Youth and Education

6.Aug.2008

United Nations Association of Georgia within the frames of “Confidence Building in South Caucasus” program, supported by Forum Syd and implemented in cooperation with UNA Sweden, has conducted Model UN/Summer Peace Camp from July 27 to August 3, 2008, in UNAG International Educational Campus in Tskneti. The students from Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia united to discuss the Global threat - Food Crisis.  

The students were chosen on the basis of competition by the UNAG in Georgia and with the assistance of Armenian United Nations Association in Armenia. UNAG cooperated with the UN Department of Public Information in Azerbaijan, which assisted UNAG in selecting and preparing participants from Azerbaijan. The meeting with the Azerbaijani participants was organized in UN DPI office in Azerbaijan, where UN DPI Public Information Associate informed students about the outlines of the program and answered their questions. The students also had a chance to meet the WFP Country Director, receive the first-hand information about the food security in the world and ask related questions. The UN DPI Azerbaijan and UNAG intend to further expend their cooperation in future. For more detailed information about preparation process in Azerbaijan click here  

The participants attended different trainings, seminars and activities designed to broaden their general knowledge on UN system, MDGs, Gender, conflict resolution, effective presentation, etc, and in particular on Global Food Crisis. In addition, students participated in intellectual games and various intercultural activities intended to familiarize participants from three countries with each other’s cultural peculiarities and bring them together.
During the whole week, participants prepared for the Model UN conference, which took place on August 2, in the Tbilisi State University. While simulating the General Assembly of the United Nations, delegates discussed the causes of the Global Food Crisis and tried to find the ways of overcoming it. The delegates elaborated two resolutions and eventually agreed on one with the absolute majority of votes.