The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation,formerly the Organisation of the Islamic Conference,is an intergovernmental organization founded in 1969,consisting of 57 member states. The organisation states that it is "the collective voice of the Muslim world" and works to "safeguard and protect the interests of the Muslim world in the spirit of promoting international peace and harmony".
Model United Nations,also known as Model UN or MUN,is an educational simulation in which students can learn about diplomacy,international relations,and the United Nations. At a MUN conference,students work as the representative of a country,organization,or person,and must solve a problem with other delegates from around the world. MUN teaches participants skills like research,public speaking,debating,and writing skills,in addition to critical thinking,teamwork,and leadership. While Model UN is typically used as an extracurricular activity,some schools also offer it as a class. Model UN is meant to engage students,and allow them to develop deeper understanding into current world issues.
China is one of the charter members of the United Nations and is one of five permanent members of its Security Council.
The United Nations General Assembly has granted observer status to international organizations,entities,and non-member states,to enable them to participate in the work of the United Nations General Assembly,though with limitations. The General Assembly determines the privileges it will grant to each observer,beyond those laid down in a 1986 Conference on treaties between states and international organizations. Exceptionally,the European Union (EU) was in 2011 granted the right to speak in debates,to submit proposals and amendments,the right of reply,to raise points of order and to circulate documents,etc. As of May 2011,the EU was the only international organization to hold these enhanced rights,which has been likened to the rights of full membership,short of the right to vote.
Although there has been a large degree of integration between European Union member states,foreign relations is still a largely intergovernmental matter,with the 27 members controlling their own relations to a large degree. However,with the Union holding more weight as a single bloc,there are at times attempts to speak with one voice,notably on trade and energy matters. The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy personifies this role.
UN Youth Australia is a national youth-led organisation which seeks to educate and empower young Australians on global issues and foster an understanding of the work of the United Nations,human rights and International relations in young Australians. The organisation is fully operated by volunteers who have left high school and are under the age of 24,over 15,000 young people participate in UN Youth Australia’s programs,activities and events each year.
The Harvard World Model United Nations (WorldMUN) is an annual traveling model United Nations conference that is run by Harvard University and a local university team from a host city. WorldMUN moves to a new city each year and is regarded as one of the most prestigious international MUN conferences today. The Conference was first held in 1992. The Conference targets college students from all over the world who have a passion and interest to become a diplomat in the future.
The United Nations Conference on International Organization (UNCIO),commonly known as the San Francisco Conference,was a convention of delegates from 50 Allied nations that took place from 25 April 1945 to 26 June 1945 in San Francisco,California,United States. At this convention,the delegates reviewed and rewrote the Dumbarton Oaks agreements of the previous year. The convention resulted in the creation of the United Nations Charter,which was opened for signature on 26 June,the last day of the conference. The conference was held at various locations,primarily the War Memorial Opera House,with the Charter being signed on 26 June at the Herbst Theatre in the Veterans Building,part of the Civic Center. A square adjacent to the Civic Center,called "UN Plaza",commemorates the conference.
SustainUS is a non-profit,nonpartisan,youth-led advocacy group in the United States. Its goal is to improve youth participation and youth empowerment as it relates to advancing sustainable development. SustainUS works particularly with youth and young people aged 13–29 and on United Nations conferences related to youth and/or sustainability.
The European Union (EU) has had permanent observer status at the United Nations (UN) since 1974,and has had enhanced participation rights since 2011. The EU itself does not have voting rights but it is represented alongside its 27 members,one of which,France,is a permanent member of the Security Council.
Naomi Ichihara Røkkum is a Norwegian politician in the Liberal Party,and a substitute member of the Oslo City Council.
The United Nations Climate Change Conferences are yearly conferences held in the framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). They serve as the formal meeting of the UNFCCC parties to assess progress in dealing with climate change,and beginning in the mid-1990s,to negotiate the Kyoto Protocol to establish legally binding obligations for developed countries to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. Starting in 2005 the conferences have also served as the "Conference of the Parties Serving as the Meeting of Parties to the Kyoto Protocol" (CMP);also parties to the convention that are not parties to the protocol can participate in protocol-related meetings as observers. From 2011 to 2015 the meetings were used to negotiate the Paris Agreement as part of the Durban platform,which created a general path towards climate action. Any final text of a COP must be agreed by consensus.
Carlo AndréÁngeles Manturano is a Peruvian youth advocate and executive director of Somos el Presente,a youth-led organization that empowers young people in Latin America to achieve United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. He advocated for a youth policy reform with political parties that participated in Peru´s 2016 general elections.
Nicol Perez is the 5th and former United States Youth Observer to the United Nations. Perez has extensive experience working on youth issues at the local,regional and international level having previously worked in various international organizations as well as starting her own initiatives. In her term as Youth Observer,Perez focused on the global refugee crisis,youth unemployment,and the U.N.’s Sustainable Development Goals for 2030. In 2017,Perez founded Girlzftw,a mentorship program that pairs women under 30 with high school and college girls that need the support and encouragement of another girl to achieve their goals.
Munira Khalif is an American student who served as the 6th United States Youth Observer to the United Nations from 2018-2019.
A Model G20,also known as a Model G20 Summit,is an educational simulation for high school and college students. Students role play as government ministers from one of the G20 countries or their guests and negotiate solutions to defined problems. During a G20 summit,students learn about diplomacy,international relations,the G20,and other issues related to a theme of the summit. Some individual schools have Model G20 clubs for students interested in these topics.
The following lists events that happened with or in collaboration with the United Nations and its agencies in the year 2019.
The 18th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement was held October 25–26,2019 in Baku,Azerbaijan. The summit was attended by the delegation from more than 120 countries.
