What Am I Doing Up At This Hour? and The Big, Bad MUN Guide III: "All Those in Favour of Adjourning, Please Raise Your Placards!"

Delegates!

Obviously, I'm far too excited to be sleeping right now; the day of the conference has arrived! Thrilling, isn't it? Just wait. It gets better.

Delegates, we thank you (well, at least, those of you who did) for your position paper submissions. I've read on other blogs of some other dais staff responding personally to each submission; that will not be the case in our committe (sorry, but then, I guess you would have guessed that by now), but we do appreciate your work, and, in case there was any doubt, they do all get read.

Well, what else can I counsel you on? Not much, in this, the eleventh hour. I would imagine your pens are neatly arranged by your notebooks, your neckties carefully chosen, your piles and piles of statistics all colour-coded and ready to go in your backpack (right?).

Just one thing left. Here's Part Three of the BBMUN Guide, for your last-minute reading pleasure. I've tried to round out the description of the conference, sort of picking up where I left of in Part One, filling in the missing details. My goal, in all this, has been to familiarize you (particularly those of who who need familiarizing, to sound redundant) with just what the conference entails. Enjoy! I'll see you later today.

The Big, Bad MUN Guide, Part Three (Microsoft Word File)

The Big, Bad MUN Guide II: "All Those In Favour Of Passing Draft Resolution 1.0 Will Please Raise Their Placards!"

Delegates!

I expect many of you will pass out with excitement at this announcement:

PART TWO OF THE BIG, BAD MUN GUIDE IS UP! Click the link below NOW to read it!

The Big, Bad MUN Guide, Part Two (Microsoft Word File)

This instalment is (hopefully) a little more interesting to read than the previous; at the very least, you should read it for the lame attempt at making pop culture references.

And... I guess that's it. Enjoy! Man, I am so excited to see you people on THURSDAY!

WE'RE ALMOST THERE!

Delegates!!!

I hope you noticed the additional exclamation marks after the salutation; we have reached a very exciting time! It is THE WEEK OF THE CONFERENCE! Only a few short days left until the causcusing, resolution-writing, politicking festivities begin! Celebrate!

(Or get on researching, if you haven't done that yet. But I would submit that this is rather last minute.)

Well, having reached this point, I've realized that I probably never will find the time to finish the full version of the Big Bad MUN Guide. And so, I have decided that you will get the abbreviated version, which I will be posting later tonight. And hopefully still that third part coming just before the conference.

Two things for you to visit:

First, the UNEP 2010 Foreign Policy Index site, which I've mentioned before (link to the right, under "Resources"). It was updated today with a number of articles, which covered a number of different areas of foreign policy. I've tried to make the site as useful a resource as possible for as many nation-states as possible.

Second, visit www.un.org/en/members- it will prove immensely useful. Here you can find links to the websites of all the missions to the UN of the UN Member States, often with articles outlining foreign policy. A must in preparing for debate.

Enjoy, delegates! I'll see you in a few days! I'll be the one wearing the toga!*



*That is a joke.

Happy February! Happy I-Week!

Delegates!



Do you know what this week is? It's International Week at the University of Alberta! If you have some free time, come on over to campus- there'll be a variety of free-and-open-to-the-public events every day this week, including speakers and film presentations. Don't miss this opportunity to get a glimpse of the 'big picture'! You can find a schedule by following the link below:

U of A I-Week.