1) UN Internship Information

Useful website resource

UN Internships

2) Catalonia Model UN

The Catalonia Model UN will be taking place in Barcelona from 2nd – 5th May. For more information please visit http://www.anue.org/en/cmun/.

3) London Metropolitan University Model UN

London Metropolitan University, will be hosting their 1st Model United Nations Conference from Thursday 12th April – Saturday 14th April: METMUN 2007. They have three committees: Security Council, Human Rights Council, and the United Nations Council of Trade and Development (UNCTAD). Newcomers to the Model United Nations are very welcome, and there will be comprehensive training sessions on the first day to gain the basic skills.

Please visit their website www.metmun.org for the most up to date information, and to make your application. For enquiries, please email met_mun@yahoo.co.uk.

4) Sudan Divestment UK

As part of its campaigning activity, the UN Youth and Student Association (UNYSA) is supporting Sudan Divestment UK (’SDUK’). On Monday, a section on the ‘Get Involved!’ part of the UNYSA website will be uploaded, explaining SDUK’s work, and linking to its website. SDUK campaigns for UK companies and investors, such as pension schemes, whose funds help the Sudanese government’s military exercises in Darfur, to cease their investments in the Sudanese economy. The aim is for financial pressure, delivered through the targeted divestment of Western investors, to induce the Sudanese government to stop its genocidal activities in Darfur. For more details, visit the SDUK website: www.sudandivestment.org.uk.

The website includes details of how to start a local divestment campaign. Bristol, Cambridge, Derby, Hull, UCL, LSE, Oxford and York Universities are already working with SDUK. If you are at one of these universities, why not join the campaign? Have a think about what help your UNYSA could lend to the SDUK campaign. For more details on SDUK, send an email to info@sudandivestment.org.uk.