/

5.) Le Monde Diplomatique (France)
http://mondediplo.com/

6.) Xinhua News (State News Agency of P.R. of China)
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english2010/
http://www.xinhuanet.com/
* The top link is in English and the bottom is in Chinese. Notice any differences? :)

7.) China Post (Taiwan)
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/

8.) Taipei Times (Taiwan)
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/

9.) Japan Today (Japan)
http://www.japantoday.com/

10.) Pravda (State News Agency of Russia)
http://english.pravda.ru/

11.) Al-Jazeera News Organization (#1 Arabic News Organization)
http://english.aljazeera.net/

12.) O Globo (Brazillian Newspaper)
http://oglobo.globo.com/

13.) The Australian
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/

14.) The Wall Street Journal (Business News - U.S.A.)
http://asia.wsj.com/home-page


MOST IMPORTANT

1.) Charts Bin - THE place to find interesting graphs and maps.
http://chartsbin.com/

2.) TED Talks - You already know from Teacher Rony
http://www.ted.com/

3.) Google Earth
http://earth.google.com/download-earth.html


Enjoy,

Mr. Gibson

Tonight (Thursday, August 25th's) Homework

Ni hao,

OK, here is tonight's homework...





1.) Translate the MUN Draft Resolution Vocabulary. Remember those are the words from your Preable (Preambulatory Clause) and your Proposal (Operative Clause) which begine each clause.

Some examples from the Preamble include Emphasizing, Recognizing, Seeking, Welcoming, etc.
Some examples from the Proposal include Declares, Demands, Endorses, Notes with Interest, Proposes, Suggests, Urges, etc.

HINT: Remember what we talked about yesterday with "spin" and "flowery language." When a reporter asked the head delegate from China about the genocide in The Sudan, his answer discussed "providing stablitity to the region" and "creating mutually benificial relationships which date back to the 1960's between the P.R. of China and The Sudan."

Here is my point...You must translate and use the MUN Draft Resolution Vocabulary words in order to be specific about what you want to do, or (like the delegate from China) in order to be evasive. And you must be able to identify someone if they try to do that.


2.) Come up with a new Strategy for tomorrow's caucuses. Your strategy should also be evident in your Draft Resolution.


3.) Write your Draft Resolution. You must turn it in by 10:00 p.m. tonight to mtgibby@gmail.com.





Draft Resolutions

* What are they?

A draft resolution is a plan to identify the problem and come up with concrete plans to fix it which each country writes down.


* What's in it?

The first part is called the Preable (or Preambulatory Clause). This section explains what the problem is and why it is a problem. This section is usually very broad in its' scope.

Example: The U.S. Preamble to the Constitution

(http://www.aclassicpainting.com/Graphics/Preamble/preamble_large.jpg)


The second part is your Proposal (or Operative Clauses). This section includes concrete plans that articulate (look it up in the dictionary) what will be fixed, when it will be fixed, where it will be fixed, how it will be fixed, how much it will cost to fix it, and who it will be fixed by. Generally, the Proposals are very specific.

Example: The Magna Carta

(http://vi.uh.edu/pages/bob/elhone/Magna.html scroll down)





OK everyone,

JIA YOU!

I look forward to seeing what you come up with!



P.S. If you want to see how not to do your proposals, take a look at what you guys did during first semester of last year. Go to "December" on our blog. Do you remember our "UN Conference on H1N1?"

Tonight's Homework

OK,

One more time, here is the homework


EVERYTHING MUST BE EMAILED TO ME BY 10:00 p.m. at mtgibby1985@gmail.com


1.) If you haven't finished or fixed your Country Profile or Position Paper, do so and email me.

2.) Print out the Final Drafts of your Country Profile and Position Paper.

3.) Create a Caucus Outline. Print one copy for each delegate in your group.

4.) Write an Opening Speech. Practice your speech. The louder, clearer, more confident, and more natural it sounds, the better it will sound to the judges. Each delegate must speak for at least one minute, and the speeches must last from 2 to 3 minutes. DO NOT READ STRSIGHT FROM YOUR POSITION PAPER!

5.) Create some sort of Strategy. What are your goals during the conference? How will you accomplish them?

6.) Make sure you are dressed in Business Attire. Boys, this means, dress pants, collared shirts, dress shoes and ties. Girls this means blouses, no gaudy earrings, no makeup, and dress shoes (they don't have to be heels).

Feel free to email me with any questions as always. I hope you guys are as excited as I am!

Mr. Gibson

Position Paper Outline

OK everyone,

Here is the template and outline for your position papers. You need to have three sections. Each section can have as many paragraphs as you need. However, you must have all three of those headings (Description, Past UN Actions, and Country Policy/ Solutions).




Position Paper: Most conferences will require a position paper. The following is a generic outline to a position paper, however, specific conferences or committees may have different requirements, so be sure to check the conference's website for details.

Format: 2 to 3 pages, 12 pt font, Times New Roman font, double spaced, typed, stapled (no covers), correct spelling and grammar.

Outline:

Country: _______ Committee: ______ Topic: _________ I. Description of the Topic (What is the problem? Who, what where, when, why, and how.) II. Past UN Actions (What has the UN already done) III. Country policy and solutions (What does your country want to do?)
cited from
check this out as well

Conference

OK,

I apologize for taking so long to tell you what is happening. Here are your partners and country assignments...

Uganda - Murielle and Kelly
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Danny and Junior
Republic of South Africa - Gini and Heather
Sudan - Catherine, Peggy and Joanna
Central African Republic - Dean and Jason
Kenya - Tiffany and Allison
Zimbabwe - Sebastian and Joseph
U.S.A. - Darren and Sean
U.K. - Christine and Jenny
France - Rebbecca and Heather
Russian Federation - Max and Benny
People's Republic of China - Sabina and Angel Wu
India- Kenny and Jerry
Brazil - Chris and Roger






This weekend, you must do the following things...


1.) Talk with your partner. get their telephone number and email.

2.) As a group, you must complete a Country Profile. I recommend that you use worldatlas.com and The CIA World Factbook.

3.) As a group, you must research the topic. Who are the Child Soldiers of the LRA? Why are they there? Who do they affect? How can this problem be fixed?

4.) As a group, you must answer this question; "How does this problem affect my country?" I will give you a hint. If you are The U.S.A., Great Britain, France, Russia, China, India, or Brazil, then you are on the Security Council. Learn what that means (ask Anne, Annie, Eric, and Sabrina). If you are not, you are a country from Africa which is more directly affected by the LRA.

HINT: Some of your teachers are actually from these countries. Perhaps you should ask them what they know about the Child Soldiers of the LRA.

5.) As a group, you must write a Position Paper. See the attachment below for more.

*.) Anne, Annie, Eric, and Sabrina, can you please email me pronto!!!



*** OK everyone, now that you have your homework, I expect you to turn them into me by Monday, August 23rd (Taiwan time) before 20:00.



Email me at mtgibby1985@gmail.com please.




I look forward to seeing all of you very soon!

Mr. Gibson




P.S. "pronto" is Spanish for 很快. We use it in English too.

MUN Topic

Hello Everyone,

How is camp going? We can not wait any longer for your classmates who have not voted. "Child Soldiers of the LRA" is the most popular choice. Therefore, this will be our topic for the summer's MUN Conference.

Since it is already August 4th, we will change some dates around. Your 2 page summary of the topic and 1 page of pictures will be due on Monday, August 9th. Email it to me at mtgibby1985@hotmail.com before 10:00 pm on Sunday, August 8th (this will be 9:00 am in St. Louis).

Your country profile will also be due on Monday, August 9th. Check the blog this weekend to see which country you have and to see who your partner is.

Good luck to everyone!

Mr. Gibson

PS - Remember, CIA World Factbook is the best source in order to complete your country profile, but you need to highlight the most important pieces of information. Highlight information that you think are most important for your country.

Interesting Website

Ni hao all,

Do you like maps? Do you like learning new information about Taiwan? Do you like learning new information about other countries in the world? If so, I suggest you check out www.chartsbin.com because it has thousands of interesting graphs that deal with all sorts of social, economic, political, religious, athletic, musical, and environmental issues. Do you want to see a graph about how many endangered species each country has? How about how many times they won the World Cup? Or, how about how many computer per person? All of it is at chartsbin.com.

Enjoy!

Mr. Gibson

P.S. - REMEMBER TO VOTE FOR OUR MUN TOPIC PLEASE!

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Voting

Ni hao,

OK, here are our options for the MUN Conference. Everyone can vote one time. Whichever option gets the most votes will be our MUN Conference Topic. Remember, no matter what we vote on, everyone will research and debate this topic.


A.) Child Soldiers of the LRA in Uganda
B.) The Prevention of the Spread of HIV/AIDS
C.) Women's Rights: Female Circumcision
D.) Rights of Refugees
E.) Trades and Tarriffs between Developed and Devloping Countries
F.) Protecting Endangered Species (pick which endangered species you would like to protect)


OK, I look forward to seeing what you want to study! After you vote, please read the next blog. It has our schedule for the summer and the MUN Conference.

Zai jian,

Mr. Gibson (AKA Lee Xiao Long lao shi)

P.S. - I beg you...play outside this summer!!! Please do not sit inside in the A/C everyday playing computer games! You will feel much better if you don't.

Summer Homework and MUN Schedule

Niiiiiii hao everyone!

Here is our schedule for the Summer. It has all the due dates for each portion of the MUN Conference. If we all check the blog regularly, then everything should run smoothly.

Monday, August 2nd - Your Summer Assignment is due. Your Summer Assignment is to write a two page, double paged summary of the MUN Topic. I also want you to attach one page of pictures. Each student, even if you are not coming to Summer Camp, must turn in their Summer Assignment to me, by August 9th.

Thursday, August 5th - Your Country Profile is due. In order to complete a country profile, you must research any and all important information about your country with your partner. GCP 8, please ask GCP 9, GCP or me for help. Remember, you should highlight anything that will be very important for the conference.

Thursday, August 12th - Your Position Paper is due. You and your partner must write a 2-3 page position paper and turn it into me before midnight (Taiwan time) on Thursday, August 12th. Anne, Annie, Eric, Sabrina, and myself will be more than happy to help you with any questions, and I will give you some more specific directions for that later.

Thursday, August 19th - Your Caucus Outline and Opening Remarks are due. Again, I will give you more specific directions later.

Tuesday, August 24th to Friday, Augsut 27th - We will have our MUN Conference. I hope you all will have a good time doing it! It can be a lot of fun or very boring, but that all depends on you!

:)

See you after the summer!!!

Mr. Gibson

Model UN Conference Topics

Ni hao,

Please write something underneath the "Comments" section. As you do, please write down something that you find interesting that you would like to study.

Zai jian,

Mr. Gibson

Turtles are cute!

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Final Resolutions

OK,

Now you have worked together and ironed out a lot of the problems that you had before and you now have two "Super Awesome" resolutions. Good luck on your vote.

Mr. Gibson

Draft Resolutions

Ni hao,

Check out the comments for all five of your draft resolutions in their original forms.

June 22nd, 2010

Ni hao,

I don't want to interrupt you, but I would just like to let you know that you are doing an excellent job! Keep up the good work. I like what I'm hearing (except when you start speaking in Chinese about Kaka, Ronaldo, and Rando).

- Mr. Gibson

Security Council Approves Sanctions on Iran

Remember our conference on Iran's Nuclear Program? Well, in the real UN, the Security Council finally passed sanctions. Even China voted for it. If curious, follow this link and you will learn more...

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704575304575296450656111536.html?mod=dist_smartbrief

Mr. Gibson

June 1st Mini MUN Conference Info

We will begin our Mini MUN Conference tmorrow, June 1st. I will be the chair (since we don't have enough people and because giving you 5 countries AND the responsibility of chair would be really cruel). You all have five countries. You should know your countries position by the time of this conference. For today, June 1st, we will focus mainly on how to use proper procedures during the Speaker's List, Moderated Caucus, and Unmoderated (Informal) Caucus. Next week we will write, draft, and amend resolutions and then vote on them.

Jia you!

Mr. Gibson

P.S. Your homework is to...1.) write a Caucus Outline which includes a list of topics you would like to discuss.2.) write your Opening Speeches. Make them 30 seconds to one minute long. The information should come from your position papers. 3.) fill out your Entrance Fee and return it to Mr. Gibson before 3:10 P.M. on the day of the conference.

Writing Resolutions

We start writing rough Draft Resolutions (literally, resolution rough drafts) after we have a couple rounds of General Debate and Informal Caucus. At this point and time, you should be aware of two things...

1.) What is my countries position and objective?
2.) Who agrees with my countries' position and objective?

At first, you only write a Draft Resolution. It is highly unlikely that your Draft Resolution will work as your final draft. Later on, while you are caucusing with other delegates, you will begin Resolution Amending. More on that later. However, this is the first step towards writing your final, official Resolution which will then be voted on (and hopefully, passed).

For more help, follow this link. it has some good tips and extra advice about how to write a resolution.

Resolution Amending

OK, now you should have finished your resolution. Unfortunately, your resolution only works for your respective country. It is highly unlikely that your resolution will work for 50% + 1 of the countries. Therefore, you will need to amend your resolution. Amending means changing a legal document. The best strategy is to find other delegates and look for ways to make compromises so that you will have more people supporting the amendment that you want to see passed. At the same time, you don't want to compromise so much that your country does not want.

Voting

Once resolutions are finished being amended, they will be brought up to the chairs in order to be voted upon. At this point and time, there should only be two, or maybe three, resolutions to vote on. (The more resolutions there are, the harder it will be to get one passed.)

At this point, it's pretty simple. Each country gets one vote. You either vote for your favorite resolution or you abstain (meaning you don't vote for anything). Make sure you know ahead of time which resolution you want to vote for. If a resolution gets 50% of the delegates + 1 then it passes.

Suspension of Debate

Here is how you suspend debate. Notice how the chairs do not stop it. One of the individual delegates must move to suspend debate. Then, the chair asks the room to vote on whether or not they would like to suspend the debate. If over 50% of the people want to suspend the debate, then the debate is suspended for the day or, if it is the last day, then the conference is finished.

Letter of Movation

If I can have the chance to participate in the THI-MUN, it will be a very special experience for me. We have studied some skills from in MUN classes, and we had taken three in-school MUN conferences. So I have always wanted to see what a full inter-school Model United Nation Conference is like, and the difference between the two. I hope I can learn a lot from this conference in Singapore.

..Tina's

Ming Dao’s Global Citizenship Program Model United Nations classes have been preparing and waiting for a chance to participate in MUN conferences such as the THIMUN since we first started in 2008. Although we are a “young” class, we are learning and will gain more experience though participating in inter-school conferences. The most exciting thing to us about doing MUN is that we can understand more about what’s going on around the world, and have in depth understanding about global issues. That is also what the Global Citizenship Program in is preparing us for—to truly be a part of the world. To do that, we must start by understanding things that are happening around this world that we live in, and that’s how a real Global Citizen should be. We believe that we could bring our views as one into THIMUN, and we look forward to having a chance to meet other Global Citizens from various cultural backgrounds and learn theirs. As the principle in Ming Dao High School says, we are “learning to do, learning to think, learning to learn”, and most of all, we’re learning to be Global Citizens.

Motivation

Our school wishes to participate in THIMUN to learn more about MUN and is eager to join the conference. The reason why we want to join the THIMUN conference is because we hope that we could gain some experience participating in MUN. Learning MUN will benefit our knowledge on problems and issues in the world because we would need to be concerned about world issues and learn more about other countries positions. We hope THIMUN gives us a chance to join the conference and learn more from it. We wish we can participate in THIMUN so we could build up the experience on MUN. We look forward to improve our MUN skills, and hope it could improve if we could participate in THIMUN.

Letter of Motivation

Our school would be delighted to receive an opportunity to participate in the 2010 THIMUN conference. In our school, we focus on making students “global”, meaning that we should learn about what’s happening around the world and try to become more competitive in society. As global citizens, we have the responsibility to learn about worldwide situations, problems, and events happening around us. We believe that by joining this conference, we will have the chance to not only improve our MUN knowledge and skills, we would also learn about what’s happening around the world.

Singapore

If I have a chance to attend the conference in Singapore, I will be glad to attend it. I think this MUN conference is absolutely going to be pleasant and memorable and valuable. Singapore is an interesting country with various culture in it, so I really hope I can get the chance to learn a lot from the conference and from Singapore. I have some really intelligent friends there in Singapore, so I am very curious about how Singapore's education system teach them to become such nice and great people. i like Singapore!!! :)

Homework for next week (April 27th)

Ni hao,

OK. Your homework is to prepare for next weeks' mini-conference. Answer the following things about each country...

1.) How does this issue affect my country?
- google your country + climate change for a start


2.) What will my country want to do and why?

- Look at GDP: Composition by Sector for data
- Use a cost/benifit analysis based upon any solutions we might have

3.) What blocs are my country in?
- use CIA World FactBook
- Make sure you know whether or not your country is in

Military
- UN Security Council
- NATO

Regional
- CIS
- AU
- ASEAN
- WEOG

Environmental
- Kyoto Protocol (signed and ratfieid, signed but not ratified, or not signed...include the date!)
- FAO
- AOSIS

Economic
- G-20
- G-77 (+ China)
- LDC
- HIPC
- LDC
- WTO
- OPEC
- IMF

4.) If you want to be really prepared, come up with a strategy.

Next week we will have a General Debate/ Informla Caucus. Afterwards we will discuss everything.


Jia you!

Mr. Gibson

Monday, April 19th Homework Assignment

Ni hao,

OK everyone. Our homework assignment is to take a look at each of our countries and make a list of which blocs they are in. Please have some idea of what the G-20, G-77, WTO, IMF, LDC, HIPC, OPEC, NATO, CIS, AU, ASEAN, UN Security Council, WEOG, AOISIS, FAO, and Kyoto Protocol all are. Then, think about how each bloc would be affected by the issue.

Tomorrow we are going to get schizophrenic! We are going to have multiple personalities. Some of those personalities will like each other. Some won't. Either way. we are going to be very schizophrenic.

Also, I need you to do the homework from over the weekend. it's later for every single person. If you have questions, email me.

Jia you,

Mr. Gibson

P.S. Sabrina, I have switched your OPEC country from Saudi Arabia to Algeria (Algeria was also a French colony).

Application for THIMUN - Singapore

Ni hao

 

Read the following letter. This is from the people who are running THI-MUN from The Hague. In order for our bid to be accepted, we write a "Letter of Motivation" explaining why we want to come to their conference. Each of you needs to attach a "Letter of Response" and post it on the blog. Keep in mind that you are part of "the school." Why do you want to participate in THI-MUN. Do you want to participate in THI-MUN? So, write some sort of Letter of Motivation for homework this weekend. I will read it first, so feel free to say anything you would like.

 

Mr. Gibson

 

 

 

From: THI-MUN

To: Matthew Gibson, Mingdao High School in Taichung, Taiwan

 

Dear Matthew,


I have not received any of your applications for the participation in
our conference. In order to participate you must apply as a school.
Our dates are from the 23rd to the 27th November 2010 in Singapore.
In regards to participating there is a application procedure you will
need to follow as a new school as we have a small waiting list for
THIMUN Singapore.


In order to apply to participate in our conference we require the following:
1. Letter of Motivation as to why your school wishes to participate in THIMUN
2. A CV of past MUN experiences or similar
3. Any information in regards to the school
4. Person in charge of the MUN (MUN-Director)
5. Address and email address where we can reach you should be including.


This information can be sent to us by fax or by regular post before
the endo fo April to our office here in The Netherlands. Our address is:
THIMUN Foundation
2e van Blankenburgstraat 119
2517 HC The Hague
The Netherlands


If you have any further questions please let me know.


Kind regards


Esmeralda van der Hout
THIMUN Foundation

 

Here is our response so far…

1. Letter of Motivation
   

   
    

2. CV Letter
   

   If accepted to THI-MUN, it would be our students' first experience participating in a full inter-school Model United Nations. However, they have held three in-school conferences, and twelve of them have taken MUN as an elective class for either one year, or, by the time of the conference, three months. In our UN Class the students are taught how to research, analyse sources, write, debate, and craft arguments while they prepare for a conference.
   

   
    

3. School Overview
   

   
    

   "Mingdao high school, established in 1969, contains junior high school (grade 7-9), senior high school (grade 10-12), and comprehensive high school (grade 10-12). As a highly regarded private school in Taiwan, we have built a beautiful campus and developed solid curriculum to provide holistic
   education. There are about 7,600 students and 560 teachers/staff at Mingdao.
    
   

   Ming-Dao encompasses the forming of school culture on the campus, respecting individual uniqueness, and applying the multiple intelligence theory to the schools education. With this, Ming-Dao helps the students cultivate the long-term knowledge, academic skills, teamwork and relearning that is necessary for future.
   
   In Ming-Dao, "Discover Yourself" has become a faith among all the school members, which is also our vision to grant our students a promising future. They are here learning how to win in any possible competitions; they also discover themselves here and learn how to choose their own paths in life.
   
   Students at Ming-Dao High school are at the age range of 12-18 --- The golden age in personal development. Ming-Dao accepts the principle challenge of providing its students with a rich learning environment, which both encourages participation but provides opportunities for student choice. Ming-Dao's collective experiences have led us to believe that the essential role of the school is to guide students to their choices, but to allow them the freedom to make personal decisions about interests. An innovative human management philosophy, a holistic education, a school develops with the needs of our society and students that learn happily make up the educational philosophy of Ming-Dao Educational System. Participation in all of these ensures that all students at Ming-Dao will have access to a promising future!
   

   
    

   Other than outstanding academic performance, my students also participate in many volunteer work, community services and international events. For example, my students won the platinum award in ³Doors to Diplomacy²,sponsored by US department of state. (http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2007/may/85123.htm)  We also have won two silver and eight bronze prizes in World Invention Expo in Germany over the past 5 years. Every year, there are more than 500 students from Mingdao participate in international events to China, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore,
   Australia, New Zealand, United States, and UK. Over years, we have established friendship with schools in these countries and still seeking new opportunities with fine schools."
   

   
    

   (http://cai.mingdao.edu.tw/english/modules/tinyd2/)
   

   
    

Global Citizenship Program (GCP)

The students who will be attending the conference will be from a special program within the school called the GCP Program. GCP students study their core subjects in English and are all planning on going to a university in an English country in the future.

 

"Global Citizenship in Ming-Dao is based on the following principles; communication is fundamental to global interaction; a holistic approach to Global Citizenship - that it should be an ethos  permeating all areas of school life; the importance of reaffirming or developing a sense of identity and self-esteem; acknowledging the importance of relevant values, attitudes, personal and social education; willingness to learn from the experiences of others around the world; relevance to young people's interests and needs; supporting and increasing young peoples' motivation to effect change; valuing all pupils and addressing inequality within and outside school.

 

Global Citizenship is a way of thinking and behaving. It is an outlook on life, a belief that we can and will make a difference.  Education needs to focus on linguistics, cultures, and global perspectives in order for students to meet the challenges of the future. 

 

We see a Global Citizen as someone who is aware of the wider world and has a sense of their own role as a world citizen; is able to
communicate effectively with people from various geographical and cultural backgrounds; respects and values diversity; has an
understanding of how the world works economically, politically, socially, culturally, technologically and environmentally; participates in and contributes to the community at a range of levels from local to global; is willing to act to make the world a more sustainable place; taking responsibility for their actions.
(Oxfam 1997)

 

To create a world of Global Citizens, education must be a priority. Global Citizenship is not an additional subject - it is an ethos.  It will be promoted in class through teaching the existing curriculum in a way that highlights aspects such as the appreciation of diversity, social justice, and the importance of sustainable development.
(Oxfam 1997)"

 

( http://cai.mingdao.edu.tw/english/modules/tinyd0/index.php?id=5)

 

1. Person in charge of the MUN (MUN-Director)
   
   

   Matthew Gibson is our person in charge of the MUN.
   

   
    

2. Address and email where he can be reached
   

   
    

   He can be reached at mtgibby1985@hotmail.com, by Skype at mtgibby1985, or by phone at (+866) 0983-774-388.
   

   
    

More helpful links for your research

Important Links for Your Research

• Breathingearth.net
  
  • An interactive map that gives you lots of information about population increases and C02 emissions.
    
  • http://www.breathingearth.net/
    

    
    

• World Mapper
  
  • Has very interesting maps as well.
    
    • http://www.worldmapper.org/display.php?selected=29
  • • http://www.worldmapper.org/countrycartograms/#

A reminder...

Hola,

If you are still confused about how to cite sources, just remember that this website is available for you 24/7 thanks to the wonders of the internet. Feel free to follow the link if you get confused.

http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citmla.htm

Jia you!

Mr. Gibson

Taiwan President Vows to Help Tuvalu Combat Rising Seas‏

Here's an article about Ma Ying-Jeou's trip to Tuvalu...

Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou promised to continue to assist the south Pacific nation of Tuvalu combat the threat of rising sea levels and global warming during a brief visit Tuesday. Ma arrived at Funafuti International Airport at 11 am local time (7 am Taiwan time) with 36 members of his entourage, including over 20 journalists, on a chartered Air Vanuatu ATR-72 500 turboprop passenger aircraft.

The Taiwan president was greeted by Acting Governor General Kamuta Latasi, who is also speaker of the Tuvalu Parliament, at the parliament building next to the airport. After the introductory remarks, the community of Nukufetau, one of the nine coral atolls that make up Tuvalu, performed for the guests. Besides apologizing for the late arrival due to a delayed takeoff from Kiribati, Ma described the atoll as a necklace of shells floating on the sea and said he was grateful to be invited to visit this paradise.

During his four hour visit, Ma gave volleyballs and soccer balls to students of the Nauti Primary School, heard a briefing on the impact of rising sea levels and climatic change on the island state by the Tuvalu environmental minister, issued invitations to 15 Tuvalu citizens to attend a training course in Taiwan to be regional fishing observers, held discussions with Prime Minister Apisai Ielemia and was feted at a state banquet in the covered patio in which the parliament meets.

In the bilateral discussion, the Tuvalu prime minister expressed gratitude to Taiwan`s assistance on fishery, agriculture, education and other fields since establishing ties in 1979 and also told the Taiwan president that the impact of greenhouse gases crisis is extremely great in Tuvalu. In turn, Ma said Taiwan was grateful for Tuvalu`s support for its efforts to enter international organizations, including the United Nations Framework Convention on Climatic Change and Tuvalu`s contribution of US$210,000 to Taiwan in the wake of the ``August 8`` flood disaster after Typhoon Morakot.

Ma said Tuvalu`s contribution of the equivalent of one percent of its gross domestic product was world breaking. During an address to the parliamentarians, Ma stated that ``we all know Tuvalu is threatened by rising sea levels`` and promised that Taiwan "is willing to participate in implementing projects to respond to rising sea levels to help ensure the security of life." Ma related that he had just learned that both Japan and Australia are carrying out research into methods to improve the living environment of local residents and avoid further worsening of erosion due to rising seas, including "floating residence" and other creative urban planning methods and said Taiwan was willing to participate in such research.

After the state banquet, the parliamentarians and other guests were entertained by a performance of Taiwan indigenous peoples dance by the Formosa Aboriginal Song and Dance Troupe and rousing performance of the traditional Fatele by a community dance and chorus group from Nukufetau island. Ma ended the visit in high spirits by joining in the dance, surrounded by two lines of women in red blouses and grass skirts and two lines of men in grass skirts, to the cheers of the Tuvalu audience, together with Foreign Minister Timothy Yang and other officials.

Ma and his delegation departed Tuvalu at nearly 3 pm (11 am Taiwan time) on the Air Vanuata ATR-172 and arrived at Nauru International Airport shortly after 6 pm where the Taiwan president was met by Nauru President Marcus Stephen.

From: Request News

India and RUssia Sign Arms and Nuclear Power Deals

Do you remember what we discussed in World History Class about the importance of having a navy? This article will explain to you what's happening. Also, think about how this article affects the NPT and Nuclear Disarmament.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-fg-russia-india13-2010mar13,0,7959861.story

- Mr. Gibson

World MUN URL

http://worldmun2010.blogspot.com/

Mr. gibson's Interview with Delegate Ashley Powdar

Name: Ashley Powdar
University: Pace University (New York City)
Nationality: American
Age: 21
Major: Modern Languages/Political Science

Mr. Gibson: How long have you been interested in Model United Nations?
Ashley Powdar: I have been interested in Model United Nations ever since my senior year of high school. I received a scholarship from my rotary club that allowed me to study abroad in Spain. The experience of studying abroad and meeting people from a different place with different views made me want to get involved with Model UN and diplomacy. I chose Pace University specifically because they had a strong International Diplomacy program and MUN Club.

Mr. Gibson: What do you do in Model UN Club in university?
Ashley Powdar: We focus first on our country profile. For that we use CIA World Factbook, BBC Timeline, and any other sort of reference. Then, we get into research and position papers. We use the UN Charter, UN documents, Intergovernmental Panel reports, past resolutions, and quotes from world leaders. Other than that, we have instructors who prepare us for conferences.

Mr. Gibson: Do you know all the procedures and formal vocabulary?
Ashley Powdar: Not exactly. We do use “cheat sheets.” It’s allowed at conference, but after a while you get used to it. We have a cheat sheet for motions, and one for rules and procedures.

Mr. Gibson: Do you have any advice for our students?
Ashley Powdar: Yes. Make all of your speeches short and sweet. Many times, delegates talk for too long and get cut off by the chair.

In conference, you won’t know everything about your topic, but if you’re confident, people will follow you.

Use simple language in your speeches. Use more technical language in unmoderated caucus. Save your complicated and language for the resolutions. This is especially important for ESL students. Many times I’ve noticed that ESL students try to make up for their lower level of English by trying to use big words that often times don’t make any sense.

Always be diplomatic and professional

As for building arguments, try this technique that our professors teach us.

1.) have a fact based upon your research
2.) build off that fact to make a larger point about the problem
3.) propose a solution
4.) end with a quote

Mr. Gibson: Future Goals
Ashley Powdar: I want to work in the State Department of the United States as an ambassador or diplomat.

Mr. Gibson: Has there been any one person or event that inspired you?
Ashley Powdar: There hasn’t been one person, mentor or teacher. It was mainly because of my experience living abroad.

Trip to World MUN

I arrived in Taipei about 9:00 am on Monday. Unfortunately, the directions were a little off and I ended up wandering around the Taipei 101 neighborhood for a while. Eventually, I found my way. I was a bit late, but Ami Nash, the Secretary-General of the World MUN Conference helped me find my way inside the conference center. She was even nice to give me a pass that let everyone know I was a "VIP." This helped later on.

    I was able to watch a large chunk of the WTO Committee on Trade and Climate Change. I arrived right after roll was taken so I didn't miss too much substantiative debate. When I arrived, the delegates were in the middle of their Opening Remarks. Next came a round of Moderated Caucus on the topic of "Specific ways in which climate change effects trade." The delegates threw out a lot of examples, but little in the way of specific plans. After this came a round of Unmoderated Caucus (what we have been referring to as "Informal Caucus"). During the Unmoderated Caucus, I was allowed to walk around, take pictures, record some short clips for the MUN students, and listen. By this time I had a good idea of who the leading delegates were, so I kind of followed them around and listened. It gave me a good idea of where the committee would head later on. Another Moderated Caucus followed. This one was on the topic of "How to provide technology transfer (technology that would allow developing countries to not leave such a big carbon footprint as they develop) from industrialized countries to developing ones." After this caucus, the committee recessed and went for lunch.

During lunch, I went to the "Special Projects Room." This room contained projects developed by university students to help with development, reduction of pollution, water rights issues, etc. There were delegations from Taiwan, India, The United States and The U.K. One dealt with raising water levels in Bangalore, India. One dealt with improving access to medical care for women in Uganda. Another was about HIV/Sex Education in Trinidad and Tobago. The Taiwanese delegation had a plan for improving the MRT in Kaohsiung .At the end of it, we all voted for our favourite. I voted for the raising of water levels in Bangalore. Also during lunch, I wandered around and took a look at what delegates were doing. I noticed that, even during recess, many were meeting with each other and discussing their issue. I listened in on a group of students planning a strategy for engaging Iran in a discussion on Nuclear Disarmament.

After lunch, we went back into the committee room. Roll call took about 30 minutes, which was all the time I had left, so I listened to it and met a journalist from CTA. He asked if he could interview, which I gladly did, and today we are cited in his article on the World MUN conference (See this attachment: ). Once they had reconvened, I took off.

March 16th, 2010

Ni hao,

Today, we will continue with the research and I will tell you all about the World MUN Conference. follow the link below and you will

http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/WebNews_Detail.aspx?Type=aALL&ID=201003150030

Also, thanks to the help of some of the delegates and chairs, they have been kind enough to help us out on the research end of the conference. Try finding some more information in one of the following blogs, youtube channels, websites, or reports.

http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/
http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9ob9WdbXx0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPIo7lteCZk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVGGgncVq-4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ttjOqpv8zs
http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/eviroed/Carbon%20Footprint%20Curriculum.pdf
http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/eviroed/Fall%202009%20Curriculum%20Updated%20090901.pdf
http://www.worldwildlife.org/climate/curriculum/item5944.html\
http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/curriculum/curriculum.htm

Jia you,

Mr. Gibson

PS: We are also going to look at pictures today!

Grading Rubric for Climate Change Presentation

Ni hao all, here is the grading Rubric for your presentation. I strongly suggest that you finish all of your research in between now and Tuesday so that during class we can focus on smoothing stuff out and making the PowerPoint. Please print this out on the day of the presentation.

 

• Research is accurate (30 points)
  
• Research is thorough (20 points)
  
• Research shows both sides of any debate (10 points)
  
• Research is presented clearly and concisely…
  
  • visually (5 points)
    
  • audibly (5 points)
    
  • kinaesthetically (5 points)
    
• The group works well together (5 points).
  
• Each group member pulled his or her weight (10 points).
  
  • Anne
    
  • Annie
    
  • Eric
    
  • Sabrina
    
  • Tina
    

Jia you,

 

Mr. Gibson

"Taiwan" Submits Second UN Bid

I know it's a little of subject, but you might find this interesting.

http://taiwanjournal.nat.gov.tw/site/Tj/ct.asp?xItem=24529&ctNode=122

Group Homework Project

Ni hao,

Here is today's agenda...

1.) I will check to see what sort of progress you've made on your research.

2.) You are hereby assigned a group homework project. All five of you need to work together in order to create an audio (speeches from you guys, youtube clips, etc.) visual (PowerPoint, posterboard, etc) and kinisthetic (something that enables people to do their own investigation by using their own hands) presentation on the climate change problem.

*.) In this project, you need to present both sides of the argument that is taking place.
*.) Your presentation must be long enough to take up one entire class period
*.) Your presentation is due next week to me during Model UN class.

PS...Check out Breathingearth.net

• An interactive map that gives you lots of information about population increases and C02 emissions.
  
• http://www.breathingearth.net/

Publish Post

Jia you,

Mr. Gibson

Conference on Climate Change

 

Ni hao!

 

Xing nian kuai le. Gong xi fa cai (I think that's how you spell it)!

 

Welcome back to MUN class. We are going to do something a little different. This time, you will be assigned four different countries! That's right, four different countries. However, the format will be a little bit different.

 

1. You need to get country profiles, but all I want you to do is use them. With that said, I will allow you to copy and paste them on the blog. Remember to cite your source of information, and also remember to keep a hard copy for yourself so you can use it later.
   

   
    

2. After you get your country profiles, you will start researching climate change. You need to answer the following questions, cite your sources and back them up with facts. Each of you will have a specific task in our group. This will be our class work and homework for February 23, 2010.
   

   
    

   1. Geographer: What is "climate change?" How can it be a bad thing?
      
      1. I suggest you explain this term in simple and specific scientific/geographic terms.
         

         
          

   2. Scientist: How does climate change occur? What makes it happen?
      
      1. I suggest you back it up with solid science.
         

         
          

   3. Environmental Scientist: If climate change happens, how will that affect our environment?
      
      1. I suggest you use past environmental tragedies as examples.
         

         
          

   4. Economist: If climate change happens, how will that affect our economies?
      
      1. I suggest you get dollar amount estimates.
         

         
          

   5. Historian/Politician: If climate change happens, how will that affect the relationship between countries?
      
      1. I suggest you look at examples from the past of courtiers who had bad relationships and find out why.
         

   
    

3. After you finish your research, you will then answer the following questions about all four of your respective countries.
   

   
    

   1. How do these climate change problems affect my country?
      

      
       

   2. What is my countries' economy based upon?
      

      
       

   3. How will any resolutions passed by the United Nations affect my countries' economy?
      

      
       

   4. How do my countries' political leaders feel about climate change?
      

   
    

4. After this, we will have more of a discussion instead of a conference on climate change. During this discussion we will focus on strategies and how to "walk a mile in someone else's shoes" in order to get a resolution passed or defeated.
   

   
    

   
    

   
    

   Hao bu hao?
   

   
    

   Mr. Gibson