P r o g r a m m e

9:00 - 9:30

Registration: Pick-up of information packets.

All students will be led to Conference Room 1. Parents and teachers will be led to the gallery.

9:30 - 10:00

Socialization and caucusing. Students are encouraged to meet and exchange contact information with other participants. Bring pins or view cards from the city you come from.

- Session one: Opening

10:00 - 10:03

Conference Introduction: Mr. John R. Gagain, Jr., Coordinator, Model UN Programmes, UNA-USA.

10:03 – 10:05

Rules of procedure: Ms. Carolyn Schuler Uluc, Officer-in-Charge, Public Services Section, Department of Public Information, United Nations.

10:05 - 10:07

Opening remarks by Mr. Ian Mathews, Harriton High School, Philadelphia, USA (chair of the first session).

10:07 - 10:10

Welcome: Mr. Kensaku Hogen, Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, United Nations.

10:10 - 10:55

Conversation with Mr. Olara Otunnu, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict. Mr. Otunnu will entertain questions and comments.

10:55 - 10:57

Closing remarks by Mr. Mathews (session chair).

- Session two: Plenary

10:57 - 10:59

Opening remarks by Ms. Maria Fernanda Olmedo, Carol Baur, Mexico City, Mexico (chair of the second session).

11:00 - 12:27

General Debate

All delegates are invited to address the conference. Those wishing to speak should enlist their names on the speakers’ list set at the beginning of this session.

There will be six designated speakers to begin, representing the six co-sponsors (for three minutes each). They are: Haley Edwards (Adolfo Camarillo High School, California), Daniela Olavarrieta (Colegio Carol Baur, Mexico City), Greg Perreault (BLC, Ontario), Sasha Kinney, (Upper Darby HS, Philadelphia), Dara Elovitch and Russell Eida, UN International School, New York, and Margaret Conway, Stuyvesant H.S. New York. All other speakers will have 90 seconds followed by comments for 30 seconds from the floor. The chairperson will go by the speakers’ list.

In the first plenary, all delegates will report on activities undertaken by them during the past 12 months.

12:27 – 12:29

Closing remarks by Ms. Olmedo (chair of the second session)

- L U N C H

12:30 – 1:15 and 1:15 – 2:00

Lunch at the UN Delegates’ Dining Room will be served in two seatings as indicated above, 175 students and 50 teachers/parents in each group. Students not going to lunch will have an opportunity to meet and interact with four youth activists (their names listed below under "guest speakers"). Others can take a UN tour. Parents and teachers not going to lunch at 12:30 will attend a workshop by Ms. Susan Fountain (UNICEF) in Conference Room C on "Getting involved in youth activism." She will repeat the workshop at 1:15 p.m. for the group returning from lunch.

- Session three: Plenary continues

2:15 - 2:17

Opening remarks: Ms. Ann Vandergust, Collingwood Collegiate Institute, Ontario, Canada (chair of the third session).

2:17 – 3:12

In this session, the delegates will speak on issues of their concern and on areas they would like to focus on or see progress.

3:12 - 3:15

Closing remarks by Ms. Vandergust (chair of the third session)

- Session four: Guest speakers

3:15 - 3:17

Opening remarks: Ms. Emilie Lewis, Jackson Hole High School, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA (chair of the fourth session)

3:17 – 3:45

Kids for kids: Conversations with child activists. Mr. Samil Chagpar (Canada), Ms. Lilia Vazquez (Mexico), Mr. Collen Pooe (South Africa) and Mr. Himanshu Dhillon (India).

3:45 – 4:12

Guest speaker: Mr. Giandomenico Picco, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the International Year of Dialogue among Civilizations (Year 2001). Mr. Picco will entertain questions and comments.

4:12 - 4:15

Closing remarks by Ms. Lewis (chair of the fourth session)

- Closing session

4:15 – 4:17

Opening remarks: Mr. Jeff Day, Adolfo Camarillo High School, California, USA (chair of the closing session)

4:17 – 4:30

Presentation of Draft Declaration to the President of the General Assembly. The session chair will invite the students to present the Draft Declaration, which will follow with the vote.

4:30 – 4:55

Closing speech: Mr. Harri Holkeri, President of the 55th session of the United Nations General Assembly.

4:55 – 5:00

Group dance by students of Carol Baur Foundation (Mexico)

5:00 – 5:02

Closing remarks by Mr. Day (chair of the closing session).

5:02 – 5:07

Announcements and remarks

Ms. Lyutha Al-Mughairy, Chief, Public Liaison Service, Department of Public Information.

- Special Performance

5:15 – 6:00

Special appearance by Cheb Mami (Algerian superstar) and Chic ("We are a family").

Special instructions:

· Please enter the UN Building through the Visitors’ Entrance at 1^st Avenue and 46^th Street. The gate opens at 9:00 a.m. It takes at least 15 minutes to pass the metal detector.

· Members of the Drafting Committee, the Chairpersons, and the six designated speakers are encouraged to contact Mr. John Gagain (jgagain@unausa.org) before arrival if you have any questions. Also, there will be a meeting for these three groups at 9:30am Dec. 8^th in Room GA-100. The members of the Drafting Committee are: Shilpa Batra, UNIS, New York, Andy Tulin, The Dwight School, New York, Heather Barkey, Park Street Collegiate, Ontario, Leah McMillan, Park Street Collegiate, Ontario, Sasha Kinney, Upper Darby, Philadelphia, Tori Brosius, CF Patton MS, Philadelphia, Daniela Olavarrieta, Colegio Carol Baur, Paulina Resendiz, Colegio Carol Baur. Kimberly Lo, IS 119Q, New York, Tyler Corwin, Adolfo Camarillo High School, CA, Rosa Cohen-Cruz, Berkeley Carroll H.S., New York, and Annie Wenger-Schulman, Prof. Performing Arts H.S., New York.

· Follow the conference proceedings on the web at www.un.org/events/students/hr

· For further information: Hasan Ferdous (ferdous@un.org, Tel. 212-963-6555) or Lydia Ramos (Tel. 212-963-7708)