WiesMUN 2015 Session Magazine

WiesMUN 2015
Session Magazine

Honourable WiesMUN friends,
after the great success of this year’s conference, we all needed to say goodbye and return to our daily
life. We are sure that many of you, having arrived at home, could not image that the Opening Ceremony
was just four days behind.
During only five days, friendships developed, fears were overcome and every single one of you grew
personally - as Mira would put it, our rainbows had become more colorful.
The Journalist Team made it its task to create a concept that would capture all of those cheerful moments
we had during a wonderful week. In this Session Magazine, we present to you photos, funny moments,
your committee work results and much more.
We hope that you will like this “book of memories” as much as we liked creating it for you!
Keep it as a recall of this very special week.
Have a good read!
All the best,
Silver and Shila
Head Journalists of WiesMUN 2015
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Contents
1. Committee Pages
1.1 DISEC page 4
1.2 ECOSOC page 7
1.3 HRC page 10
1.4 SC page 13
1.5 SOCHUM page 16
2. Behind the Scenes page 20
3. Opening Ceremony page 22
4. Secretary General page 24
9. Awards page 37
10. General Assembly:
Address by Charles Ukelis page 39
11. Funny Moments page 44
12. What we will miss about
WiesMUN page 45
13. WiesMUN Letters page 46
14. Journalist Team page 47
5. Afternoon Activities
5.1 Bowling page 26
5.2 Landtag page 27
5.3 Cinema page 29
5.4 Kurpark page 29
6. Student Speaking Seminar page 31
7. Barbecue page 33
8. Farewell Party page 35
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The Committee on Disarmament and International Security (DISEC)
After having formulated three different
Draft Resolutions, the Committee on
Disarmament and International Security
has worked on the creation of a
resolution that merged the most
important points from each draft in one.
Among others, an important issue was
the role of Chinese investment in South
Sudanese oil. Another topic was the
illegal passing of light weapons and
arms in the region. The debates on
those topics took a lot of time and were
discussed intensely by the present
delegates.
Additionally, the Delegate of Belarus
made the proposition to find a shortterm
solution to the water problem, e.g.
by flying in water supplies, and to
meanwhile invest in scientific research
in order to protect the groundwater from
further pollution.
Putting pressure on the Sudanese
government was furthermore discussed
as a possible solution to ensure tighter
environmental standards and to improve
humanitarian conditions.
Mediation, not dictate
Since it is the low-level rebellion and
tribe leaders that have the loudest voice
in Sudan and due to the fact that these
stakeholders do not wish to work
together in order to create peace, the
proposal of an advanced democratic
system has to be posed. But of course,
one cannot simply impose a new
governmental system on a country.
The government of Sudan has plenty
financial funds, but these can hardly be
influenced by the inferior population and
often fall prey to misusage. It is
therefore advisable to motivate the
Sudanese leaders to dialogue, to advise
democratic countries to help the
Sudanese government to appreciate the
values of a well-functioning democratic
system and to externally invest in
border controls and local police forces
to decrease the high number of
weapons in the country.
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Interview #1: 22 nd of April 2015
Jadzia Brecher
Delegate of Algeria
interesting general topic of
water; similar to the topic
we’ll be dealing with while
debating about resolutions
for Sudan.
How old are you and is this
your first MUN?
What motivated you to take
part in such political activities
that involve young adults?
I am 18 years old and it is
my first time at MUN.
I was interested in properly
getting to know a new
country whose interests I
could represent, and I was
interested in meeting and
talking to other teenagers
about political issues as
well.
If you could have a
superpower, which one would
you choose?
And last but not least, where
do you think Churchill was
when he invented the name for
the United Nations?
Being able to speak every
existing language!
Probably Paris or Garches
[editor’s note: where she lives].
What are your expectations for
this year’s conference? Are
there any special anxieties?
No, not especially. I am
expecting a lot of fun during
the debates in the
committee and am looking
forward to talking and
making new friends!
Why did you choose the
country Algeria?
By the fact that I live in
France, I already gained a
lot of background
knowledge about this
country that is constantly
present in the French news.
I also wanted to gain
knowledge and learn more
about that country with an
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Interview #2: 22 nd of April 2015
Noria Brecher
Delegate of Bangladesh
How old are you and is this
your first MUN?
What motivated you to take
part in a political activity that
involves young adults?
What are your expectations
for this year’s conference?
Why did you choose the
country of Bangladesh?
If you could have a
superpower, which one
would you choose?
And last but not least, where
do you think Churchill was
when he invented the name
for the United Nations?
I am 16 years old and this is my
very first MUN.
When I heard about WiesMUN
through my school, I
immediately thought it would
be great to be able to meet and
interact with new and
interesting people.
Most of all, I am looking
forward to hot debates and
discussions! I am expecting a
lot of different and interesting
political views and opinions.
I learnt about this country
during Geography lessons and
thought it was a very
interesting and beautiful
country whose political opinion
is important as well.
Healing every sort of disease!
On the toilet? In the shower?
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The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) paid special attention to the economic
causation of North African conflicts and dealt with the role of oil drillings and the
unequal distribution of resource-related wealth within Sudan. The Council`s resolution
includes different topics, all of whom discussed in detail during the conference.
For the Tunisian Republic, border
security was one of the most essential
sticking point in tackling the conflict - but
somehow, they were the only delegation
concerned about this topic. For others,
a well-functioning water supply and the
improvement of the situation of refugees
held higher priority. Humanitarian aid
and refugee camps were heatedly
discussed topics.
After the shocking news on ground water pollution in Sudan was released on Thursday,
a discussion about natural resources and the need of saving water erupted in the
ECOSOC. A discussion concerning the consequences oil drillings in Darfur followed.
A notable majority of delegations agreed on infrastructure and economic structure of a
country, yet based on strict environmental regulations, being the most important
requirements for well-functioning governance. This topic can be found in four clauses of
the draft resolution. The clauses could be decided on with a full majority of votes, which
appears especially remarkable in light of the controversial opinions the delegated
countries represent. For long-term economic self-determination, the Tunisian Republic
stated, stabilization of the North African countries by building up own industries and
creating full employment was crucial. All these factors, according to an official
statement by the ECOSOC, would then serve as prerequisites for foreign investment.
As the delegation of Japan stated, the current instability in the region discouraged
investors to fund North African locations.
Especially the Delegation of the
Republic of South Africa expressed their
high concern about protectionism of
Western countries as a hurdle
impossible to overcome for African
products on the global market.
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Furthermore, the role of price dumping
in economic instability of African
markets found special mention.
When the kidnapping of the Chinese
Foreign Affairs Minister became public,
the Delegates of this Committee
debated the consequences and its initial
stages for a solution.
While some of the delegates put great importance into the discussions, like for example
the Delegation of Japan, others were more calm and mostly agreed or disagreed with
the existing opinions. But still, the mood in the Council was always cheerful due to
much laughter and it was great fun to watch the discussions as a journalist.
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Interview #3
Merle Larro
Delegate of Cameroon
Was it a Chairperson or a chameleon?
How old are you? And
what is your function
at WiesMUN?
I am 18 years old and representing
the Republic of Cameroon.
Is it your first time at
WiesMUN?
Yes, my first time at WiesMUN and
my first MUN in general.
What was your
motivation to join
WiesMUN?
That sounds great.
And what are your
expectations?
I wanted to get to know how the
UN works and improve my English
skills and my skills as a speaker.
I want to have some fun days with
interesting new experiences and
nice people from Germany and
abroad.
If you could have a
superpower, which one
would you choose?
In this case I want to have the veto
right or the power of persuasion.
Another nice skill would be to eat
without getting fat.
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The Human Rights Council (HRC)
The resolution proposed by the Human Rights Council was submitted by the Kingdom
of Thailand and co-submitted by the Republic of Armenia, the Islamic State of Pakistan,
the Republic of Sudan and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
The Council had been tasked with finding measures for the successful protection of
human rights in the region of Darfur, guided by the principles of The Universal
Declaration of Human Rights.
The Council dealt with the many violations of human rights in the civil war in Darfur,
with a special focus on the safety of women, children and refugees. Also, the working
group took into consideration both the struggle of the Sudanese government to remain
sovereign and the high pressure to set the Chinese Prime Minister free.
The atmosphere in the Council in
general was very pleasant. Of course,
the debate on the given conflict was the
main focus. But when people arrived
late, the punishments, for example
singing Italian songs, were mastered
with great fun.
Interview with the Delegate of Sudan:
TDP: How do you feel about the current
situation in your country?
Delegate of Sudan: Well, of course we
are looking forward to a peaceful future
for our country. We are thinking of
productive ways of solving the conflict.
TDP: Do you have a solution in mind for
ending the civil war?
Delegate of Sudan: We hope that a
tight cooperation with the Chinese
government will lead the country out of
the instable situation. We also don`t
wish to exclude negotiations with the
rebels.
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TDP: Are you willing to accept violence as a measure
if the conflict can’t be solved peacefully?
Delegate of Sudan: It is not clear yet, we
will see when and if the time comes.
TDP: Who is guilty of the conflict in your opinion?
Delegate of Sudan: There actually is a specific group in
charge of the conflict, and these are the rebels. However,
we think that it isn’t productive to push the guilt on
anybody’s back and that it wouldn’t be helpful at all.
TDP: Thank you for this interview!
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Profile of the Chairperson
Name: Alrik Wendel
Age: 19
Motivation to join WiesMUN:
The Orga Team basically talked me into joining WiesMUN 2015.
Superpower he would choose:
Immortality – there is too much to explore
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Security Council (SC)
Minister by Darfuri rebels could be
determined as triggers for violent action
in the region.
The first working paper proposed was
vetoed by China and Russia on
Thursday. Therefore, several changes
in both Operative and Preambular
Clauses were in need. After the veto of
China and Russia, other Security
Council Members put both delegations
under high pressure in order to ensure
that the resolution would pass and
peace and stability could be
implemented in the Darfur region.
Especially the Delegations of the United
Kingdom and Lithuania often demanded
statements from the Delegation of
China, which the delegation constantly
refused.
The process of writing the resolution proposed by the United Nations Security Council
(SC) was both time-consuming and intense. The Security Council put a lot of effort into
finding a solution for the Darfur conflict. In particular, the Council had to analyze the
events that had caused an increase in violence in the Darfur region, Sudan. Factors
such as the oil drillings executed by the Chinese National Petroleum Cooperation, the
subsequent pollution of ground water and the kidnapping of the Chinese Foreign Affairs
The second draft resolution proposed
included an extension of the mandate of
UNAMID until 2016. Moreover, the
Council decided to change their
purpose from peace-keeping to peaceenforcement
missions in order to more
actively prevent the violation of human
rights in the region. Talks between UN
diplomats and the Sudanese
government were requested. A clause
promoting all involved parties like
Sudan, China and the neighboring
countries to attend conferences
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egarding water supply
and new refugee
camps was
successfully adopted. It
had been submitted by
China, Russia and
Jordan.
However, the
Delegation of China
vetoed to increase the
number of military
personnel in UNAMID.
The idea of diplomatic
talks between the
rebellious groups and
the government of Sudan supervised by independent OSCE teams failed due to too
many dissenting votes. A clause concerning establishing educational institutions was
also vetoed by China.
The group stated that this act had been
provoked by the ignorance of the UN
Security Council towards the Darfuris’
demands. According to an official
statement by the Security Council, the
delegations present were in grief over
the politician`s death, but reaffirmed
their policy in Darfur.
When on Friday the Chairs asked the
SC to close their eyes and to rate their
Committee Work on a scale of five to
one, almost every delegate raised five
fingers.
Eventually, the resolution shows that the possibility of a separate state exists since a
contrary clause was rejected with 5/12 votes. In addition, the resolution states that the
Sudanese government is asked to let independent OSCE observers supervise the
communication system.
During the Council`s work, a meeting was held between the rebels that held sway over
the Chinese Foreign Affairs Minister and Delegates of the Security Council. The
Delegates pointed out that the demands by the rebels for the independence of the
Darfur region would not be accepted, but that search troops tasked with finding the
Chinese Minister had been installed.
At the General Assembly on Sunday, it was exposed that however, the search troops
were redundant as the Chinese Foreign Affairs Minister had been killed by the rebels.
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The Social, Cultural and Humanitarian Committee (SOCHUM)
Luckily, I had the opportunity to be the journalist assigned to the Social, Cultural and Humanitarian Council, short SOCHUM, consisting
of 13 delegates with Andrijana Alempijevic as their Chairperson.
What made the time so
valuable was the combination
of heated and intense debates
about important subjects such
as the protection and the
assistance of refugees, the
aggravating violence affecting
the people of Sudan and of the
assembly of different
approaches and ideas coming
together, in order to formulate
one resolution which addresses
the current problem in all its
complexity.
Furthermore, the fact that the
delegates were highly
motivated and very wellprepared
by the Chairperson,
who had submitted several
documents for the academic
preparation, demonstrated their
willingness to perform along
with their readiness of mind.
Therefore, all present delegates
took their tasks seriously: They
actively participated in drafting
resolutions, which ultimately
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have been merged into one final
resolution containing the propositions
and requests of the delegates.
Keeping in mind the serious subjects
and the formal tone, which was
persistently persuaded even though
sometimes it turned out to be harder
than expected, aspects such as deepen
one’s social skills through the contact
and exchange of different views and
various ways of solving a problem and
the ability to adapt to new situations
weren’t neglected.
What one would call cruel and unusual
punishment, one other calls fun. What I
mean to say is that one simple rule
introduced by the chairperson on day
one offered the delegates of the
SOCHUM a welcomed change during
their work. Due to the simple rule “If
you arrive late, you either have to sing
or dance in front of the Committee”, we
were fortunate to witness some
outstanding performances. All things
considered, I am convinced that every
participant was able to gain valuable
experiences, which may be an
advantage in the future.
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Profile of the Chairperson
Name: Andrijana Alempijevic
Age: 18
Motivation to join WiesMUN: I’ve always liked Germany, so, after already
participating in an MUN, I decided to travel to Germany right after my 18th birthday to
join WiesMUN 2015.
Expectations: I am hoping to make the best of the time, meaning that I want to gain
valuable experiences as well as new friends.
Superpower I would choose: Ability to make people happy
Where do you think Winston Churchill chose the name „United Nations“?
America, New York
Name: Cosima Hartmann (SOCHUM)
Age: 14
Role: Delegate of Ireland
Motivation to join WiesMUN: Having
already participated in an MUN, I am
expecting to gain more experience in
debates which might help me regarding
my aspiration to become an
ambassador.
Expectations: I am looking forward to
interesting talks, intense debates and
meeting new people.
Superpower: Ability to fly
Where do you think Winston
Churchill chose the name „United
Nations“? America, at the International
House of Pancakes?
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The process towards the final resolution
The process towards the resolution in the SOCHUM Committee was long and intense.
After discussing important and burdensome subjects such as the lacking water
distribution in Darfur, the conflict between the Sudanese government and the Darfuri
rebels resulting in violence, the protection and assistance of refugees and the possibility
of self-dependence of the Sudanese people, the delegates started to work on their
resolution highly motivated and eager to find a solution.
Fully aware of the diversity and the complexity of the Darfur crisis and the importance of
creating a solution, the SOCHUM Committee managed to formulate three resolutions,
which merged into one final resolution, combined the propositions as well as the requests
of all present delegates.
However, the resolution aiming at creating an effective solution in order to provide the affected citizens with the necessary resources
was fortunately signed by 12 out of 13 delegates. It found its supporters in the delegates of Ireland, Denmark and Canada.
Unfortunately, the Delegate of Poland, voting against the resolution, could not be fully convinced of the resolution`s contents.
The resolution drafted by the SOCHUM Committee has, with some slight changes, passed entirely.
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Behind the Scenes of WiesMUN
“Behind the scenes” has two different facets:
On the one hand, the organizers of WiesMUN started their work many, many weeks before the session began. The arrivals and
host families had to be organized, food had to be ordered, the locations had to be booked, a transporter had to be rented and every
activity had to be planned, and, and, and. But there still is another “behind the scenes”: Because the work did not end when
WiesMUN began. It had only started.
The organizers spent night and day in a messy room, which looked like stress, hurry, new ideas and exertion. Laptops, printers and
brains were constantly working at full speed. In the morning either “Daily Prophets”, “news sheets” or “resolution booklets” had to
be printed. The coffee had to be ready and the chocolate croissants had to be picked up by 11 o`clock for coffee break. Afterwards,
of course, everything had to be cleaned up again. In between the, Journalists had to help out as representatives of Amnesty
International or as the rebels in Darfur. The next Daily Prophet was not to be forgotten about.
The activities for the afternoon on Thursday, the barbecue for Friday night and the party on Saturday night had to be prepared. The
Organizing Team bought food and drinks for one hundred people and besides that, tried to create a comfortable environment for
each and everybody - with candles, blankets and music at the barbecue, a slackline, a guitar and ice cream in the park and a slide
show, snacks and free drinks at the party.
Yes, it was a stressful week. But it made all of us happy to see how our guests enjoyed the time in Wiesbaden. Seeing those happy
faces showed us that our work was all worth it!
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Opening Ceremony
After a workshops for the Chairpersons and Journalists on Wednesday morning,
the Opening Ceremony of WiesMUN 2015 began at 3 pm in the assembly hall of
Wiesbaden`s Mosbacher Berg school.
Speaking for WiesMUN´s Organizing team, the Head Orgas Daniel and Natalia
welcomed all delegates from eight nations word wide with a heart-warming
introductory speech. Also, the patron of this year`s WiesMUN conference, Dustin
Dehez, held a very inspiring speech on his diplomatic work, also introducing the
conference topic, global resource distribution.
After those speeches, it was very refreshing to listen to the concert of Mira
Seyfettinoglu, both singer-songwriter from Wiesbaden and part of the organizing
team. She showed not only her magical voice, but also her outstanding talent on
the guitar and the piano. Mira was accompanied by co-musician Vincent Ott.
The Ceremony continued with a Mock Debate, a debate meant to deliver a first impression of an English-only discussion on a global
topic in front of the other conference participants, a crowd of around 80 youngsters, as well as organizers, journalists, families and
guests. The Mock Debate dealt with the topic of international terrorism in light of the current threat posed by the Islamic State (IS), and
was very successful, as many more people participated than expected.
When the Chairpersons had been introduced to all participants, each committee gathered
around their Chairperson and went to a separate committee room. Here, the delegates
got to know each other and started the very first part of their committee work.
In the evening, a dinner for all participants was organized. It was especially delicate
because each delegation had contributed a speciality from their home country. This
made the evening very international and it showed the many facets of this year’s
WiesMUN Conference.
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The Secretary General
“Esteemed Delegates,
Model United Nations in general is not only a possibility for you
to meet new and likeminded people as well as practicing your
research and debating skills. It is foremost an opportunity to
evaluate international relations and dependencies and
experience international politics. Researching your country’s
position also gives you a great chance to critically reflect on
your own personal position on the subject.
Especially this year’s main topic “Resource distribution” is a
highly relevant international subject affecting everyone living on
this planet and therefore it is essential that we not only find our
own opinion on the matter, but also find strategies to solve
future conflicts arising when it will be our time to take the
wheel.”
Jaqueline Stengel- Rutkowski
Secretary General 2015
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Interview#4: 22 nd of April 2015
Jaqueline Stengel-Rutkowski
Chairperson of DISEC and Secretary General
And I am looking forward to
guiding the DISEC team through
the creation of our final
resolution paper.
How old are you and is this
your first MUN?
What motivated you to take
part in a political activity that
involve young adults?
I am 18 years old and this
already the second MUN I am
taking part in. But I’ve been
involved in similar student
activities since 7 th grade.
As I already mentioned, I’ve
been involved in such student
activities since 7 th grade. In
addition to that I lived in China,
near to Beijing, and I soon
started to feel related to an
important issue; desertification.
At that point I realized that this
was an important threat the
Chinese had to face. I soon
realized that even though we
are young adults, we can make
things change by becoming
politically active.
Would you be interested in
working in politics later?
If you could have a
superpower, which one
would you choose?
And last but not least, where
do you think Churchill was
when he invented the name
for the United Nations?
Most probably, yes! But to begin
I would like to study Chinese
and politics.
Reading people’s minds!
Probably in Europe?
What are your expectations
for this year’s conference?
Are there any special
anxieties?
I was worried about a probable
lack of debating culture.
However, the mock debate
(editor’s note: about fighting the
Islamic State terrorist group) we
just assisted to wiped that
worry away very quickly!
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Bowling
After a very work-dense start of the day, some of the participants decided to go for a trip to the magnificent City-Bowling in Wiesbaden.
On three stripes, 17 people tried to give their very best in two exciting games. Instead of striving for a debate, every participant strived
for strikes. To contradict the results of the bowling game last year, the girls won with great success.
To enjoy the last sunrays, all the bowlers went to the Kurpark and had a nice evening with guitar playing, singing and laughter.
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Landtag
After the first day of committee work,
around 25 Delegates visited the
beautiful State parliament of Hesse.
This evening activity included first a
tour of the Parliament and a
discussion with three
representatives of the current
parliament.
The English-speaking guide gave us
some interesting facts about the
architecture and history of the
parliament building, for example that
the architect used a lot of glass to
refer to the aspect of transparency in
a democracy.
The delegates were quite surprised
when our guide told us that the
ruling government in Hesse is
currently made up by a coalition
between the conservative and the
green party. After a walk through the
historical part of the Building, we
arrived in the conference room in
which the highlight of the activity, the
debate, took place.
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The representative of the green party was the first one to arrive. He, as a former teacher was an expert on education policy. After a
while, the left party representative joined and the two of them answered important questions like whether they supported their parties
view on legalizing cannabis and highway bridges. Our delegates where especially interested in Marianne Schott (Left Party) even after
the official appointment ended, and kept asking her questions about all the world and his wife and seemed to refuse to the request of
the Orga team to walk to the park. Therefore, the drawn conclusion was to invite the politician to join us at our picnic so the delegates
would follow her. Spuriously, she was very happy to join us and now everyone seemed to love the idea to move towards the park. The
evening came to its end in a very relaxing atmosphere accompanied by a private Ed Sheeran concert.
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Cinema - Go East Festival
Short movies always tell special stories. Additionally, they exactly transfer the movie creator’s thoughts to actual images.
However, these artworks can as well be quite frustrating and uncomfortable as the thoughts they aim to transfer. Those are not
necessarily thoughts the spectator is comfortable with.
As the spectator is not familiar with the creator’s thoughts and ideas, it can be difficult to fully understand the depth of stories told,
making it interesting to explore different ways of interpretation.
Unfortunately, we weren’t able to fully embrace and understand the creators’ visions and their messages.
But even if we could not fully enjoy the short movies, it was a pleasure to visit the very beautiful and extraordinary movie-theatre
Caligari. With its golden gallery and the huge stage it is a very special place in contrast to a normal cinema.
Kurpark
On Thursday afternoon, many participants chose to see the beautiful Kurpark of Wiesbaden to relax and enjoy the sun.
Many blankets were brought along and while a bunch of people played Frisbee and Football, others sat on the blankets. A few very
talented people even played the guitar and sang along, which created a very relaxed environment.
After the Delegate of Columbia alias Marko Luković had taken a swim in the ducks pond, Julika from the Organizing team came along
with ice cream for everybody and we all stopped playing Frisbee or enjoying a swim to cool ourselves down with an ice cream.
A slackline was put up some tried their luck with it.
As the Kurpark was to become the meeting point after the other groups had ended their activities, the Kurpark got quite crowded in the
evening. Because of the nice and warm weather, we were able to sit outside long after the sun had set and even if it became a little
chilly after a while, the company of wonderful people kept us warm.
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The Student Speaking Seminar
On Friday afternoon, the conference participants were given a very interesting seminar about how to hold a speech.
A speaker from the Netherlands, founder of the Student Speaking Seminar, gave us a great deal of useful tips on rhetoric, while
showing us interesting videos such as Obama's victory speech or men living from stealing lions` food.
As a way of demonstrating to us how many times one says “ehm” in a speech, the whole first row had to tell a funny story from their
last holidays without saying the "ehm word", in order to give the participants a feeling on how it is to not use “ehm” as an expletive.
In the end of the seminar, delegates had the chance to volunteer in preparing and holding a speech in front of around 80 people. The
topics performed went from the new IPhone7 to peeing, and were both informative and fun.
Especially because the next day was the first day of the General Assembly, this seminar was particularly useful for everybody
preparing to raise a point or hold a speech in the auditorium. This is certainly not easy. But we as the journalists, who observed the
whole General Assembly, can proudly say that the Student Speaking Seminar was of great use to all our participants.
We would like to thank the Student Speaking Seminar and especially our speaker Walter Broersma for allowing WiesMUN`s
participants to get into rhetoric and taking part in the seminar!
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After an exhausting day of strict time schedules and heated debates, the delegates
were invited to a typical German barbecue. The organizers prepared the barbecue in a
beautiful surrounding in the fields behind Martin Niemöller school. Blankets for sitting,
candles for the ambience, a Frisbee for those who were not exhausted enough yet and
some music created a relaxing atmosphere.
After the delicious meal, many needed some sportive activities and so there were soccer and Frisbee games. With the nightfall,
everyone gathered around the campfire to keep warm. The atmosphere was very good, with someone playing the guitar and singing
along, and it was a great possibility to build and deepen friendships.
The evening was relaxing and brilliant for the participants mostly because it was such a contrast to the hard and stressful work during
the day in the committees.
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Best looking female
Best looking male
Most convincing delegate
Julika Häusling
Most likely to be a dictator
Lars Schneeweiss
Future President
Nandin-Erden Nyamsambuu
Person most likely to save the world
Julia Schwarzer
Daniel Bludau
Leon Harman
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Funniest Tie
Funniest Delegate
Konstantin Sommer
Radoslaw Dawiec
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Address by Charles Ukelis
Fellow Delegates,
the Delegation of Argentina wants to express its disappointment regarding the General Assembly. We strongly urge all Delegations to
learn when to clap or laugh and that a “Motion to have a break“ is neither a motion nor a point.
However, the Delegation of Argentina liked the punishments which you fellow Delegates received when the Secretary General took
her job seriously. Seeing how many delegates made fun of themselves was interesting and hilarious at the same time! For those
delegates, we will have a minute of silence.…
Although the Delegation of Argentina believes that no one took a thing seriously, we enjoyed the many speeches. For example
Japan´s speech which no one understood in the beginning, then Chad´s speech about how they want to send “our troops“ to eliminate
everyone who combats the civilians and the speeches were Chile referred to itself as a dish.
In addition, the Delegation of Argentina would like to express its greatest regards to the Organizing team which could not manage to
get a sufficient room with proper seats for the General Assembly.
However, I, in person, really enjoyed the two (out of 4) days at which I was present, and I really hope for everyone to come back -
either as a delegate, journalist or organizer. Everyone made this conference special for me and I hope you felt the same!
No hate! XOXO ,
The Delegation of Argentina
a.k.a Charles Ukelis, a.k.a funniest, best looking and smartest Delegate
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The 10 commands by the Delegation of Argentina
1. You shall not clap.
2. You shall not laugh.
3. You shall always take your placards to the podium.
4. You shall always address the house.
5. You shall always speak in a language that everyone understands.
6. You shall never even think of taking a banana to the podium and therefore not use it as a microphone.
7. You shall be as cool/funny/good looking/smart as the Delegation of Argentina.
8. Seeing that this is not possible, you shall always try to be.
9. You shall dance if there is a party (Lena!).
10. You shall enjoy life.
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During the knot game, a delegate
had a free hand and asked what to
do with it. Master of ceremonies
Lennart came as saving help and
gave him the advice to “put it on his
head”. So the problem was easily
solved. That was one of the few
times he was not seen just running
around organizing things.
Secretary: “Please find your
seats before coffee break” –
This was said at 9:45 after the
Delegates had not been able to
sit in alphabetic order for
about thirty minutes.
Germany is not able
to stand up during
the GA due to the fact
that his legs are too
long. Maybe he
would have a better
fit to Germany’s Next
Topmodel…
Unlike their huge
differences during
committee work in the
Security Council, the United
States of America and the
Russian Federation seem to
get along great in private.
Secret sources testify them
riding a bike together.
Speaking English all day
long can be exhausting.
It can happen easily that
you say sexful instead of
successful.
Maybe the Delegate
of Columbia should
not have used the
microphone so not
the whole room could
hear him chew
bubblegum.
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Delegates:
Journalist:
• Coffee breaks after 10 minutes of hard work
• Being the omniscient concerning your country
• Private guitar concerts and Frisbee matches in the park
• Committee work that was both productive and engaging
with light-hearted, sadistic punishments for coming late
• Realizing that only big, rich countries with evil intentions
win
• Late nights out in Wiesbaden and ignoring our lack of
sleeps
• OBJECTION!
• Dancing to 80s music in a club full of adults
• The coffee breaks.
• And of course the people.
• Our office: the flowers and its wonderful view
• Hardworking hours on the rooftop
• Writing on the top secret plot backboard
• The security council trying to manipulate us
• Jeromy’s visits
• Every single friendly delegates at the GA
• The all you can eat food buffets
• Origami flowers from the Delegate of Belarus
Organizers:
• Running around with our Walkie Talkies and feeling like
agents
• Eating all the time without becoming obese
• The transporter.
• Drinking the good coffee
• Printing resolutions until 3 am
• Visiting the ASB
• Walking around in zombie mode until running into allhappy
delegates
• Knowing that everything will work out magically in the end
• Fancy cloths and our name tag
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I'd just like to thank everyone involved for making
WiesMUN 2015 so great. While I saw some "old"
friends again who I hadn't seen since the last MUN, I
also met some of the loveliest new people and had a
lot of fun "working" with them. So, despite the
somewhat frustrating number of objections and
points of information during GA and the... very
interesting punishments for being late, I had the best
time

Journalist Team
Editor and Head of Journalist:
Silver Breitkopf and Shila Block
Journalist Team:
Anna Noa Behrendt
Aryam Tekie
Elise Mund
Jade Saint-Aubin
Juliane Clüsener-Godt
Katharina Spies
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