Delegates: Get ready for IMUN 2017! Remember that when you do your best and live out your dreams, you inspire others to do the same!

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2 Dear Delegates, Faculty Advisors and Friends of IMUN, It is such a pleasure and honour to invite and welcome all of you to the 6th annual Italian Model United Nations (IMUN) conference, a unique international experience with over 3000 delegates from high schools. IMUN offers every year the opportunity for students to engage in exciting discussion with other highperforming high school students about the issues gripping today's global community. You will be challenged to conduct research about your committee's topics and your assigned country, formulate opinions, and engage your peers with high-level debate. How could there be anything better than something so wonderful? And what could be more gratifying than this? A spirit of friendship and cooperation across borders and a deeper understanding of cultures and perspectives beyond one s own - encompasses our purpose for helding this conference every year, and the reason it continues to be the largest Italian Model United Nations. Therefore, I can only be honored to return to a third year on United Network staff as Secretary-General of IMUN IMUN 2017 wil be the first big step of my third year as a member of UN staff, but I have been involved in Models UN since high school, where I took part in the program for the last three years and then moved on to working with United Network for its conferences as a substantive staffer and as a Director of Events. Currently, I am attending the final year of the bachelor degree in Economics and Management at LUISS University, in Rome, but I still remember the first time I sat within the committee with all my schoolmates dressed up, afraid to make a speech in english, in front of all the other delegates. It has been a long time, but still today my knees start knocking at the very thought of approaching the podium and getting ready for my speech. It is worth saying that after that first public speech, in WHO committee, representing Guatemala, I grew to love MUNs and the practical use of my political knowledge. In fact, I cannot do without them! Certainly, everything changes once you are not a delegate anymore and you really get how much work it takes to get ready for the days of the conference, but every single one of us put heart and soul in it, to make it work, in order to give YOU delegates the best experience of your life! Delegates: Get ready for IMUN 2017! Remember that when you do your best and live out your dreams, you inspire others to do the same! I cannot wait to see all of you, waiting for IMUN 2017! Love, Maria Cristina D Addesa Secretary General - IMUN Rome 2017 sg.roma@unitednetwork.it

3 Dear Delegates, My name is Irene Dettori, and I am your Director General for IMUN Roma I have been collaborating with United Network for three years now, as a member of the staff, but my journey with MUNs started back in 2011, which was when my whole life was changed by this experience. I do not want to bore you with a list of all the experiences I had concerning MUNs, I want to try to explain what they meant to me, and what I hope IMUN will mean for all of you. When I first entered a committee, back in 2011, I was so nervous I couldn t breath, I remember I was shaking while I was raising my placard and my legs felt so unsure while I was walking to the podium, to give my first speech ever. I remember all these emotions, but what I remember the most was the feelings I felt right after that speech: I was so flattered, so proud of myself. It got easier and easier to get used to that environment as the work of the committee went on, I was one-hundred-percent involved in the experience and I realized it was something that I wanted as a part of my life. Thanks to Model United Nations (MUNs) I learnt the value of compromise and cooperation, the importance of looking convinced while giving speeches, no matter what I am saying, and the ability to involve the others in my initiatives. These are the things I hope you will bring with you for your whole life after IMUN, because this is the essence of the experience. It is not only about studying new cultures and important topics, but it is above all about listening other people s opinions and managing to gather them together to find a solution, and I swear you are going to use that in many different aspects of your life. I can not even explain my proudness and joy in seeing so many of you taking part into this project, and I am totally confident you will see the massive work that is behind such a great event. Our whole staff has been preparing for months to give you the best MUN possible, and I am sure all of you will do his part to make it flawless. When you will first enter the committee, no matter how many MUNs you have taken part into, you will feel anxious, don t let this emotion gain the upper hand on you, let yourself enjoy one of the most exciting and original experiences of your whole life. I cannot wait to meet you all! Love, Irene Dettori Director-General IMUN 2017 dg.roma@unitednetwork.it 3

4 STAFF OF UNITED NETWORK Board of Directors of United Network Riccardo Messina, President of United Network and Conference Director Michele Favaro, Model UN Supervisor Martina Regis, Res Publica Supervisor Giulia Renzoni, Chief of Staff Executive Staff Maria Cristina D Addesa, Secretary General IMUN ROME 2017 Irene Dettori, Director General IMUN ROME 2017 Flaminia Jesi, Administrative Under-Secretary General 2017 Sara Palomba, Administrative Under-Secretary General 2017 Walter Canu, Substantive Under-Secretary General 2017 (GA Mains) Ilaria Garampi, Substantive Under-Secretary General 2017 (ECOSOC) Stefania Azzaro, Substantive Under-Secretary General 2017 (Specials) Advisory of United Network Martina Regis, Secretary General IMUN ROME 2013 Jessica Puleo, Director General IMUN ROME 2013 Costanza Cicero, Secretary General IMUN ROME 2014 Elettra di Massa, Director General IMUN ROME 2014 Patrizia Attanasio, Secretary General IMUN ROME 2015 Luca Medichini, Director General IMUN ROME 2015 Stephanie Ratti, Secretary General IMUN ROME 2016 Michele Favaro, Director General IMUN ROME 2016 Work Groups Executives External Relations Team: 1. Jacopo Scipione (Director), 2. Giulia Romana Fazzini (Vice), 3. Flaminia Jesi (Vice); Press Corp Team: 1. Agnese Rosi (Director), 2. Matteo Carloni (Vice Director); Events Team: 1. Isabella Alfano (Director), 2. Giulia Cappella (Vice Director) Web Team: 1. Ludovica Calselli (Director), 2. Salvatore Plutino (Director), 3. Sara Palomba (Vice Director); Foreign Schools Team: 1. Ilaria Musci (Under-Secretary General), 2. Davide Lione (Director) 4

5 SUBSTANTIVE STAFF GA MAINS A Under Secretary General: Walter Antonio Canu DISEC - A Directors: Giulia Anderson, Chiara Marrocco & Laura Sofia Jalielie Assistant Directors: Isabella Mariani, Gabriele Marolla Topic: Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space Location: Roma Eventi, Sala Loyola ECOFIN - A Directors: Maria Chiara Zeri & Meredith Arndt Assistant Directors: Thomas Palozzi, Chloé Annabi, Matteo Carloni Topic: Implementation of Global Tourism for Economic Development Location: Roma Eventi, Sala Carducci SOCHUM A Directors: Lily Scarponi, Eva Simonetti & Diego Fernadez-Pages Assistant Directors: Helenia Camerini, Francesca Maria Totonelli Topic: Child Trafficiking Location: Roma Eventi, Sala Manzoni SPECPOL A Directors: Giorgia Taucci & Jerry Ennolikara Assistant Directors: Benedetta Scattarella, Isabella Bigiotti, Cecilia Di Filippo Topic: The Falkland Question Location: Sala Altemps, Piazza Sant Apollinare (February, 7); Salone Spadolini, Via del Collegio Romano, 27. (February, 8-9). LEGAL - A Directors: Luisa Falcone & Marisa Vanness Assistant Directors: Alexandra James Sekitoleko, Raphael Boubguignon Topic: Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism Location: Roma Eventi, Sala Foscolo ECOSOC A Under Secretary General: Ilaria Garampi CCPCJ - A Directors: Angelo De Lauro & Elizabeth Elisha Gonzalez Assistant Directors: Giò Barbizi, Eugenio Demarin, Francesco Montagnese Topic: Trafficking in Persons: The Organ Black Market Location: Città Metropolitana Palazzo Valentini, Aula del Consiglio UNICEF A Directors: Federica Fontana & Sasha Parson Assistant Director: Valerio Loreti, Giulia Perri, Cecilia Snider Topic: Obtaining Free Access to Education Location: Roma Eventi, Sala Alighieri 5

6 UNHCR - A Directors: Camilla Fioravanti & Katherine Magee Assistant Directors: Stefano Terzaghi, George Ciprian Telinoiu, Flavia Pace Topic: Responses to the European Refugee Crisis Location: Città Metropolitana Palazzo Valentini, Sala di Liegro UNESCO - A Director: Giorgia Verna & Brendan Bernicker Assistant Director: Francesco Alessandrelli, Sidahmed Sengr, Giulia de Martin Pinter Topic: Protecting Culture and Heritage Sites During Armed Conflicts Location: Camera dei Deputati, Aula dei Gruppi SPECIALS A Under Secretary General: Stefania Azzaro UNODC A Directors: Matthias Carosi & Assistant Directors: Marta Lupattelli, Isabella Morgia, Greta Pastorello Topic: Achieving International Cooperation for Alternative Development Location: Roma Eventi, Sala Leopardi FAO A Directors: Alessandro Cuomo & Daniel Quiroga Assistant Directors: Pierre Taravella, Marilù La Monica Topic: Healthy Oceans, Enhancing Blue Economy Location: Roma Eventi, Sala Montale WHO A Directors: Alessio Lucci, Maxime Roux & Assistant Directors: David Morselli, Francesco di Donna Topic: Zika Virus Location: Roma Eventi, Sala Goldoni 6

7 UNDER-SECRETARY GENERALS (USGs): Flaminia Jesi, Sara Palomba, Nicole Durastanti. Crash Desk ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF Roma Eventi Directors: Claudio Antonio de Angelis, Erika Anzini, Carlotta Ferraiuolo. Assistants Directors: Chiara Pescetelli, Elisa Monaco, Enrico Cicero, Flavia Casagrande, Sofia Calabrese, Emanuele Meloni, Maria Improta, Giulia Paolini Filippo Corsi, Raffaele Annunziata, Eleonora Palano, Valerio Iannucci. Transportation Under-Secretary General: Nicole Durastanti Director: Flavia Polizzi Assistant Directors: Riccardo Galeazzi, Eleonora Francica, Tommaso Angioni, Luca Azzinari. Security Director: Andrea Magnanini Assistant Directors: Petru Broscenco, Riccardo Santini, Eleonora Grimani. Foreign Schools Under Secretary General for the Foreign Schools: Ilaria Musci Director: Davide Lione Beacon: Flavia Brustolin Assistant Directors: Serena De Angelis, Beatrice Meo, Beatrice Tabacco. 7

8 IMUN ROME 2017 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS MONDAY FEBRUARY 6 Auditorium della Conciliazione, Via Della Conciliazione n. 4, Rome h a.m p.m. Opening Ceremony TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7 Different locations in the center of Rome (see room assignments) h p.m p.m. Committee Session n. 1 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8 Different locations in the center of Rome (see room assignments) h p.m p.m. Committee Session n. 2 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9 Different locations in the center of Rome (see room assignments) h a.m p.m. Committee Session n. 3 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9 Alien Club, Via Velletri n. 13, Rome h p.m a.m. Delegate Dance FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10 Auditorium della Conciliazione, Via Della Conciliazione n. 4, Rome h a.m p.m. Plenary Session h p.m p.m. Closing Ceremony 8

9 ROOMS IN ROMA EVENTI ROOM ASSIGNMENTS: Roma Eventi DISEC: Loyola ECOFIN: Carducci SOCHUM: Manzoni LEGAL: Foscolo UNODC: Leopardi WHO: Goldoni FAO: Montale UNICEF: Alighieri Città Metropolitana - Palazzo Valentini CCPCJ: Aula del Consiglio UNHCR: Sala di Liegro Camera dei Deputati UNESCO: Aula dei Gruppi SPECPOL Committee Sala Altemps, Piazza Sant Apollinare (February 7) Salone Spadolini, Via del Collegio Romano, 27. (February 8-9) 9

10 GENERAL INFORMATION Dress Code During the conference, all delegates must be wearing western formal dress. Casual clothes like sneakers and/or jeans are strictly forbidden. In Camera dei Deputati, men must wear the jacket and women dresses and/or skirts need to be of appropriate length. No dress code is requested for the Delegates Dance. Please always pay attention to weather conditions and dress accordingly. ID Security at Camera dei Deputati will have a list with all people that are allowed in the room. Identification procedures require delegates and faculty advisors to show a valid Identification Document. Badges On February 6, before the beginning of the opening ceremony in Auditorium della Conciliazione, United Network staffers will distribute personal badges to the Delegates. In case of loss, it would take a rather long time to obtain a new one. Without a badge delegates, will not be admitted in Committee Room. Badges must be worn at all times. Placards On February 6, before the beginning of the opening ceremony in Auditorium della Conciliazione, United Network staffers will distribute placards to delegates. Placards and badges are extremely important and should be kept in perfect conditions. In the unfortunate event a palcards is lost, delegates will face a 5 fee for a new one. Timetable Make sure to be on time: anyone arriving after the set timetable would not be admitted to the committee under no circumstances. Delegate Dance The fesitve delegate dance is scheduled to be held on Thursday, 9. The event will take place at the Alien Club, in Via Velletri n. 13. Admission is free for IMUN Delegates, complimentary bracelets will be handed out during committee sessions (do not lose your bracelet!). Spare tickets will be available for purchase at the cost of 10 per-ticket, maximum allowance is set at one guest per delegate. 10

11 USEFUL ADDRESSES Auditorium della Conciliazione, Via della Conciliazione n. 4, Rome Roma Eventi, Piazza della Pilotta n. 4, Rome Aula dei Gruppi della Camera dei Deputati, Via di Campo Marzio n. 78, Rome Alien Club, Via Velletri n. 13, Rome Palazzo Valentini, Piazza Foro Traiano n. 85, Rome 11

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