Waikato Region Branch of the United Nations Association is one of the Association's smaller branches. We have a strong focus on working with secondary school students for speech awards, and Model UN events in the area. If you like in the Waikato area, and haven't yet joined the Waikato branch, why on earth not!!?? Click here for membership details.
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Upcoming Events
August 2011
United Nations Association of New Zealand Waikato Branch will be having the Model UN Assembly in the Cooper Lecture Theatre, Price Water House, Management School, University of Waikato, Hillcrest Road (Gate 7) Hamilton.
The event will take place on Saturday 13th August 2011.
Registration at 8.00 am.
Assembly start at 8.45 am.
Morning Tea 10.30 am
Lunch 12.15- 1.00 pm
Afternoon Tea 2.15 pm
About 50 to 60 High School students from Hamilton Schools are taking part.
The topic for the day is:
"that this meeting of the General Assembly of the United Nations endorses the United Nations Framework of application of the Declaration of HUMAN Rights as a model for the use of all member Nation States".
Students are expected to represent various countries
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Waikato News and Reports
Newsletter Model UN Report - October 2010
Model UN is a simulation of the United Nations. At the Model UN students assume the roles of Ambassadors to the United Nations and seek ways, through the means of diplomacy and negotiation, for the world community to find solution to global concerns, while speaking from the viewpoint of the member state they are representing.
At Waikato we add something more to our MUN’s by allocate the countries to students and we request them to come dressed in the national costume of the country they represent. We do not charge registration fee from the students but we encourage many students to take part in the assembly. Management School of Waikato University provide the Cooper Lecture Theatre in Price Water House free of charge and also provide morning tea for the students. We also request the students not to bring lunch and afternoon tea since we provide them out of the grants we receive from funding organizations.
Our duty is to educate the future generation about how UN works. In my opening speech of the assembly I asked the students who is the first female head of the UNDP. Only one student knew the answer “ Hon.Helen Clark”. We had over 65 students from various schools representing 25 countries.
Topic for the day was “A declaration of Economic rights of Nation states”. Schools are taking interest in the event and encouraging more and more students to take part. Students had commented that they have learnt a lot by attending the event. Letters received from the teachers indicate that they are looking forward to the 2012 model UN assembly.
Best debating trophy was won by the team from Hillcrest High School representing Brazil, best team leader speech was won by Hamilton Boys High School representing Russia, and the best dressed team prize was won by Hamilton Boys High School representing Mexico.
On 6th September 2010 we represented the branch at the citizenship ceremony where 120 residents took New Zealand citizenship.
Branch President Mano Manohoran
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Contact Waikato Branch:
Branch President
Mano Manohoran - waikato@unanz.org.nz
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