NORTHCOAST CONFERENCE XXXI

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

CONFERENCE BROCHURE

REGISTRATION DOCUMENTS

If you would like to register for our conference, please download and complete the Committee Assignment Request Form below. Once you have completed this form, submit it to our Registrar at registration@leimun.com. If you have any questions about the registration process, please contact our Registrar.

Northcoast Conference XXXI Committee Assignment Request

COMMITTEES - TOPICS - COUNTRIES

Below are the committees, topics, and countries that are being offered at Northcoast XXXI.

Please note that there is an Open Agenda in the Security Councils. This Open Agenda means that these committees may discuss any topic that is within the purview of the Security Council, not merely the 8-9 topics that will be discussed in our Presidents' Letters. All other committees are limited to discussing the 3 topics assigned to them. However, any and all committees are subject to the possibility of being asked to discuss an emerging international crisis or being given an emergency simulation.

Please be aware that the availability of countries is always in flux. Once Open Registration begins on January 4, 2010, country availability can change on a daily basis as schools register, take additional assignments, or give back unneeded assignments. The Registrar reserves the right to add countries should all committees fill up in advance of the conference. The addition of countries will only be done as a last resort if ALL committees are full.

Northcoast XXXI Assignment Availability (as of March 15)

Security Council (3)
Agenda: Open
Countries: Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Brazil, China, France, Gabon, Japan, Lebanon, Mexico, Nigeria, Russian Federation, Turkey, Uganda, United Kingdom, and United States

Historical Security Council (1961)
Agenda: The Events of 1961
Countries: Ceylon, Chile, China, Ecuador, France, Liberia, Turkey, USSR, United Arab Republic, United Kingdom, and United States

Commission on Narcotic Drugs
Agenda: Strengthening Alternative Development as a Drug Control Strategy; Narcotic Trade Financing of Global Conflict; and Combating the International Cocaine and Opiate Trade
Countries: Brazil, China, DR Comgo, France, German, Greece, Guatemala, India, Japan, Morocco, Mozambique, New Zealand, Niger, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, and Venezuela

Human Rights Council
Agenda: Combating Racism, Racial Discrimination, and Xenophobia; Education as an Essential Human Right; and Human Rights Status of Displaced Persons
Countries: Angola, Argentina, Bahrain, Bolivia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Brazil, Chile, Egypt, France, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Madagascar, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Slovenia, South Africa, Ukraine, United Kingdom, and Zambia

International Atomic Energy Agency
Agenda: Radioactive Waste Management; Nuclear Security and Means to Combat Nuclear Terrorism; and Developing Multilateral Approaches to the Fuel Cycle
Countries: Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Canada, China, Cuba, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, India, Iraq, Japan, Lithuania, Mexico, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, and Uruguay

North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Agenda: Developing Sound Strategic Defense Policy; Reexamining NATO's Role in the 21st Century; and NATO-Russian Relations
Countries: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Grance, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Itaky, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, and United States

World Health Organization
Agenda: H1N1 Pandemic; Methods to Raise Global Health Standards; and Maternal & Newborn Health
Countries: Angola, Argentina, Bahrain, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Cuba, Denmark, DR Congo, Ecuador, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Pakistan, Peru, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Spain, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, and Venezuela

Delegate A-Team (Limited to 5 Delegates)
Agenda: Delegates must be prepared to discuss any topic being discussed in any of the above committees within a period of 15-20 minutes.
Countries: Delegates must be prepared to represent any country, NGO, or other internationally recognized organization requested by any of the above committees within a period of 15-20 minutes.

Delegate Press Corps (Limited to 5 Delegates)
Agenda: Delegates will act as journalists. They will write assigned articles on current proceedings in various committees for a newsletter that will be published each session. There will be four types of assignments - Lead Story, Feature Story, Photo Assignment, and News Brief. Delegates will have a pre-set, limited amount of time to research and write their articles.

FEES

Conference fees are as follows.

$50 School Registration Fee Due immediately upon registration

$40 Individual Delegate Fee Due on March 9, 2009

Fees may be paid via cash, school check, postal money order, or PayPal. Personal checks will not be accepted.

IMPORTANT DATES

December 7, 2009 Early Registration begins for schools with Model United Nations as a class.

January 4, 2010 Open Registration begins for all schools.

March 9, 2010 All conference fees are due. Schools that have not paid their fees in full or made prior arragements with the registrar may be deregistered, losing all of their committee assignments.

March 26, 2010 Final delegate rosters are due. Reimbursements for unused assignments will not be given after this date.

March 30, 2010 Northcoast Conference XXXI begins. Schools may not attend the conference without payment in full being received by this date.

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