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SPIMUN 2001 brought together delegates from the USA, Switzerland, Turkey, Czech Republic, Poland, Italy, Malaysia, Norway, Ukraine. Russian participants were represented by Ivanovo, Kostroma, Yaroslavl, Moscow, Ufa and Saint-Petersburg MUN Groups.

The highlight of the conference was the opening ceremony, which took place in the famous Taurida Palace, formerly the seat of the pre-revolutionary Russian parliament, the Duma. The opening ceremony was sponsored by city Committee of Education and by the Interparliamentary Assembly of the Commonwealth of Independent States. The Committee sessions were held in gymnasium 157 with neighbouring facilities and St.Petersburg University (Foreign Relations Department).

From the Report of Dr. Dmitry I. Polyviannyi, Member of THIMUN Advisory Board:

"The conference turned to be significant youth forum... The actual organisation of the Conference has improved a lot, there were no technical problems. Conference were fully provided with computers, copying also did not create problems... The Opening in Taurida Palace was very impressive... Security Council session was visited by US Counsul Kathleen Morenski and University professors who appreciated its work very much. Foreigners had a chance for informal communication and tasting Russian hospitality at homes of St.P students. I strongly proposen that SPIMUN's affiliation with The Hague International Model United Nations should be prolonged for 2002"

From the letter of Kathleen Morenski (US Consul) to SPIMUN organizers:

"...my comments on the International Model United Nations:

I feel this was an excellent opportunity for students to learn how the United Nations tackles difficult international questions. The students were well-prepared and excellent representatives of their countries. They also worked very constructively together to solve tough problems. I also believe those students in administrative and Secretariat roles did an admirable job.

I look forward to next year's conference."

Participants of SPIMUN conference 2001

Foreign

Neuchatel Junior College, Switzerland (17 delegates)
Garden International School Kuala Lumpur, Malasia (15 delegates)
Princeton Day School, USA (11 delegates)
American International School of Florence, Italy (10 delegates)
Manlius Pebble Hill School, USA (9 delegates)
Eyuboglu Lisesi, Turkey (9 delegates)
International School of Prague, Czech Republic (9 delegates)
Lawrence Woodmere Academy, USA (9 delegates)
Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace, Poland (7 delegates)
International School of Stavanger, Norway (4 delegates)
Tankovoye Boarding School, Ukraine (5 delegates)

Russian

Saint-Petersburg schools (93 delegates)
Ivanovo schools (43 delegates)
Moscow schools (23 delegates)
Yaroslavl schools (12 delegates)
Kostroma boys school (9 delegates)
Ufa, school Alfa (3 delegates)

SPIMUN agenda 2001 Security Council Measures to Enhance the Role of the Security Council in Prevention of Military Conflicts and Humanitarian Catastrophes Effectiveness of UN Peacemaking Operations Situation in Chechnya Economic Commission Protection of the Economic Security of Small States Eradication of Poverty in the Countries with Economies in Transition Role of International Organizations in the Global Economic Integration Social Commission International and Regional Efforts in Combating Drug Abuse Production and Trafficking International Legislation on the Internet The Impact of Armed Conflicts on Children Human Rights Commission Right of Mass Media to Free Access to Information during Armed Conflicts and Disasters Observation of the Rights of Non-Citizens in the Countries of Permanent Residence Legal Procedure for the Treatment of Juvenile Offenders Environmental and Cultural Commission Problem of the Greenhouse Effect Prohibition of Dumping of Radioactive and Toxic Wastes Review of the Progress in Returning Cultural Property to the Countries of Origin Political and Military Commission Coercive Measures as Means of Political and Economic Compulsion Maintenance of Peace and Security in Middle East Establishing an International System of Anti-Missile Security Conference on the Baltic Region Joint Use and Protection of Baltic Sea Living Resources Cooperation and Interaction between Educational Systems Professional and Social Advancement of Women

Programme of Events Wednesday, March 21 9.00 - Registration 9.30 - Orientation Meeting 10.30 - Opening Ceremony 13.00 - Lunch 14.00 - 17.30 Lobbying 15.00 - 17.30 Approval Panel 17.30 - Home Parties for Foreign Guests Thursday, March 22 9.30 - Committee Sessions 12.00 - Lunch 13.00 - 15.00 Committee Sessions 13.00 - 15.00 Approval Panel Friday, March 23 9.30 - Plenary Session 13.00 - Lunch 14.00 - Closing Ceremonies 19.00 - Dance Party Student Officers Ilya Breyman (Mr. President) Valentina Ivanova (Security Council) Dmitry Tchernishev (Economic Commission) Tatiana Vasilyeva (Human Rights Commission) Arthour Mezhitov (POLIMIL) Vladimir Kopkin (Social Commission) Maria Ilyukhina (Environmental & Cultural) Alexander Malitch (Conference on the Baltic Region) Lobbying

We would like to thank the following organizations for their contributions to the 2001 Conference:

• St. Petersburg Committee of Education
• Interparliamentary Assembly of Commonwealth of Independent States
• St. Petersburg State University
• The Hague Model United Nations
• Firebird Study Tours
• Ivanovo Model United Nations
• Union of the Right Forces

SPIMUN Resolutions

QUESTION OF: Situation in Chechnya
SUBMITTED BY: Security Council

THE SECURITY COUNCIL,

Calling upon the Member-States of the Security Council for fortification of
cooperation for struggling against crime, terrorism and aggressive separatism ,

Declaring again about the necessity of close interaction of country-members of theSC for withstanding to terrorism, aggressive separatism in Chechnian Republic,

Requesting all the member-states of the SC to watch the implementation of laws and conventions of hostilities prosecution noted in The Hague Convention of 18 October 1907,

1.Insists on carrying out negotiations between

a). The Representative of the government of the Russian Federation;
b). Representatives of the government of Chechenian Republic elected in 1997;
c). Representatives of the appointed Government of Chechnya with mediation of the UN.

2.Entrusts the GA to include the questions of choosing the place where the negotiations will take place in the agenda of the common session;

3.Takes into consideration that peaceful transaction and recuperation of legitimacy and order in Chechenian Republic according to the Constitution of the Russian Federation as an answer safety call of Russian civilians its territorial integrality;

4.Calls all the member states of the Security Council and other countries to take efficient measures inhibiting the relieving of the material and financial support to terrorists also to prohibit the illegal delivery of weapon and ammunition to stop the enrolment and transportation of hired killers;

5.Insists on cooperatively counteracting to legalization of incomes of criminal gangs and bands including the incomes gained from the capture of hostages;

6.Requests to actualize close cooperation with authorities from elicitation and stopping other international affairs of terrorists; their interaction with drug business and criminal structures;

7.Calls all governments to uphold the standard of international law at all the times;

8.Advises all armed units deployed by countries to prevent uprisings or counter terrorist actions to avoid the offence of unselective character including:
i) offences which is not aimed on concrete military objects;
ii) offences where there are issued methods and means of prosecution of the hostilities which can't be aimed on concrete military objects;
iii) offences which invade military objects and civilian or civil objects without diversity;
iv) offences which are expected to entail wastes of life among the citizenry , wounding of civilians and harming civil objects or both of them which would be excessive concrete and firsthand military vantage, which is respected to be received;

9.Further advises all governments not to provoke attacks against citizenry or against separate civilians in order to retaliations;

10.Requests all governments to try and avoid the death-warrant for those connected with armed conflicts who are pregnant women or mothers of pupil children who these children depend on;

11.Calls upon all governments to allow international and regional humanitarian aid organizations to give free aid to their people, even if the entire country as a whole is not in a state of crisis;

12.Entrusts the UNICEF and the commission on Human Rights to accomplish the monitoring of the situation around the adherence of the rights of refugees from Chechnya in neighboring toChechnya regions of Russia and Georgia;

13.Entrusts the World Health Organization to carry out the monitoring the situation connected with protection of Chechnya in order to forecast the spreading diseases and epidemics;

14.Requests the Russian Federation to cooperate with the World Community in issue of ecological situation in and around Chechnya using IMEP centers and local meteorological stations;

15.Demands that all armed forces be additionally trained in humanitarian and peace keeping abilities, to better complement their efforts in peacekeeping operations;

16.Calls upon Mass-media to carry on propaganda against the terrorism and military actions against soldiers of the RF among the young population of Chechnya.

Message from the Baltic Conference at SPIMUN

Baltic Region is one of the most interesting regions of the world. It unites 10 countries with different peoples and cultures. On the other hand it has shown multilateral cooperation and mutual understanding among its members. Unfortunately the history of the region was not cloudless. Russian-German annexation of Poland, Russian-Finish war. The establishment of Soviet Union. The Second World War, and the chemical weapons that were sank in the Baltic Sea, and finally the creation of two opposite camps NATO and Warsaw treaty. However now due to the political changes to the democratization and globalization we have an opportunity to become friends and partners. The Baltic region is not only one of leaders of the wood production, not only has the highest population density, it is a perfect example of integration of post-communist countries and their former enemies.
The countries of Baltic region can demonstrate the world community how to solve environmental problems. This year The Baltic Conference at SPIMUN adopted a wonderful resolution on the Joint Use and Protection of Baltic Sea living resources with adopting a basis of future work:
Increasing the quantity of modern ship and coastal clearing equipment for elimination of the consequences of pollution of water areas and coastal territories. Development of the advanced ecological protection technologies for operations with petroleum on water objects and processing of oil-containing water. Introduction of modern biological methods of waste water treatment and receiving carries of energy as final products of processing. Constructing factories for burning deposits received after clearing of waste water.
The resolution to join efforts in cleaning of the bottom of the Baltic Sea and urged all countries to ban house building closer than 100 meters to the coastal area.
Together with the problem of environment one of the hottest items of modern world is a question of discrimination of women.
First of all we urged all nations to ratify as far as it is possible the Convection on the elimination of discrimination against women to archive the universal ratification for the year 2002. We the countries of Baltic Region would also like to remind all Member States to continue in corporation with UN the consideration of the question of social and professional advancement of women. We also came to a conclusion that the best way to realize social advancement of women is to strengthen economic capability, encourage leadership and governance, promote women's and social rights.
The Baltic countries fully agreed that one of the most important aspects of successful implementation of human rights is education and cooperation between schools of different countries. We asked schools of all nations to participate in an open exchange of all resources especially information ones.
All schools were invited to join the international system of education. Further more we asked the United Nations Department of Public Information to create a database of all schools of Baltic region to help them to cooperate in students, teachers and education programs exchange.
These are the main results of the work of Baltic Conference at SPIMUN.
On behalf of the Baltic Countries forum I would like to express a hope, that all other Member states will bear in mind that the mutual understanding is possible in every region of the world.