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Our first stop that served asan introduction to Mara-

mures was an original woodenchurch from Desesti. Here, theparticipants got to see the struc-ture, architecture and craftingskills that went into building aunique Maramuresean landmark.they were also welcomed withfreshly picked pears from thechurch’s garden. Next, they vis-ited the Memorial of Pain inSighetul Marmatiei to witnessa darker side of Romania’s his-tory, a necessary part for us toremember and for everybodyelse to know. From the en-trance, one could have felt thesorrow, pain and cry of thesouls imprisoned there. thisplace left a mark on our partic-ipants understanding of theRomanian people, a place thatmade them say “So. this is whatcommunism did…” afterwards,we paid a visit to Elie Wiesel inhis House from Sighetu Mar-matiei where participants gotto know about Elie Wiesel’schildhood and stories of theterrific Holocaust.

a long awaited lunch fol-lowed where everybody got totaste some traditional Roman-ian food and drinks (palinca, ofcourse!), and where we all gotto know each other, better.

the next place on our itine -

rary was the tallest woodenchurch in Europe and the Me -rry cemetery of Sapanta, a dif-ferent and special kind ofce metery where, even thoughthe phrase lost in translationmade its point, we managed toget a few laughs and enjoy theexperience. Our last visit wasat the monastery at Bârsana, atraditional monastery with cla -ssical Maramuresean architec-ture, a place of worship and

tradition and spirituality. atthis place, we ended our tripwith a Romanian traditionalmeal called placinta.

It was a great day to get toknow Romania and Ma ra m u res

and the weather was on ourside as well; we learnt a bit a -bout Romanian history, tradi-tion, architecture, food andparticipants enjoyed it to themaximum.

UN decided to create an inter -national survey known as

MY WORLD to offer all its citi-zens the possibility to participatein the decision-making pro cesspost-2015 by identifying thechanges which will lead to pos-itive changes in their lives.

My World is a survey whichallows people all over the worldto record the most importantproblems they wish to add tothe post-2015 agenda. the re-sults of this survey are add re -ssed to the UN.

this campaign will takeplace until 2015, time in whichwe aim to gather the voices ofall the people to get involvedinto this project, especially themarginalized and under-devel-oped communities. the resultswill be available on the website– www.myworld2015.org andwill sent to the UN before themeeting in Monrovia, Jakartaand New York before present-ing the final report to the Sec-retary General to advise him inwhat concerns the vision of thepost-2015 agenda.

Go VOtE now!

My World campaign is YOUR WorldHave you ever wanted to be heard by government officials? Are you an active citizen? Do you hope your government is more responsive to its citizens’ needs ordo you feel like shouting out to the world to end violence? Now it’s your chance toinclude your views to the United Nations Post-2015 Development Agenda!

You can add your voice to the MY WORLD campaign usingthree main channels:

n Online: www.myworld2015.org in the six UN officiallang uages and through social media;

n Mobile phone technologies (available from January2013): via SMS and Interactive Voice Response (IVR) throughtoll-free phone numbers; and

n Offline (available from December 2012): in paper formby way of a ballot – distributed through a network of grassroots organizations, faith communities, youth groups, privatesector bodies and NGO partners around the world.

n the survey is anonymous.

Maramures county tripRotaractMUN organizing team wanted to offer participants the chance to get a grasp of the Romanian sce-nary, cuisine and welcoming culture. Thus, prior to the official beginning of the conference, participantshad a tour around the county of Maramureş. The trip was a wonderful opportunity for the participants toget to know the history of Maramureş and Romania as a culture, to visit several important landmarks andto get familiar with the place where they will call home for the next few days.

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the audience was delighted tohear the advices, the encourage-ments and congratulations from

our speakers: the Governor ofRotary District 2241- MarianLiviu Mocan, ambassador of

the Netherlands to Romania -H.E. Mr. Matthijs van Bonzel,

Former Romanian ambassadorto Russian Federation - Du-

mitru-Dorin Prunariu, Mayor ofBaia Mare - catalin chereches,

Founder and Director of Pa-tRIR - Kai Frithjof Brand-Ja-

cobsen, President of RotaryBaia Mare 2005 - cristian

anghel, President of Rotary BaiaMare - Mircea Mecea.

Mr. Dan Ungureanu, ProjectManager of RotaractMUN ope -ned the ceremony by sayingthat “our vison, our mission isfor this conference to jumpfrom country to country allover the world” while the Se -cretary General, Ms. alexandraMatei confessed that “never haveI ever been more faithful in thepower of young people than Iam today witnessing a histori-cal moment such as RotaractGlobal Model United Nations.”

Baia Mare municipality sus-tained this project from the verybeginning. the Mayor, Mr. ca -talin chereches rated in hisspeech how important is fordifferent generations to stay to-gether and learn from each other.“Lots of thanks to the seniorswho are here to give an exam-ple, to share their experiences.We sustained this project be-cause is one of the elite, appliedto the top of young people. Yourexample is very simple: you areaction and not re-action”.

It was a great honor for us

to have H E Mr. Matthijs vanBonzel, ambassador of theNetherlands to Romania joinus: “You give me the opportu-nity to get out off my box, bythis speech. I am proud becauseI am also a member of Rotaryclub in costa Rica.” He encour-aged us to cooperate eachother and work together all thepeople from different countriesto find solutions for a betterworld. “In the internationalworld we have to compromiseevery day. It is important to seethat people came together andare trying to find solutions toworld problems. I think youare better equipped that wewere. Wish you all the best”.

the founder and directorof PatRIR Mr. Kai FrithjofBrand-Jacobsen simply electri-

fied the public: “I would like todo something different: youhave great responsibilities. (...)People have this idea that theworld is bad: because of whatthey learn, because of what theysee, because of the war, etc. Ifyou look around and that iswhat you see, you didn’t seethe world as it is. Because worldis great and extraordinary.”

Rotary clubs from Baia Marewere proud of the Rotarct tEaMBaia Mare’s project. Mr. crist-ian anghel, President of Rotaryclub 2005 appreciated that“today, Baia Mare is the worldyouth capital, the Rotary worldyouth capital. It is a very im-portant democratic exercise thatyou made at an early age”. Inthe same spirit, Mr. Mircea Mecea,President of Rotary Baia Mare

said that this project mer gesfour of the five Rotarian prin-ciple: new generation, interna-tional spirit, unity of the cluband serving the community. Fo -llowing the same line of thought,Governer of the district, Mr.Marian Liviu Mocan stated: “Itis a special event not only forRotaract, but also for Rotary.You have the district support.”

as a conclusion, Mr Du-mitru Prunariu offered us aninteresting presentation of theUnited Nations system and hiswork. We could not be morethankful to all those who showedtheir support and commitmentand were present during theopening ceremony. thank you!

“I declare this conferenceofficially opened!”.

at this time of importantinternational transformations,youth’s voice needs to be wi -dely heard and listened. In thissense, you, as participants tothis Model United Nations, aremaking a step towards activelycontributing to the decision-making process in topics thatimpact you and your societies.

I would like to stress that itis highly common to name theyoung generation as being thefuture of a society. Nothing

more inaccurate: youth is notonly the future; youth is thepresent.

this only means that it ishigh time for youth empower-ment, a process which has al-ready started but must con tinuedeveloping at a more rapid pace.

You, as active citizens awareof the challenges that youthfaces nowadays, have the know -ledge, the whit and the powerto make your voice heard andto contribute to your societies.

In this process, I encourageyou to be creative, innovativeand thorough, and to alwayslisten to the others’ opinions,ideas and solutions. I believethat you have a great opportu-nity to practice all these in Ro-mania, where you will discoverboth amazing places and wellprepared youth from all overthe world.

I invite you to take advan-tage from this opportunity ofgetting closer to understanding

topics that are highly debatedand discussed at the UN whileenjoying a proactive atmos-phere.

Hoping that Romania willinspire you in your work, I wishyou good luck and a plea santstay in Baia Mare!

Best wishes,Elena Bunoară

Delegate to the 12th Youth assembly at the United Nations

Dear friends of the Rotaract Global Model United Nations,It is my pleasure to welcome all participants to the Rotaract Global Model United Nations and to wish you anice and productive stay in the beautiful city of Baia Mare.

Rotaract MUN,the opening ceremony was a success!Rotaract Global Model United Nations 2013 has officially opened its doors with agreat ceremony that took place at Millennium Business Center. Important guestsof honor, enthusiastic participants, excited organizers and other wonderfulguests, they all gathered for this special event.


club Rotaract tEaM BaiaMare was officially charted

on 11th of June 2011 and sincethen it is working hard to servethe local and international co -mmunity.

Rotaract club of Baia MaretEaM is a community-basedclub, self-governed and self-supported. Rotary club BaiaMare 2005 is its sponsor cluband offers the members guid-ance and support, making themtrue “partners in service” andmembers of the Rotary family.

Its members are young menand women aged 18 to 30years old, young professionalsand leaders of our community.

they are just one of morethan 8000 Rotaract clubs a -round the world who carry for-ward Rotary’s dream: Rotary inaction. as a grassroots move-ment, members address theircommunities’ physical and so-cial needs while promoting in-ternational understanding and

peace through a framework offriendship and service.

Rotaract tEaM Baia Mareaims to be active at the globallevel through its projects suchas: Rotaract European Meeting,European convention, Rota -ract Pre-convention or RotaryYouth Leadership awards.

Interact Baia Mare is Ro-taract club’s younger brother -a younger group of active citi-zens, aged between 12 and 18years old who are willing to de-velop the future leaders of thesociety. Our role in the devel-opment of Interact club and itsmembers is very important forboth sides and the club islooking forward to see the In-teractors growing and servingthe community within Rotaractand Rotary clubs.

Lobby and advocacy aretwo of the main directions andtools that members have inorder to better represent theneeds of their community and

to address them in an efficientmanner. club Rotaract teamBaia Mare is an agent of changeand our partnership with thecommunity on all levels ena -bles us to have a positive im-pact. In Baia Mare, non-profitorganizations are representedby tEaM BM | advocacy – acoalition of all main youth or-ganizations. this is just a be-ginning for a more structuredactive citizenship in which wewould like to develop and grow.

In Baia Mare and in the wholeworld, in general, the club aimsfor a stronger civil Society, anauthentic and active spirit ofteamwork and empathy amongstcitizens. We believe that wecan work together and bringdown barriers that kept us liv-ing in a very narrow space andthat we face its limits.

Our vision of this Interna-tional Youth conference - Ro-taract Global Model UnitedNations – is to link the global

with the local. the event willempower young people to de-cide the future of this world ac-cording to their own pers pec tive.Our vision is to create a systemthat goes beyond a simple MUNconference - we want for Ro-taractMUN to become a pillarin international youth deci-sion-making. the conference isdesigned in such a way thateach subsequent edition willtake place in a different loca-tion on the planet. It will literallyjump from one place to an-other, each year, and discussthe most important internationaltopics, having as agents: youth.

Our mission with Rotaract-MUN is to establish a frame-work that enables youth fromall corners of the world to meetand discuss the latest topics onthe international agenda. theconference debates’ outcomeswill make the subject of Ro-taract Global Model UnitedNations 2013 Report.

club Rotaract tEaMBaia Mare welcomes you toRotaractMUN 2013!

Rotaract Global Model United Nations Newspaperby Rotaract TEAM Baia Mare

coordonator: Alexandra Matei Editors: Samuel Andraș, Sonia RâjnițăDesigner: Andreea Achim* If you want to write something about this event, please send the article to Alexandra Matei, at [email protected]

Club Rotaract TEAMBaia Mare has

launched an interna-tional initiative – the

RotaractMUN 2013project – aiming to

promote young people and

introduce theirvoice on the global

agenda. Here issome information

about Club RotaractTEAM Baia Mareand its projects.


The Ethnography and Art Mu-seum in Baia Mare or bestknown as The Village Museumis situated on the Flower Hilland it stretches out on 6 ha.Since 1939 there is a 1939wooden church, a monumentof popular arhitecture loca tedat the Museum. The churchwas build in 1630 in the vil-lage of Chechiş and was latermoved here. This church isthe center of the museum,the rest of the buildings andthe museum itself were builtin its surroundings.

The Village Museum con-tains four ethnographic areasof northern Romania knownas: The Chioar Country (ŢaraChioarului) The Lapuş Country(Ţara Lăpuşului), The CodruCountry (Ţara Codrului) andthe Maramureş Country (ŢaraMaramureşului). Each of thesehas specific architectural whichare shown through the build-ings and homes located in theMuseum. Furthermore, thereare also different types ofhouseholds from the differ-ent regions mentioned above,such as farmer households,

viticulturist households, fruiterhomes - each with its ownspecifics for the profession ofthe household’s owner andthe country he/she was from.All buildings indicate a diffe -rent architectural specifici-ficity. Besides the actual homes,other specific buildings ac-cording to the time and type

of architecture, such as whir l -pools and water powered mills,are also exposed.

Building the museum tookgreat effort and time; everypiece of the museum had tobe transported from the field,from its specific region andhad to be restored and puttogether to form the house-

holds you see today. The con -tinuous efforts to restore DâmbGheorghe, preserver DascăluElena and Petric Maria andthe whole team of peopleworking on this project, madepossible the its official open-ing in 1984.

The Village Museum is apresentation of culture andtradition through architec-ture and rites of the variousdifferent subcultures of Ma -ramureş. The Countries repre-sented here show the Ro maniancountry village with all its pe-culiarities, its tradition, cul-ture and spirit.

We wish you a wonderfultime during the MidsummerNight Party which is going to

take place at the Village Museum!

Maramureş County is a veryunique place defined by itstraditions and rites, by a veryoriginal and characteristic cul -ture. The origin of this culturestands out not just throughthe nature of the people, butalso through the somewhatgeographical isolation of thecounty in the northern bendof the Carpathian Mountains.

Baia Mare is the largestcity in the Maramureş Countyand the countryseat - it hasabout 120.000 people. Theoriginal Latin name of the citywas Rivulus Dominarum (TheRiver of the Ladies), the ger-man name - Frauenbach andthe Hungarian name - Ass-zonypataka. The city was firstdocumented in 1329 and de-veloped as a mining center inthe fourteenth and fifteenthcentury. Baia Mare becamewell known for its mining ac-tivities that brought great pros -

perity and growth both to thecity and the surrounding re-gions. After the Revolution in1989, the mining activity de-creased until they finally ceasedand have been replaced withother activities. The city wentthrough a lot of changes, pros-perous and difficult times,changing owners and alle-giances as history dictated it.

The city is surrounded onall sides by hills and moun-tains which makes the climatein the city milder than in therest of the surrounding areas.Baia Mare is the only place inRomania where chestnut treesgrow, a trait that is shown inour yearly Chestnut Holidaythat takes place in the fall.Baia Mare is a somewhat pic-turesque city where traditionstill exits not just through itspeople but through its build-ings and architecture. It is asmall, stylish and cozy city.

MIDSUMMER NIGHt PaRtY to be held at the Village MuseumThe Village Museum is a presentation of culture and tradition through architec-ture and rites of the various different subcultures of Maramureş. The Coun-tries represented here show the Romanian country village with all itspeculiarities, its tradition, culture and spirit.

Enjoy the true Romanianspirit of Maramures!

Maramureş, a land of forgotten traditions, of incredible sceneries and ofgreat cuisine from the northwest of Romania. This region is made up of fourdistinctive areas: The Chioar Country (Ţara Chioarului) The Lapuş Country(Ţara Lăpuşului), The Codru Country (Ţara Codrului), the Maramureş Coun-try (Ţara Maramureşului-Historic Country) and, of course, adding the BaiaMare Metropolitan Area.

,Maramures is a countyin the north-westof Romania


the morning has been re-served for revisiting the Ru -

les of Procedure inside theco uncils, all issues regardingthe interpretation and applica-tion of said rules having beendiscussed and agreed withinthe first hour and a half.

the councils then began theirwork on the proposed agendas:

n Security council: the situa-tion in Syria;n Human Rights council: theintegration of indigenous po -pulations in the decision mak-ing process;n Peace Building council: thesituation in the central africanRepublic.

During these early debates,the delegates of the various co -untries present have affir medtheir support for a constructivesolution to all of the problemsset before them.

as the debates went on, Ishall try to synthesize the maintopics that have been approa -ched by each work group inparticular.

Security council:During Day 1, most delegateshave expressed their ongoingconcern about the situation stillin development in the arab Re-public of Syria regarding hu -man rights violations, the vio lentresponse of the governmentagainst opposition forces andthe loss of human lives. although very reserved in theirstatement, the honorable USdelegate has pointed out that“all delegates were eagerly in-volved in discussing the press-ing situation in Syria and po ssiblesolutions”. On the other hand,the Russian Federation’s dele-gate pointed out that their co -untry “is against armed in ter- vention in Syria”. It thus ap-pears as the two main playersinside the Security council areonce again on different sides

regarding the solution to beadopted by the council. Spea -king on behalf of their country,the Syrian delegate to the co -uncil added that “china andRussia respect our country’ssovereignty. In the same time,we are intrigued on why do theother delegates insist on im-posing their own point of viewregarding our country which isan independent State, with itsown government and leader-ship. Moreover, Syria is upsetbecause the other delegatesspeaking on behalf of their re-spective sovereign governmentsassociate the attacks and vio-lence against the populationwith the Syrian government,which the delegates’ states, actsonly with the objective ofkeeping internal order and forthe preservation of the freedomof the Syrian people”.as it appears, the discussionwithin the Sc regarding the

current situation in Syria shallnot easily come to a commonsolution.Peace Building council:During their work, the dele-gates of almost all countriespresent have agreed upon thefact that measures to streng -then and keep the peace in theregion, and especially in thecentral african Republic, areof utmost importance.Having established the gravityof the situation, this councilhas already proceeded to draft-ing a resolution that addressesthe organization of free elec-tions in caR, the professional-ization of the armed forces aswell as the social reintegrationof former rebel combatants.the delegate for Bangladeshnoted that they “support UNpeace keeping forces in provid-ing for the needs of the civilarmy and police. this will su -rely help in the peacekeeping

process”. In the same time,china has spoken that “we, aswell as other States that havecommercial interest in the cen -tral african area, are very pre-occupied regarding the safetyof international trade in caR.”

as the first days’ debates near anending, we are all looking for-ward to what the next days ofRotaractMUN 2013 have in store.

Alexandru AnciuRaporteur

the debate sessions startedThe works of the Security Council, the Human Rights Council and PeacebuildingCommittee have commenced today, with the vast majority of the delegatespresent. As the day started, all delegates were eager to start the formal de-bate sessions after having discussed the issues on the agenda more privately,one evening before, during the Diplomatic Dinner hosted by the organizingcommittee.

Human Rights council:

During its formal sessions in Day 1, the HRc has addressed the very pressing problem of inte-grating the indigenous populations in the national decision making process, especially in de-veloping countries. the delegates have addressed this issue as being of high importance due tothe fact that especially in these countries, decision makers take measures with high impact onboth indigenous owned lands, as well as on their living environment and climate change.Speaking on behalf of their country and also for the most developed States, the Japanese delegatehas expressed that “Japan is open to help the other countries with solutions and with providingthe know-how”. argentina’s position is the “every individual person should have the right toparticipate in the democratic process” when talking about integrating indigenous populationsin the decision making process. the works of this council are to be very interesting the followingdays, as to see which will be the solutions that they find as the most appropriate.


the fun started the minutewe arrived as one of our partici -pants, Han from South Korea,jumped fully clothed in thewater kicking off the start of agreat evening. Water fights, di -ving, and swimming, with theaddition of a pool bar made agreat summer night. Everyonehad a great time, enjoying thepool and of course each otherscompany, caitlyn from aus-tralia said “the sunset was spec-tacular, and the night was extraspecial by sharing it with intel-ligent young leaders”, Belcefrom turkey called it “cozy andromantic”, while chiara, fromItaly, simply said “I love thisplace”.

It truly was a great and en-joyable evening where so manyyoung people from all aroundthe world connected with oneanother, they discussed every-thing from world issues to personalexperiences, sharing know ledgeand life with each other.


coordonator: Alexandra Matei Editors: Samuel Andraș, Sonia Râjniță, Alexandru Anciu Designer: Andreea Achim Photographers: Cătălin Pop, Andreea Achim* If you want to write something about this event, please send the article to Alexandra Matei, at [email protected]

POOL PaRtY at transylvania castelThe second day of RotaractMUN ended with a much deserved pool party atTransylvania Castle.

Each hardworking daymust be rewarded. Samehappened during Rotaract-MUN 2013. Each day had adifferent theme. In the sec-ond day of the sessions, or-ganizers thought of summerholidays and decided totreat its participants withcocktails and loads of fun atcastel transilvania which isa resort on the outskirts ofBaia Mare. Inside the castletransilvania participants en-joyed sweet water swimmingpools, salt water jacuzzi thatmade them stay until latemidnight, sauna and play-ground. also, they enjoyed anice meal at the castle’srestaurant. castel transilva-nia resort is a real oasis of re-laxation, a great place tounwind, get away from theheat, and to have fun withyour friends or family. Partic-ipants vouch for it, so do we!

Samuel Andraș


there are a lot of committedpeople who are willing to ac-

tively work for achieving aconflict-free world and Mr KaiFrithjof Brand-Jacobsen is one

of them. Behind solid know -ledge and a wealthy expe -

rience in peace operations,peacebuilding and crisis ma - nagement, I found a simple

man, enthusiastic, revealing agreat sense of empathy andmost importantly, a personwho believes the world is awonderful place to live in.

It was a real honour for me tointerview him.

Reporter: During RotaractMUN we debate important glo -bal issues, yet we would like toknow your opinion - does ourvoice really count?

Kai Frithjof Brand-Jacob-sen: It counts if you make itcount. For it to worth, you ha -ve to follow with concrete ac-tions. there is a global youthmovement at this moment andif more and more organizationsand young people get togetherand put their ideas in action,this would make the differen ce.a single voice is worth nothing.It becomes important when youstay together, and then act andthen, multiply the effect withthe other organizations. So, youshould make sure media is fullyinvolved in the project. Get morepeople involved in the mo ve -ment, introduce their story viainternet and in the media. thinkof how your actions can be app -lied in your community.

R: Which is the most im-portant skill that you need aspeace negotiator?

KFBJ: Well, it is not justone. Obviously, when you area peace negotiator you haveto solve the conflict. But morethan that, you need discipli ne.It is like in sports or medi-cine. to be a great ballet dan -cer or a great performer, or asurgeon you need disciplineand practice. they learn hardbefore they have results. Youalso need passion: they do itbecause they love it. and alsowe need an opened mind andlots of creativity. there is an-other important thing, Emo-tional Human Intelligence,meaning that different peoplethink differently, and that isokay, but due to this we needto work together. It is inspiringthat today we do share a senseof togetherness: your eventbeing one of those inspiringprojects which reflect this.

R: Which is the hardest mi -ssion you’ve been involved in?

KFBJ: I would not go as faras describing it as hard, but in-stead, important. I believe themost important is helping spreadthe information, to build trans-ferable skills. We are changingthe way people are dealing withconflicts. and I am not speak-ing from theory but from facts.We were and still are actuallysuccessfully in this field. Oneof the most important thingsthat we are doing now is build-ing a global movement of mi -llions of young people all overthe world. there will be a cam-paign: to end the effects of warin children, and to show thatto the world. But not by usingchildren as victims but by show ingwhat they are doing for a betterworld. We will work with lotsof celebrities like: angelina Jolie,Novak Djokovic or Shakira. Iwant that every school childfrom each country to be in-volved in this huge global cam-paign.

R: Why is it so hard for usto accept the changes and todeal with things differently thanwe were used to?

KFBJ: Sometimes it is easy,but sometimes it is hard in-deed. this is just because ofour nature and this is how weare. I would not talk in abso -lute terms. absolutes are lessinteresting than reality. For ex-ample, I say it is hard for me touse a smart phone, but thereare so many others that are al-ready using it. So again, we justneed to learn.

R: Is it dangerous to do whatyou are doing?

KFBJ: 90% of time no.there are some delicate situa-tions but it should not be dan-gerous. We need peace buil ding.We need more efficient ways todeal with the conflicts.

R: thank you for joining usduring RotaractMUN 2013 event!

KFBJ: It was a real pleasureand I wish participants and e -veryone else good luck withthe conference. thank you!

(Sonia Rajnita)

“absolutes are less interesting than reality”

Interview with Mr KaiFrithjof Brand-Jacobsen,Founder and Executive

Director of PATRIR

R: How we go from: “I can’t do anything” to: “I can actually do something”?KFBJ: Often, we are not talking of new ideas but of things that we already learned from other

activities. We have to actually learn and understand the opportunities that we have in order torealize we can do many great things. For example, I really cannot do a heart surgery, but if I reallywant to, I can go to school and learn.

So, in order to answer to your question, we have to promote success stories, successful people,to gain confidence that I can achieve if others could. We have a lot of experience in organizing,preparing and planning - these are skills that can be trained. However, we need to overcome theculture of war, propaganda that people are generally bad in nature, that life is bad. We need torealize this statements are false.


the day brought together evenmore delegates than the firstday of debates, every countrypresent having been repre-sented today.

I will briefly reiterate the maintopics on which each councilhas to work during the Ro-taractMUN 2013:

the Security council deals withthe situation under develop-ment in the arab Republic ofSyria.

During the first day of de-bates, delegates have tried toidentify as many solutions tothe problem as possible. Whilechina and Russia were push-ing for the continuation of thediplomatic approach, the Uni -ted States and UK explainedthat all diplomatic channelshave been exhausted and thatthe need for an armed inter-vention is imminent.

thus commenced the sec-ond day of debates and dele-gates of all States present in theSc are trying to reach commongroun ds in order to be able tostart draf ting the Security coun -cils’ re solution regarding theSyrian problem. Once more,the delegates of china and theRussian Federation try to ex-plain to all other delegatespresent that there is no needfor armed intervention andboth countries are trying tocome up with a solution thatwill solve the pro blem peace-fully. there is actually a workin progress on this issue.

During the second day of de-bates, the Peacebuilding com-mittee has been drafting andnegotiating upon the key clau -ses of its resolution concerningthe situation in the central a -frican Republic.

I had the honor of speakingto Ms. Belce Dogru, co-chair-person of the committee, whowas extremely excited aboutthe way this committee hasstarted to work in the secondday: “the delegates are very en-thusiastic, they have improveda lot since the first day; theystarted heating up the debates,which is only a good thing.”

Ms. Dogru added that “whilediscussing the operational cla -u ses that have to be kept in theresolution, delegates have star -ted to make alliances. It is veryinteresting to watch how mem-bers of these alliances supporteach others’ point of view and

try to make sure they imple-ment their amendments.

While discussing the rightsof indigenous people in the de-cision making process, the Hu -man Rights council has dis cu ssedthe first topic on the agenda,regarding the mechanisms that

need to be implemented in de-veloping coun tries regardingthe issue. this council also dealswith involving the indigenouspopulations in the problems ofclimate change in their respec-tive countries, and, as the ho -norable chiarperson aanuoluwapoafolabi has explained, the del-egates are trying to find solu-tions to raising awareness amongindigenous populations regar -ding the importance and gra -veness of climate change.

Mr. afolabi also explainedthat while many delegates areat their first MUN experience,he is very happy to see thelevel of involvement in the pro-ceedings. He also sayed “I lovehere in Baia Mare and Roma-nia, the experience has beengreat until now!”.

Alexandru Anciu, Raporteur

the second day of debatesThe day has commenced with all committees drafting their first, or in somecases second, proposal for a resolution. UN resolutions have the role of identi-fying a certain problem and solving it through specific UN solutions, whether itis diplomacy, peacekeeping or even armed intervention in a member State.


the evening had begun at18:00 hours with a tasting ofboth Romanian and interna-tional cuisine.

after having their papillarysenses satisfied, delegates ofUN States were presented witha tour of the museum, whichboasts a variety of houses fromthe Romanian region of Mara-mures, including very old woo -den churches and Maramuresspecific homesteads, as well ashouses from other Romanianregions.

an evening would not be atraditional Romanian one with-out the dancing. therefore, par - ticipants were invited to watcha demonstration of traditionalRomanian music and dances. Itwas a great way of understand-ing more about Romanian jovi-ality and friendliness. Par ticipantsfrom other countries have alsoboasted their traditional cos-tumes and dances.

the evening continued untillong into the night at the mu-seum’s “entertainment center”,with lots of good food and mu -sic. Everyone tasted the great va -riety of sausages, hams, cheeseand palinca.

Everyone had a great time,and since the partici pants wantedsome extra entertainment, ataround 24:00, e ve ryone went toa local club in Baia Mare.

Alexandru Anciu


coordonator: Alexandra Matei Editors: Sonia Râjniță, Alexandru Anciu Designer: Andreea Achim Photographers: Cătălin Pop, Andreea Achim* If you want to write something about this event, please send the article to Alexandra Matei, at [email protected]

GENUINE ROMaNIaNtRaDItIONSAs the debates took all day long, on issues of regional and international importance,the delegates were invited to an evening of Romanian traditions at the VillageMuseum here in Baia Mare.

Baia Mare Village Museum

the day started with the delegates concentrating on finishing the resolutions for the first points on their agenda. as the days followed,the chairpersons say, participants took up their roles more and moreseriously and the debates got more and more fiery. a very important

point to be made, most participants are first time MUN’ers, the chairsof all councils having expressed their satisfaction as to the fact that

first timers are able to put together a resolution after only two and ahalf days of debate.

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Security councilDimiter Mandradjiev (CHAIRPERSoN)Oana Elena Brânda (CHAIRPERSoN)

Eredzheb Ismailov (Argentina)Julius Hirseland (Australia)Tibil Christiana (Azerbaijan)Diana Larisa Zahorte (China)KisKasza Izabella (Guatemala)Anda Adelina Achim (France)Chiara Lombardi (Republic of Korea)Johanna Elisabeth Groß (Russian Federation)Christina Starke (Togo)Ho Chor Kiu (United Kingdom)Kwanghyeon Seo (USA)Paula Sopoian (Syria)Raluca Ceaunica (Egypt)Emanuel Bechis (Pakistan)

the Security council hasmanaged draft the final reso-lution on the type of measuresto be taken in relation to theSyrian crisis. though passedby unanimous vote, not alldelegates were happy with theoutcome. the delegate for theUnited Kingdoms have ex-pressed their disbelief that thecurrent resolution will be ableto address the situation in sa -tisfactory manner. they stillbe lieve that a military inter-vention to stop the violenceinside this arab country is theonly way to deal with the cri-sis.

the Russian and chinesedelegates stated that they werevery happy with the resolu-tion that was just adopted andthey are looking forward forthe next Geneva convention.

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Human Rights councilAanuoluwapo (Aanu) Afolabi(CHAIRPERSoN)

Valentina Battista (Spain)Caitlyn Taylor (Argentina)Paula Sebastian (United Statesof America) Anna Pluskota (Burkina Faso)Valter Alves (Ethiopia)Gaspar Paul-Bernard (Uganda)Andreea Agache (Kenya)Claudio Caldarola (Czech Republic)Magdalena Neuberg (Romania)Cristina Chiuzbăian (Phillipines)Cristina Maria Marocico (Peru)Hendea Mihai (Japan)Giulio Casarsa (Ireland)Roxana Elisabeta MădălinaVarga (Germany)Tamara Andreica (Congo)Anamaria Pop (Austria)Ana-Maria Vrancianu (Poland)

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the Human Rights councilhas also adopted a resolutionand Mr. afolabi, the chair per -son for this council, as well asthe others quoted above, saidthat the delegates have put to-gether all their best ideas intodiscussing the mechanisms ofincluding the indigenous pop-ulation in their national deci-sion making process.

the re solution that waspassed by the council providesfor developed States to aid thedeveloping States into creatingthe necessary framework withwhich the latter can work to-wards trying to solve the issue.

While the delegates repre-senting developed countrieshave also expressed their will-ingness towards helping in theprocess, the developing coun-tries pointed out that they arewelcoming the initiative andcompletely support this UNresolution.

You will be able the viewthe statements of the Republic

of Peru, Ethiopia and argen tinaduring the video interviews.



coordonator: Alexandra Matei Editors: Alexandru Anciu Designer: Andreea Achim Photographers: Cătălin Pop, Andreea Achim* If you want to write something about this event, please send the article to Alexandra Matei, at [email protected]

Peacebuilding commissionEcho Sembiring (CHAIRPERSoN)Belce Doğru (CHAIRPERSoN)

Nabeel Alhassan (France)Alina Vint (Malaysia)Robert Onțiu (Canada)Oana-Maria Harabagiu (Russia)Alexandra-Ionut Nica (Tunisia)Andrea Vacca (Bulgaria)Ilaria Lana (Croatia)Malwina Ewa Kolodziejczak(China)Ewelina Wasacz (UK)Bhattarai Binod (Bangladesh)Laura-Flavia Ionescu (Denmark)Balazs Kelemen (India)Alina Cristina Buteica (USA)Oana Olaru (South-Africa)Danielle Fultz (Peru)Dana Pavel (Morocco)Luca Sampetrean (Norway)Cristina Oroian (Ethiopia)Melania Susana Ardelean (Egypt)

During the talks inside thePeacebuilding commission, thedelegate of the French republichas been very involved in thedebates and has explained theireagerness to find a solution forthe difficult situation in caRdue to the historical colonialbackground of this country.

During a televised interview,the delegates of Peru, Indiaand Denmark has explainedthe mechanism to be under-taken by the UN through theimplementation of the resolu-tion which has been adoptedby the commission. the Uni -ted Nations will try to workwith both the political partiesin the country as well as thecivil society to try and bringthese groups together so theycan initiate a national dialogueon the matter.

I spoke also to the two chair -persons who moderate the ses-sions of the commission. Ms.Dogru and Mr. Echo agripa

said they were extremely happywith the involvement of all de -legates during the works and

that the resolution is substan-cially a good one, with manypertinent clauses.

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