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Sustainable Development & Youth Committee The Committee on Sustainable Development & Youth provides a platform for youth from all over the globe to gather, collaborate and learn from each other. The emphasis is on working from the interests of the participants. They develop their understanding of sustainable development issues through various assignments, feedback from coordinators Continue reading Sustainable Development & Youth Committee Summary Social Tensions, Conflicts & Youth Committee There is one week in the year, where a group of youth come together to tackle issues all over the world; whether it be a conflict they encounter in there own community or an problem that burdens the society as a whole. Participants of THIMUN Youth Assembly came together Continue reading Social Tensions, Conflict & Youth Committee Summary Social Tensions, Conflicts & Youth Committee in Session The projects begin. Tuesday morning we began constructing each individual project outline, beginning with a small packet to fill out containing project organization, budgeting, and potential risks. After both coordinators read over each outline and gave feedback and suggestions, each participant revised their original draft to create Continue reading Tuesday with the Social Tensions, Conflict & Youth Committee Pleased to announce that in January 2011, TYN will be hosting the 15th Session of the THIMUN Youth Assembly. From Sunday January 23rd to Friday January 28, 2011 over seventy students, aged 16 to 25, from around the world will meet together in the Hague to develop innovative and youthful solutions to issues faced by Continue reading Call for Coordinators, Participants and Guest Speakers Hello everyone. Like every year, TYN sends a delegation to CSD. Here is a brief introduction to the members of the delegation:
Bastiaan Bouwman Hi, my name is Bastiaan Bouwman, from Amsterdam. Having worked with TYN for three years now, on topics like the MDG’s, corporate social responsibility and international NGO politics, it’s Continue reading CSD: Introductions As usual, the day started with joining the never-ending long queue outside UNHQ, but despite the security check fuzz and the called-off meeting with the Chinese delegates, everything went fine and well. Today was a really busy day all filled with meetings with country delegates and UN officials, Continue reading CSD: Day 4
According to the dictionary a plenary is the following:
Plenary adj. Complete in all respects; unlimited or full: a diplomat with plenary powers. Fully attended by all qualified members: a plenary session of the council.
To be honest, this doesn’t make any sense seeing what I saw today. A couple of Continue reading A Ray of Light
Amidst the chaos and throng of people, the COP15 negotiations continued at a steady but increasing pace. You can notice the increased confidence in the people as they discover their purpose within the conference. A conference of this size, roughly 45,000 participants, the meetings can seem quite hectic but we do hope that Continue reading Amongst the Chaos… On the weekend before COP15 begins, a conference is held for the youth delegates attending COP. The Conference of Youth, or COY, is in part a training ground for delegates, in part an information sharing forum and in part a place for delegates to meet and network before COP commences. A number of workshops were held Continue reading Conference of Youth; Here at Last! |
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