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Honorable Delegates!
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he past few days were full of tough negotiations, eager ambitions and painful comprimises. Nevertheless we also found the time to savour every moment to the fullest and to shine as bright as the colors of spring, which surround us in the beautiful city of Dresden. We are delighted to present you the 2nd marvelous issue of „The Stream“. We hope you are as pleased as the delegate of the humble country of Kazakhstan, with your decision to participate at the third elbMUN. As a gesture of our gratitude we originally planned to give each of you your own real Kazakh cow. Bearing in mind our substainability, we discussed this issue vehemently and settled for a miniature cow instead to keep the emission of the elbMUN to a minimum. The wonderful elbMUN has come to an end and we are looking
˚ Kazakh cows are known to be the funniest in the world forward to dance with you in the MUNlight tonight and to welcome you again in Dresden next year.
Sincerely yours!
Paula Neuber Press team
why you should read this mag 3 Editorial 4 Interview 5 6 7 8 9
Facts Security Council Interview ECOSOC What for?
Social Events 10 Interview 11 DISEC 12 SOCHUM Interview Gambling Sustainability
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organizing elbmun Anna Neubauer, one of 60 students involved in organzing elbMUN, talks about the numerous struggles they had to deal with. brought in certain elements into the coordination process so that we had a pleasant balance. For me basically there were three points that I definitely wanted to realize in this year’s elbMUN conference: various workshops for political education, fair-trade coffee and elbMUN bags. I am so glad that we really achieved all these things.
The Stream: How much time did you need for the whole preparation of the elbMUN? Anna: We started to organize elbMUN in June 2011 when we formed the coordination team. By October the team heads had been selected. The next step was to organize the sub-teams. In the beginning we spent 5 hours a week organizing, then 10 hours and then in the final stage we were working up to 30 hours a week for this year’s conference. Looking back, do you remember something that worked out unexpectedly well when organizing the elbMUN? The leaders coordinated their teams very well. Everyone had his/ her own way of doing things and
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What was most difficult in the whole organization process? I guess the financial part was one of the most difficult elements. Nevertheless, our team did a great job. Even though the last two weeks were especially laborious we have found many donators. But we are still waiting now for some promised money. Would you organize the elbMUN again? Probably not. Don’t get me wrong, I am not saying that I did not like the organization. I really had a lot of fun. But in my opinion, each year the organization should be taken over by new people so they can gain experience and put their personality into the process. This is necessary in order to keep elbMUN fresh and full of enthusiasm. How did you manage to nearly double the number of participants in this year’s elbMUN compared to the last conference? This year’s Public Relations Team did a wonderful job. We were able to advertise the elbMUN on the
TV screens in the canteens, so we reached a broad audience. In addition, we had a team that supported international participants in terms of visa. Through this it was much easier for them to participate. And last but not least, our students of International Relations who were on their Erasmus semesters spread the word in their host countries. What makes the elbMUN special among all the other MUNs? This year’s elbMUN sets a high value to sustainability and healthy food. For example, we only serve vegetarian meals and fair trade coffee. I hope that we can raise the participants’ consciousness about healthy, sustainable and fair produced food. Anything you want to add, Anna? First of all, I’d like to thank my coorganizers, Leonie Sophia Faße and Florian Sonntag, plus the team leaders. I also want to thank everybody who supported us in creating this wonderful event. All the teams did an awesome job and it was fascinating to see all the involved people putting their heart into the organization of this year’s elbMUN. Often when I was just thinking about a potential problem it was already solved by the team that was in charge of it.
Alex Schumann Press team
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We have distributed 750 condoms at this year‘s elbMUN! How many are left?
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Ruling the world made easy big boys (and girls) playing with big guns.
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aving just agreed on the Security Council Resolution 1970, the council‘s members were confronted with the civil war in Libya again on March 15th the same year. Delegates are being challenged to resolve a humanitarian catastrophe by overcoming their very countries‘ own concerns. Interesting enough, the two opposing propositions were merged on the second day – although not that quickly. It took the chairs several attempts to indicate that there indeed exists an urgent need to cope with the ongoing crisis: civilians are dying, people have to leave their homes, emergency units cannot access the destroyed sites – and most importantly: the Libyan authorities do not cooperate with the international community and
neither seem to comply with SC Resolution 1970. During a marathon of moderated caucuses the Security Council has not witnessed before, the present diplomats cooperatively merged the earlier working papers, leading to the submission by the USA, UK and Lebanon, presenting one joint draft on the afternoon of March 16th 2011: asking for a holistic approach including all Libyan partners, deploying a UN-special envoy, offering border assistance, introducing a no-fly zone, and delivering the case of al Quadaffi to the African Court of Human and People‘s Rights. Unfortunately this draft could not reach the necessary majority. This was due to the fact that the delegation of China wanted to assure, that all non-violent me-
ans are exhausted before reaching for military actions. Second, the US and the delegation of Gabon were not able to settle their bilateral dispute – resulting in one vote too little of reaching a consensus for the draft submitted inter alia by the US. Also, right at copy deadline of “The Stream”, a second topic arose: A preemptive attack conducted by Israel aimed at Iran‘s nuclear facilities. The Secretary General, delegates from the involved countries and the members of the Security Council began to engage in an intense debate ...
Paul Fabel Marco Fölsch Chairpersons
+++ The Brazilian delegate has got pink socks +++ Venezuela falls in love with the US +++ Cuba meets the US friday night at 12 pm at the Elbe in order to solve matters of dispute in a fair one-on-one boxing fight +++ Bets are being received by the neutral delegation of China +++ Funny quotes from the SC France: “we will then ask who provides planes – ” US’ placard flies in the air. Gabon: “I must receive the award for nicest shoes!” Portugal: “We would appreciate if any delegation disagreed on this topic.”
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Younes Bahram, a Syrian opposition member based in Dresden, interrupted the Thursday Session of elbMUNs council SOCHUM, handing over some postcards drawn by German school children to the Syrian delegate demonstrating and undermining the urgent call for peace in Syria. The Stream: The situation in Syria worsens every minute, therefore you and Syrians fight in their daily lives to put to an end the killings in Syria. Which role do you play? Younes Bahram: First of all, we mainly sensitize governments and our fellow men through informal disclosures and public relations activities, like those you have seen in the council. We have to force our people to not look away. Syrian opposition has to get recognized and integrated into strategies against Assad. There obviously needs to be done a great deal of convincing states that any kind of intervention has to take place. As soon as possible. What kind of intervention do you consider? Throughout the conflict approximately 12,000 civilians died – and this is official data. We are currently missing 30,000 soldiers and no one knows where they are: Deserters - fled or killed. I think force will be the only way to finally destroy the regime. It is like a cancer. You cannot just replace the Al-Assad clan by another – you need to cut the abscess out of the Syrian body, with its system and their annexed economy. Therefore we demand absolute embargoes around Syria,
without any bolt-holes for weapon deliveries from Russia and Iran.
bargain this request in informal debates behind our eyes.
As the UN failed until now to act properly in your case, is there a chance that this will happen at any time? Is the UN even the right contact person for Syria? Everyone was able to see, that the United Nations wanted to become active helping the Syrian people. But availing states of their “responsibility to protect” is still a very controversial concept to enforce.
Do you see a window of opportunity to improve the situation? How long will it take? As long as there are enough countries gaining economic or strategic advantage of the situation in Syria change is hard to achieve. China for example, increased their trade volume over the last year by 200 percent. They raise their hand at the right moment and get 3 billion
˚ Kazahk cows are known to be I think that we need a new institutional frame consisting of “Syrian friends”. The UN was handicapped by the veto powers Russia and the People Republic of China. But why are they in such a vehement way suppressing any progress? Take into account, that Russia for instance, holds the only left military base on Syrian territory, facing a NATO rocket fulcrum just 300 kilometers away from it on the Turkish ground. Russia will at the utmost just ease their iron handle, if the United States of America will then withdraw from the strategic vital point of intersection. They already
dollars in return. But the dead men, women, children are not taken into any account. We do want peace. We shout for peace. We have never been free for 42 years, when Assads father got into power and hijacked the countries resources for private purposes. We need to show those realities. We have to keep in mind, that there are people in the world which suppress their peoples. We have to fight them and we have to free Syria.
Annette Kammerer Press team
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sloths at Ecosoc Ecosoc
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conomy is sooo boring! It is abstract and only something for snobs! But if you watch the ECOSOC at elbMUN 2012 you will definitely find the oppositefruitful debates by various people with different backgrounds. In the course of the opening discussions we had the honor to listen to two outstanding guest-speakers – Mrs. Sigrun Neuwerth from the German Bureau of Agriculture and Dr. Jan Meiß from the Rainer Lemoine Institute Berlin – both of course had their own opinion and advantages. But especially Dr. Meiß drew a horrible scenario for all of us. If we want to save the world, we have to be CO2 free by 2040. Sounds theoretical? We took it serious, this is real life! We are really saving the world!
Of course there are always people willing to disturb us in finding a solution. In our case it was attac, which directly “attaced” the order of the house by disturbing the discussion on nuclear power plants. They asked us, if „we were still talking“. Yes we did! But our talks lead to a resolution which would be - if it comes into action - a real step forward to the energy supply of the future. What else happened? Oh, there was „Pussy Riot“. Nothing we have to explain in detail, we just closed the curtain.
Yike Guo, Nicolai Beerheide Chairpersons
sloths at oxfarm big boys (and girls) playing with big guns.
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xfam and Greenpeace, participating at elbMUN as NGOs, are stressing the importance of independent global campaigning organizations to participate in MUNs among all member states. Although NGOs do not have the right to vote upon resolutions, they still have the opportunity to present their points of view concerning the topics under discussion in the committees. In the ECOSOC we were debating the topics “Energy Supply” and “Speculation on Food and Natural Resources”. All member states argued very intensively about
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green energy and the necessity of restricting speculation. One of the most important aims is to reach a consensus on certain points or phrases which appears to be the biggest challenge the delegates have to face during the conference. We thank all member States for the great work and fruitful discussions which also led to acceptable conclusions for the NGOs.
Carolin Krasulsky Greenpeace
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esterday we’ve found an amusing tweet dealing with “big problems at a MUN”. A girl stated the following: “So many hot guys... Yet none of them in my committee”. Are those simulations in the end more about making out than promoting the much celebrated international understanding? People attending MUNs often state that they try to understand how the world works and how to (probably probably maybe) later on be part of such an organization - making the world a better place. But if we are honest – isn`t it an egocentric self-pleased game, where people for four days consider themselves responsible for peace and war? Aren’t they just puppets in the big
fat world wedding? Taking part in the show means to preserve our political system: Participants learn how to lobby, manipulate and egoi-
NO stically promote ones interests. Plenty of money and resources flood projects like this, eager students spend their time organizing such big events, many planes go back and forth dropping people off
– but what for? Don‘t they just talk about problems instead of actually doing something? When the elbMUN staff once promoted an East African MUN, as an answer people calculated the environmental costs for attending it. To compensate, one would need the oxygen production of about 340 trees per year. Short term visa, as issued by the German embassy, only worsens this fact: MUN Participants have no time for seeing the country but stay in their beautiful bubble of black-suited would-be diplomats.
Annette Kammerer Press team
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these three letters stand for young men and women in suits, ties and fancy dresses, debating, lobbying and trying to adopt this one resolution which all participating countries are satisfied with. But isn’t there more to it? “Of course!”, says Jan Südbrock, staff member of the logistics team. “The ElbMUN is far more than just the official part.” And he is completely right. It is also – and some even say mainly – about socializing, getting to know each other and partying! Where else can you get into touch with such a big group of international and interesting people? Therefore, this year’s social events team came up with some fantastic ideas for the part “without suits and
working papers”. After a festive opening ceremony on Tuesday we were invited to get to know the famous pub scene of Dresden-Neustadt. We had a great time enjoying a couple of beers and drinks in the bar “Zille” which might have played a minor role in our decision to go dancing afterwards. Anyway, it was a blast! Though tired of the tough negotiations many delegates did not hesitate to attend the barbecue the next day. Few were apparently surprised by the fact that we grilled cheese instead of sausages but in the end they were convinced by the rich salad buffet. Speaking of vegetarianism: There are rumors that the organization team meets secretly during lunch break on the roof of the Saxon State Parliament
to grill a freshly slaughtered cow. Check it out tomorrow! The barbecue was followed by a concert of several local bands rocking the stage with powerful voices – a great foretaste for the last night! We look forward to the last days as all delegates seem to be professionals in the gossiping and socializing part. Tonight’s prom is especially promising in this context. Don’t forget to check out the latest rumors, put on your dancing shoes and let’s go dancing in the MUNlight!
Funny quotes Chair: “Is Libya present?” Delegate: “No.” Chair: “Thank you, Libya!” Japan: “The delegate is worried if Egypt has been confused by the beauty of the delegate of Brazil.”
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no meat - no bbq - no fun?
Jonas Seufert Press team
Director of the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg (IFSH), on the threats of nuclear power and Germany’s responsibility in nuclear disarmament. The Stream: How do you explain that, even though there is a nuclear “taboo“, non-nuclear states are threatened by nuclear powers? Brzoska: Nuclear weapons have not been deployed, after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, against non-nuclear states. However, this past „nuclear taboo“ is no guarantee that nuclear weapons will not be used in the future. Not all nuclear weapon states have officially said that they will not attack non-nuclear states (“negative security assurances“). The United States, for instance, has exempted states which are not in good standing with respect to nuclear non-proliferation, the United Kingdom cases of attacks with bio-
logical or chemical weapons, and Russia all vital threats to its national security. Furthermore, if the number of nuclear weapon states would increase, these states might not be similarly restraint by a „nuclear taboo“. Where do you see the German responsibility in the agenda of nuclear disarmament? Germany has renounced nuclear weapons, not least because of its own historic role in the development of nuclear weapons (fear of a German nuclear weapon was one factor driving the development of nuclear weapons in the USA). Germany can claim a particular interest in nuclear disarmament. In addition, Germany hosts US nuclear weapons. Germany could push unilaterally for their withdrawal from German territory. In addition, Germany can try to persuade nuclear weapon states to do more for nuclear disarmament.
Germany is a major partner both in NATO and in the European Union. It therefore can push for changes in NATO's nuclear policies. Particular issues are NATO‘s position on negative security assurances (NATO keeps open the option to attack non-nuclear weapon states) and the stationing of nuclear weapons in Europe, including in Germany. Within the EU, which is trying to develop a common foreign and security policy, Germany can particularly address France and the UK with its concerns about nuclear weapon issues. Outside of these organizations, Germany can work together with other groups of countries pushing for nuclear disarmament, both at international, such as the Conference for Disarmament, and in informal groups.
Paula Neuber Press team
why some seats remained vacant
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s many might have noticed, some seats on the extreme left of the plenary hall could not be used during the conference. This was no mistake but a deliberate measure by the organization team. Seen from the entry doors the extreme left is actually the political extreme right. The party is called NPD (National Democratic Party of Germany) and displaced the former Nazi party NSDAP under
Adolph Hitler, after it got banned as reaction to the Second World War. Nowadays they associate themselves with antidemocratic and unconstitutional activities. The NPD stands for racism xenophobia and forcibly coming into power – a party with this program should in our view not be allowed to enter any parliament in Germany or elsewhere. The spirit of a MUN pricks the values and believes of such extreme right
wing parties. We are found upon international understanding, cultural exchange and peaceful and diplomatic conflict resolutions. As we strongly deplore the inhuman concept of the NPD we refuse to take seat on these chairs.
Jonas Seufert Press team
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resolutions without coffee? big boys (and girls) playing with big guns.
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fter the speeches of Christoph Eichhorn and Prof. Dr. Brzoska on Wednesday morning the committee of the DISEC was eager to start debating. Although the delegates had received useful information about nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation, they surprisingly decided to change the order of the Agenda and start discussing the question of cyber-warfare first. Unfortunately, five countries were missing in our committee; however, we had the pleasure of having the only delegate of Germany. The delegates quickly started debating about their different positions and finding supporters for their working papers. Nevertheless, it took a while for them to find their “flow”, so that the draft resolution was only passed on the second day of the conference when the delegates, as Iran put it, had “sharpened their teeth”. However, it did not come to a draft resolution which was deeply regretted by the delegate of Venezuela.
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As our delegates were working hard, they deserved their breaks where coffee was just as important as during our debates. Japan had claimed that the draft resolution was like café latte without the coffee, therefore delegates were happy to find some real coffee in the hall. When the first cyber-warfare resolution put forward by Iran had finally passed, everyone was relieved to continue with the topic of nuclear disarmament. This time the honorable delegate of the Islamic Republic of Iran had difficulties to be heard by the rest of the committee. This fact did also not change when the delegate of the rising sun (Japan) was about to virtually turn on the light in the committee. Even if the delegate of the United States was about to reunite the majority of the DISEC, Iran did not give up and handed in a working paper. To the delegate’s regret, the second page was lost but appeared again on the table of the delegate of Israel. However, still none of the other
states was willing to support Iran’s paper. When the strenuous but productive Thursday session drew to an end, the committee was eager to leave and socialize. Points of Parliamentary Inquiry were misused to ask which pub to go to in the evening and the final Motion to Adjourn Debate by Australia was applauded by knocking on the tables. We’ve had a great time seeing the delegates of DISEC improve and get more familiar with the procedure and each other. Provided they manage to show up more or less on time Friday morning, it’s sure that they will produce a great second resolution. Whatever the outcome, we’ve had a blast (not the Hiroshima kind) with the great DISEC delegates.
Tanja Walter Randolf Carr Chairpersons
Delegates of the SOCHUM were baffled when during the discussion of a resolution on land-grabbing ten Attac activists entered the plenary hall and took over the floor for several minutes expressing their anger about the way delegates discussed the issue. While some activists established a sit-in blockade others put up a transparency on the visitors balcony claiming that speculation on food and land leads to poverty especially in third-world countries. Christoph Ellermann, speaker of the activist group puts
it like this: “The financial sector of the Western world endangers democratic decision making by putting through personal interests such as the acquisition of vast territories especially in southern countries. Thereby, they are driven by the greed of gain and simply do not care about the well-being of the people. These are often driven away without even knowing that their land was sold by their government. We want the SOCHUM to vote for binding regulations for foreign investments in order to stop
land-grabbing. But instead they are just talking.” Security quickly cleared the sit-in by force but it sure had an impact on the delegates as they demonstrated their approval by standing ovation. If the protests had an influence on the resolution itself was not definite at the time of printing.
Today, our guest speaker, Professor Sami Al-deeb follows the sessions and seems very interested in the controversially discussed issue of Foreign Direct Investments. The committee was very surprised when a group of ATTAC activists entered the building, proclaiming once again, that earth is not for sale. The delegates were not intimidated but continued to work intensively on finding a solution. Bhutan had the chance to get into chairing,
when the delegate moderated the house for 40 minutes. The chairs hope it was a delightful experience. We are really looking forward to have our distinguished guest speaker have his speech delivered and are optimistic to have a go on the other issue, Human Rights in Islam.
Jonas Seufert Press team
crowded out by fallacy Issues related to islamic lawwith which uncomfortable, are mainly emotionally oveloaded. Flash Light from the SOCHUMChair Lovis Nolting at 1:31 PM, Thursday The People’s Republic of China is finally present after the session in SOCHUM proceeded this morning. The committee is still talking about Land Grabbing, recently discussing the third and hopefully fruitful Draft Resolution. Some delegates still are annoyed that the term of the agenda item is the stereotypical term Land Grabbing.
K. Kashfullina Lovis Nolting Chairpersons
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Sami Awad Aldeeb Abu-Sahlileh is a Swiss lawyer and author of Palestinian origin and the Director of the Center of Arab and Islamic Law in St. Sulpice, Switzerland. In SOCHUM he held a controversial speech on the Islamic concept of human rights and its impact on those as seen by the UN. The Stream: For several years the Islamic conception of law has been a controversial issue in the Western world. Is the legal system as we know it compatible with Islamic Law? Abu-Sahlileh: Islamic law has a different basis than Western law and is absolutely incompatible with it. Legislator in Islamic law is God, but in Western law it is the people who decide. This incompatibility appears clearly with Muslims living in the West, who consider God’s Law superior to human-made law and refuse to apply to it. On among continually increasing examples is the burqa. Although forbidden in some countries, Muslim women continue wearing it, pretending that it is part of their religion, and the state has no right to restrict it. This leads to the creation of sharia zones, were police has no access, and claims of autonomy arise inside states, which may emerge as secession and disintegration.
objected the introduction of rights, which violate - in their eyes - Islamic law. They mainly considered issues like the equality between men and women, between human beings without distinction on the basis of religion and the right to change religion as not agreeable upon. They accepted the Declaration with reserves or refuted to vote for it. Later on, many Muslim countries achieved independence, saw in all the human rights instruments of Western influence and began establishing their own declarations of human rights in conformity with Islamic law. There are 57 countries which are part of the Organization of Islamic cooperation. Many countries have opened for Western law in matters such as contracts, administrative law, civil procedure or even constitutional law. But the main field where Islamic law is still influential is family and inheritance law. Claims
Do the western law regime fulfill its ambitious claim of being universal or is it just a product of western society? The Human Rights Declaration of the United Nations is a minimum compromise between most of the member states of the United Nations. Indeed Muslim countries
In the course of Abu- Salileh’s speech many Muslim delegates felt offended by the aggressive way the speaker put forward his arguments. They lamented that this was not the spirit of an open and tolerant MUN – human beings should be treated equally respecting their religious beliefs. They are afraid that speeches like the one in SOCHUM contribute to the already increasing distrust in Muslims by the Western World. For the future they suggest to invite a guest speaker with a contrary opinion along with Abu Salileh in order to obtain a balanced view of this challenging issue.
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for complete return to Islamic law are increasing with the access of Islamic movements to power after the Arab spring revolt. What should be done in order to solve the conflict between these two legal opinions? One should profoundly change the Islamic concept of law, considering the Quran not a word of God to humans, but humans’ word about God, expressing their idealism as well as their weakness. This means that we have to desacralize all the holy books. Certainly, some will object that such propositions will enrage Muslims and will risk a contrary outcome. I signal to my detractors that the philosophers of lights were not tender with regard to the church and religions, and that „it is not by caressing your wife‘s back that you make her pregnant“, to use a dialectal Arabic proverb.
who is it? Born in the capital of her mother country she grew up in Bong County until she was 17. Right after school she was planning to study medicine but when the uprising of what was going to turn into a long and brutal civil war began, her life was turned upside down. Searching for peace and sustenance for her family, she escaped to Ghana where she and her growing family almost starved as virtually homeless refugees. She fled with her three children riding a bus on credit for over a week. Back in her
hometown everything began on a dusty football field opposite the fish market. This is where she sat every day dressed in white, with thousands of women praying and fasting for peace. The dictator’s convoy drove past the field every day, where the women risked their lives by sitting there, knowing that his men could simply open fire on them. Soon she became the spokeswoman for the women‘s group and led the protest for peace. With their relentless claim for a ceasefire the women could finally con-
vince the rebels to sit down and start negotiations. Soon after, the Accra Peace Accord was signed. Not only due to their uncommon measures such as the threat of a curse and a sex strike, the media soon caught wind of the protest. As a consequence, her story was picturised in a documentary in 2008. After receiving several awards for her braveness and effort she keeps working as a women and peace activist – as usual in traditional clothing and with a smile on her lips.
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Diplomat, have a look! We created a colorful page for your gray matters to relief you from your everyday life in frigid office blocks. You have to color every field of the grid either in red, yellow or blue. And that it won’t get too hard (we know – you also have to save your energy for more serious problems): we gave you some hints at the side of the grid. Also, we labeled fields which either have the same color or stick together with either another color, the amount of connected fields or just an interrogation mark (whenever we think you won’t need any hint). Find the answer on page 10.
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ost of the rumors you handed in covered secret ravenous appetite for meat: Meatballs which diplomats swallow up while pretending to be on a toilet break, steaks which staff members grill on the roof terrace or the vegetarian food contaminated by meat. The Khazak delegation even donated a cow to the Press Team (caught on page 2). Intentionally we were serious about our measures. The motto of this year’s elbMUN should not be left as a platitude: Facing Regional Challenges in a Globalized World. On the one hand side a MUN just simulates, but on the other it is also about modeling: Coming to other conclusions than the United Nations promotes, weighting agendas differently, being creative and setting things right, with which we are dissatisfied in reality. Fair trade coffee and vegetarian food only have small impact
on global issues (even on local ones), but if we claim making a difference, we should at least try to follow our own self-pleasing vow. We are not an highly internationalized Model UN, but even the planes dropping our delegates off in Germany emitted more than 72,3 tons of CO2. 72,300 kg – 192,800,800 breaths of a human body playing against some kilograms of living cows,
public transport or fair trade coffee (taking into account the coffin addiction of diplomats) – little to none impact. But isn’t it also about sensitizing and path carving?
Annette Kammerer Press team
In 2050, I will ...
… have a cocktail bar and chill on the beaches of Cuba! (Cuba, SOCHUM) … finally be chair of the Security Council of the 53rd elbMUN. (staff member, registration) … live in a better world where peace and happiness are flying in the air. (Malta, ECOSOC)
I am fully convinced that… … Goldman Sachs rules the world – not Barack Obama! (speaker, atttac action group) … the new generation will create peace in the world. (Brazil, DISEC) … we will reach the best solution for all Israelis and all people in the world to support freedom, security and equality. (Israel, SOCHUM)
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