Citizens for Global Solutions Annual Meeting
featuring:
Global Solutions Model United Nations (GSMUN)

May 19-22, 2010

Washington Plaza Hotel, Thomas Circle N.W., Washington, D.C.

Registration - Travel and Hotel Info - Model United Nations -  Schedule of Events & Speakers

Join us activists, scholars and members for the Citizens for Global Solutions Annual Conference! This year's event will include a lobby day, as well as an groundbreaking simulation of the United Nations, developed in conjunction with the Model United Nations Development Organization (MUNDO).

~Click here to Register online for the Conference~

 Features of the Annual Conference

- Lobby Day - Spend Thursday lobbying your members about the critical issues we are facing right now. This year, we will prepare and concentrate on lobbying for issues like encouraging continued United States engagement with the ICC, finding champions for the UN women’s human rights treaty and supporting the ratification of the nuclear arms treaties.

- Speaker Series - Distinguished speakers at the event include:

• Dr. Francis Deng, Special Adviser for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities, United Nations
  
• Stephen Rapp, United States Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues
• Jim McGovern (D-MA), 7 term Congressmember representing the 3rd District of Massachusetts
• Dr. Esther Brimmer, Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs, State Department
  

- Activism Development - Education is a key goal of this year's annual conference.

• Education - Keep abreast of the latest trends in world federalism, and learn about some of the specific issues that are on the CGS legislative agenda.
  
• Chapter Development - This panel will feature Chapter leaders from around the country and will be a Chapter strategy, ideas for educational events, increasing membership and participation, and other useful skills to bring back to your Chapter.
  
• University Activism - This panel is led by student activists from the CGS community and will feature discussions on how to develop international relations educational events and organizations on campus. Find out how CGS can assist and support university organizations. Attend this panel to learn skills for you to make a difference in your college community! 

- Network with global activists from across the country at the Citizens for Global Solutions Open House and Reception.

Global Solutions Model United Nations (GSMUN)

Quick Links: Model UN Info - Guide for Delegates - Commmittees and Topic Guide

 Attend as a delegate to a reformed United Nations! The Global Solutions Model United Nation is a program of the Citizens for Global Solutions Annual Conference, and is an exciting simulation of a United Nations that has undergone a number of Reforms that are suggested by world federalists. Furthermore, GSMUN will be run by the Directors of the Model United Nations Development Organization (MUNDO). MUNDO develops educational curriculum about international relations and also organizes the Chicago International Model United Nations (CIMUN), an annual high school-level conference that engages students with the innovative techniques and fully integrated simulations.

For this year's simulation of a reformed United Nations, Citizens for Global Solutions has worked closely with MUNDO in developing a custom simulation specifically for the Annual Conferece. The simulation will feature the a UN that has implemented the Binding Triad Weighted Voting Method. Developed by the Center for War/Peace Studies, the Binding Triad is advocated by world federalists as a crucial UN reform. The discussion topics at the conference will also be related to other UN reforms, such as a UN Emergency Peace keeping Service, as well as pertenant CGS issues like the Elimination of Genocide.

As an educational excercise, realistic portrayal of national interest is imperative if this simulation is to be a success. This simulation is an opportunity to test the ability of UN Reforms to influence policy making at the international level. The purpose of GSMUN is not only to provide an educational forum for participants to learn about crucial global issues and UN reforms, but also to learn about the limitations and flaws of our current system.

~Click here to Register online for the Conference~