WINE TASTING AT THE CITY HALL

Yesterday’s committees’ sessions ended with a surprising and ex-citing event in the City Hall. Dr. Paroula Naskou - Perraki and all the delegates were singing, drink-ing wine and having fun waiting for the arrival of Mr Boutaris.(Mayor of Thessaloniki).

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To all of you who enjoyed and will continue to enjoy the flower game, to all of you who finally got to express your love, appreciation, admiration or just wanted to flirt a little.. You owe a big “Thank You” to the members of the Staff and more specially to the Head of the Staff Mr. Ermis Soulis...

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THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL STUDENT MODEL UNITED NATIONS 2012

FRIDAY, APRIL 20TH 2012—11TH YEAR—#2 UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA

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LOVE AT FIRST… FLOWER! MR. FATOUROS EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW!!

Mr. Dimitrios Fatouros is the Information Officer for Greece and Cyprus, at the United Na-tions Regional Information Cen-tre, located in Brussels. We had the honour to interview him after his very inspirational presenta-tion on the career opportunities for young students and profes-sionals, given by the UN.

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Dear ThessISMUNers, as time passes by, your dis-cussions become more and more intricate, crises erupt, debates encourage participants to engage in opinion-sharing. Keep some energy for the great social events, do not for-get to provide us with the necessary informa-tion –that is, gossip- to let everyone share the good news socializing usually brings us...

Have fun!

Vangelis

Tulip: Genus Tulipa, culti-vated bulbous herb in the family Liliaceae. It has given its name to two historical periods (Duth Tulip mania, Ottoman Tulip period) and a recent revolution (Kyrgyz Tulip revolution). It is also going to leave its mark on ThessISMUN, as staff mem-bers rush from committee to committee to deliver the coveted flower. Tulips, apart from their primary use -carrying messages of love-, may also be used to appease contesters, bridge differ-ences, cement alliances. In this context, they become an instrument of nations’ for-eign policies, thus fitting in an MUN’s role to simulate active diplomacy.

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UN NEWS • Syria: Ban reports ‘troubling’ situa-tion, recommends Council authorize 300 observers

• Condemning latest attacks, UN envoy urges Iraqis to remain steadfast against threats

• Sudan and South Sudan do not need another war, Ban stresses

• UN chief: Security Council has vital role in combating threats of nuclear pro-liferation

• Restoration of constitutional

order key to ending crisis in Guinea-Bissau – UN envoy

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Sincere apologies to Dr. Kalliopi Chai-noglou, Elected Lecturer at the University of Macedonia, for yesterday’s mistaken entry.

Mr. Dimitrios Fatouros is the Information Officer for Greece and Cyprus, at the United Nations Re-gional Information Centre, located in Brussels. We had the honour to interview him after his very inspi-rational presentation on the career opportunities for young students and professionals, given by the UN.

Mr. Fatouros, as the Desk Offi-cer for Greece and Cyprus at the United Nations Regional Information Centre for West-ern Europe., could you tell us a few words about UNRIC and its goals and actions?

The UNRIC is part of the United Nations Information Centers Network. Currently there are 63 UNRIs worldwide . Our Center had the word “Regional” added to its de-scription due to the fact that we cover 22 countries included as you said Greece and Cyprus, unlike other UNRICs that cover one or two countries. Our re-sponsibility is to promote the work of the United Nations. We are informing the people about the work of the UN and at the same time we are informing the UN about the developments in the Country that we cover, in my case Greece and Cyprus. Our main activity is to inform the people about the United Na-tions because we believe that the UN is an organization that belongs to the people and peo-ple have the right to know about the activities of the UN. At the same time we believe that if the people know about the UN, our work is becoming even easier because we gain their support..

So, the main goal of the UN-ROC is to inform but also to engage Europeans in issues of global reach…

Not just that. We are also mak-ing partnerships with non-European entities; we are work-ing with Universities, with NGOs, with governments, with political parties, with youth as-sociations. We are working with all the available bodies that can contribute to the work of the UN.

Do you thing that the institu-tion of MUN’s around the world and more specifically the ThessISMUN contributes to the procedure of getting young people familiarised and engaged with the UN actions?

I think that all the MUN’s and of course ThessISMUN, are a great opportunity for young people to get familiarised with the way the United Nations functions. But it’s not only that… Through the MUNs young people learn how to make compromises, and how to discuss but they also learn to accept that, there is not only one truth in the world, and what I think that is very important is that an MUN is not just an exer-cise, not just a game, but in real-ity it is a great opportunity for all the delegates, to get pre-

pared for their future adult life, as professionals.

In your presentation you men-tioned the United Nations Ca-reer Center. Could you tell us what opportunities are given to young students and young professionals for working at the UN?

ThessISMUN gives us the op-portunity to present employ-ment opportunities and intern-ship opportunities for young people, which is very impor-tant, but it also gives us the op-portunity to let them know - to assure them if you will - that it is very easy to work for the UN. Many people hesitate to apply for a paid or even for a volun-teer position, because they think that it is very difficult to get a job at the United Nations. What we are trying to do here in Thessaloniki and also around Greece and Europe is to inform people on how they can get a position in the United Nations system and prepare themselves for their future careers.

Do you have a message for the participants of the 11th ThessISMUN?

What I want to say to them on behalf of the United Nations is that we are very glad that they stand close to the United Na-tions and I would like to reas-sure them that the United Na-tions stands close to them. UN is focusing a lot on the youth and the role that the youth can play in the formation of tomor-row’s world!

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MR. DIMITRIOS FATOUROS, INFORMATION OFFICER FOR GREECE AND CYPRUS, UNITED NATIONS REGIONAL INFORMATION CENTRE, BRUSSELS

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MEET THE JOURNALISTS!!!

Vangelis Oikonomidis (Editor) studies Interna-tional Relations at the University of Macedonia. He has also studied as an Erasmus student at the Istanbul Commerce University. Fond of photogra-phy, a great admirer of Thessaloniki’s life, he wishes you all a great time in the city!

Olga Siokou—Siova (Co-editor) has studied Journalism & Mass Communication at the Aris-totle University of Thessaloniki and she is cur-rently concluding her MA studies in Strategic Studies and International Politics at the University of Macedonia. She has participated in previous ThessISMUNs as a journalist and she is very ex-cited to be a co-editor this time!

Chrysanthos Koseloglou! (1st GA) I have studied International and European, Economic and Politi-cal Studies at the University of Macedonia, where I currently pursue my MA in European Studies and Diplomacy. I was a delegate at ThessISMUN for the first time in the distant..2005!

Nazli Gurkas (2nd GA) is from Turkey. A gradu-ate of “English Language Teaching” Department of Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey. Currently she studies “Research in Journalism and Commu-nication” in Autonomous University of Barcelona

in Spain. She is a well-known Greece lover and a Greek lifestyle-addict!

Eirini Eminidou (NAC) is studying Journalism and Mass Communication in Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She is in the third year of study-ing and she is really interest in this area. She lives in Thessaloniki for the past three years and she wishes to all of you to have a great time and enjoy this magical city as more as you can..!!

Ivi Psalti (HRC) is studying Balkan, Slavic and Oriental Studies in the University of Macedonia. She has already attended several student MUNs, but this is her first time as a journalist and her first time in ThessIS. She hopes ThessIS MUN 2012 is going to be awesome in so many ways and she wishes you the very best! So … “Have fun every-body and rock it all day and all night long!” ;)

Hello! I am Thomas Karagiozopoulos (SC). I am from Thessaloniki, where I study Philology at the Aristotle University. I am 20 years old and it is my first time on a ThessISMUN. I hope to earn as much as I can from the skillful delegates and to enjoy the 11th ThessISMUN. Thank you and good luck!

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My name is Christos Droutsas (CoE) and I come from Ath-ens,Greece. I am a second year student in the Department of Electrical Engineering in the National and Technical Univer-sity of Athens and it is my first time in an MUN. I hope my par-ticipation in the conference will be a really memorable experi-ence and I hope we all have a wonderful time.

Varvara Mesoropian (HSC) is come from Kefallonia. She is in the third year of studying Jour-nalism and Mass Communica-tion at Aristotle University. She is interested in communication with other people and she has worked as a journalist at local newspapers. Varvara hopes to have the chance to participate in many other MUN. Her friend’s call her “ Aria”.!

Vasilis Sazaklidis (ECOSOC) studies Law at the Democritus University of Thrace. This is his second participation in ThessIS MUN but his first as part of the press team. Having already ex-perienced the fun of ThessIS ( especially after the sun set) wishes interesting discussions to happen and last but not least party rocking nights(and days)!

Eleni Trikergioti (3rd G.A.) is a first year student in the depart-ment of English Language and Literature in the Aristotle uni-versity of Thessaloniki. This is her first experience in the MUN and she is happy and excited because she believes that it can broaden her horizons. Her hob-bies include running, reading poetry and sleeping.

Nathalie Damigou-Papoti (CEDAW) est etudiante au dé-partement de Journalisme et

des Médias à l’Université Aris-tote de Thessalonique. C’est la premiere fois qu’ elle participe à un MUN et elle est très heu-reuse d’ être membre d’ un co-mité francophone. Elle aime le journalisme, les langues étran-gères, les livres, les voyages et le cinéma. .

Irrene -Margarita Tzemopou-lou (Photographer) studies Ar-cheology at the Aristotle Uni-versity of Thessaloniki and she is a photography teacher at the Photography Club of the Aris-totle University of Thessaloniki. It is her first MUN experience and she enjoys it very much!

Fotis Tellogou (Photographer) He is a part time photographer but his day job (what pays the rent!) is importing hotel guest amenities from Turkey for the Greek, Cypriot and Bulgarian market..

LOVE AT FIRST… FLOWER!

To all of you who enjoyed and will continue to enjoy the flower game, to all of you who finally got to express your love, appreciation, admira-tion or just wanted to flirt a little.. You owe a big “Thank You” to the members of the Staff and more specially to the Head of the Staff Mr. Ermis Soulis, who had this very unique and playful idea and they made i t happen! The initial idea was to find a way to raise some money for a philanthropic cause while having fun! The flower game turned to be a great suc-cess! There were 230 tulips delivered yesterday and there will be many more to follow! There were flowers delivered from delegates to Chairs,

from staff to female and male delegates and vice versa, to the Secretary General (5 flowers from the same person!), to journalists from delegates and from staff members to other staff members! Almost everybody got at least one flower or had the chance to send one!

Here are some piquant insights:

There were flowers delivered to the “sexiest male voice of this year’s ThessIS”, the “nicest haircut”, the “prettiest girl”. There were flowers delivered for.. reminding a delegate not to fall asleep during the sessions, for arranging dates and last but not least we also had a MARIAGE PROPOSAL!

Apart from the fun, the money that were raised from the flower game are going to the “ΕΕΕΕΚ ΙΝΣΤΙΤΟΥΤΟΥ ΑΝΑΠΤΥΞΙΑΚΗΣ ΑΠΟΚΑΤΑ-ΣΤΑΣΗΣ (IΝΑΑ) ΠΕΥΚΩΝ” - Institute for Reha-bilitation of Children with Disabilities.

Yesterday’s committees’ ses-sions ended with a surprising and exciting event in the City Hall. Dr. Paroula Naskou - Perraki and all the delegates were singing, drinking wine and having fun waiting for the arrival of Mr Boutaris.(Mayor of Thessaloniki). Many delegates had the op-portunity to introduce them-selves and share their previ-ous MUN experiences with each other. Among them was the delegate who won the “Mr. Flower” title because he received a record of 10 tulips!!

The event completed after a brief and warmhearted speech given by the Mayor. Mr. Boutaris wel-comed the participants of this years ThessIS to Thessaliniki, sug-gested that they should seize this opportunity to enjoy themselves and wished them good luck with the sessions. Apart from the fun and the wine (!!), Mr. Boutaris’ invitation and his kind hospital-ity, was a great honor for the dele-gates of ThessISMUN and left a warm feeling to everybody.

WINE TASTING AT THE CITY HALL

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On its first official day, the 1st Committee decided early in the morning to discuss “Disarmament, Demobilization and Demining: Prerequisites for Peace and Development in Africa”. The day featured long debates, many failed motions, but also some considerable pro-gress towards specific meas-ures. The delegates began by stating their country’s view on the subject at hand, but it was the Syrian delegation that first managed to have its “3 stage plan” discussed in a moderated caucus. One of the countries hich really had a dramatically different view on the subject was the U.S.A., which refused to acknowledge the linkage be-tween disarmament and devel-

opment. Few, if any, were found to support them.

It wasn’t until the unmoder-ated caucuses, in the second half of the day, that specific measures and alliances started to take form. The proposed measures included the integra-tion of ex-combatants in the regular armies of their coun-

tries and police forces, the edu-cation of children who had par-ticipated in battles, measures against unemployment and in favor of economic growth, for-eign investments, the involve-ment and cooperation between the African Union and the World Bank, the strengthening of national armies to ensure safety and lastly demining with the help of expert institutions. These ideas still represent three different working papers and we will have to wait until to-morrow to discover the course of action of the 1st Committee in its pursuit of the steps to be taken in order to achieve sus-tainable peace and develop-ment in Africa.

The first debate day of ThessISMUN was a very active and productive day for the Second Committee of GA. Even though every delegate had their own way of thinking about the discussed issues, main ideas which can be con-cluded from the sessions are following:

• Financial crisis cannot be solved by just one country.

• Cooperation between countries is crucial.

IMF plays a very important role in today’s globalized econ-omy; on the other hand it is also exploiting developing countries.

It was stated that “Many coun-tries are becoming slaves of

USA because of economy problems”. About this contro-versial opinion, there were harsh discussions. As regards to the suggested solutions for the financial crisis, 2 specific countries were given as exam-ples: Japan and Italy. Japan was claimed to have a sustain-able economy in spite of the current economical crisis in Euro Zone. For all the coun-tries available in UN, World Bank and IMF are considered as the important financial powers. Even though the eco-nomical crisis is considered as showing its effects mainly in developing countries, it was suggested that the current eco-nomical crisis has deeply af-fected also the developed countries such as Greece,

Spain and Italy. Finally, it was suggested that each country has distinct financial structures and accordingly, different methods should be pursued to achieve financial sustainabil-ity.

1ST COMMITTEE OF THE G.A. BY CHRYSANTHOS KOSELOGLOU

2ND COMMITTEE OF THE G.A. BY NAZLI GURKAS

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On the first official day of ThessISMUN, the Security Council began with formal dis-cussions on the situation in Syria. All member-countries of the Council accepted to discuss within the frame of solidarity to the Syrian people, which has

been neglected by the interna-tional commu-nity for more than a year. Syria empha-sized that all participating countries must find the will to fight against the real terror-ism. Therefore,

the Syrian Ambassador called all members of the Council to agree that there is a civil war intra muros and asked for sub-stantial help. Among the coun-tries not in favour of Syria, USA noted that Syria has still a lot of work to do with outgoing

refugees. What the majority of the members accepted as a so-lution is the defence of the bor-ders and the placement of more observers, so as to assure the maximum security in the coun-try, at least till the elections of the 7th of May. When sugges-tions turned favourable for Syria, it was asked from the Chair to remove all observers (including the press representa-tive) from the session, so as to conclude on the necessary measures that need to be taken. The epilogue of the intensive discussion was given by an ex-change of flowers among the members of Security Council and members of other commit-tees.

With an unexpected turn of events, the first official session of the North Atlantic Council came to an end. Dele-gates from all 28 countries gathered today to discuss a very serious and cru-cial subject: the evolv-ing relations between NATO and Asia. All delegates presented their ideas, motions and thoughts on pri-mary situations that are connected with the subject. Both moderated and unmoderated caucuses took place in the whole procedure of the second session. The Board marked out the most significant points and

helped the delegates by re-minding them some funda-mental points of the procedure.

While the Council reached a consensus on the categoriza-tion of the discussion issues, a major crisis erupted; a terrorist attack against an ISAF base in

Afghanistan, with the terrorists capturing high ranking offi-cials. Receiving information by

NATO military authori-ties, the Council adopted a course of ac-tion considered to achieve success (the re-lease of hostages) with minimum cost. Later on, Council members were informed of the death of one of the hos-tages, perplexing even more the situation.

Keep your breath while follow-ing developments in the com-ing sessions of the North At-lantic Council!

SECURITY COUNCIL BY THOMAS KARAGIOZOPOULOS

NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL BY EIRINI EMINIDOU

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In the 3rd Committee terrorism was at stake. Despite the Com-mittee’s agreement not to at-tempt a definition of the term in question, Irak took initiative to suggest: terrorists are the USA and the West! Meanwhile, Syria accused the Western countries of exploiting the term “terrorism” for their own bene-fit. To the western countries’ will for humanitarian interven-tions in the countries that suf-f e r , D P R K d e c l a r e d : “Liberation can’t be without blood”!

After a number of unfruitful unmoderated caucuses, 3 working papers were submit-ted to the board suggesting so-

lutions to com-bat terrorism, including eradi-cation of its root causes and put-ting spies to de-tect any suspect m o v e m e n t s . USA’s and Iran’s apparent agree-ment as the meeting was coming to its end (which, by the way, made them both sooo happy as they announced) failed not long af-terwards, and tension was cre-ated. It seemed that USA, Iran and Syria waited for the last 20 minutes of the conversation to speak candidly to each other!

To USA’s to-the-face accusa-tion of terrorism, Iran re-sponded:”What really hap-pened in the 9/11?”. Syria grabbed the chance to ask the USA “Was Guantanamo an ex-ception or not?”

The first official day of ThessISMUN started and the Council of Europe gathered in the committee approximately at 9 o’ clock. After the roll call, it became apparent that some delegates did not sleep really early the previous night. The session started with the gen-eral speakers' list, followed by a motion for a moderated cau-cus on the role of education regarding safer internet. There were moderated caucuses after the coffee break as well, in which the delegates discussed on the role of the family and media regarding safer internet for children. After the lunch break, the delegates had unmoderated caucuses and were encouraged by the

board to struggle for the crea-tion of a recommendation, since they agreed in almost all aspects of the topic. After-wards, they were separated in working groups, and started writing clauses of the potential working paper, which were completed towards the end of the session. The sessions were generally fruitful and many countries such as Austria, Switzerland, United Kingdom, France, Sweden, Spain, Den-mark and Slovakia took the floor. The highlight of the day was of course the committee dinner in which the delegates, the board and the Secretary General of the GA had a won-derful time, chatting and mak-ing jokes.

3RD COMMITTEE OF THE G.A. BY ELENI TRIKERGIOTI

COUNCIL OF EUROPE BY CHRISTOS DROUTSAS

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The first debate day ar-rived and the topic that was discussed in the Hu-man Rights Council was “the protection of Hu-man Rights in peaceful protests and the fight against extremism”. All of the countries agreed on the need to confront extremism and terrorism and recognized the im-portance of the right to protest, of the freedom of expression and as-sembly. Furthermore, the need for solutions to protect these fundamen-tal rights from being violated was high-lighted. Some of the pro-posals to enhance these rights were:

The training of the po-lice officers to respect human rights and edu-

cate them through semi-nars in order to avoid terroristic violence dur-ing protests. The establishment of NGOs, that will inform people for their funda-mental rights, and lob-bies, where local people can express their worries and thoughts about spe-cific problems. That international agen-cies should supervise and cooperate with na-tional agencies in order to guide them on how the state should react on these kind of matters. The use of surveillance cameras only during protests.

About the issue of ex-tremism compared to the right to protest, dele-gates suggested the fol-lowing:

Better education of peo-ple in order to be under-stood that there are no substantial differ-ences among them and that discrimination can only cause harm. As extremism is a form of remonstrance because of the global social and economical problems, people’s voice should be heard in order to ex-press their dis-appointment and the solu-

tions which may be pro-posed. Policy of tolerance should be promoted but, in the same time, police, national forces and secu-rity measures should be supported and strength-ened in case of extremist acts.

The debate was pretty fruitful with some of the delegates standing for their passion and their repartee.

Jeudi matin, les délégués des pays participants au CEDAW ont été concentrés et ont choisi, à la majorité absolue, de s’oc-cuper en premier lieu du cas d’Ouganda. Il s’agit d’un pays où la situation concernant les discriminations sexuelles est assez complexe, puisqu’il y a

de la législation sur plusieurs aspects de la vie des femmes, mais un déficit remarquable sur son application est. Les axes thématiques principaux qui ont préoccupé les experts, portaient sur le monde d’em-ploi, le monde de la santé, la violence de toute forme contre

les femmes et l’éducation. En particulier, les délégués ont remarqué que les femmes y font face aux discriminations graves dans l’environnement professionnel, leur participa-tion à la vie publique est fai-ble, plusieurs d’elles sont vic-times du sida et des MST

aussi que les stéréotypes so-ciaux omniprésentes condui-sent souvent à des manifesta-tions violentes contre elles. La plupart des délégués ont consenti que la cause de tous les problèmes de la société ou-gandaise soit le manque d’in-formation et d’éducation, c’est ainsi que la solution s’oriente vers la sensibilisation des en-fants et des jeunes. À la fin de la journée, les experts des pays ont travaillé en deux groupes pour formuler des propositions spécifiques et à vendredi sera effectuée une discussion afin qu’ils donnent leur consente-

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL BY IVI PSALTI

LE COMITÉ POUR L’ÉLIMINATION DE LA DISCRIMINATION A L’ÉGARD DES FEMMES PAR NATHALIE DAMIGOU—PAPOTI

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With surprises, unex-pected reactions and arguments, the His-torical Security Coun-cil completed its first official session about “War of Korea”. Chairs and delegates were on time and the whole procedure started exactly at 9 o’clock. At the begin-ning, delegates pre-sented their speeches; while Soviet Union and U.S.A were giv-ing their point of view on what is really hap-pening in Korea (keep on mind that we are b a c k i n t h e

1950’s!) .The main is-sue our delegates dis-cussed about was which part of Korea invaded the other. On the one hand, the U.S. and its allies claimed that North Korea used its Soviet Union-armed forces against South Korea, while on the other hand De-mocratic People’s Re-public of Korea and Soviet Union empha-sized that Republic of Korea used American m i l i t a r y p o w e r against them. Most of c o u n t r i e s w e r e against North Korea,

with the United King-dom proposing that DPRK should be ex-pelled from the coun-cil. The second crucial issue to be discussed was the question of legitimate representa-tion: Republic of Ko-rea representing the whole peninsula, while DPRK had merely the status of “authority”. The dele-gate of North Ko-rea kept denounc-ing “capitalistic and imperialist propa-g a nd a” , whi le South Korea re-ferred to Democ-

ratic People’s Repub-lic of Korea as a “terrorist group”. The Chair didn’t hesitate to punish the delegate of France for using inappropriate lan-guage. Apart from France, the UK dele-gate also had a diplo-matic warning, crum-pling the working pa-per to show her dis-satisfaction. Negotia-

The first day of the sessions has come for ECOSOC and the risks posed by nuclear energy to environmentally sustain-able development ( topic A) attracted the attention of the committee. Al-though delegates were more than well prepared and willing to negotiate, a number of hangovers stood as obstacle for mutual understanding. Coffee breaks and the wise board gave the so-lution to the small con-fusion. The delegate of Philippines proposed an unmoderated caucus, where specific proposals were made and alliances became clearer. Here come the new-born drafts, still as working

papers. Interesting solutions were given by the U.K, U.S.A and Mongolia while Germany, Argentina and Russian Fed-eration eloquently supported

their thesis. Despite the many common points delegates had, the working group that was suggested to be established

under the supervision of the IAEA, seemed to have “tortured” them. The first oral attack was launched by the Russian Federation. The smell

of the many flow-ers that ECOSOC received gave the much needed in-spiration to the delegates and filled them with new ideas, while strengthened alli-ances… New dip-lomatic talents, such as Brazil and Netherlands, came to the sur-

face and the end of the session couldn’t have been more promising for the second day of ThessIS.

HISTORICAL SECURITY COUNCIL BY VARVARA MESOROPIAN

ECOSOC BY VASILEIOS SAZAKLIDIS

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GOSSIP BOX... • 1ST GA: A little bird told us that Pakistan’s delegate would really enjoy a drink by the sea with

the Slovenian delegate! ;)

• 2ST GA: “Mr. Papaioannou is the most handsome guy in the MUN!!! We love him!!” signed by “His fan Club” (Well done Mr. Papaioannou!!!)

• Russia exchanges mysterious “honey-bunny” messages with Iraq while also receiving five flowers and a... MARRIAGE PROPOSAL! ! !

• 3ST GA: Belgium is flirting with Russian Federation…. (Is it true???)

• Member of the Crisis Coordination has a huge secret fan club consisting of a mixture of boys and girls….!!! (Who can it be..?????)

• NAC: The delegate of Hungary is flirting with the delegate of Norway… (We’ll see what is going to happen tonight!!!...)

North Korea to South Korea