THE HAGUE INTERNATIONAL MODEL UNITED NATIONS QATAR VI ANNUAL SESSION ADMINISTRATIVE HANDBOOK EMPLOYMENT AND DECENT WORK 24th January to 27th January 2017, Qatar National Convention Center, Doha-Qatar THIMUN QATAR ADMINISTRATIVE HANDBOOK 2017 VI ANNUAL SESSION CONTENTS COUNTDOWN TO PARTICIPATION 2 CONDUCT General Behaviour 15 PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME OF EVENTS 3 Mun-Directors’ Responsibilities 15 Conduct In The Convention Center 15 ISSUES ON THE AGENDA 4 Conduct In Hotels 16 Alcohol, Drugs, Dress, And Personal Safety 16 DELEGATIONS 2017 Digital Certificates 16 Members of the United Nations 6 Security Council 7 THIMUN-AFFILIATED MODEL UNITED NATIONS ECOSOC 7 Aims of Affiliation 17 Non-Member Delegations 7 Conditions of Affiliation 18 Delegation Size 8 Benefits of Affiliation 18 Assignment Of Roles And Functions 8 Application Procedure 18 Calendar of Thimun Affiliated Conferences 19 APPLICATIONS FOR THE POSITION OF STUDENT OFFICER, DELEGATE OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEES - FOREIGN LANGUAGE, QMUNITY THIMUN FOUNDATION 21 PRESS DELEGATE, FILM INSTITUTE OR INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE THIMUN QATAR 22 General Rules 9 I. Student Officers 9 QATAR MUN & MEDIA II. Special Committee - Foreign Language 9 LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE 23 III. Qmunity Press 10 IV. Film Institute Delegation 10 THIMUN QATAR NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY 24 V. International Court Of Justice 10 FILM FESTIVAL CONFERENCE FEES & DEADLINES THIMUN QATAR YOUTH SERVICE AWARD 25 Conference Fees 11 Registration & Deadline 11 Financial Aid 11 Changes & Cancellations 11 Payments 12 TRAVEL AND ACCOMMODATION Travelling To Doha 13 Airport Pick-up Bus Service 13 Transportation in Doha 13 Accomodation 13 Hotel Booking 13 Visas 14 THIMUN QATAR Administrative Handbook 2017 2 COUNTDOWN TO PARTICIPATION MAY In May schools will receive the Administrative Handbook and registration access. SEPTEMBER The request to participate (FORM I) and student applications must be received by 17th September 2016. The delegation deposit is due by this date. The allocation of Student Officer Assignments will be completed by 24th September. These will be published on the website http://qatar.thimun.org. Students residing in the State of Qatar will be required to attend the Qatar Leadership Conference 20-22th October for additional training. OCTOBER Country Assignments will be published on the website http://qatar.thimun.org by 11th October. NOVEMBER By 11th November 2016 (FORM II - Registration Deadline) schools must upload on the MUNIS database a complete list of the names of all participants. Please ensure that names are spelt correctly as the badges and certificates are printed directly from the database. (See page 11 for charges for delegate substitution and badge replacement). The Flight Form, MUN Directors’ Assignment Form and uploading visa details and passport copies are also required at this time. By 11th November international schools are required to have made their reservations with their selected hotel. DECEMBER In December all schools will receive a Statement of Account based on the registration information submitted in FORM II on the database. Statements can also be downloaded from the database. Schools will also receive the latest information about the conference. JANUARY Payment for all conference fees should be settled by 1st January 2017. The conference takes place 24th – 26th January 2017. RETURNING FORMS Submission details for Forms I & II can be found on our website http://qatar.thimun.org. All registration material and forms must be submitted online. MAILINGS THIMUN Qatar sends out monthly mailings with important reminders and updates. Please carefully read your mailing each month. VI Annual Session 3 PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME OF EVENTS TUESDAY, 24 JANUARY 2017 09:00 - 16:00 Registration 09:00 - 17:00 Workshop for all Student Officers, MUNITY Press and ICJ Presidents (mandatory) 14:00 - 16:30 Briefings ofAdministration staff 18:00 - 20:00 Student Officer Dinner WEDNESDAY, 25 JANUARY 2017 08:00 - 09:00 Late registration 08:00 - 14:30 Lobbying, merging and opening speeches in committee rooms 08:00 - 14:30 Security Council, Film Institute and ICJ in session 09:00 - 15:00 Directors Training Institute - Level 2 10:00 - 10:30 MUN-Directors’ Meeting (mandatory) 10:30 - 11:00 Approval Panel Training for new MUN Directors 11:30 - 13:00 Lunch available 12:00 - 15:00 Approval Panel open 15:00 - 17:00 OPENING CEREMONIES 17:30 Transportation back to hotels for international delegates THURSDAY, 26 JANUARY 2017 08:00 -16:00 General Assembly and Commissions in session 08:00 -16:00 Security Council, ECOSOC, Film Institute and ICJ in session 07:30 -10:00 Approval Panel open 10:00 -16:00 Directors Training Institute - Level 1 11:30 -13:00 Lunch available 16:30 Transportation back to hotels for international delegates FRIDAY, 27 JANUARY 2017 09:00 - 15:15 General Assembly and Commissions in session 09:00 - 15:15 SC, ECOSOC and ICJ in session 09:30 - 11:30 Directors Debate Simulation 11:30 - 13:00 Lunch available 11:30 - 12:10 Friday Prayers 13:00 - 13:30 MUN-Directors’ meeting (mandatory) 15:30 - 16:30 CLOSING CEREMONIES 19:00 - 22:00 Cultural Night THIMUN QATAR Administrative Handbook 2017 4 ISSUES ON THE AGENDA General Assembly (GA) GA1 Disarmament and International Security GA5 Administration and Budgetary ‒ Developing employment opportunities for ‒ Strengthening coordination between the UN Security demobilized military personnel Council and the International Criminal Court ‒ Effective international arrangements to assure non- ‒ Reviewing the Interim Security Force for Abyei nuclear states against the use or threat of ‒ Promoting micro-financing tools as a means of nuclear weapons job creation ‒ The question of territorial disputes in the South ‒ Financing and reform of the United Nations Mission in China Sea Liberia (UNMIL) ‒ The question of arms sales for commercial benefit GA6 Legal GA2 Economic and Financial ‒ Addressing criminal activity by United Nations personnel ‒ The effect of climate change on employment opportunities ‒ Measures to regulate international tax havens ‒ Ensuring economic diversification of natural ‒ Criminal liability in the area of unmanned resource dependent nations aerial vehicles ‒ The question of the regulation and oversight of ‒ Interrupting the causal link in the illegal raw diamond Hawala finance trade and the funding of armed conflicts ‒ Sustainable development in Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) Security Council (SC) ‒ The question of the Central African Republic GA3 Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural ‒ Threats to international peace and security caused by ‒ Measures to protect threatened natural areas and terrorist acts world heritage sites ‒ Nuclear non-proliferation and the question of DPRK ‒ Ensuring successful polio eradication programs in ‒ The question of Syria Pakistan and Afghanistan ‒ Developing effective methods to eliminate human trafficking Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) ‒ Ensuring inclusion of the disabled in development ‒ Strategies to combat the spread and impact of the planning and employment programs Zika virus ‒ The issue of refugee livelihood within host countries GA4 Special Political and Decolonization ‒ Developing standards for the promotion of decent work and sustainable livelihoods ‒ Promotion of the Kigali Principles on the Protection of Civilians in Peacekeeping ‒ Promoting equal access to education for girls to enhance their economic standing ‒ Occupation and settler activity in occupied Syrian Golan Heights ‒ Promoting space-based technologies for Disarmament Commission (DC) sustainable development ‒ Implementing the Missile Technology Control Regime ‒ Ensuring effective, proactive and coordinated and its standards action to the problem of landmines and explosive ‒ Limiting the availability of light weapons to reduce remnants of war urban violence ‒ Ratification of the Convention on Cluster Munitions ‒ Controlling access to nuclear technology to limit its military application VI Annual Session 5 Environment Commission (EC) Special Regional Committee for the Middle East and North Africa (SRCMENA) in Arabic ‒ The relationship between consumption and environmental degradation ‒ Strengthening Middle East economies through new energy technologies ‒ Combating plastic pollution in oceans ‒ Promoting job growth for women in the MENA region ‒ Building resilience of ecosystems for adaptation due to climate change ‒ The question of the regulation and oversight of Hawala finance ‒ Implementing the Paris Agreement through gender- responsive actions ‒ Promoting tourism in the Middle East and North Africa as a means of employment Human Rights Commission (HRC 1) لجنة اﻹقليمية الخاصة بمنطقة الشرق اﻷوسط وشمال إفريقيا The right to privacy in a digital age ‒ تعزيز اقتصاد منطقة الشرق اﻷوسط من خﻻل تكنولوجيا الطاقة الجديدة Eliminating slavery in all its forms ‒ تعزيز نمو فرص العمل للنساء في منطقة الشرق اﻷوسط وشمال أفريقيا Reviewing the Human Rights situation in Burundi ‒ مسألة التنظيم والرقابة المالية الحوالة Addressing the issue of refugee resettlement ‒ الترويج للسياحة في الشرق اﻷوسط وشمال أفريقيا كوسيلة للتوظيف Human Rights Commission (HRC 2) ‒ The issue of child labor in LEDC’S Francophone Committee ‒ Reviewing the Human Rights situation in ‒ The question of Syrian refugees Bangladesh ‒ The question of access to decent work for the ‒ Countering violent extremism through the promotion Maghrebian youth of Human Rights ‒ The question of sustainable development in the ‒ Implementing the Agenda for Humanity GCC countries ‒ The question of international sport competitions