DCIS Model United Nations

MOCK MEET 2021

Please see the Background Guide for all the information you will need today!

MUN 2021-22!

The first meeting for returning members will be on Tuesday, September 7 during office hours in Mr. Adams' room. An email has already been sent out but we will discuss recruiting, hosting vs. traveling, and the upcoming meets for this year!

FOSSIL RIDGE INFO

Council begins on Saturday, February 27th at 9:00 am and will run until 4:00 pm.

Assignments:

Alyssa and Paikea will be representing Norway in the Press-Corps BSC

Sophia will be representing South Korea in GA 1

Ned will be representing Jeff Bezos on US Bloc 1

The rest of the delegates participating are in leadership so I don't feel like typing it out here :)

Resources:

Background Guides 

Position Paper Submission 

Zoom Links 

Pre-written Resolutions 

Please don't hesitate to text the Remind with any questions!

CSSOMUN (VIRTUAL CONFERENCE) COUNTRY ASSIGNMENTS/BACKGROUND GUIDES (MAY 2)

CSSOMUN Website

IMPORTANT NOTES

• Background guides posted on CSSOMUN website

• Position papers due 11:59pm, Thursday April 30 (email to PO)

• Every delegate must email PO prior to conference in order to receive Zoom invite

• Opening ceremonies at 9am, May 2 via Zoom

  • POs will send out invitations

• Committees will begin at 9:30am

• Lunch 12pm-12:45pm

• Council will end at 3pm, May 2

  • No closing ceremonies, but awards will still be given

Advanced UNDP 1

Hanae - Sudan

Allison - PO

Advanced UNDP 2

Thandi - South Africa

Sabina - Switzerland

Intermediate Government Surveillance 

Ned - Saudi Arabia

2020-21 NEW LEADERSHIP TEAM!

• Secretary-General - Thandi Glick

• Deputy Secretary-General - Sabina Lopez-Jensen

• Communications Officer (Secretary) - Zoe West

• Treasurer - Katia Marusich

COVID-19 and DCIS MUN

Please fill out this form to nominate a club member for each of the available Leadership positions. Please do not nominate two people for the same role, as this year's Leadership team has decided to eliminate shared roles, as well as add the role of Treasurer.

Also, Cherokee Trails and Legend High Schools are currently trying to put together a VIRTUAL CONFERENCE centered around COVID-19. If you are a Senior and want to PO, please let someone in Leadership know and we will pass your name on to the conference directors. We will also be providing more information on this when we receive it.

As far as the end of the year goes, it has been an honor and a pleasure to work with all of you and we are deeply saddened by this year's sudden end. We are sorry there was not more we could do for all of you this semester, but we are so proud of this club and all that it has accomplished. Leadership is hoping to host either a Google Hangout or Zoom meeting to wrap up the year and announce election results. We are also exploring ways to do remote affirmations. More information will be coming your way once we have finalized it.

Thank you so much, love you all. <3

LEGEND HS BACKGROUND GUIDES/COUNTRY ASSIGNMENTS

BSC (Kashmir and Rohingya)

• Background Guide

• Prewritten Resolution 101

• Prewritten Resolution 102

• Prewritten Resolution 103

• Prewritten Resolution 201

• Prewritten Resolution 202

• Prewritten Resolution 203

• Josh/Evo - United States

Intermediate (Apartheid)

• Background Guide

• Ned - Switzerland

Intermediate/Advanced (Coronavirus)

• Background Guide

• Max - China

• Bryon - Russia

Advanced 1 (Gene Drive)

• Background Guide

• Allison - India

• Hanae - UK

• Sabina - Mexico

• Katia - Ukraine

Advanced 2 (Gene Drive)

• Background Guide

• Thandi - Egypt

• Claire - China

CU BOULDER CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

FRIDAY

• 5:30-6:00pm - Check-In/Registration

• 6:00-6:30pm - Opening Ceremonies

• 6:30-10:00pm - Council in Session

SATURDAY

• 9:00am-12:00pm - Council in Session

• 12:00-1:00pm - Lunch

• 1:00-3:30pm - Council in Session

• 4:00-4:45pm - Closing Ceremonies

CU BOULDER BACKGROUND GUIDES

*click on the council name to access

Beginner Security Council

Intermediate General Assembly

Advanced Historical Joint Crisis Councils

CU BOULDER COUNTRY ASSIGNMENTS

Beginner Security Council 3

• Evo/Josh - South Africa

Intermediate General Assembly

• Hanae - Austria

Advanced Historical Joint Crises Councils

• USA

  • Thandi - J. Edgar Hoover

• USSR

  • Bryon - Andrey Vyshinsky

  • Katia - Leonid Brezhnev

• GREECE

  • Claire - Dimitros Bampakos

  • Allison - Aleksander Makarios

*Backgrounds will be released soon!

BIGMUN DISCORD SERVER

Everyone going to Denmark needs to make a Discord account and join this server within the coming weeks. Click here to access the BIGMUN server.

THURSDAY MEETING

We will be registering for CU Boulder, so please make sure that you're there!

January 9, 2020

• 3:00-4:15

• Adam's Room

ICC LEAD PROSECUTOR TO OPEN FORMAL INVESTIGATION INTO POTENTIAL WAR CRIMES IN PALESTINE

Fatou Bensouda, the International Criminal Court's lead prosecutor, announced on December 20 that the ICC will be formally investigating war crimes in Palestine. She maintains that "war crimes have been or are being committed in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip". 

The General Assembly, Security Council, and ICJ have all already stated that Israeli settlements in the West Bank, as well as the Separation Wall, violate the Fourth Geneva Convention.

Click here to learn more.

This is all super important so please stay informed!

BIGMUN PARENT MEETING REMINDER

Thursday, December 5

4:00-4:45pm in Adams Room

First payment due!

WHITE ELEPHANT PARTY

Our annual white elephant party is scheduled for December 19th, 3:00-4:30.

Please bring a gift that is wrapped or bagged. Gifts are also meant to be weird and fun, however please put effort into your gift because we do want everyone to enjoy what they get.

DCIS FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP

WE HAVE BEEN AWARDED THE DCIS FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP!

Please see our International page for more detailed information on the scholarship. Thank you to everyone for your hard work on the application!

AUNG SAN SUU KYI TO TESTIFY TO ICJ

Hey everyone, there has been an important development in the Rohingya Genocide/Crisis. Aung San Suu Kyi, a political and social leader in Myanmar, is scheduled to appear in front of the International Court of Justice next month in a series of public hearings. This is major, so please keep yourself informed.

Click here to learn more.

You can also view our Need to Know Topics page to learn more about the conflict as whole.

DENMARK MEETING

The club meeting on Thursday, December 5 will be for students attending BIGMUN only. There will also be a required parent meeting at 4pm to announce some updated itinerary information, go over payment schedules, and send out notary forms.

DENMARK GOFUNDME

This is the link to the GoFundMe for the Denmark trip. Please share it with friends and family!

https://www.gofundme.com/f/bigmun-2020

KENT COUNTRY ASSIGNMENTS

• Beginner Security Council

  • Ned - Poland (Council 5)

  • Josh/Saylor - Cote D'Ivore (Council 7)

• Intermediate

  • Sergio - Mexico

• Intermediate/Advanced

  • Max - Cambodia

  • Sabina - Myanmar

  • Bryon - France

• Advanced

  • Thandi - Sudan (Council 1)

  • Katia - Libya (Council 2)

  • Zoe - Sudan (Council 2)

KENT BACKGROUND GUIDES

*To view the background guide click on the council level.

• Beginner Security Council - Central American Migration/Deforestation in the Americas

• Beginner/Intermediate Council - Education in Sub-Saharan Africa/Gender Equality in Africa

• Intermediate - Global Overfishing/Global Rising Sea Levels

• Intermediate/Advanced - Air Pollution in East Asia/Water Pollution in South Asia

• Advanced - Jewish Settlements in the West Bank/Hamas; Gaza Strip

BOULDER HS COUNTRY ASSIGNMENTS

Saturday, October 12th - Boulder High School

*Also please click here to review our updated editing policies - thank you!

Beginner Security Council - 3

Elias/Josh - United States

Intermediate Bio Diversity - 2

Sophia/Sergio - Australia

Intermediate WHO

Ernie - Burkina Faso

Sam - Zimbabwe

Intermediate BREXIT

Max - Nicola Sturgeon

Intermediate/Advanced UNESCO

Bryon - Mexico

Advanced EU

Katia - Hungary

Advanced Yugoslavia

Thandi - *Siniša Stanković

Zoe - Frane Frol

Sabina - *Đurađ Pucar

Hanae - Momčilo Đujić

Claire - *Đorđije Pajković

Allison - Aleksandar Ranković

BOULDER HS BACKGROUND GUIDES

Saturday, October 12th - Boulder High School

Boulder HS background guides are officially out! Click here to view them. Please read them before our Thursday meeting this week.

*Country assignments will be released by tomorrow.

BIGMUN PRELIMINARY PARENT MTG

Thursday, October 10th

4:30-5:30pm in Adams' Room

*Attendance is mandatory for students interested in attending BIGMUN, but only strongly recommended for parents.

MOCK CONFERENCE BACKGROUND GUIDE

Background Guide

*Please note that this document is simplistic and is not meant to emulate an actual background guide

MOCK CONFERENCE COUNTRY ASSIGNMENTS

Country Assignments

Reminder - Mock Conference will be next Thursday from 3:30-5:30 in the MUN room

Background Guide will be released shortly

MOCK CONFERENCE 

Thursday, September 26

3:30-5:30 in the MUN Room

TOPIC - SYRIAN REFUGEE CRISIS

• Country assignments will be given out

• A background guide will be provided - basic research is still required

• No position papers

• Intermediate/Advanced members will be given the opportunity to preside

FOREIGN AFFAIRS PANEL "COLORADO REMEMBERS"

Wednesday, September 11

7:00-9:00 at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House

TOPIC - 9/11 REMEMBRANCE / U.S. FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TERRORISM

Panel Members Include

• Christopher Hill - Former U.S. Ambassador and DU Professor

• Gen. Stanley McChrystal - Former Leader of Joint Special Operations Command in Afghanistan

• Ed Royce - Former Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee

• Tom Sanderson - Co-Founder of the Transnational Threats Project

FIRST MEETING OF THE YEAR!

Thursday, August 29

3:00-4:00 in Adams' Room