DOCSLIB.ORG

TESI Raffaella IMP.Job

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
TESI Raffaella IMP.Job Alla mia forza di volontà. A questa città, Padova, che sarà per sempre parte della mia essenza. To my willpower. To this city, Padova, that will be forever part of my essence. 2 Contents Introduction ...................................................................................................................................................... 6 Chapter I United Nations World Food Programme. The birth of WFP ........................................................... 8 1.1 Historical background. Antecedents: FAO’s pioneering work ............................................................. 8 1.2 UN World Food Programme’s birth .................................................................................................... 16 1.3 1960s: Initiatives at United Nations .................................................................................................... 20 “We began 2011 with even greater challenges, but with the 1.4 Food aid during the Second UN Development Decade of the 1970s .................................................. 22 confidence that ending hunger is possible. 1.5 Food for Development: institutionalizing project food aid ................................................................. 28 1.6 WFP Emergency and Relief Operations .............................................................................................. 31 We will continue to adapt and transform the way we work to meet the immediate needs of the hungry today Chapter II Fighting Hunger Worldwide ......................................................................................................... 35 2.1 Current and previous WFP Executive Directors ................................................................................. 35 and to be a leader in crafting with governments and partners 2.2 UN World Food Programme’s Vision and Mission Statement. United Nation’s system against coherent, long term hunger solution for tomorrow”. hunger................................................................................................................................................... 36 2.3 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) ........................................................................................... 41 2.4 World Hunger ...................................................................................................................................... 43 2.5 WFP Strategic Plan (2008-2011) ......................................................................................................... 46 2.6 Strategic Objective Four: Reduce Chronic Hunger and Undernutrition ............................................. 51 Josette Sheeran Chapter III Food for Development: School Feeding Programme .................................................................. 54 Executive Director 3.1 Today’s School Feeding Policy (2008-2011) ……………………………………………….............. 54 United Nation World Food Programme 3.2 WFP’s Guiding Standards ................................................................................................................... 57 3.3 Sustainability through capacity development ...................................................................................... 58 Chapter IV Emergency Operations (EMOPs) and Protracted Relief Operations (PRROs): policies and principles .......................................................................................................................................................... 62 4.1 Emergency Operations ………………………………………………………………………………. 62 4.2 Protracted Relief and Recovery Operations ........................................................................................ 66 Chapter V Case Study: The Transition Process of School feeding in El Salvador ........................................ 69 5.1 Overview ………………………………………………………………………………….………..... 69 5.2 A successful handover experience ………………………………………………………….……….. 73 5.3 The current status of School Feeding in El Salvador ......................................................................... 74 5.3.1 The National Policy Framework ................................................................................................ 75 5.3.2 The Institutional Framework .......................................................................................................75 5.3.3 The Financial Framework .......................................................................................................... 76 5.3.4 Programme design and implementation .................................................................................... 77 5.3.5 School- level arrangements and infrastructure ..........................................................................78 5.4 A preliminary study of the transition process of School feeding in El Salvador ................................ 79 5.4.1 The transition process: milestones ............................................................................................. 79 3 4 5.4.2 Steps of the process in El Salvador ............................................................................................ 80 Introduction Chapter VI Case Study: first WFP Emergency Operations. Report on Iran, Thailand, Algeria, Morocco, Tanganyika ....................................................................................................................................................... 83 6.1 Iran ....................................................................................................................................................... 83 The world has been able to produce enough food to provide every citizen 6.2 Thailand ............................................................................................................................................... 85 with an adequate diet to lead a healthy, active and productive life. Yet 6.3 Algeria ................................................................................................................................................. 86 6.4 Morocco ............................................................................................................................................... 86 the hungry-poor (those earning less than the equivalent of one dollar a 6.5 Tanganyika .......................................................................................................................................... 87 day, or who spend most of their income on food) do not have enough to Chapter VII Interviews ................................................................................................................................... 89 eat. The co-existence of hunger with the capacity to end it is one of the 7.1 Interview with Mr. Ramiro Armando de Oliveira Lopes da Silva, WFP Deputy Executive Director for gravest paradoxes of our time. It is not only morally repugnant and External Relations ................................................................................................................................ 89 7.2 Interview with Mr. Amir Mahmoud Abdulla, WFP Deputy Executive Director and Chief Operating unacceptable but politically, economically, and socially indefensible. Officer ................................................................................................................................................ 101 Poverty is the underlying cause of hunger. Other factors, including 7.3 Interview with Mrs. Ilaria Dettori, Chief School Feeding Programme Design and Support Division ............................................................................................................................ ................................ 113 political irresponsibility, corruption, civil unrest, ethic and religious 7.4 Interview with Mr. Carlo Scaramella, El Salvador ex Country Director .......................................... 123 conflict, sudden natural disasters, and prolonged and wide-spread 7.5 Interview with Mr. Marco Selva, Private Partnerships Manager. Communication, Public Policy and Private Partnerships Division ............................................................................................................ 128 drought, have compounded further the problem of poverty, and thereby hunger. Food is vital in the affairs of all nations, particularly in poor, Appendices .................................................................................................................................................... 132 Dramatis Personae ....................................................................................................................................... 145 food-deficit countries with inadequate food production or insufficient Acknowledgements …….……………………………….....………………………...…………………….. 152 foreign exchange to import the food they need. For the poor, food Ringraziamenti ............................................................................................................................................. 154 Bibliography ................................................................................................................................................. 156 insecure people in those countries, the quest for food pervades their daily lives. Food aid should be oriented towards the objective of eventually eradicating hunger and poverty. It should also have as its basic objective its own elimination to help countries and people toward self-reliance and enable people to feed themselves. The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Guardian and Observer Editorial
    Monday 01.01.07 Monday The year that changed our lives Swinging with Tony and Cherie Are you a malingerer? Television and radio 12A Shortcuts G2 01.01.07 The world may be coming to an end, but it’s not all bad news . The question First Person Are you really special he news just before Army has opened prospects of a too sick to work? The events that made Christmas that the settlement of a war that has 2006 unforgettable for . end of the world is caused more than 2 million people nigh was not, on the in the north of the country to fl ee. Or — and try to be honest here 4 Carl Carter, who met a surface, an edify- — have you just got “party fl u”? ing way to conclude the year. • Exploitative forms of labour are According to the Institute of Pay- wonderful woman, just Admittedly, we’ve got 5bn years under attack: former camel jockeys roll Professionals, whose mem- before she flew to the before the sun fi rst explodes in the United Arab Emirates are to bers have to calculate employees’ Are the Gibbs watching? . other side of the world and then implodes, sucking the be compensated to the tune of sick pay, December 27 — the fi rst a new year’s kiss for Cherie earth into oblivion, but new year $9m, and Calcutta has banned day back at work after Christmas 7 Karina Kelly, 5,000,002,007 promises to be rickshaw pullers. That just leaves — and January 2 are the top days 16 and pregnant bleak.
    [Show full text]
  • Radio 4 Listings for 2 – 8 May 2020 Page 1 of 14
    Radio 4 Listings for 2 – 8 May 2020 Page 1 of 14 SATURDAY 02 MAY 2020 Professor Martin Ashley, Consultant in Restorative Dentistry at panel of culinary experts from their kitchens at home - Tim the University Dental Hospital of Manchester, is on hand to Anderson, Andi Oliver, Jeremy Pang and Dr Zoe Laughlin SAT 00:00 Midnight News (m000hq2x) separate the science fact from the science fiction. answer questions sent in via email and social media. The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. Presenter: Greg Foot This week, the panellists discuss the perfect fry-up, including Producer: Beth Eastwood whether or not the tomato has a place on the plate, and SAT 00:30 Intrigue (m0009t2b) recommend uses for tinned tuna (that aren't a pasta bake). Tunnel 29 SAT 06:00 News and Papers (m000htmx) Producer: Hannah Newton 10: The Shoes The latest news headlines. Including the weather and a look at Assistant Producer: Rosie Merotra the papers. “I started dancing with Eveline.” A final twist in the final A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4 chapter. SAT 06:07 Open Country (m000hpdg) Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Helena Merriman Closed Country: A Spring Audio-Diary with Brett Westwood SAT 11:00 The Week in Westminster (m000j0kg) tells the extraordinary true story of a man who dug a tunnel into Radio 4's assessment of developments at Westminster the East, right under the feet of border guards, to help friends, It seems hard to believe, when so many of us are coping with family and strangers escape.
    [Show full text]
  • 30 March 2012 Page 1 of 17
    Radio 4 Listings for 24 – 30 March 2012 Page 1 of 17 SATURDAY 24 MARCH 2012 SAT 06:57 Weather (b01dc94s) The Scotland Bill is currently progressing through the House of The latest weather forecast. Lords, but is it going to stop independence in its tracks? Lord SAT 00:00 Midnight News (b01dc948) Forsyth Conservative says it's unlikely Liberal Democrat Lord The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Steel thinks it will. Followed by Weather. SAT 07:00 Today (b01dtd56) With John Humphrys and James Naughtie. Including Yesterday The Editor is Marie Jessel in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day. SAT 00:30 Book of the Week (b01dnn41) Tim Winton: Land's Edge - A Coastal Memoir SAT 11:30 From Our Own Correspondent (b01dtd5j) SAT 09:00 Saturday Live (b01dtd58) Afghans enjoy New Year celebrations but Lyse Doucet finds Episode 5 Mark Miodownik, Luke Wright, literacy champion Sue they are concerned about what the months ahead may bring Chapman, saved by a Labradoodle, Chas Hodges Daytrip, Sarah by Tim Winton. Millican John James travels to the west African state of Guinea-Bissau and finds unexpected charms amidst its shadows In a specially-commissioned coda, the acclaimed author Richard Coles with materials scientist Professor Mark describes how the increasingly threatened and fragile marine Miodownik, poet Luke Wright, Sue Chapman who learned to The Burmese are finding out that recent reforms in their ecology has turned him into an environmental campaigner in read and write in her sixties, Maurice Holder whose life was country have encouraged tourists to return.
    [Show full text]
  • Dcrsc Food Programme Newsletter for April 2006
    DEVON & CORNWALL REFUGEE SUPPORT A Private Company Limited by Guarantee Providing Practical Support To NEWSLETTER Refugees JULY 2010 7 Whimple Street, Plymouth PL1 2DH Tel: 01752 265952 Fax: 0870 762 6228 Email: [email protected] Website: http://dcrsc1.cfsites.org FOREWORD Yours sincerely Written by Lorna M. SEWELL Lorna M. Sewell Dear Friends and Supporters, Lorna M. SEWELL Chair of the DCRS Board of Trustees As you may be aware we experimented with our Annual General Meeting this year, and instead of organising a big affair in Sherwell’s Church Hall, as we have done for a number of years, the Trustees decided to hold an CONTENTS Open Day followed by our AGM, during Refugee Week Compiled by Geoffrey N. READ and on home ground. We had a few reservations about this for a number of reasons, not least the space Just run your mouse over the blue links and click... you’ll be taken straight to your page! available, but from all accounts it proved to be quite successful. If there were complaints, they haven’t Activities Group Page 4 reached me! Advertisements Page 7 Although it was a much smaller event, it still had to be Clothing Store Page 5 organised, as these events don’t organise themselves, so Diary Dates Page 21 I would like to thank all those involved. General Information Page 3 At the AGM, we took the opportunity of welcoming our Editorial Comment Page 1 new auditor who had spent some time making sure our Food Programme Page 5 finances were in good order for 2009, and he was Foreword Page 1 elected for the coming year.
    [Show full text]
  • For Submission
    View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by Wits Institutional Repository on DSPACE COPYRIGHT NOTICE The copyright of this research report vests in the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, in accordance with the University’s Intellectual Property Policy. No portion of the text may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including analogue and digital media, without prior written permission from the University. Extracts of or quotations from this research report may, however, be made in terms of Section 12 and 13 of the South African Copyright Act of No. 98 of 1978 (as amended), for non-commercial or educational purposes. Full acknowledgement must be made to the author and the University. An electronic version of this research report is available on the Library webpage (www.wits.ac.za/library ) under “Research Resources”. For permission requests, please contact the University Legal Office or the University Research Office (www. wits.ac.za). i AN EXAMINATION OF SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMMES AS INCLUSIVE STRATEGIES Sibili Precious Nsibande Student No: 909874 Supervisor: Dr Yasmine Dominguez-Whitehead A research project submitted to the WITS School of Education, Faculty of Humanities, University of the Witwatersrand in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Education by combination of coursework and research Johannesburg, 2016 ii ABSTRACT In an attempt to promote inclusive education, many schools have put strategies in place to ensure that all children access and participate in learning. An inclusive strategy is defined as a practice or something that people do to give meaning to the concept of inclusion (Florian, 2011).
    [Show full text]
  • Radio 4 Listings for 10 – 16 April 2021 Page 1 of 17
    Radio 4 Listings for 10 – 16 April 2021 Page 1 of 17 SATURDAY 10 APRIL 2021 A Made in Manchester production for BBC Radio 4 his adored older brother Stephen was killed in a racially motivated attack. Determined to have an positive impact on SAT 00:00 Midnight News (m000twvj) young people, he became a teacher, and is now a motivational The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. SAT 06:00 News and Papers (m000v236) speaker. The latest news headlines. Including the weather and a look at Tiggi Trethowan is a listener who contacted us with her story of the papers. losing her sight. SAT 00:32 Meditation (m000vjcv) Ade Adepitan is a paralympian and TV presenter whose latest A meditation following the death of His Royal Highness Prince series meets the people whose lives have already been affected Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, led by the Rev Dr Sam Wells, Vicar SAT 06:07 Open Country (m000twh9) by climate change. of St Martin-in-the-Fields, in London. Canna Alice Cooper chooses his Inheritance Tracks: Train Kept a Rollin’ by The Yardbirds and Thunderclap Newman, Something Canna is four miles long and one mile wide. It has no doctor in the air SAT 00:48 Shipping Forecast (m000twvl) and the primary school closed a few years ago. The islanders and your Thank you. The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. depend on a weekly ferry service for post, food and medical Producer: Corinna Jones supplies. Fiona Mackenzie and her husband, Donald, have lived on the island for six years.
    [Show full text]
  • Conference Conférence Conferencia
    C 2003/II/PV Rome, Roma, 2004 CONFERENCE CONFÉRENCE CONFERENCIA Thirty-second Session Trente-deuxième session 32° período de sesiones Rome, 29 November – 9 December 2003 VERBATIM RECORDS OF MEETINGS OF COMMISSION II OF THE CONFERENCE Rome, 29 november – 9 décembre 2003 PROCÈS-VERBAUX DES SÉANCES DE LA COMMISSION II DE LA CONFÉRENCE Roma, 29 de noviembre – 9 de diciembre de 2003 ACTAS TAQUIGRÁFICAS DE LAS SESIONES DE LA COMISIÓN II DE LA CONFERENCIA W0000 ii C 2003/II/PV C 2003/II/PV iii Table of Contents FIRST PLENARY SESSION PREMIÈRE SÉANCE PLÉNIÈRE PRIMERA SESIÓN PLENARIA (1 December 2003) PART II - PROGRAMME AND BUDGETARY MATTERS DEUXIÈME PARTIE – QUESTIONS RELATIVES AU PROGRAMME ET AU BUDGET PARTE II – CUESTIONES PROGRAMÁTICAS Y PRESUPUESTARIAS 3 14. Programme of Work and Budget 2004-2005 (Draft Resolution) (C 2003/3; C 2003/LIM/6) 14. Programme de travail et budget 2004-2005 (Projet de résolution) (C 2003/3; C 2003/LIM/6) 14. Programa de Labores y Presupuesto para 2004-2005 (Proyecto de resolución) (C 2003/3; C 2003-Corr.1; C 2003/LIM/6) 3 iv C 2003/II/PV SECOND PLENARY SESSION DEUXIÈME SÉANCE PLÉNIÈRE SEGUNDA SESIÓN PLENARIA (1 December 2003) PART II - PROGRAMME AND BUDGETARY MATTERS (continued) DEUXIÈME PARTIE – QUESTIONS RELATIVES AU PROGRAMME ET AU BUDGET (suite) PARTE II – CUESTIONES PROGRAMÁTICAS Y PRESUPUESTARIAS (continuación) 16 14. Programme of Work and Budget 2004-2005 (Draft Resolution) (C 2003/3; C 2003/LIM/6) (continued) 14. Programme de travail et budget 2004-2005 (Projet de résolution) (C 2003/3; C 2003/LIM/6) (suite) 14.
    [Show full text]
  • :^-No.Ija5/^QVEMBER"1983 OECDI OBSERVER
    »:" Ik M-m it * S ; :^-No.ija5/^QVEMBER"1983 OECDI OBSERVER No. 125 November 1983 PUBLISHED bi-monthly in English and French by THE ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT EDITORIAL OFFICES Contents OECD Information Service, Château de la Muette, 2, rue André-Pascal, F 75775 PARIS, CEDEX 16. RECOVERY ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH Individual articles not copyrighted may be by Emile van Lennep, OECD Secretary General 3 reprinted providing the credit line reads "Reprinted from the OECD Observer" plus date of issue, and two voucher copies TOWARDS MORE EFFECTIVE CAMPAIGNS AGAINST POVERTY are sent to the Editor. Signed articles by Rutherford M. Poats, Chairman of OECD's reprinted must bear author's name. Development Assistance Committee 5 The Organisation cannot be responsible for returning unsolicited manuscripts. Signed articles express the opinions of the AID TO FOOD AND AGRICULTURE: A PERMANENT CHALLENGE 12 authors and do not necessarily represent the opinion of OECD Annual Subscription Rates: SUPPORT FOR THIRD-WORLD ENERGY 17 £4.80 US$11.00 F48.00 Single copies: £0.90 US$2.00 F9.00 The OECD OBSERVER is produced in microform EXPORT CREDITS: REVISED GUIDELINES 19 (microfilm and/or microfiche) by: (1) University Micro¬ films (Xerox), Ann Arbor, Michigan 48100, USA; (2) NCR Microcard Edition, Indian Head, Inc., Ill West 40th Street, New York, USA; (3) Bell and Howell Co., INTERNATIONAL BANKING: CONTROLLING THE RISKS Old Mansfield Road. Wooster, Ohio 44691, USA. by Rinaldo Pecchioli 20 EDITOR: JaneBussière Associate Editor: THE PROSPECTS FOR SOVIET AGRICULTURE 22 Ulla Ranhall-Jeanneney Art, Production and Layout: Marc Delemme THE GREEK ENVIRONMENT: THE NEED FOR ACTION 27 ASSISTANTS: Rina Maiden, NEW OECD PUBLICATIONS 34 Gerald Tingaud Photo Research: Silvia Thompson Lépot All correspondence should be addressed to the Editor PHOTOS: Cover: Alain Nogues - Sigma; page 8 ftopj: COI, London; fbottomj: F.
    [Show full text]
  • Grow, Nourish, Sustain. Together
    FAO at 75 Grow, nourish, sustain. Together Required citation: FAO. 2020. FAO at 75 – Grow, nourish, sustain. Together. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/cb1182en This publication was prepared by the Publications Branch of the FAO Office of Communications. Writer: André Vornic (introduction, chapters 1–4) Technical consultant: Karel Callens Research assistant: Daniela De Pascalis Illustrations: Del Hambre Graphic designer: Fabrizio Puzzilli The designations employed and the presentation of material in this information product do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) concerning the legal or development status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. The mention of specific companies or products of manufacturers, whether or not these have been patented, does not imply that these have been endorsed or recommended by FAO in preference to others of a similar nature that are not mentioned. ISBN 978-92-5-133359-4 © FAO, 2020 Some rights reserved. This work is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 IGO licence (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/igo/legalcode). Under the terms of this licence, this work may be copied, redistributed and adapted for non-commercial purposes, provided that the work is appropriately cited. In any use of this work, there should be no suggestion that FAO endorses any specific organization, products or services. The use of the FAO logo is not permitted.
    [Show full text]
  • Innovations at the World Food Programme
    Rome, June 01 2018 Volume 2 Innovations at the World Food Programme Innovations at the World Food Programme Personal Experiences of World Food Programme Alumni Innovators The World Food Programme Alumni Network Published by: The World Food Programme Alumni Network https://wpfalumni.wfp.org Joseph Kaifala, Editor Innovations at the World Food Programme Personal Experiences of Alumni Innovators The World Food Programme Alumni Network Disclaimer The opinions expressed are those of the individual authors, and do not necessarily reflect those of the World Food Programme (WFP) or the WFP Alumni Network. Responsibility for the opinions expressed in this book rests solely with the authors. Publication of this book does not imply WFP or WFP Alumni Network endorsement of the opinions expressed. Copyright © 2018 WFP Alumni Network All rights reserved. Book and cover design, Joseph Kaifala Front cover image: School Feeding (Burundi), WFP/Hugh Rutherford Dedication To those who devote their lives to humanitarian service with the World Food Programme; to the resilience, courage and determination of those in the places they serve; to the mothers and children who are recipients of their nutritious food, and to the 65 million displaced people around the world. Foreword At the World Food Programme (WFP), innovation has been at our core from the very beginning. For decades, WFP’s undeterred focus on reaching people in need has driven us to constantly look for new approaches to food assistance in even the most precarious environments. This book tells that story. It shows in detail how, over the past four decades, creative minds at WFP have worked together on innovations in programmes, delivery systems, and even in back office processes to make WFP more efficient and effective.
    [Show full text]
  • Some Relevant Aspects of the Constituents of the English Tone
    Some Relevant Aspects of the Constituents of the English Tone Unit for Formal Pronunciation Teaching Some Relevant Aspects of the Constituents of the English Tone Unit for Formal Pronunciation Teaching* Algunos aspectos importantes de los componentes de la unidad tónica inglesa para la enseñanza formal de la pronunciación Nilton Hitotuzi** Universidad Federal del Amazonas, Brazil […] the question of how people know what is going on in a text is a special case of the question of how people know what is going on in the world at all (De Beaugrande, 1980, p. 30). This paper is an attempt to provide evidence that the semantics of utterances can also be offered by intonation, and thus to point out some important aspects of the English intonation system for formal pronunciation teaching. Furthermore, on the assumption that this system plays a major role in aural/ oral communication, it argues for the necessity of long-term experiments on the applicability of David Brazil’s Discourse Intonation approach with beginners. It nonetheless recognises that applying it to students in a foreign-language learning environment may pose a serious challenge for teachers whose mother tongue differs from the target language. Key words: Intonation system, formal pronunciation teaching, oral/aural interaction Este artículo pretende evidenciar que la semántica de los enunciados también puede estar dada por la entonación, y de esa manera señalar algunos aspectos importantes del sistema de entonación del inglés para la enseñanza formal de la pronunciación. Además, partiendo del supuesto de que este sistema juega un papel importante en la comunicación oral, este artículo clama por la necesidad de experimentos a largo plazo sobre la aplicabilidad con principiantes del enfoque de entonación del discurso, de David Brazil.
    [Show full text]
  • World Food Program 1
    MONTREAL UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE BACKGROUND GUIDE World Food Program 1 LETTER FROM THE CHAIR Dear Delegates, Welcome to the World Food Programme! My name is Kareem Faraj and it is my honor to be chairing this committee. I am currently majoring in Political Science at McGill University with a minor in History. By the time MUNC 2020 rolls around, I will have spent 6 years on the Model United Nations circuit and have had the pleasure of occupying positions ranging from that of committee page all the way to that of Secretary General across a variety of conferences around the island of Montreal and beyond. I would also like to take this occasion to welcome you to MUNC 2020, which, to this day, holds a very special place in my heart. Current events may have forced the conference online, but I remain convinced that this year’s conference will continue to grow and improve on its previous iterations. While I am disappointed that I will not be able to meet and interact with you in person during committee, I have no doubt that this new format will offer new opportunities for the entire MUN community. Past MUNCs have provided me with the opportunity to make lasting memories and friendships over the years. I hope your experience at MUNC will be just as educational and enjoyable as mine was. As the chair of a Blue Division committee, it is my wish that this committee be as accessible and inclusive as possible for all delegates, regardless of prior MUN experience. The move to an online platform will a new experience for many, including myself.
    [Show full text]