Model United Nations
"Together we aspire, together we achieve"
1999Rider NMUN Team
Our 32nd Year
Representing Botswana

COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
Preliminary Assignments, subject to further changes(modified January 15, 1999)

General Assembly

GA Plenary: Mike Kaiser, Aaron Ellenport

1. The Politicization of Development Aid
2. Conflict Resolution in Africa
3. Strengthening of the United Nations System: Reform and Revitalization of the UN
GA First Committee: Steve Sutow, Danita Kolb
1. Nuclear Non-Proliferation
2. Transparency in Armaments
3. Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction
GA Sixth Committee: Jessica Battaglia, Stefan Obergottsberger
1. The Role of the United Nations in Elections Monitoring and Good Governance
2. Economic Sanctions
3. The Impact of Customary Law on State Sovereignty
Economic and Social Council

Commission on Human Rights: Christine Mooney

1. Children in Armed Conflict
2. The Human Rights of All Persons Subjected to Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment
3. The Future of UN Action in Human Rights in the Age of UN Reform
Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice: Levi Wilson
1. The International Criminal Code
2. Transnational Crime
3. Crimes Against the Environment
Special Review Session on the International Conference on Population and Development:
        Shana Semler
1. Population Growth and Structure
2. Population Distribution and Poverty in Urban Areas
3. Cooperation in the Implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development
Specialized Agencies

World Health Organization: Deima Elnatour, Nargis Afzal

1. Prevention and Control of the Spread of Infectious Diseases
2. Health and Access for Individuals with Disabilities
3. Health Promotion, Education and Communication
UN Development Programme: Oliver Wunsch
1. Capacity 21
2. Addressing the AIDS Pandemic from a Development Perspective
3. The Role of Good Governance in Development Initiatives
Inter-Governmental Organization

Organization of African Unity: Fatisha Hobbs

1. The Prevention of Genocide: The Case of Rwanda
2. The Role of Transnational Corporations in African Development
3. Desertification
Faculty Adviser: Dr. Chau T. Phan phanc@genius.rider.edu
Political Science Department, Fine Arts 272, (609) 896-5262
Updated December 8, 1998

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