The New CUUNA Committee

The CUUNA Committee for 2010/2011 was elected one of the last days of Lent Term. They have now all come back after a rejuvenating holiday ready to take on the honourable task of carrying on the CUUNA torch. More will be heard from this bunch soon! From the left: Harry, Jade, Malte, Narjis, Martin, Susan and Ben. Sadly Nat could not join us for the photo due to academic philosophising.

We are glad to announce the candidates running for a position for the CUUNA Committee this year. Their manifestos are attached for your reference.

President
  1. Narjis Khan (2nd Year PPS)
  – Narjis’s manifesto

Vice-President
  1. Malte Feldmann (2nd Year PPS)
  – Malte’s manifesto

General Secretary
  1. Harry Dadswell (2nd Year History)
  – Harry’s manifesto

Junior Treasurer
  1. Ben Taylor (2nd Year History)
  – Ben’s manifesto

Campaigns Officer
  1. Jade Chakowa (1st Year SPS)
  – Jade’s manifesto

  2. Susan Wang (3rd Year Medicine)
  – Susan’s Manifesto

Social Secretary
  1. Vincent Yeung (1st Year Theology)
  – Vincent’s manifesto

Publicity & Editor
  1. Nat Rudarakanchana (2nd Year Philosophy)
  – Nat’s manifesto

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We cordially invite all of you to come cast your precious vote at the Annual General Meeeting.

Date: 10th March, 2010
Time: 4:00-6:00 pm
Venue: Queens’ Seminar Room, Emmanuel College

Please note that you will need to be a member to vote. Voting will be done by a Single-Transferable Vote (STV).

The latest issue for CUUNA Magazine is now out. This issue features a theme topic about refugees and internationally dispalced persons around the world, as well as articles about the work of UN. Please click here to download a copy.

Over 1 billion people in the world live in chronic hunger. Statistically speaking, two children will die from starvation in every 15 seconds. Please support and sign up the End Hunger Petition by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the UN to eradicate hunger.

When ending hunger becomes humanity’s top priority, change will follow.

Donate now to help survivors of the recent earthquake in Haiti. The worst natural disaster to strike the Western Hemisphere in the past century, estimates of the number of casualties are as high as 200,000, more than one million people were left homeless, and hundreds of thousands were injured.

Here are some ways that you can support and contibute towards Haiti relief.

Find out how to donate to various international charitable relief organizations
http://www.care2.com/causes/human-rights/blog/how-to-help-haiti/

Support the UN’s Response in Haiti
http://www.care2.com/go/z/e/AFt7i/zkfO/bJwTM

Honor UN Peacekeepers in Haiti
http://www.care2.com/go/z/e/AFt7K/zkfO/bJwTM

Send a Message of Support to Survivors and Rescue Workers
http://www.care2.com/go/z/e/AFt7I/zkfO/bJwTM

Learn more about this disaster:

Haiti After the Quake
http://www.care2.com/go/z/e/AFt7l/zkfO/bJwTM

Long Term Health Problems Facing Haiti Now
http://www.care2.com/go/z/e/AFt7L/zkfO/bJwTM

Date: 1st December, 2009
Venue: Trinity Hall Lecture Rooms
Time: 7-9 pm

World AIDS day Panel Discussion with:

Nathan Ford – head of the MSF-South Africa HIV/TB Unit. Nathan is at the fore-front of ARV provision in the devloping world, having been published widely and campaigned for MSF’s Access to Essential Medicines.

Martin Atela – research focuses on the management and delivery of primary care for chronically ill patients (TB/HIV & AIDS) at the peripheral (dispensaries and health centres) facility level in Kenya.

Siza Mtimibiri – doctoral thesis examines the psycho-emotional impact of HIV/AIDS on rural primary school students in Zimbabwe to find ways of
intervention which will enable students to learn more effectively, despite
the on-going epidemic.

Question and Answer session will follow.

Refreshments will be provided, petitions to sign, and ribbons to purchase.

Come along, get involved and do something meaningful for World AIDS Day.

Come and enjoy a social dinner with fellow CUUNA members. It’s a first come, first serve basis so please confirm your attendance asap. The deadline is 27 November (Friday) and we hope to see as many of you as possible. To register, please email Narjis Khan(nk338).

Benny Dembitzer 

European Director of Ethical Events, former international development consultant, former Director of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War and member of the IPPNW team who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984/5 – will discuss his new book, ‘The Attack on World Poverty: Going Back to Basics’. There will also be a book signing.

Presentation Slides: Download here

When: 15th – 16th March, 2010 (The Monday and Tuesday immediately after Lent Term)

Where: Geneva, UN headquarters

The delegation will be made up of 20-30 members, who will be guided and shown around the UN buildings and offices according to a two-day programme specifically tailored for CUUNA. We will visit their daily working environment, understand the offices’ roles based on their functions in relation to the UN charter, and have a chance to meet the UN officials in Geneva headquarters. An individual member may also decide to look more deeply into any particular office of interest, and learn first-hand from an officer about the internship and employment opportunities in the UN.

The preliminary schedule includes a general site visit to the UN buildings, and group visits to the WHO, UNICEF, UNECE, WTO, ICRC, UNDP and UNESCO. All meetings are arranged by CUUNA, so you only need to cover your own
accommodation (with a voluntary option to sign up for cheap group hostel with the delegation) and arrange your own travel (a recommended itinerary will be circulated to delegates in due course)

Places are limited on a first-come-first-served basis, so to reserve your place, please be sure to do the following ASAP:

1. You need to be a member of CUUNA.

2. Reply to yh280@cam.ac.uk to indicate your name, college, degree, subject and special interests about the UN, if any.

3. Send a deposit check of 50 pounds, payable to Cambridge University United Nations Association, ******BEFORE Sunday 15th November******, to Yinzi He, St Edmund’s College, CB3 0BN

Please note that email subscription without check submission before the deadline may not be considered; if places are filled before the deadline and your place cannot be guaranteed, your check will be returned to you within a week. On the trip, the deposit will be deducted from your total amount payable.

For any queries, please email the Vice President, Yang Xia, at yx208.

Event: Societies’ Fair
Date: Tues 6 Oct (10am-6:30pm), Weds 7 Oct (10am-4pm)
Venue: Stall P01, Practise Hall, Kelsey Kerridge Sports Hall

Event: CUUNA Freshers’ Squash
Date: Sat 10 Oct (4-6pm)
Venue: Harrods Room, Emmanuel College

Our agenda this year focuses on bringing awareness to issues surrounding basic human rights and environmental sustainability within the context of underdeveloped countries and Indigenous populations. Some key International United Nations Days we will observe are:

1. World AIDS Day (Dec 1, 2009)
2. International Women’s Day (Mar 8, 2010)
3. World Water Day (Mar 22, 2010)
4. World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development (May 21, 2010)

CUUNA needs you to help raise a greater understanding of the role and function of the United Nations and its agencies in their effort to combat the problems associated with world poverty. Please join us at the Societies’ Fair.

Tracey Pierre
CUUNA President