In case you haven’t caught the latest on Seymour Hersh’s article in the New Yorker about the Iranian Nuclear Program, take a look here.

Hello everyone! My name is Katie-Anne O’Neil and I’m happy to welcome some new and some returning delegates to this, the IPD’s second year at CIMUN. As you research the publications that you’ve been assigned, I hope you will feel free to contact me (at IPD@cimun.org) as well as my esteemed editor, Elisabeth Wilhelm, with [...]

Greetings, delegates. My name is Matthew Gaertner, and I will be serving as the Executive Host of CIMUN ‘06. As Executive Host, it is my job to ensure that the conference goes smoothly from both an administrative and hospitality point of view. I am looking forward to greeting all of you on [...]

Per my comment on the “Welcome to SCO!” post, here is the Boston Globe article I was referring to plus another interesting one from the Washington Post. In addition, please review the other SCO post “The SCO in action…” Remember that you can always just click on “SCO” under categories to pull up all the [...]

Welcome! My name is Kim Furrer and I will be your chair this year for NATO. This is my second year chairing at CIMUN and I am very excited to be back. I am a junior at the University of Illinois at Chicago and currently studying political science. Helping me this year [...]

Due to a streamline in our Position Paper publishing process that will allow us to get them out in time for the conference even faster. As a result, we can accept position papers as as late as Monday, December 4th. I also realize that many schools experienced delays in developing their papers. In any case, [...]

Hello Again Delegates,
I strongly urge all of you to check out the following links below. It is the UN’s official website about the Millenium Development Goals.
http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals
Another great website is the following:
http://condor.depaul.edu/%7Epszczerb/MDGs.html
This link should be your first step, when doing research for your assigned Member State. As always, please contact me if you have further [...]

Honorable Delegates,
My name is Chirayu Patel, and I have the esteemed privilege of serving as the President of the General Assembly. This will be my third year at the conference, and am looking forward to meeting all of you at the conference. Along with me on the dais will be Alex [...]

The IAEA is an interesting organization because it at the same time was formed to help countries develop sources of energy, but also as a watchdog for nuclear weapons profliferation. In recognition for their accomplishments the IAEA and its Director-General Mohamed ElBaradei shared the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize. Watch the Director-General’s acceptance speech via webcast… [...]

An interesting article in the Financial Times a few weeks ago describes Europe’s dependency on natural gas from Russia… The possibility of a ‘gas cartel’ in the same manner of OPEC would have a big influence on the regional security and economic arrangements.
I have copied the article here for your reference…
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Financial Times (London, England)
November 14, [...]