KU-Y MODEL U.N.
Bloc meetings forced
The cloak and dagger images of Macchiavelli's 400-year-old political treatise, "The Prince," stalk the KU campus now as the forthcoming KU-Y Model-U.N. assembly in mid-April forces delegations into strategic bloc meetings.
Like its true model, the Model-U.N. has developed blocs to fulfill the sectional interests that take up so much of its time. Generally speaking, United Nations blocs exist so long as the issues that give rise to them are alive. However, some issues holding up U.N. members—colonialism, the menace of Communism, for example—have been of so lasting a character that somewhat defined blocs now exist.
Among these are the Soviet bloc, the Afro-Asian bloc, the Western bloc, the Arab bloc and the Latin-American bloc. The
Arabs and the Afro-Asians maintain a flexible position as nonaligned nations between the main protagonists in the World Assembly, the Western and Soviet blocs.
THIS year's Model-U.N. steering committee is not organizing bloc meetings, but the delegations seem to have followed the precedent set by countries they represent at the U.N. in huddling by themselves for unanimity in action over a variety of subjects.
The Model-U.N. steering committee has presented the delegates with the following resolution areas: Red Chinese admission, India-Pakistan Kashmir dispute, Portuguese colonies, Jordan water dispute, charter revision, disarmament, South Viet Nam, Rhodesia and the Dominican Republic. The last three have been made Security Council
questions by the steering committee, but the rest are on the Assembly floor.
However, a Security Council question could be brought up to the Assembly for debate when such action is initiated by a member of the Council and approved by the chair. Members will especially want that when some lively debate on an issue is anticipated.
THAT IS WHY delegations have found it necessary to meet in blocs, for much of the success in a Model-U.N. assembly is tied with the amount of cooperation and planning a blooc is able to knit around itself.
Draft exam draws moderate interest
Response for the draft examination simples and applications was termed moderate and steady today by James K. Hitt, Registrar
One thousand of the applications were picked up by students the first three days this week.
The optional test will be sent to local draft boards and will be compared with other college students with 11-S classifications registered at that particular board. The test is not required.
HITT SAID THAT any questions students might have are probably answered on the sheets, but his office is always open to
any students with questions regarding their selective service status.
Students have until April 23 to turn in their applications. The test will be given on Saturday, May 14; Saturday, May 21; and Friday, June 3 at various locations throughout the state.
Students will not be allowed to select the date they wish to take the examination but will write on the application what they will be doing on the test dates.
A typical bloc meeting was last night's Western bloc meeting at which Charles Pitts, Tulsa, Okla., junior and leader of the British delegation, told delegates from Norway, France and Australia to assess the Western bloc's particular problems, get information about other blocs' activity and work out a definite plan for success in operation.
Hitt said the semester grades from KU will be sent to the draft boards in June.
Of special concern for the bloc are expected resolutions in the questions of Rhodesia, Red Chinese admission, Vietnam, the Dominican Republic and the Portuguese colonies.
ALREADY, IT HAS drawn up its own projected resolutions on charter revision, Viet Nam, Jordan water dispute and Rhodesia. Each resolution has been drawn to be a vote getter, and to neutralize the non-aligned nations' opposition.
14 Daily Kansas Thursday, March 31, 1966
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