Welcome to UNYANZ

If you enjoy working with young people, meeting great minds, and discussing topics that are important to you, then join us as a Youth Declaration facilitator!

Youth Declaration is a conference for students from years 11 to 13 at school (15 – 18 years old), where they compose a Youth Declaration document. This document outlines their beliefs and opinions on critical issues both specific to young people and beyond. It aims to enable young people to voice their own opinions and concerns regarding contemporary issues, while at the same time learning to understand and appreciate opposing points of view.

For more information and to download your Facilitators Information Pack and Application Form, head over to the Youth Declaration 2010 event page.

Applications close Saturday, March 13th.

The Canterbury Region of the United Nations Youth Association of New Zealand presents...

the Canterbury Model UN CONFERENCE 2010 - Limes Room, Christchurch Town Hall, on TUES 30th and WED 31st MARCH,

and

the Canterbury Model UN BALL 2010 - First Edition, Crowne Plaza (8pm Tues 30th March)!

This event is for 150 of the best and brightest senior secondary school students from Canterbury, the West Coast andd Nelson/Marlborough. The CONFERENCE will run for two days in the Limes Room, upstairs in the Christchurch Town Hall, with the highly anticipated BALL for all participants on the evening of the first day in First Edition, downstairs in the Crowne Plaza. This will mark the beginning of the social calendar for all senior students in 2010!

This opportunity is not to be missed! The theme of the conference is "Generation What?! - The Rights of Our Children", and will include presentations by experts on human rights and youth issues, as well as an appearance by the Mayor of Christchurch, a key supporter of Canterbury UNYANZ.

To register or to find out more information, email Oliver at cmun.registrations@unyanz.co.nz for a registration form and a brochure.

To get involved, contact Anton at canterbury@unyanz.co.nz or 021351665.

Conference Assistant positions will soon be advertised.

Register, get your mates to register, and get amongst!

The New Zealand Model UN Programme is now online! Here you will find an online Guide to Running a Model UN as well as a Resolutions Database and other Model UN resources. Access to this section is restricted to office holders. Please direct all questions or queries about the NZ Model UN Programme or access to it to vp.modelun@unyanz.co.nz.

Over the last week, UNYANZ has adopted new national and regional constitutions.  You can download the new UNYANZ constitution here and the new reginoal constitution template here (note that regional constitutions differ only in the region's name).

 The SGM this morning unanimously passed the constitutional amendments required for free membership to be implemented.  Therefore, from this year, UNYANZ will no longer charge a $10 membership fee.

Applications are now open for the New Zealand Delegation to the United Nations Youth Conference of Australia (UNYC).

UNYC is a fantastic event which is held by the UNYANZ counterpart in Australia, UNYA. It is very competitive and the standard of debate is exceedingly high. UNYANZ is sending a nine-strong delegation to UNYC in 2010, and we want you to apply!

Please download the form by clicking on the following link. Applications are due February 26th 2010.

UNYANZ is looking for an Assistant Facilitator to join Ben Land-Maycock on the New Zealand Delegation to UNYC Staff in 2010.

UNYC is a fantastic, high quality event that encompasses the best delegates selected from the Australian State Model UNs. As Assistant Facilitator you will be involved in heading a fantastic nine-strong delegation to the conference, which in 2010 is in Perth, WA!

To apply, download the application pack by clicking on the following link. Applications close 26 February 2010.