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Issue 1 November 2011

MAMUNEWSMake a difference!

The kids of today will be the parents of tomorrow

stated the Secretary General, Saad El Yamani

"Not now!!" insisted James Mattiace, Director

of MAMUN

FRIDAY 11

NOVEMBER: ISESCO

5 pm Opening Session

Welcome

Opening Speeches

7-8:30 pm

The Rabat American School and the Casablanca American School

organized the 2nd annual Moroccan Model United Nations in Rabat at

the ISESCO and CNRST. This simulation serves as a great experience for

students from different schools around the kingdom. Led by the Secretary

General, Saad El Yamani, the opening ceremony was a great hit as it

included the views of different delegates as well as an inspirational speech

by the Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Morocco.

The atmosphere was tense

as the delegates gave their speeches, and

nervously awaited a response. While ideas

sprang from all directions, thought-

provoking questions, challenged them.

After the ceremony ended, everyone

headed for dinner, with stomachs craving

for food.

Dinner, with special

guestsseated nextto the delegates


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Interview with the Secretary General, Saad El

Yamani

Out of all the Secretary Generals I have

ever had the pleasure of knowing, Saad

has the best hair. Seriously, just look at

how it flows naturally and makes his

whole head look good.

James Mattiace

''Its a great place to exchange new ideas and meet new

people"

Delegate of Nigeria

Is it your first time as Secretary General?Yes it is. My sister was Secretary General last year, and I gotchosen this year.

What is your role as a Secretary General?Im in charge of contacting the minister of foreign affairs, and Italk to the ambassadors and to the chairs. I coordinate everything,arrange and organize every activity, meeting or event. I ambasically the behind the curtains guy.

What are you expectations for these meetings?I expect to get as many tasks and meetings done as possible.

What is the main aim of this conference?This conference allows to educate todays youth, helps themunderstand more about the UN. We start by educating the youth. Itgives the teens the chance to rise and shine, and it opens doors toa potential political career.

What career are you planning to take?I am currently hesitating between a political and a business career, but I obviously want a financial success, and I want to make achange in the world.

How do you keep your hair so soft and shiny?

I arrange my hair three times a week at the hairdresser.

We see that you take a lot of careof your hair. What kind ofshampoo do you use?

I use a product called Kerastase fromDessange. It is a big orange pot, and

it keeps you hair soft and reallyshiny.


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Interview with Michael Jensen, Ministry

Counsellor, Embassy of Denmark

We asked people to describe MUN

in a few words:

Yassine Oujamaa,RAS: exciting, amazing,

good experience

Erin Ladd,RAS: crazy, chaotic, fun, stressful

Tina Berndt,RAS: Mini heart attack!

Mehdi CAS: fun, intense, crowded, greatexperience!

Hafsa Rmich, RAS: Its a good experience andKICK!

Mehdi Zniber,RAS: Its amazing, I feel like a

real business man!

Hamza Ben M' Barek,Lyce Descartes: this is

his first MUN. fun, cultural, amazing and agood way to learn to debate.

During the dinner, special guests came to talk about eachcommittee. They sat at the tables to share their opinions andinformation about special topics with the delegates. At the

disarmament committee Mr Jensen presided over the main topic,

North Korea. First of all, the budget devoted to nuclear weaponsis very consequential. Therefore as a nation with nuclear power,

North Korea has never been attacked. Besides, the main financial

resources come from black trade. In addition, North Korea wants

to show the West, especially the United States, that it is strongand doesn't need foreign help. In a nutshell, Mr.Jensen affirmed

that all states have the right to develop nuclear energy but the

problem is that they can use it as a weapon and the United Nationsis wondering how to control this possible misuse of nuclear

energy.

At the Human Rights table, people debated over freedom of

speech. This definitely controversial issue raises the problemof its own definition: what is freedom of speech? Limits are

really hard to set, but no limits would be dangerous as they

could lead to the proliferation of racist thoughts, aggressiveideas for example. Governments have to protect their people

from violence, but at the same time they should not conceal

essential information. Then, the question of who is in chargeof freedom of speech was raised: Is it each government or the

United Nations? And how can the UN interfere in order to

implement the respect of human rights?


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The Opening ceremony

On this Friday 11th

November of 2011 took place the Opening

ceremony of the second MaMun Conference.

As soon as we got in the room, we could feel the excitement and the

determination of all the delegates. Once everybody got to their seat,

Saad El Yamani, the Secretary General gave a speech welcoming thedelegates. After the intervention of Mr Nacer Bourita, the Secretary

General of the Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Saad el Yamani

called the first ambassador to give his speech. The delegate of Gabonwas the first one to express himself and France was the last. Between

all the ambassadors, some of them got themselves noticed by the

original gifts they brought to the Secretary General. Germany brought

a little car, South Africa brought an Ostrich egg and the USA brought

a can of Coca Cola.The Secretary General gave the delegates the possibility to intervene

and ask questions to the delegates representing other countries. China

was greatly attacked by other countries, so the Secretary Generaldecided to stop all questions adressed to China took the decision to

stop all the questions addressed to China.

We asked some first time delegates about how they feelabout the MaMUN and received a large variety of

answers

How do you feel about being a delegate?

Nizar, jai peur. Was the answer of a delegate of

Portugal. The other delegates of this country were also a bitnervous but very very motivated and HAPPY! .

Why is everyone speaking with the third person ? askedan anonymous delegate.

What do you think it (the Conference) is going to be like

?

We really dont know what to expect. Was the answerwe got from delegates of India, Japan, Finland, South


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Ice Breaker

At the end of all the debates it was time for the icebreaker. It started with the Social and Economic committee,

making cat noises until other groups started making their

own assigned animal noises. All the groups started bystanding in a circle. They displayed their groups symbol or

name, on an Ipad. Some delegates were very shy, and

seemed confused. All in all it went very well. The chantswere very original. Unfortunately, some of the noises were

not understandable, as some delegates were too loud, and theatmosphere was confusing.

Press Staff

Kenza Mouaqit

Hiba Mohammadi

Myriam Hassouni

Ismael Regragui

Chama Benabdesslam

Samia Mah

Nizar Salamat

Batoul Zouaoui

Aida Sekkat

Helen Melcherts

Gerhard DeVilliers

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