PAZMUN REMEMBRANCE

In memory of PAZMUN 2012

General Assembly
Security Council

 first arrived at Instituto La Paz in 2010 exactly during that time of the year when students were getting prepared for their MUN, I saw that the students were very involved in the model however, at that time it was more a recreational activity rather than an educational one.
Therefore I saw a great chance for opportunity to develop as many skills as possible in our students for upcoming models.

All these ideas needed to be discussed in order for them to become effective therefore I shared these ideas with the Coordinator, Miss Elisabeht Taboada. It is worth mentioning the aim of these ideas was to make the Model more meaningful to our Junior High students.

The following are some of the aspects that should be taken into account when planning a Model of United Nations:

1. The creation of concepts beyond the students' knowledge, but at the same time using what they have learned over the years to develop an action plan that would benefit the community.

2. The communication of their ideas based on a proper protocol according to the international standards for a MUN in Middle Schools.

3. The sharing of ideas in a respectful and diplomatic atmosphere.

4. To defend their ideas using reliable statements, creating an argument over their own point of view, honoring the Country's position.

5. Promoting interest on other culture¬s point of view regarding international issues.

These aspects are only a few of many more developed during this year¬s PAZMUN, which would not have been accomplished without the participation and unconditional cooperation of our Secretary General Valeria Vigueras Rivera (4th PAI), who came up with an action plan for this year¬s PAZMUN since the beginning of the school year working hand by hand with the Model¬s Under-Secretary General Danae Tea Espinosa (3rd MYP).
Both of them dealt with a series of situations and though some of them might have resulted frustrating they overcame them successfully. This of course would not have been possible without the help of a great team who did an outstanding job as Secretariat:

∑ Servio Reyes- General Assembly,
∑ Manuel Rubio-Security Council,
∑ David Madrigal- European Union,
∑ Renata Fernandez-Commission of Crime Preventions and Criminal Justice,
∑ Victoria Flores- World Health Organization,
∑ Angelica Arratia- Commission on Narcotic Drugs,
∑ Maria Elena García-United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund,
∑ Joaquin Toledano- Counter Terrorism Committee and,
∑ Mayte Gómez president of Environmental Program;
All of them together with their table members made it happen.

It would not be fair to close this article without acknowledging the help we received from our 5th PYP and 1st MYP students, whose performance as ushers was managed responsibly and outstandingly.
To sum up, this PAZMUN would not have been possible without the cooperation and hard work shown by all the delegates, and our guests from sister schools: Olinca, Green Gates and Colegio del Pilar; as well as the cooperation from Tecnológico del Monterrey and former students from La Paz. This would not mean a thing without all the effort, interest and support of all the Delegates from Middle School, who displayed an amazing level of English and debating skills in order to reach very worthy resolution papers.  This sort of events allows students to show to what extent they have developed the attributes from the IB Community Profile such as Inquirers, Open-Minded, Principled and Knowledgeable to name a few.

We look forward to the next PAZMUN, we will be glad to see many of you taking up this challenge in order to make it better every year.



Commission of Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
2.   


Commission on Narcotic Drugs
World Health Organization


International Children's Emergency Fund
Counter Terrorism

Environmental Programme
Ushers




JR High Escort

 During the event there were many special moments to point out. So many indeed, that it seems impossible to write about all of them. However I will try to make my best to talk about not the most important ones, but at least of those who seemed to me to give more to think about.


First of all I would like to talk about the Opening Ceremony, within the one I know there were many mistakes, but without question one of the best moments of all was  the intervention that Rodrigo Maza and Nayelhi Alcázar gave us with a piece composed by Rodrigo Maza himself and adapted for the violin by him, to make this outstanding duet during the ceremony. 


Rodrigo Maza and Nayehli Alcázar


As well I would like to thank Miss Martha Castro the representative of the ONU who served as our guest of honor during the opening ceremony and who gave us a very thoughtful speech, with lots of words that not only made us stop for a moment of reflexion but as well to conserve for out professional and personal lives for the rest of them, when she mention that we must conserve all the knowledge gather at the school, but that we must put it in practice in all our actions, as to promote the respect and good wealth around our communities and for our communities. 

Miss Martha Castro UNO Representative
As soon as the opening finished we were witnesses of the hard work made by all delegates, they began to debate, they defended their ideas with such enthusiasm but most of all with all that knowledge gathered in days before. They shown themselves, not only because they wanted a price, but because at the end they understood and enjoy fighting for what they believed. I am proud to say that not only they were trying to make themselves clear but they were willing to join others point of view as to try to negotiate with them for a better solution of the problematics to be solved. 

In General Assembly we had the participation of students from Green Gates with Timo Kuerten, Olinca with Tonantzin Real Rojas and from  Tecnologico de Monterrey Guillermo Tamayo, making the debate very substantial and critical for those who wanted to stand up, the participation of our students Jallath Carreón, Aldo Torres and René Robles was indeed outstanding from all expectations and for that they were grant with their prices as Honorable Mentions and Special Recognitions, however Timo Kuerten recieved the grant of Best Delegate.

Timo Kuerten receiving his Best Delegate Price
Talking about Security Council, it is a privilege indeed, not only they developed there topics in a notorious way, it took them more than a day to conclude with one of the problematics. This because of the strongly believes of right and wrong that the delegates shown. No matter how long it took them, they created one of the best resolutions ever seen during the Models. With proud we would like to point out that this committee was the most competitive of all and for that Instituto La Paz grants them with the honor of being the BEST Committee. On this committee  won Nayehli Alcázar (2nd PAI) won Special Recognition, Sebastián Salim (2nd PAI) Honorable Mention and as the Best Delegate Alejandro Morán (4th PAI).


DELEGATES' COMMENTS:

Mario Gutiérrez. General Asemmbly Delegate from United States of America:
Debating, maybe one of the most interesting things that I like, specially and mainly if I'm representing a country, solving problems, discussing, arguing.
In this case I got the awesome opportunity to represent the World's most powerfull county (USA) so it was pretty amazing to debate against poeple from other schools and even from other countries.



Nayelhi Alcázar

Álvaro -Japan-Olinca
Alejandro Morán



This way we put on practice what SEP and IB program demand the schools to do and more.


PAI Coordinator Miss Elisabeht Taboada



Secretariat








Secretariat, Coordinator and Head Advisor











Presidents and Teachers
Colegio del Pilar


Colegio del Pilar

Former Student and Guest of Honor Javier Martínez Mendoza


Presidents: CND, WHO, UNICEF AND UNEP

Presidents: UNCCPCJ, EU, CT AND HR. 

Presidents: GA, SC AND UNCCPCJ. 

Under Secretary General and Secretary General 


Secretary General Valeria Vigueras Rivera

Academic Coordinator Miss Liliana Muñoz 

Band of 3rd PAI

Instituto La Paz Cheer Leader Team

Head Advisor Miss Vicky Caballero

PICTURES AND MORE



Extra Point 1+


5 Paragraph Essay 


INSTITUTO LA PAZ MODEL UNITED NATIONS 2012


DELEGATION: Greece
COMMITEE: European Union
English Group:
English Teacher:
DELEGATE: Ibarra de la Peña María José

Segment 1. 
Describe past MUN's (the ones that you have had participated on the past, as ushers or delegates, from 2010, 2011, 2012).

Segment 2.
In which way has PAZMUN 2012 been better or worse from the other MUN's? Please explain your answer.

Segment 3. 
Do you think you have learnt something new? 
Did you put on practice your knowledge about different subjects during the process of PAZMUN 2012? 
have you improve your speaking and personal abilities?
For all the answers please explain how and why?

Segment 4. 
How do you think you would have done better on this PAZMUN? What would you have done different for the things you did? In which way this thought would be helpful for next year?

Segment 5. 
What would you change about PAZMUN for next year? Take on consideration that it has to be an academic, encouraging and learning event.
How would you suggest improving the model?

Specifications
ARIAL 12. 
For each segment write a different title. 
Send it to: 
pazmun@ilp.edu.mx by Sunday June 17th 2012. 
Print a copy and deliver it to your English teacher for revision. 

For the Best delegates, tables and presidents, you can do it in Spanish and send it by mail when possible. 
It is volunteer, not an obligation. 
Unless you want 1 extra point.
You will have to deliver it in English by Monday.


United Nations Expo

Why to Plan an Strategy: By United Nations... In Spanish...


NACIONES UNIDAS
Comentan que la planeación es un proceso de elección y selección entre cursos alternativos de acción, con vistas a la asignación de recursos escasos, con el fin de obtener objetivos específicos sobre la base de un diagnostico preliminar que cubra todos los factores relevantes que puedan ser identificados.

ND, ANTOLOGÍA DE LA TEORÍA ADMINISTRATIVA,ND, P 12.  


There's a UN expo on Paseo de la Reforma. Each country has a different stand with their typical food, souvenirs and most importantly, reliable information and stadistics.

Here's the opportunity to learn extra things about your country for PazMun!

Here's the link:
http://www.cultura.df.gob.mx/index.php/eventimportantes2/6387-feria-de-las-culturas-amigas-2012
http://www.cultura.df.gob.mx/index.php/eventimportantes2/6387-feria-de-las-culturas-amigas-2012

PAZMUN 2012 VIDEO

PAZMUN 2012 VIDEO

CHECK THE LINK FOR YOU TO SEE THE NEWEST VIDEO FOR RULES AND PROCEDURES.


Schedule: PAZMUN



         Schedule:


May 31st, 2012
Opening ceremony                         8:00-9:00
First session from                         9:10-11:40
Recess   (Photos)                         11:10-11:50
Second session from                  12:00-14:50

June 1st, 2012
Third session from                      8:00-11:10
Recess                                              11:10-11:40
Fourth session from                    11:50-14:00
Evaluation session from             14:00-15:00
Closing ceremony from               15:00-16:00


European Union




European Union: 


President: David Madrigal

·      Chair: Frida Casas
·         Moderator: Hans Gundermann López
·         Conference Officer: Alejandra Mardegain
  
        Topics
a.   Economical crisis in the European Union
b.   Food crisis all over Europe as well as lack of food for future generation



Dear delegates:

To be once again in a UN model is something that we must be grateful about, because after all we are doing something professional and something we would keep in our memories for all our life.

Since I was a child I always used to ask myself “why problems can´t be solved by talking or debating instead of violence”. It is a clear example of how UN models benefits all of us and its important to learn how they function from an early age, try to imagine what will happen if at my age I still don’t know anything about models or Worldwide problems, I would be asking the same question over and over again and I would be ignorant.

This year I am pleased to be the European Union’s President and we will talk about actual problems in the European Union. The first topic will be about the economical crisis. In which one of the principal countries is Greece, which can´t re-financed its debt and with this it affects all of the European Union.  The second topic is about the food crisis and the lack of food around the world but mainly its consequences in the European Union. It is about how the food products have increased their prices as a result of their disappearance t and because of this in a future there will be lack of them.

This year it is expected to be a different model for all of us, as all of you already should know and we must do our best. We need you to change the perception of this bad comment like, its to much work for nothing!, I want you to see that you don’t need anything to be prized only you need to be proud of yourself and that’s all you need to keep going and be a great person.

Good luck this year, go for it, give all you got and more!!!

Your President, 
David Madrigal

Background
The European Union (EU) is committed to ensuring a stable and peaceful Europe and at the same time, to build their presence on the world stage to contribute more effectively to peace and development worldwide. After starting in the late fifties as a project to unite Europe through economic integration, in order to prevent future wars, the EU has grown to become an important global player, the biggest trading entity the world with a single market and single currency for 27 member countries.
The mission of the European Union is: To promote and host integration and common governance of the peoples and States of Europe. The European Union, and before the Communities promotes continental integration through common policies covering different policy areas, essentially economic in origin and progressively extended to areas undoubtedly political. To achieve their common goals, the States of the Union certain powers attributed to these, putting in common or shared sovereignty that unfolds through the channels community.
Its importance from the legal is that it is the only international body almost entirely supranational (that means, their member states resigned much of their sovereignty to submit to common rules across the EU).
The objectives of the European Union are:
 Provide peace, prosperity and stability for its citizens,
 Overcome divisions on the continent,
 Ensure that its citizens can live in security,
 Promote balanced economic and social development,
 Meet the challenges of globalization and preserve the diversity of the peoples of Europe,
 Defend the values ​​that Europeans share, such as sustainable development and respect for human rights and social market economy.




a.   Economical crisis in the European Union
Historical background
TheEuropean economiccrisisoriginatedin 2007after the collapseofU.S. investmentbank"BearStearns", a situation that led to theinsolvency ofseveral banks. Thissituation extended tothe state level, creating crisisin Greece, Portugal and Ireland.
European Union decided toadopt "rescue plans" to attend to these economies.There wasguaranteeinterbank lendingto revivethis marketcompletely blocked bythe fear of acollapse ofthe entities.
There wasalsoguaranteespaymenttotheir beneficiariesreached400,000millionas of December2009 in Germany, 320 000 millionEuros in France,200,000million euroin the Netherlands and100,000millionEuros in Spainin 2008.inDecember 2011, for a meetingin Paris, There Wasannounceda newimpetus tothe EU Treaty, whichwould includeall the27 Member States.This formulaprovided that incase anycountryfrom blockingthe changeof the Treaty,the17-nationcurrency areachangesapplyonly to members.
This way, it wouldadvance the implementation ofpermanentrescue fundfor 2012, a year ahead of schedule

b.   Food crisis all over Europe as well as lack of food for future generation
Historical background
This economic crisis will bring millions of people into poverty, is also being caused the food crisis in Europe, countries lack the resources, now one in seven people suffer from hunger, it is  the world's largest economy, the EU has an important role to play in achieving food security in a world with limited resources.
The European Union has been implemented measures such as that implemented the European Commission in May this year when it took an additional fund of 1.000 billion in Official Development Assistance (ODA). Even this the NGOs state that it will require more performances "in agriculture and other policies."(This is from past years and actually)
Actual situation
The financial crisis in Europe is worse than other years since they need to pay a quantity of 750 billion Euros, euro fall 0.3 percent and G-20 has rebuffed they call for help
Also Germany as one of the principal contributors to bailout has an important role, it decides if they combine rescue funds and produce potential firewall
The European central bank is prepared to help countries for loans
Europe really needs to take a serious decision to re-finance their economy so they could stay being a powerful country


BLOC COUNTRIES
Topic A Economical crisis in European Union
Spain: Is one of the main countries of the E.U. it has some importance on the economy because is one of the first countries in Europe, either its economy is going Down by problems with other countries in Europe, by the way it will be returning to its old currency the Peseta leaving the Euro
France:It has an important paper on the economical crisis, it is not living it like Spain but France would reach solutions by moving money to other countries in Europe either it has power by being one world’s power.
Germany: It either has power to move, help or leave the crisis by being a world’s power; either Germany may answer in the distress call by being harmed by the crisis
Ireland:This country is an example of the damage that the crisis makes it may need help it is in a bad position in the problematic.
England: In an economical way it is not harmed but in a social way it is, England has power to help but nowadays is in a ghost position it do not help but it don’t harm

Topic B Food crisis all over Europe as well as lack of food for future generations
Spain: It takes body by having children without food in a high percentage
Belgium: It has an important participation in the problematic bye being damaged and because of its position it is the one who can receive help from France
Netherlands: They aren’t rich and they are an example that why is important to take care of this problem
Finland: It has a high percentage of alphabetic people and It is an example of a country with culture and education but the economy is not as high as past years and the food in some regions is in lack.


Bibliographies
·        United Nations,Developmnet,http://www.un.org/es/development/desa/financial-crisis/index.shtml

·         European Union, The European Unionat the United Nations, consulted in: http://www.europa-eu-un.org/articles/es/article_1001_es.htm February/27/2012.

·         European Union, Basic Information of the European Union, consulted in:http://europa.eu/about-eu/basic-information/index_es.htmFebruary/27/2012.

·         European Union, Countries, consulted in:http://www.europa-eu-un.org/ February/27/2012

·        Bloomberg,G-20 rebuufs europe call for help http://bx.businessweek.com/european-financial-crisis/view?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bloomberg.com%2Fnews%2F2012-02-27%2Feurope-left-to-dig-deeper-after-g-20-rebuffs-call-for-help.html


<  I am the one in the left


Chair: Casas Rangel
Favorite subject: English
Hobbies: Drawing, surfing in internet.

Something I think others haven’t done Make necklaces with a special dough 









Name: Hans
Last name: Gundermann Lopez
Favorite subject: music
Committee: European union
Position: Moderator
Hobbies: play music, watch anime, play videogames, read comics
Something I think others haven’t done: make their own  metal song with their music band.


<  I am the one at the left



Name:  Alejandra Mata Mardegain


  


Comittee: European Union
Position: Conference Officer
Favorite Subject: History
Hobbies: Listen to music, read, surfing in internet.
Something I have done that others haven’t: eat duck.




EUNIONDelegateCountryPPPP Grade president
1Estrada Samano ThaniaUK2A3
2Pacheco González Luis EduardoFRANCE1A8
3Matínez Morales Silvia JimenaGERMANY1C0
4Souroujon Dorantes SERGIO SamuelNETHERLANDS1C
5Ortiz Montiel Miguel ÁngelSPAIN1C4
6MORALES PRIETO ANTONIO MANUELEGYPT2A
7Tenorio Perea RobertoNORWAY2A
8Méndez Bailleres XimenaFINLAND1C7
9Martínez Magallón StephaníaDENMARK1C5
10Sánchez Mustafá Luis GerardoSWITZERLAND1C
11VARGAS GARCIA Giselle MontserratCHINA1C5
12Morfín Hernández Edgar LEONARDORUSSIA1C
13Santoyo MónicaBELGIUM1A
14Ibarra de la Peña María JoséGREECE1A10
15Campos Petit Angela OLINCAUSA

16
INDIA

17
IRELAND

18
SPAIN

19
ITALY