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University Daily Kansan Wednesday, March 24, 1965
Model UN Seeks Answers to World's Questions
By Rosalie Jenkins
Will Red China be recognized? Can Russia and other countries behind in their dues payments in the United Nations finally be made to pay? The answers to these questions may be locally decided at the sixth annual KU Model UN, April 23, and 24.
Between 95 and 100 nations will be represented at the Model UN this year, according to Patty Goins, Marysville senior, chairman of the Model UN steering committee and UN Secretary-General.
She said that the third meeting of all the various blocs of nations is set for tonight at 7:30 in both the Kansas Union and Blake Hall,
THE NATIONS in a particular bloc use these meetings for a planning session of their strategy and for resolutions they wish to make in the General Assembly.
Miss Goins said that there will be eight resolutions for the Assembly to consider. The Steering Committee selects from those presented to it by the countries.
She said that four of the resolutions will come from four specific areas which are: Arab-Israeli struggle, Chinese representation, the dues in arrears dispute, and the Portuguese colonial policy question.
Miss Goins noted that the selection of these resolutions is being conducted in a new way. In the past, the Steering Committee made up the resolutions.
THIS YEAR, she said that four committees composed of one member from each delegation will meet April 15 to decide upon resolutions from one of the four areas. Each delegation consists of four members and, thus, each representative will be on one of the four resolution committees.
Miss Goins said that these four committees will then turn in their resolutions to the Steering Committee which will select one from
each area to be taken up in the Model UN.
"If they want to amend these resolutions on the floor, they can," she said.
The other four resolutions are selected on a "wild card," Miss Goins stated. This means that a delegate may turn in a resolution on any subject to the Steering Committee. The committee will pick four of these for consideration.
MISS GOINS said that there are eight blocs in the UN. They are the Western, Soviet, Arab, African, Latin American, non-aligned European, western-aligned Asian, and non-aligned Asian. There are also a number of observer nations usch as Red China, Switzerland, and West Germany.
She said that even though it is late, there are still some small countries such as in the African Bloc which don't have any delegates.
"If anyone is still interested, there are a few countries which are open," she said.
Miss Goins also said that this year's Model UN has another innovation which will be an award for "the most authentic delegation." Details on this award have not yet been decided upon.
"THIS AWARD is for the delegation which truly represents its country's interests and not U.S. interests," she explained.
Asked for her evaluation of the Model UN as experience, Miss Goias said: "It depends on how much research the students do for how educational it is. . . If you learn nothing else, you learn parliamentary procedure. If you listen to the debates, you can learn a lot."
"From my observations, we have a really good turnout of foreign students," she said.
Miss Goins was also asked about any increase in foreign students in the Model UN.
FOR THE FIRST time this year any number of foreign students can be in one delegation. In the past, each delegation was allowed only one foreign student representative, she stated.
Members of the delegations signed up the first week in March. They were asked to fill out a questionnaire on their country which contained questions on its military and economic policy.
They are also given a bibliography of where they can find important information of their country in the Watson Library.
Membership in the Soviet delegation was reserved to students in a political science course—Soviet Policies and Problems—taught by
Roy Laird, associate professor of political science.
Membership in the U.S. delegation was reserved to students in the political science course entitled American Foreign Policy, taught by Clifford Ketzel, associate professor of political science.
THESE PROFESSORS are also advisers to their respective delegations and to the steering committee.
Prof. Laird explained why the Soviet and U.S. delegations are composed of political science students. He said that, since these two countries are the most powerful in the world today, it is important that they have adequate representation.
"These two delegations should be assured of people who do have a knowledge of the policies of their country," he emphasized.
Both advisers were asked about the possibility for the admission of
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"IF IT RUNS true to the form of past UNs, the Red China question will be rejected again . . . but each UN is getting closer to letting China in, particularly with France's recognition of China," Prof. Ketzel said.
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"In the real UN, the vote has been getting closer and closer. In our Model UN, the vote will probably reflect this reality," Prof. Laird stated.
Prof. Ketzel was asked if he thought there had been any basic ideological changes in the UN sessions here. He said that there had been no drastic changes.
"Students try to reflect the views of their country and not to innovate new policies," he said.
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