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South O'Brien High School
Model United Nations

Advisors: Mary Helfter & Lindsey McGill

South O'Brien Model UN  
  Country Research Questions  
  UN Research Questions  
Delegates
  Aaron Waples
  John Battaglioli  
  Phoenix Ochoa  
  Daniel Wester  
 
Wyatt Hicks

 
April 18 & 19, 2013 Country Assignment: Italy  
  United Nations Charter South O'Brien Permission Form 2013
  Websites for Italy Research, from Shared Drive  
   
Research Links  
  https://sites.google.com/site/ihsmun0uni/

Iowa High School Model United Nations
 

http://www.governo.it/GovernoInforma/eng/index.html

Official website of the Italian government, in English
 

http://www.ecfr.eu/scorecard/2012/countries/italy

 The European Council on Foreign Relations
 

http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/index.htm

NATO homepage
  http://www.esteri.it/MAE/EN

Italy Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Foreign Policy, Policy Areas
  http://europa.eu/index_en.htm European Union, Official Website

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

South O'Brien HS Model UN
at the Iowa HS Model United Nations
hosted by UNI in Cedar Falls
April 18 & 19, 2013

 

 

 

 

 

John Battaglioli in the Disarmament Committee

 

 

 

 

Aaron Waples in Political Security General Assembly

 

 

 

Daniel Wester and Wyatt Hicks in the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)

 

 

 

Phoenix Ochoa in Political and Security Commitee General Assembly

 

 

 

John and Aaron during a few minutes of "downtime" in the student Union.

Aaron, the problem wasn't the cue stick.

What is Model UN?

Model UN is a role-playing and problem solving experience. High School students represent a country and take on the role of ambassador from that country. They work with students who represent other countries to describe and agree upon solutions to international problems while protecting their country's interests..

Model UN includes students from all over the state of Iowa. This conference has also been attended by students from Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Ohio, and New Jersey. Country representation is determined by application. If a school wants to represent the United States, they must apply to represent it.

 

Each April, the South O'Brien Model United Nations group attends the Iowa High School Model United Nations held at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls.

 

South O'Brien began to attend Model UN in 1993.

Iowa High School
Model United Nations
 

 

Members of this group may also attend the Iowa Youth Symposium (IYS) which is held in Des Moines at the Iowa Capitol Building in October and coincides with United Nations Day.

The IYS is organized by the Iowa United Nations Association Faculty Advisors Committee (IUNAFAC). Members of the UNI IHSMUN staff chair the committees. Meeting facilities at the capitol complex are provided free of charge. The Governor of Iowa is invited to open each year's plenary session as keynote speaker.

Iowa Youth Symposium

Model United Nations Links

Research Links