TIMUN+2010

= Congratulations on being selected for TIMUN 2010! =

You have been chosen to participate in the THIMUN-affiliated Turkish International Model United Nations (TIMUN) conference hosted by Uskudar American Academy in Istanbul, Turkey, from December 9th to December 12th 2010,. Now in its 17th year, TIMUN is a well-established conference and draws international schools from many countries. International participants in recent years have come from Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Kuwait, Mexico, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine and the United States of America.

Website: http://www.timun.org/index-0.html



Calendar:
Monday November 8th - country report completed, read by all delegates before meeting

Monday November 22nd - policy statements on all topics in your committee written and posted on wiki

Monday November 29th - excellent clause written for each topic in your committee and posted on wiki - pre travel meeting with parents

Monday December 6th - two more clauses completed for each topic in your committee and posted on wiki - final travel arrangements and reminders

WRITING POLICY STATEMENTS
A policy statement should include:

1. main points to consider about the issue - in your own words (make this v brief as you have the reports from TIMUN- it can be bulleted or listed)

2. what the international community has already done to address this issue (treaties, resolutions, conferences etc.) (again keep this brief - it can be bulleted or listed)

3. your country's point of view about this issue and reasons for this point of view (what has been said by leaders, action already taken, views of allies etc.)

4. at least three solutions that your country would propose to address this issue (these then serve as ideas for your clauses on this issue)

Please make sure that all your policy statements contain these four parts. Use your own words ALWAYS and feel free to use lists or bullets if it makes things clearer.

Here is the link to the reports on each issue: []

Turkey - country report
** GA 1: Disarmament Committee - ** Nathan ** GA2: Human Rights Committee - ** Merette **GA 3:** **Territorial Disputes Committee** **-** Karim Abdel Wadood ** GA 4: Environment Committee - ** Jiho ** GA 5: Legal Committee - ** Sherif ** Special Conference on Rapprochement of Cultures - ** Rukmini ** ECOSOC - ** Chris ** Security Council - ** Dalia

Zimbabwe - country report
** GA 1: Disarmament Committee - ** Stephen ** GA2: Human Rights Committee - ** Emir ** GA 3: Territorial Disputes Committee - ** Thayne ** GA 4: Environment Committee - ** Karim El Gohary ** GA 5: Legal Committee - ** Zeyad ** Special Conference on Rapprochement of Cultures - ** Jose ** ECOSOC - ** Ehab =**//__ Turkey Delegates Clauses: __//**= **//__Ecosoc-Chris__//**
 * //__ GA1: Disarmament committee-Nathan __//**
 * //__ GA2: Human Rights committee-Merette __//**
 * //__ GA3: Teritorial disputes committee-Dalia __//**
 * //__ GA4: Environment committee-Jiho __//**
 * //__ GA5: Legal committee- SHerif __//**
 * //__ Special conference on rapprochement of cultures: Rukmini __//**
 * //__ Security Council-Karim Abdel-Wadood __//**

THE TRIP
We will be staying at this hotel: http://www.hotelsuadiye.com/indexEN.html