Created 08/02/2004
Most recent revision: 10/16/09
The 2009 Iowa Youth Symposium (IYS) will be held Tuesday, October 20 and Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at the Sate Capitol Complex in Des Moines. It is scheduled annually to coincide with United Nations Day. It is organized and sponsored by the Iowa United Nations Association Faculty Advisors Committee (IUNAFAC).
- August 10: Research guides should be available for all topics. See links below.
- September 30: Last day for Regional meetings. Site hosts, please let Mary Helfter (see contact information below) know when you schedule your regional so that the site, date, time, and location information can be posted on this web site.
- October 9: Last day to submit regional position papers. Send by email to Mary Helfter. Please do not use special formatting.
- October 12: Regional position papers will all be available to read, at this web site. Advisors and delegates, please print your own. They will not be mailed to you.
- Tuesday, October 20, Pre-plenary at the State Capitol Complex for students selected from Regionals.
- Wednesday, October 21, Plenary Session for all student participants, at the State Capitol Complex.
All topics begin with the phrase: "What should be the position of the United States in the United Nations on..."
- dealing with pirates? (Social Topic)
- the role of the International Monetary Fund in the world economic crisis? (Economic Topic)
- the Copenhagen Protocol on climate change? (Science Topic)
- intelligence agencies and international peace & security; and defining espionage? (Political Topic)
When the research guide is available, the topic listed above will have the link.
Research is provided by members of IUNAFAC.
For more information or to submit fees, please contact:
Beth Ann Schumacher, IYS/IUNAFAC Chair
Clear Lake High School
125 N 20th St
Clear Lake, IA 50428
school phone 641-357-5235, ext 2251
school fax 641-357-8180
home phone 641-357-2783
cell phone 641-430-7729
bschumacher@clearlakeschools.org (school)
mkbaschumacher@netins.net (home)To submit web site comments, changes in advisor list, information about your regional, etc., contact:
Mary Helfter, IUNAFAC Treasurer
South O'Brien High School
mhelfter@s-obrien.k12.ia.usOther IUNAFAC members:
- Kathryn O'Shaughnessy, Bettendorf High School, kathrynosh@yahoo.com
- Mary Kae Hanson, Algona High School, mhanson@algona.k12.ia.us
- Paul Schramm, Western Dubuque High School, pschramm@epworth.w-dubuque.k12.ia.us
- Henry Gehris, Linn-Mar High School, hgehris@linnmar.k12.ia.us
- Lynn Davis, Galva-Holstein High School, Ldavis@galva-holstein.k12.ia.us
- Todd Crites, Grinnell Community High School, tcrites@grinnell.k12.ia.us
- Terry Newton, unaffiliated, terry_lou@yahoo.com
- Coordinating Round Table discussions: John Cannon of Ankeny, jcannon@ankeny.k12.ia.us
The Iowa Youth Symposium sessions are staffed by students who attend the University of Northern Iowa. Many of the same students make up the staff of the Iowa High School Model United Nations held annually in Cedar Falls at UNI.
Resolutions and Position Papers
The position papers that you take to regionals and that should be submitted from your regional meeting, must be in the following format. The sections should be as follows:
- Statement of the Problem
- History of the Problem
- Past UN Actions
- Possible Solutions
Click here for a pdf copy of a Sample Regional Position Paper.
Position Papers from Regional Meetings
After Regional Meetings are held, the submitted papers will be available at the links below.
The Iowa Youth Symposium web site is provided by South O'Brien Community School District as a service to students and advisors involved in the IYS, and to make communication more efficient and cost-effective. Research Guides and Position Papers are generated as part of a learning activity and are not under the editorial perview of SOCSD. Links from the Research Guides are not guaranteed to be stable sites and we do not have control over their content.