Date

Topic of Session & Required Reading

 21.10.08

Official Welcome, Presentation of Program, Selection of Countries and General Introduction

·         - if available - documentary on discussion topic(s)

28.10.08

A Critical Introduction to the United Nations in Global Politics – Part I:

·         Required Reading:

Brian White, Diplomacy, in: Baylis/Smith (Eds.), The Globalization of World Politics, 3^rd Edition, Oxford 2005, pp. 387-403.

Rules of Procedures – Part I

·         Required Reading:

Rules of Procedure of the Security Council (www.un.org/Docs/sc/scrules.htm)

04.11.08

A Critical Introduction to the United Nations in Global Politics – Part II

·         Required Reading:

Paul Taylor/Devon Curtis, The United Nations, in: Baylis/Smith (Eds.), The Globalization of World Politics, 4^th Edition, Oxford 2008, pp. 312-328.

Rules of Procedures – Part II

·         Required Reading:

Conference Handbook WorldMUN 2006 (pp. 20-40)

11.11.08

A Critical Introduction to the United Nations in Global Politics – Part III

·         Required Reading:

Nicholas J. Wheeler/Alex J. Bellamy, Humanitarian interventions in world politics, in: Baylis/Smith (Eds.), The Globalization of World Politics, 4^th Edition, Oxford 2008, pp. 522-539.

Pro & Contra Debate on current affairs issue

·         Required Reading:

Please follow current events and debates of international politics in the media (newspapers, TV news magazines etc.).

12.12.08

10.-14.00

Presentation of Country Profile & Literature Research (5min. each)

·         Reading: Please identify important sources for your specific country profile. Please use, among others, the following websites: www.auswaertiges-amt.de/diplo/de/, www.bertelsmann-transformation-index.de (Country Reports), www.bbcnews.com (Country Profiles), www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html (Country Reports), www.un.org/Docs/sc/, www.freedomhouse.org (Annual Country Reports)

Rules of Procedures – Part III: Resolution Drafting

·         Required Reading:

www.nmun.org/committees/06_comm_downloads_2006DelegatePrepManual Final.pdf (pp. 12-16)

09.01.09

10.-14.00

Presentation of Opening Statement & Mock Simulation (two rounds of 30 min. for each country team delegate, 15 min preparation time, 15 min. feedback session)

·         Required Reading:

Please follow current events and debates of international politics in the media (newspapers, TV news magazines etc.).

Documentary on United Nations Peacekeeping Operations (60 min.)

Final rehearsal (including presentation of revised opening statement)

30.-31.01.09 (full days)

HIMUN-Event (two days)