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HONG KONG MODEL UNITED NATIONS CLUB

Unit 8B, 8/F, Po Shau Centre, 115 How Ming Street, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong Tel: +852 2771-7350 Fax: +852 2771-7691

[email protected] http://www.hkmunc.org.hk

Dear students, On behalf of the Hong Kong Model United Nations Club, we are writing to present to you an eye-opening opportunity to become an Executive Committee member for session 2018 of our club. The application deadline is 17th November, 2017 (Friday). Grasp this golden opportunity and act now! About HKMUNC Hong Kong Model United Nations Club (HKMUNC) is a tertiary non-profit student body committed to arousing young people’s awareness on international issues, their sense of global citizenship and social responsibilities. The club is composed of young elites from different education institutes. Established in 2005, HKMUNC lays emphasis on the organization, training and participation in Model United Nations (MUN) conferences, which allow participants to get acquainted with over 200 elite students from all over the world. What YOU can acquire from being an executive committee member?

1. Leadership skills – you will need to lead a team of committee members in organizing MUN conferences each with 200 participants and other activities

2. Problem-solving skills – you will be inspired by working with talented students from different universities and majors in Hong Kong

3. Communication skills – you will need to co-operate with people from different educational and cultural backgrounds, from regions such as Korea, America and Europe, etc.

4. Presentation and organizational skills – you may need to make speeches as a young diplomat in front of groups of people, including presenting and

HONG KONG MODEL UNITED NATIONS CLUB

Unit 8B, 8/F, Po Shau Centre, 115 How Ming Street, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong Tel: +852 2771-7350 Fax: +852 2771-7691

[email protected] http://www.hkmunc.org.hk

implementing innovative ideas of new activities for the coming year

5. A broader horizon in global affairs – you may act as a young diplomat and have a more in-depth understanding of global issues by talking to our advisers such as Dr. Leong Che-hung, Prof. Peter Mathieson and Professor Simon Shen Xu Hui etc.

6. Knowledge of United Nations – you will be invited to visits, workshops and conferences that enrich your knowledge of the operation of the United Nations

In the coming year, you will have the chance to be:

! Organizer of various visits to Consulate Generals such as that of the U.S. ! Organizer of Hong Kong Secondary School Model United Nations Conference 2018 ! Representative of HKMUNC to participate in overseas MUN conferences with

subsidies

Please note that the term of office would be from 1 Jan, 2018 to 31 August, 2018

Application Deadline: 17th November, 2017 (Friday) Please submit your application through: https://goo.gl/forms/XmBHUyltoPMNpRCx2 Should you have any enquiries concerning the application and recruitment process, please email to [email protected]. Warmest regards, Crystal Pang President Executive Committee Session 2017 Hong Kong Model United Nations Club

Hong Kong Model United Nations Club

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The Hong Kong Model United Nations Club

Established in 2005, the Hong Kong Model United

Nations Club (HKMUNC) aims at promoting MUN

culture in the region, promoting world peace

through understanding and cooperation between

cultures and arousing youth attention on global

issues. With the above objectives, the HKMUNC has

successfully drawn great attention in the society.

Past Events of HKMUNC include the HKGMUN

Conference 2006, the HKMUNC Conference 2008,

the Hong Kong Secondary School Model United Nations Conference 2014, the Hong

Kong Model United Nations Conference 2015, visits and workshops on global issues.

We also emerge from overseas conferences, including Harvard National MUN, China

National MUN and Beijing MUN with flying colors.

With the support from our honorable advisors, we are ambitious in building our

brand in the coming few years.

Our Aims are:

• To enhance students' organization, communication, presentation and negotiation

skills so that they will become future leaders in society.

• To inspire students with the experience of exchanging ideas and cultures with

universities students from other countries

• To develop students’ lifelong interest and a sense of responsibility towards

global affairs

• To make an effort in promoting world peace through understanding and

cooperation between cultures

• To promote Model United Nations in the region

Composition of HKMUNC

Organizing committees of the Club come from different universities and colleges.

Many of them have valuable experiences in participating MUN events locally and

throughout the region in other countries such as the United States and People’s

Republic of China.

About HKMUNC


THE HONG KONG MODEL UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE 2006

Hong Kong Model United Nations Conference 2006 was one of the most exquisite

events of the Club. With the support of the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry

of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China in HKSAR, our honorable

advisors, guests and judges, the Conference attracted over 80 international university

students who are selected from hundreds of applicants. The Conference not only

started the glamorous history of the Club, but also established the path of model

United Nations in Hong Kong.

Participation in international Model United Nations

The Club has been devoted to train knowledgeable delegates by sponsoring them to

participate in different model United Nations conferences around the world. From

2005, we have sent various teams to participate in China’s model United Nations

conferences, such as Xi’an Model United Nations Conference and Asia International

Model United Nations Conference. Delegates representing HKMUNC have received

honorable awards, such as Best Position Paper and Best Delegation.

Past Events


In 2007, HKMUNC sent 5 well trained

delegates to the world prestigious Harvard

National Model United Nations Conference

2007. In 2008, we sent another 8

delegates to the Harvard National Model

United Nations Conference 2008. In 2008,

HKMUNC delegates have participated in

Singapore Model United Nations; half of

the delegates have been awarded the Best

Delegation Award, which is the harvest of

the Club’s continuous efforts in training. Through participation in various MUN

around the world, not only HKMUNC can learn valuable experiences from different

organizers, but HKMUNC can also successfully promote its brand around the world.

HKMUNC LEADERSHIP TRAINING PROGRAMME 2007 -

YOUNG DIPLOMATS OF TOMORROW Young Diplomats of Tomorrow is a chain

of programmes and activities designed

and organized by HKMUNC, aiming to

enhance students' organization,

communication, presentation and

negotiation skills as well as to promote

world peace. The series includes local

training programmes, talks by professors,

visits and interview to the Consulates and

Legislative Council and non-governmental

organizations at the beginning stage, best performers would be given a change to

proceed to the next stages. Under the motto “Embrace the world”, all the activities

are aimed at enhancing members’ interests and understanding in global issue. All

in all, the series is the cradle of future leaders.



The Hong Kong Model United Nations Conference was successfully held from 25th to

27th January 2008 with its grand opening in the Chinese University of Hong Kong. The

in-depth topics, the high quality of chairpersons, and the careful attention to the

conference arrangements, have together attracted more than 600 international

applicants from, to name a few, China, Thailand, Singapore, Australia, Nigeria,

Germany, France, and Mexico. The heated debate over pressing issues among elites

around the globe has been the spotlight of the conference.

Committee: Topic A Topic B

World Health Organization Patent and Medicine Food Safety

Social, Humanitarian and

Cultural Committee

Global Warming Human Pollution

Economic and Financial

Committee

Fair Trade Poverty


A LIST OF REPRESENTING COUNTRIES IN HKMUNC 2008

The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Mexico, Egypt, Switzerland, Sudan, UK, India,

Italy, Peru, France, Brazil, Russian Federation, Germany, Australia, Ethiopia, Japan,

Israel, Thailand, DPRK, Saudi Arabia, China, Portugal, Belgium, South Africa, Indonesia,

Congo, USA, Republic of Korea, Canada, Zambia, Pakistan, Spain


THE HONG KONG MODEL UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE 2009 Nurturing the HKMUN Conference as the auspice of Model

United Nations Conference in Asia

The Hong Kong Model United Nations Conference 2009

was held in the Chinese University of Hong Kong from

15th – 18th January 2009 with a larger scale. Both the

number of days, delegates and committee had increased.

We believe it provided more opportunities to those had

expressed keen interest in MUN, and a larger variety of

students demonstrated a larger gain for the conference.

Comparison of Past Conferences held by HKMUNC

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1

2

3

4

5

HKGMUN

2006

HKMUNC

2008

HKMUNC

2009

No. of days

No. ofcommittee

0

100

200

300

400

500

HKGMUN

2006

HKMUNC

2008

HKMUNC

2009

No. of delegates

Topics selected for HKMUNC 2009

Since it is important for participants to learn in a dynamic way with the daily

happenings around the world, we have chosen the following committees with current

hot issues as the topics:

Committees and Topics Discussed


World Health Organization Water Sanitation Disease Control

Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Committee Food Crisis Migration

UN Development Programme Orphan Crisis Microfinance

Human Rights Council Freedom of Press Crime Against Humanity



The Hong Kong Model United Nations Conference 2010 was successfully held at the

Hong Kong Polytechnic University of from 7th to 10th January 2010. It had served as

the training ground for future leaders as well as providing an excellent platform for

intellectual and cultural exchanges. Supported by the Office of the Commissioner of

the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the PRC in the HKSAR and the Constitutional and

Mainland Affairs Bureau as well as the Education Bureau of the Government of HKSAR,

this conference was widely known by the university students in local districts and over

the world that attracted a large number of global delegates.



Commission on Crime

Prevention and Criminal Justice

Extrajudicial Killings Transnational Organized

Crime

Disarmament and International

Security Committee

International Cooperation of the

Peaceful Use of Outer Space

The Illicit Trade in Small Arms

and Light Weapons


Cultural Committee

World Hunger Children in Armed Conflicts

World Health Organization Neglected Diseases Pandemic Control

Human Rights Council Rights of Indigenous People Women’s Rights

In addition, we have the great honor to introduce to you our new programme

specifically designed for young journalists -- Media Representatives. The Media

Representatives act as reporters in the conferences. They have to report events in the

conference. The Media Representatives attended our highlighted event -- Press

Conference – at the end of the conference.


THE HONG KONG SECONDARY SCHOOL MODEL UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE 2010

With the joint effort of the Commission on Youth, Hong Kong Secondary Schools

Model United Nations Conference 2010 was successfully held in Youth Square, Chai

Wan from 2nd April to 4th April 2010. It was a pioneering effort to extend our

conference to 218 secondary/ high school students from all over the world to

participate in this meaningful event.


Committees Topic A Topic B

Human Rights Council(HRC) Discrimination against

Islamic World

Political Prisoners

Disarmament and International Security

Committee(DISEC)

Non-proliferation of

Nuclear Weapons

The Illicit Trade of Small

Arms and Light Weapons

Social, Humanitarian and Cultural

Committee(SOCHUM)

Access to Information on

the Internet

Border Control, Refugees

and Asylum Seekers

United Nations Educational, Scientific and

Cultural Organization(UNESCO)

Illegal Trade of Ownership

of Cultural Heritage

Endangered Species



The 7th international model United Nations conference was successfully held from

17th to 20th February 2011 in Youth Square, Chai Wan. We had over 230 committed

young people from different corners of the world converging to work out contributive

resolutions to imperative global problems as well as building borderless friendships.

In the 4-days conference, we went through 20 hours of intensive discussion on

controversial topics.



General Assembly (GA) Review the Progress of the

United Nations Millennium

Development Goals- Achieve

Universal primary education

Review the Progress of the


Development Goals - Reduce

Child Mortality

Legal Committee International Convention on

Cyber Security and Peace

Legislation on Genetic

Engineering and Biological

Cloning

World Health Organisation

(WHO)

Improving Health Conditions of

Women and Children in Disaster

Areas

Visions and Strategies for Global

Immunization



The 8th international Model United Nations Conference was successfully held from 9th

to 12th February 2011 in Youth Square, Chai Wan. Again, being our flagship

programme, the Conference had attracted a pool of international talents to

experience the MUN culture in Hong Kong and debate over a wide range of

controversial global issues.



Economic and Social Council

(ECOSOC)

Drug Trafficking and Drug War Access to Basic Housing for

Urban Poor

Security Council (SC) Post-Independence Situation in South

Sudan

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Cultural Committee (SOCHUM)

Advancement of Women in Third

World Countries

Child Imprisonment

World Health Organization

(WHO)

Assurance of Equal Access to Basic

Medical Welfare

Prevailing Transmission of

Infectious Diseases



The second Secondary School Model United Nations Conference ended with wide

applause in July 2012. A 4-day conference in Y-Square, Chai Wan from 29th June to 2nd

July attracted more than 250 local and overseas elites. With accrued experience, our

club has gained recognition among the local and international community.


Committees Topic A Topic B

General Assembly(GA) Press Censorship and

Protection of Journalists

Internet Piracy and

Copyright Issues

G20 Cyber Warfare Green Economy

Security Council of 1991 The Soviet Coup Attempt

of August 1991

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The 3-day Hong Kong Secondary Schools Model United Nations Conference 2014

was held successfully in Cyberport, Southern District from 28th to 30th June 2014. The

Conference had more than 150 participants from 39 secondary schools.



General Assembly (GA) Review the Progress of the


Development Goals- Achieve

Universal primary education

Review the Progress of the


Development Goals - Reduce

Child Mortality

Legal Committee International Convention on

Cyber Security and Peace

Legislation on Genetic

Engineering and Biological

Cloning


(WHO)

Improving Health Conditions of

Women and Children in Disaster

Areas

Visions and Strategies for Global

Immunization



The annual international Model United Nations Conference was successfully held

from 13th to 16th February 2015 in Youth Square, Chai Wan. It was the very first time to

include a committee for Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo) in our flagship

programme.



Disarmament and International

Security Committee (DISEC)

Drone Usage in Modern Day

Warfare

Nuclear Threat in the Middle

East


Cultural Affairs Committee

(SOCHUM)

The question of International

Espionage: Infringement of the

right to privacy or Legitimate

state practice?

Freedom of the Media in

Developing Countries

United Nations Security Council

(UNSC)

Situation in Ukraine Al Qaeda Cell Re-emergence in

Iraq (ISIS)

Legislative Council of Hong

Kong (LegCo)

Eradicating Sexual Orientation

Discrimination in Hong Kong

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The Hong Kong Secondary School Model United Nations Conference 2017 was held

successfully in The Wave, Kwun Tong from 30th September to 2nd October 2017, after

a two-year break of the Club. More than 130 participants took part in the conference

and spoke highly of the overall organisation.



UN Security Council (UNSC) Elimination of Terrorism on a

Global Context

Non-Proliferation of Weapons of

Mass Destruction

UN High Commissioner for

Refugees (UNHCR)

Refugees' Access to Adequate

Healthcare

Rights of Refugees in Asylum

Countries


(WHO)

Prevention and Elimination of

Organ Trade

Promotion of Proper Use of

Antibiotics


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