In this issue... News on Africa Conference, Oct. 18-19 Delegate Sign-up for High School Model U.N. 8th Grade Workshop Moved to Khorissan Room Special Chat Room This Thursday Night for U.N. Day We want your vote on Delegate Handbook Cover

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News on Africa Conference, Oct. 18-19

We want to thank the forty-six students who participated in our conference on the U.N. & Africa last weekend. The feedback from students and teachers alike was very positive.

The conference kicked off on Friday evening with a concert by Africa Voice, a group of drummers from Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast). They truly mesmerized the audience. If you check out the photos available from the link at the bottom of this article, you will get a good feel for the level of energy that they brought to the room and the audience.

Our keynote speaker was also a big winner. Mr. Henry Iwenofu, born and raised in Nigeria, discussed the wide range of conflicts that exist in Africa and the difficulties that the United Nations has when it tries to offer help. He sprinkled his remarks with cogent humor and left everyone wanting more. We will try to have Mr. Iwenofu speak at one of our upcoming Saturday discussion groups.

Following the dancers and the keynote, we divided into three working groups of approximately fifteen students each. The work of each group was outstanding. Key questions were raised, problems were prioritized, solutions were brainstormed, and detailed resolutions were written. Most resolutions were developed after building common ground and were passed by overwhelming majorities.

Extensive notes from the conference, transcripts of the resolutions, and dozens of photos are available by clicking on the link below. We hope to have video available as well in the coming weeks.

Information on U.N. & Africa Conference

	Delegate Sign-up for High School Model U.N.
The first high school Model U.N. of 2002-2003 will be on Saturday, November 16, 2002 from 9:00 AM - 12:00 Noon at Forest Park Community College. As we prepared for the U.N. & Africa Conference, we are also made arrangements for our regular sessions. Listed below are our member schools and the countries that they will be representing in our regular model U.N. sessions (please do not confuse these country assignments with those for the Africa conference). If a school wishes to add other countries to their rosters, they may still do so. Please either call us at (314) 367- 6480 or E-Mail us at [email protected]. Collinsville High School Afghanistan Guinea Indonesia Pakistan United States Cor Jesu Academy Iraq Israel Crossroads School Greece Japan Mexico Nigeria DeSmet Jesuit High School Brazil North Korea Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom Hazelwood Central Cameroon Spain Syria Maplewood-Richmond Heights Germany Jordan Norway Saudi Arabia Nerinx Hall Singapore Sri Lanka Switzerland Zimbabwe Notre Dame Australia Ireland Kenya Parkway North Hungary India Parkway South Belgium Canada Riverview Gardens Jamaica Morocco Rosati-Kain China St. Joseph's Academy Egypt Fiji France Yemen S.L.U.H. Argentina Bulgaria Colombia Denmark Italy Sweden St. Louis Charter Academy Iran Russian Federation Villa Duchesne Luxembourg Mauritius We have sent letters out to representatives of each school detailing the registration procedure for delegates. Listed below are our participating schools, their faculty advisors, and a key student representative. The faculty advisors and student representatives should receive their letters on Tuesday or Wednesday. We look forward to quick responses. Collinsville High School; Ms. Barbara Lindauer, Ashley Payne Cor Jesu Academy; Sister Sheila O'Neill, Katie Messmer Crossroads School; Mr. Tom Walsh, Hannah Larson DeSmet Jesuit High School; Mr. Sean Cavanagh, Adam Bush Gateway High School; Mr. Kenneth Riddle, Tihana Bule Hazelwood Central High School; Ms. Pat Minute, Michelle Riley Hazelwood East High School; Ms. Beth Neighbors, Veronica Raynor Kirkwood High School; Ms. Tami Bopp, Maggie Lillmars Lindbergh High School; Mr. Chuck Triplett, Alexander Adams Maplewood-Richmond Heights; Ms. Carolyn Jackson, Rachel Kunce Marquette High School; Mr. Matt Del Pizzo, Tiffany Elking Metro High School; Dr. Pamela Randall, Whitnee Woods Nerinx Hall High School; Ms. Judith Kemner, Jessica Burnett Notre Dame High School; Ms. Christine Duda, Amelia Flood Parkway North High School; Dr. John Barrett, Dan Sun Parkway South High School; Ms. Liz Morrison, Andrew Lechner Riverview Gardens High School; Ms. Terri Pruitt, Erica Green Rosati-Kain High School; Sister Judith Schulte, Seretha Curry S.L.U.H.; Mr. Tom Finan, Travis Burgeon Soldan Internat'l Studies H.S.; Mr. Tom Keay, Lisa Thomas St. John's the Baptist School; Dr. John Grote, Natasha Truong St. Joseph's Academy; Ms. Jane Garvin, Angie Bingaman St. Louis Charter Academy; Mr. Mark Kasen, Aaron Williams Villa Duchesne High School; Ms. Anna Ahrens, Tiffany Souers Webster Groves High School; Mr. Terry Verstraete, Molly Mew Students who wish to electonically enroll as delegates may do so with ease. Just go to our intranet web site at www.civitasassociates.intranets.com. If you are already a member, then log-in. If you are not, click on "Enter as a Guest." Then click on the bar on the left side titled Model U.N. Sign-up and then complete the form. You can access the web site easily by clicking on the link below. Link to Sign-up for Model U.N. Sessions �

	8th Grade Workshop Moved to Khorissan Room
The November 7, 2002 workshop for 8th grade students and teachers has been moved from the University of Missouri - St. Louis to the Khorissan Room in the Chase-Park Plaza. The reason is that our numbers have grown so much that we need a larger facility. The Khorissan Room (pictured below) can hold up to 1,000 people. We are currently expecting 300- 400 students and teachers. The program will include video and PowerPoint presentations, explanations of how the real U.N. and a Model U.N. operate, a simulated Model U.N. performed by high school students, and we hope a special performance (now in the planning stage). As of now, the schools and the number of students that they expect to bring to the workshop are as follows: 1. Fanning Middle School (50) 2. Hixson Middle School (50) 3. Humboldt Middle School (60) 4. Maplewood-Richmond Heights Middle School (35) 5. Northwest Valley Middle School [House Springs] (15) 6. Notre Dame Elementary School (12) 7. Our Lady of Fatima School (25) 8. Parkway South Middle School (63) 9. Ridgewood Middle School [Arnold] (54) 10. St. Gabriel School (3) 11. St. Mary Magdalen School (15) This totals out to 332 students. If any other teachers are interested in having their student attend, they should immediately E-Mail or call us.

	Special Chat Room This Thursday Night for U.N. Day
U.N. Day is this Thursday, October 24. Gateway Model U.N. will mark the event in a quiet, "stay-at-home" sort of way. Between 8:00 PM and 9:00 PM while you are watching the World Series or "Will and Grace," or doing homework, you can drop in on our special Chat Room for an hour-long on-line discussion about global events. Just go to our home page and click on the link to the chat room. It's easy cyber-living; no transportation, you can attend while in your pajamas....what could be better? Naturally, the top issue for discussion will be about the U.N.'s role with Iraq. Recent reports indicate that the Bush Administration might wait until the Spring to attack Iraq, giving U.N. inspectors time to "disarm" Saddam. We can discuss this, North Korea, issues that arose from the conference on the "U.N. & Africa," or most any other topic that you might have in mind. There will be a limit of 15 people in the chat room at any one time.

	We want your vote on Delegate Handbook Cover
We are sending our Delegate Handbook for 2002-2003 to press this Thursday, October 24 (U.N. Day). We have two possible versions of our cover. We would like you to visit the web site listed below, view the two options, and then vote on the one that you want. We'll go with the one that has the majority. The Delegate Handbook will be ready for distribution at the 8th grade workshop on November 7. Our continued thanks to Ameren U.E. for underwriting the cost of the Delegate Handbooks again this year. Vote on Delegate Handbook Cover �

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