A speech by the World Health Organisation about “establishing guidelines for the privatisation of water” “Most honourable Chairs, fellow Delegates, hard working Add Staff and dear guests. Providing access to water is one of the most effective instruments in promoting health and reducing poverty. 17% of the global population lacked access to safe water resources[…]
102 delegates in one room and it is comparatively quiet. How can this be? The Russian delegate gives us the answer right before he delivers the opening speech to his resolution about increasing international efforts to prevent terrorist attacks: “Very hard work” went on “all night long”. Right, of course! Well, then we’ll excuse the[…]
“Establishing guidelines for the privatization of water” is the issue of the agenda the legal committee started debating in the evening of the second day of AMUN. The main-submitter of this resolution is the Republic of Estonia. In his speech the delegate addressed this topic as being a question of dignity and of human rights.[…]
When did you screw everything up, but no one ever found out it was you? “Isn`t that called life?” Where is the worst smelling place you’ve been? “I would say our Central Station pissoirs!” What would be the coolest animal to scale up to the size of a horse? “Funny answer, it would be[…]
“This resolution sucks, Jeeezz!” Not something you hear that often from a delegate on the floor. And the resolution better be a good one, since it is dealing with the serious issue of FGM – “Female Genital Mutilation”. As a matter of fact the motion to table the resolution is proposed a few[…]
“Don’t worry, be happy!”, the loudspeakers are shouting in the Second Committee. Although that might not be the most effective solution to stabilize currencies in South America, it’s… a start. Luckily, the Republic of Cuba has prepared a resolution to tackle this issue with some more specific actions, for example encouraging other countries to[…]
“Do you want to start debating the resolution or do you want to do gossip first?”, the chair asks. “Gossssssiiiiiiipp”, the committee shouts back like a choir. Well, ‘improving international efforts to prevent terrorist attacks by terrorist cells and single perpetrators’ is put off for a few more minutes. Now that the delegates feel satisfied[…]
An article about the Opening Ceremony by the press of the Hamburg Parliament Unfortunately this article is only available in German.
The Opening Ceremony took place in the beautiful Hamburg City Hall. The almost fully wooden construction was built from 1886 to 1897. In the 19th century the ground was very musty so the house had to be build onto 4.000 wooden poles. The style that you can find in all the rooms is historicism and[…]
And so it begins! Alster Model United Nations is back in the game, it’s been one year and things have changed. No school auditorium anymore, instead a location just slightly fancier: the City Hall of Hamburg. When walking across the red carpet, one gets the feeling of suddenly being very important. And after entering the[…]