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UNA-USA High School Model U.N. Conference
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Posted on 03/03/2002 6:24:59 PM PST by ATOMIC_PUNK

Invitation

Dear Delegates and Faculty Advisors:

On behalf of the United Nations Associations of the United States of America (UNA-USA), I am pleased to invite you to attend the United Nations Association of the United States of America’s Annual High School Model United Nations Conference. This year the conference will be held at Columbia University and United Nations Headquarters on May 3-4, 2002.

Formerly known as the Metropolitan Model United Nations, this conference hosts over 600 students from the United States and abroad each year. Despite the name change, the 2002 UNA-USA High School Model U.N. Conference will live up to the quality of other UNA-USA programs by providing both novice and experienced delegates with a realistic and lively Model U.N. simulation. This year’s conference will be extra special with our unique committees including a simulation of the Earth Summit 2002. In this committee the delegates will meet separately in regional working groups on the first day and will convene together as an assembly on the second day.

Please look over our registration materials and feel free to contact me with questions between now and the conference. We look forward to seeing you in May,

Yours,
Melissa Yahre
Model U.N. Program Adminstrator
Education and Model U.N.


For those who need accommodations, special rates have been arranged at the Hotel Belleclaire, 250 west 77th Street, New York, NY 10024. The hotel is near Columbia University and right next to the subway for easy access to the United Nations.

Rates
$110.00 for single/doubles and $120.00 triple/quads. You can contact the hotel directly at (212) 362-1004 or through their web site
www.hotelbelleclaire.com/


The Conference

Location

This year’s conference will be held at Columbia University and the United Nations Headquarters in New York City. On May 3, 2002, students will open their debate at Columbia University. Delegates will have the opportunity to view Columbia’s beautiful campus and take advantage of its resources. On May 4, the conference will continue at U.N. Headquarters, where students will work in the actual meeting rooms that U.N. diplomats use to create their resolutions and decisions.

Secretariat

The UNA-USA Model U.N. Conference is supported by a 30 member secretariat composed of college students from all over the United States. The committees are directed by undergraduate and graduate students who are attaining their degrees from some of the most renowned universities in the country. The conference staff works year-round to ensure a realistic and rewarding educational simulation!

Delegate Resources

Prior to the conference date, the secretariat will mail committee and conference guides to registered schools. These guides will help students understand the structure of the committee, background information on the agenda, rules of procedure and include reference materials for future research.

During the conference, students will have access to a delegate resource room which is equipped with computers to type resolutions and conduct additional research.

Faculty Support

The UNA-USA High School Model U.N. Conference prides itself upon offering support to every advisor who attends our conference. Each school will be provided with an advisor’s guide and preparation materials to assist in preparing the students. During the conference, teachers will have the opportunity to participate in workshops and lectures on current Model U.N. and international education issues.


Committees and Topics

Earth Summit 2002
The Ten-Year Review of the U.N. Conference on Environment and Development

Commission on Human Rights
Children in Armed Conflict
Trafficking of Women

Commission on Crime Prevention & Criminal Justice
Organized Crime
Bioterrorism

More topics will be announced in January 2002


Conference Timeline

Registration forms due to UNA-USA

January 15, 2002

Country assignments mailed to schools

January 18, 2002

Preparations materials mailed to schools

February 18, 2002

Administrative forms due to UNA-USA

April 15, 2002

Delegate forms due to UNA-USA

April 15, 2002

Withdrawal deadline

April 15, 2002

Position papers due to UNA-USA

April 15, 2002

Fees

School Fee (includes advisor fees):

$50.00

Delegate Fee:

$25.00

For more information contact:
Melissa Yahre, Model U.N. Program Administrator
UNA-USA
801 Second Avenue
New York, NY 10017
(212) 907-1334
Fax: (212) 682-9185
Myahre@unausa.org
www.unausa.org


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To: Teacher317
By the way, check out their website www.fte.org.There are more teacher and student materials on the site. If you change your mind after looking at them, I'd sure like to know.
41 posted on 03/04/2002 12:02:47 PM PST by hedgetrimmer
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To: madfly
US Policy embraces State-Planned economy
Alert

US Policy embraces State-Planned economy

Federal law forms a new governance structure that opposes both free enterprise and representative government. Instead, government centrally plans and manages the economy.

The scaffolding for a centrally-planned economy was passed piecemeal under President Clinton and is currently being reassembled at the state level by combining the following federal laws into a three-way "public/private partnership:"

STW Triangle.JPG (24295 bytes)Goals 2000 (G2000) created the partnership between government and education by mandating dumbed-down national education standards, a national curriculum, national test, and national teacher licensure. Local and state control of education is ended.

School-to-Work (STW) creates the education/business partnership, changing the purpose of education from acquiring knowledge, to supplying workers for business. Schools become job-training centers offering narrowly defined career choices, approved by government economic forecasters, which match students and adults with government-preferred industries.

Workforce Investment Act (WIA) finishes the partnership triangle by creating a nationwide network of workforce boards, made up of "government-appointed representatives" from business, education, and government, who work to implement and manage the system through local "one-stop" centers.

Together, these laws align and consolidate all local, state, and federal policies, programs, and funding into a single state-managed economic system.

How the System Works:
Fed. Dept. of Labor chooses which private industry sectors are promoted in each state.
  • Required "Lifework Plan" follows individual from "cradle-to-grave".
  • ALL students, all schools (public, private & home-based), all businesses expected to participate.
  • Federal government forces compliance of all "partners" through rewards/sanctions.
  • Government dominates all partnerships.
  • State defines new "covenant" with parents for raising children.
  • Students, workers, employers, educators & parents held accountable to government-defined "performance" outcomes.
  • All 50 states currently implementing system.
  • Current reauthorization of elementary and secondary education act (HR1/S1) cements entire system in place.

Bottom Line: Government is implementing policies that will lead to poverty, not prosperity, by adopting the failed ideas of a state-planned and managed economy similar to that of the former Soviet Union. In economics, career, and education, government narrows individual choice. This system is based upon a utilitarian worldview that measures human value only in terms of productive capability for the "best interests of the state". Individual freedom is subservient to a collective society.

For more information see Maple River Education Coalition PAC www.MrEdCoPAC.org: 651-646-0646
© 2001 Michael J. Chapman and Senator Michele Bachmann. Permission granted to copy and distribute.


42 posted on 03/04/2002 12:24:45 PM PST by hedgetrimmer
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To: hedgetrimmer
I am speechless
43 posted on 03/04/2002 1:13:17 PM PST by madfly
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To: madfly
btt
44 posted on 03/04/2002 1:29:33 PM PST by GailA
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To: hedgetrimmer
Thanks for the link, and keep up the vigilance. It helps! It was mostly neutral, although the submitted lesson plans had one or two inklings of individual teacher preferences. Before I even looked through it, though, I would've agreed with you that most educational organizations are incredibly Leftist and are actively Progressive movements. I was just defending a rather innocent-looking curriculum description. The body that came up with it probably has major connections to Socialist movements, and probably has many methods for promoting them within that curriculum... but any decent teacher could also use that syllabus to teach a balanced (or even unabashedly capitalist-leaning!) class.
45 posted on 03/04/2002 4:03:49 PM PST by Teacher317
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To: Teacher317
Of course I think the reason the FTE is supporting the Sea Cadets is more nefarious. I just don't trust the fact that this group(FTE) seemingly has nothing in common with the Sea Cadets program. It just doesn't make sense. Here's the Sea Cadets link, you can see for yourself.

Sea Cadets

I will of course keep looking to see if I can find more information.
46 posted on 03/04/2002 6:11:14 PM PST by hedgetrimmer
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK
Anyone got as copy of the "10 Planks of the Communist Manifesto" handy ??

I'm sure that this is mentioned, somewhere, in there......

47 posted on 03/06/2002 10:22:35 AM PST by Alabama_Wild_Man
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