Model United Nations (MUNA)
The Model United Nations was held in Winnipeg on April 28-May 1st 2011.\ Retson 807-468-3205. If interested in attending the Model United Nations in 2011 please send an email to jretson@shaw.ca.
Basic Material on MUNA
What is Model United Nationsor (MUNA)
The Model United Nations Assembly, or MUNA, is a reproduction of the United Nations General Assembly. Sixty to seventy UN member nations are represented in MUNA by two grade 11 and/or grade12 students. The Rotary Clubs from the United States (Minnesota, North Dakota, and Wisconsin), from Canada (Northwest Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan) - as well as some of the local Winnipeg high schools - select, sponsor and send students to Winnipeg every year to participate in MUNA.
An agenda of topics, closely related to issues before the current UN General Assembly, is prepared for debate several months in advance of the MUNA event, which takes place each year in the month of May. Participating students are expected to diligently acquire information on agenda items about the policies of the country they will represent.
Model UN Headquarters Resource Page Briefing Papers for Students CyberSchoolBus Global Teaching and Learning Project
Basic Information on United Nations:
General United Nations Website
The Work of United Nations briefly summarized
Documentation of UN's Activities including Resolutions of General Assembly
2012 Resolutions
Resolution 1 - Resource for Resolution 1
Resolution 2 -
Resolution 3 -
Resolution 4 -
Un Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Division for Social Policy and Development
Madrid Plan of Action on Aging
1982 Vienna International Plan of Action on Ageing
Additional Useful Websites
International Court of Justice Decisions
International Atomic Energy Agency
An excellent presntation of the goals of the IMF can be found at the following site: IMF
Researching Countries
Collection of Government resources to more than 100 countries
- Country Profiles
- CIA World Fact Book
- http://www.nutshellnotes.com/ Nutshell survey on Afghanistan, Cuba, Pakistan, Yugoslavia
- http://dir.yahoo.com/government/countries
- http://memory.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html This website contains the on-line versions of books previously published in hard copy by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Army. At present, 102 countries and regions are covered. Notable omissions include Canada, the United States, France, the United Kingdom, and other Western nations, as well as a number of African nations. The date of information for each country appears on the title page of each country and at the end of each section of text.
Specific Countries
To see specifice Country down load Google Earth to download software. Run Good earth program that is downloaded and then enter the name of the Country you want to see. Clicking on various characteristics on the left margin such as borders will give greater details.
Specific Topics:
Books Worth Reading
Fasulo, Linda (2004) An Insiders Guide to the UN, New haven Yale Univesity Press
Kennedy, Paul (2006) The Parliament of Man, The Past, Present, and Future of the United nations, Toronto: HarperCollinsPublisher
landeres, David S (1999) The Wealth and Poverty of nations, Why Some are So Rich and Some So Poor, New York: W.W. Norton
Maathai, Wangari (2009) The Challenge for Africa, New York: Pantheon
Rashid, Ahmed (2008) Descnt into Chaos, The United States and the Failure of nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia
Sachs, jeffrey D (2008) Common Wealth, Economics for A Crowded Planet, New York: The Penquin Press