In this issue... Workshop this Thursday at UMSL for High School Students High School Discussion this Saturday on U.N., U.S., & Iraq News on Africa Conference, Oct. 18-19 College Workshop Wonderful Success International Criminal Court 8th Grade Teacher Meeting on Monday, October 14

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Workshop this Thursday at UMSL for High School Students

Our annual Fall workshop for high school students is this Thursday, October 3, 2002 from 9:00 AM - 2:30 PM at the University of Missouri - St. Louis. We have an agenda that addresses the needs of both new and experienced delegates.

We will be providing information about the United Nations as well as the phenomenom known as Model United Nations for those who are new to our program. Included will be our new video and a most informative PowerPoint presentation. Since the program will be in the E-Desmond Lee Educational Technology Center map, each student will be able to work at a computer. This will allow "rookie" students to search the internet for information about the countries that they will be representing as well as current vital issues.

More experienced delegates who are planning on coming to our special conference on The United Nations and Africa on October 18-19 will be able to learn more about the countries that they will be representing (listed below) as well as the dominant issues in Africa today. These students will also be able to work with us on the internet to add numerous helpful links to our Civitas "Links Library." We will explain more about that at the conference.

Our link below will take you to the agenda for the workshop. We can accept up to seventy-five students. Currently, we have only thirty-five signed up, mostly from Maplewood-Richmond Heights High School and Nerinx Hall. If teachers from any other schools would like to bring (or send) along students, please call us at (314) 367-6480 or E-Mail us at [email protected].

Agenda for High School Workshop

	High School Discussion this Saturday on U.N., U.S., & Iraq
This Saturday's morning's discussion at Crossroads School map from 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM will be about the on-going conflict between the United States, the United Nations, and Iraq. We will have a guest presenter, Ms. Chrissy Kirchhoefer, who visited Iraq last Spring and brought humanitarian aid to civilians. She has been most active in opposing the policies of the current administration in Washington and trying to see a more global approach taken with the use of the United Nations. Part of the discussion will involve the roll of the U.S. Congress in the decision-making process. The cartoon below was recently printed in the St. Louis Post- Dispatch. It reflects the notion that most Democrats in Congress are acting as a rubber stamp to the president's policy. We'll look forward to hearing your views on this issue. With other activities on our calendar over the next several weeks, this discussion group will be our last one until Saturday, November 9. We hope to have a good turnout this Saturday.

	News on Africa Conference, Oct. 18-19
We are pleased to announce that our keynote speaker for our "U.N. & Africa" Conference on October 18-19 will be Mr. Henry Iwenofu. Mr. Iwenofu was born and raised in Nigeria and he has traveled extensively in Africa. He has lived in St. Louis for a number of years and currently is Leadership Development Coordinator for Operation Excel: YouthBuild. He is very familiar with Africa, American, and United Nations politics and history. He will be speaking from 7:00 PM - 7:20 PM on Friday, Oct. 18 on the topic of "Current Issues Facing Africa." A ten-minute question and answer period will follow his presentation. We can now announce the countries that various students will be representing in the conference. In some cases, you will see that there is more than one student representing a particular country. This is because we will have at least two committees for the conference. We are still looking for approximately fifteen more students so that we can have a third committee. There are undoubtedly a few students whose names do not appear below, but they were expecting that it would. This is because their applications with country preferences have not yet been received. We are obviously awaiting their applications and selections. Student.......................Country......................... School Anderson, Errin...............Egypt.........................St. L. Charter Acad. Bule, Tihana..................USA...........................Gateway H.S. Casey, Laura..................Nigeria......................Rosati- Kain Clemons, Bobbi................Rwanda......................Home School de Laperouse, Kiloran.........Chad.........................Villa Duchesne Dean, Latasha.................Kenya.......................St. L. Charter Acad. Flood, Amelia.................United Kingdom................Notre Dame Franken, Olivia...............Somalia.....................Rosati- Kain Grady, Nora...................Red Cross*..................Rosati- Kain Green, Erica..................Ethiopia.....................Riverview Griffard, Stephen.............Nigeria.....................Maplewood R- H Halliburton, Mark.............Uganda.......................Riverview Gardens Hamilton, Maria...............Liberia......................Riverview Gardens Holmes, Krishawn..............China.........................St. L. Charter Acad. Joerger, Taylor...............Human Rights Watch*..........Rosati Kincaid, Basil.................Cameroon........................Crossroads Kunce, Rachel.................Human Rights Watch*..........Maplewood- R-H Larson, Hannah................Zimbabwe.....................Crossroads Lechner, Andrew..............Cote d'Ivoire...............Parkway South Leopold, Janay................France.........................St. L. Charter Acad. Lewis, Ramon.................South Africa.................St. L. Charter Acad. Manary, Megan.................Malawi.......................Rosati- Kain McDonnell, Maura............Egypt..........................Rosati-Kain McMahon, Andrew..............Republic of the Congo.....Hazelwood Cent. Meyer, Annette.............Somalia.......................Rosati- Kain Miller, Ariana.................France............................Rosati- Kain Minor, Stephanie............Kenya..........................Rosati- Kain Parrone, Caroline................Zimbabwe.....................Crossroads Perlow, Caitlin...............Tanzania.......................Rosati- Kain Ranney, Stephen............Ethiopia.....................Maplewood- R-H Riley, Michelle.............South Africa................Hazelwood Cent. Riley, Steve..................Cameroon...................Hazelwood Cent. Rodriquez, Raquel............Libya........................Cor Jesu Rodriquez, Maria..............Sudan.....................Rosati- Kain Ryan, Mimi.....................Madagascar....................Rosati- Kain Souers, Tiffany...............Tanzania......................Villa Duchesne Stocking, Jason...............Ghana........................St. L. Charter Acad. Tiggs, Nichole................USA..............................Maplewood - R-H Werner, Anna..............Lesotho......................Nerinx Hall Williams, Aaron...............Burkina- Faso....................St. L. Charter Acad. Williams, Crystal.............World Health Org.*........Maplewood- R-H Zapf-Meadows, Margaret......Morocco......................Rosati- Kain * Non-governmental organization Again, if you have any questions about your country assignment, or if you would still like to sign up for the conference, please do not hesitate to call us at (314) 367-6480 or E-Mail us at [email protected] You can access full information on the conference by clicking on the link below.

	College Workshop Wonderful Success
Last Saturday, we had an outstanding workshop on the college application process for Gateway Model U.N. seniors. Our presenters were Joan Graviss, college counselor at Crossroads School; Roz Lowenhaupt, Director of the Independent Schools College Placement Center; and Angela Blake of the Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis. Some of the ten students who were in attendance will be following up with the presenters. Civitas will be covering part of the costs of much of this work and as previously mentioned, will be providing scholarships to outstanding students in Model U.N. at the end of the year. Photos from College Workshop & Other Weekend Activities �

	International Criminal Court
We have important information on the new International Criminal Court, provided to us from Dr. Carl Hoagland, former President of the St. Louis Chapter of the United Nations Association of the U.S.A. Carl is also an outstanding chaperone for our MUNUC trips. Folks interested in internation issues, Below are the results of a survey conducted by the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations and the German Marshall Fund of the United States, entited "A WORLD TRANSFORMED: FOREIGN POLICY ATTITUDES OF THE U.S. PUBLIC AFTER SEPTEMBER 11" This poll aimed to measure the attitudes of US and European nationals since the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. The survey appears to show a pattern of increased international awareness, concern, and activism among Americans, and indicates that most US nationals support multilateral approaches to global problems. ACCORDING TO THE SURVEY, 83% OF US NATIONALS POLLED SUPPORT THE USE OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT TO TRY SUSPECTED TERRORISTS. The survey is available at the link listed below: An excerpt of a commentary in the Financial Times (London) referred to this survey: "Both [Europeans and US nationals] put "international terrorism" top of the threat list - but 91 per cent do so in the US, only 65 per cent in Europe. Their biggest difference is over the threat from China - rated by 56 per cent in America, only 19 per cent in Europe. The other great divide is over Israel, given a 55 per cent "friendship" rating by Americans, only 38 per cent by Europeans. The other startling conclusion of the poll is that Americans remain overwhelmingly multilateralist: they do not want America to go it alone in Iraq. Sixty-five per cent want to do it only with UN approval. They support multilateral institutions: 65 per cent back the creation of an International Criminal Court, even if it is suggested that "trumped up charges" could be brought against Americans. The fact is that when European politicians caution against unilateral action in Iraq, or defend the ICC, they are not being anti-American. It is not anti-American to disagree with the policy of the administration. Indeed, one might argue it is pro- American to point out the pitfalls. That is what good allies, such as Germany, are for." from: Financial Times (London), September 25, 2002, Wednesday, COMMENT & ANALYSIS;, Pg. 23, 871 words, The real value of America's allies: QUENTIN PEEL:, By QUENTIN PEEL Related Link �

	8th Grade Teacher Meeting on Monday, October 14
We want to remind all 8th grade teachers that our next meeting is on Monday, October 14, from 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM at the United Nations Association Building in Clayton (map at bottom of this article). Our main item on the agenda will be to have the 8th grade "country draft." We will divide into the six groups that we have for sessions, and then each group of teachers will select the countries that they desire for the date. We will have more information on this meeting in next week's newsletter. Map to United Nations Association �

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