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2015 WASHINGTON MODEL
ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES
GENERAL ASSEMBLY FOR
UNIVERSITIES
Faculty Guidebook
MARCH 30 - APRIL 3, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Sponsored by the Office of the Assistant Secretary General,
Organization of American States and Coordinated by the
Institute for Diplomatic Dialogue in the Americas
2015 WASHINGTON MODEL ORGANIZATION OF
AMERICAN STATES
ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES
Ambassador Albert R. Ramdin
Assistant Secretary General
Ms. Nelly Robinson
MOAS Program Coordinator
INSTITUTE FOR DIPLOMATIC DIALOGUE IN THE AMERICAS
Dr. Joan Andorfer, President
Dr. Douglas Friedman, Vice-President
Coordinators, Washington Model OAS 2015
FACULTY COUNCIL
Prof. Darío Pereyra, Chair
Dr. Deborah Altamirano
Dr. Margaret Commins
Prof. Diego Andres Arenas Valdivieso
Dr. Stuart Voss
Dr. Joan Andorfer
Dr. Douglas Friedma
Monday, 30 March 2015
OAS Headquarters, 17th Street and Constitution Avenue
11:00 – 2:00 PM Registration
OAS Lobby
9:00 - 11:00 AM Meeting of all Committee Officers, Staff, and Rapporteurs
Miranda Room
2:00 – 2:30
Welcoming Remarks:
Hall of the Americas
Ambassador Niermala Badrising,
Chair, OAS Permanent Council and
Permanent Representative to the OAS from Suriname
Ms. Jane Thery, Director,
Department of International Affairs, OAS
WMOAS Faculty Council Chair
Prof. Darío Pereyra, Universidad Nacional de La Matanza
2:30 –3:00
3:00 – 3:30
Opening Session of the Preparatory Committee of the 44th
Washington Model OAS General Assembly
First Session of the Committees: Rooms and Agenda
● General Committee - Hall of the Americas
● First Committee - San Martin Room
● Second Committee, - Miranda Room
● Third Committee, Columbus Room
● Special Committee on the Environment, Padilha Room (GSB)
3:30 –5:00
7:00
Second Session of the Committees: Agenda
l OAS Experts will address Delegates.
Faculty Social
Dumbarton Room
Fairmont Hotel
Tuesday, 31 March 2015 - OAS and GSB
Sessions
HOA
San Martin
Miranda
Columbus
Padilha (GSB)
3
2:00-3 pm
GC
I
II
III
SC
4
3:15-4:50
GC
I
II
III
SC
9:00 - 11:45 AM
1:00 - 2:00 PM
Morning Embassy Briefings at Permanent Missions to OAS
2nd Session of the Preparatory Committee
Welcoming Address:
Ambassador Alfonso Quiñónez,
Secretary for External Relations
Organization of American States
Hall of the
Americas
4:30 PM
Submission of Resolutions
Meeting Rooms
DEADLINE to Submit Resolutions for the Working Group Packet: Faculty will
be on hand to collect from each committee. This Packet is reserved for
Working Group Resolutions only.
4:30 – 5:30
Faculty Review of Resolutions
Sulgrave (Fairmont)
Faculty Review Committee Members will review the Working
Group Resolutions for the Working Group Packet.
5:30 – 6:00
Return of Resolutions
Sulgrave
Faculty Review Committee Members will be Present to return resolutions NOT
accepted for the Working Group Packet.
Wednesday, 1 April 2015 - Fairmont Hotel
Sessions
Ballroom I
Ballroom II
Roosevelt
Caucus
Caucus
Culpeper
Latrobe
5
8-10:30
I
II
III
GC
SC
6
10:45-12:15
I
GC
SC
II
III
7
1:30-3:00
II
III
SC
GC
I
8
3:15-5:00
II
I
GC
III
SC
8:00am –10:30 AM
Fifth Session of the Committees/Caucus
Election forms made available
8:30—10:30 AM
1:30 – 4:00
6-8 pm
Faculty Meeting
Longworth
Faculty Review of Resolutions
Longworth
Faculty Review Committee Members will review the Resolutions
submitted for the Washington Packet.
Diplomatic Social
Hall of the Americas
Thursday, 2 April 2015 - Fairmont Hotel
Sessions
Ballroom I
Ballroom II
Roosevelt
8-10:30
III
SC
GC
I
II
10
10:45-12:15
I
SC: ELECTION
GC
II
III
11
1:30-3:00
II: ELECTION
SC
III
GC
I
12
3:15-5:00
II
I ELECTION
GC
III
SC
9
Caucus
Culpeper
Caucus
Latrobe
11:00-1:00 pm
1:00-2:30 pm
IDDA Board meeting
IDDA and Faculty Council Lunch
Dumbarton
Dumbarton
Friday, 3 April 2015 - Fairmont Hotel
Sessions
Ballroom I
Ballroom
II
Roosevelt
Caucus
Caucus
Culpeper
Latrobe
13
8-10:30
III
GC
I
II
SC
14
10:45-12:00
III
ELECTION
SC
II
GC
I
Clos
ing
2:00-4:00
Grand
Ballroom
All
Delegates
8:00am –10:30 AM
Thirteenth Session of the Committees/Caucus
10:45am –12:00 PM
Fourteenth Session of the Committees/Caucus
Third Committee Election
Plenary Sessions of the General Assembly of the
2015 Washington Model OAS
2:00 – 2:45
Second Plenary Session
Grand Ballroom
• Election of President, Vice-President, and Secretary General
for the 2016 Washington Model OAS General Assembly
2:45 –3:15
Closing Plenary Session
Grand Ballroom
3:15–4:00
Closing Ceremony
Grand Ballroom
Presentation of Certificates of Participation
Election Results
Closing Remarks:
WMOAS Co-Coordinator and IDDA President
Dr. Joan Andorfer, Frostburg State University
Immediately following the Closing Ceremony: There will be a brief mandatory meeting of all
newly elected officers for the 2016 WMOAS with Drs. Voss, Trudeau, Friedman and Andorfer.
Please report to the front of the room.
FACULTY RESOLUTION REVIEWERS
General Committee
Stuart Voss
LuzDary Botero
Robert Trudeau
Shelley McConnell
Ben Arnold
Robert Carriedo
First Committee Roberto
Antonio Wagner
Joan Supplee
Ken Lehman
Terry Haverluk
Sebastián Umpierrez
Second Committee
Dario Pereyra
Deborah Altamirano
Nathalie Gravel
Maggie Commins
Anne Henderson
Third Committee
Colleen Ebacher
Diego Andres Arenas
Mariadelaluz Matus-Mendoza
Kamla Deonauth
Sergio Andres
Giraldo Blandon
Special Committee on
Environment
Natalia Escobar-Pemberthy
Luis Angarita
Mark Sachleben
Paul Arreola
Guy Shroyer
Washington MOAS Resolution Evaluation Form
Note: After initial submission, draft resolutions are evaluated by faculty advisors, using this form as their
benchmark. Any item on this form that needs revision will be noted on this form and must be corrected
before re-submission. This evaluation form must be attached to every resolution that is RE- submitted.
(Copies of the form will be available at the Model.) Please consult the Draft Resolution Template as well,
particularly for form and punctuation. Please see the Faculty Reviewers Guidelines page for other insights
into this process.
Overall Form:
1. Plain white paper – No symbols, flags, or school references
2. Grammar and punctuation consistent with Draft Resolution Template
3. Headings – separate and unnumbered; CONSIDERING:, BEARING IN MIND:,
RECALLING:, NOTING:, AWARE:, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT:; RECOGNIZING:, HAVING
SEEN:…
Operative Clauses Section:
4. RESOLVES: / RECOMMENDS: / DECLARES: Uses diplomatic language with verbs and clauses of
varying intensity
•
•
•
•
Mild: to congratulate, commend, acknowledge, praise…
Moderate: to advise, ask, request, recommend, study, suggest, continue, reiterate, call
upon, declare, …
Active: to propose, establish, form, create, amend, employ, set, provide,
designate, instruct, initiate, increase, decrease, …
Forceful: (NO ORDERS TO GOVERNMENTS) to strongly urge, require, authorize,
eliminate, exempt,…
5. Operative clauses are numbered, General to Specific, (each ends each with a period (.))
6. Faculty Advisor’s Signature
7. Five Co-signatories – Numbered
Draft Resolution Contents:
8. Cites OAS charter, conventions, protocols, documents, OAS passed resolutions,
rationale; quotes these documents properly.
9. Indicates appropriate sources and methods of funding.
10. Is consistent with OAS issues, organizations, and regulations.
11. Is consistent with current and existing statistics and data.
12. is consistent with the country’s, region’s and hemisphere’s concerns.
13. Is pertinent to the Agenda Topic.
14. Is specific, well-defined and workable.
15. Is Realistic and Creative.
16. Makes clear what individual, body, or institution is to carry out the action.
Faculty Advisor's Recommendation:
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Approved, as is (or as corrected after resubmission)
Re-submit after making changes as indicated on this form
Not approved: see checklist above as well as additional comments
Assigned to a Working Group, with the following Delegations:
Faculty Reviewer's name, for consultation purposes:
2015 Faculty Technical Secretary Schedule
General
1
2
3
SC
5.Wednesday
8-10:30 am
6. Wed.
10:45-12:15
Session
Faculty meeting
Faculty meeting
Faculty meeting
Faculty meeting
Faculty meeting
Plattsburgh
Ballroom II
Shippensburg
Ballroom I
Notre Dame
Culpeper
UDC
Latrobe
Pomona
Roosevelt
7. Wed.
1:30-3:00
Drexel
Culpeper
Univ. Venezuela
Latrobe
Queens
Ballroom I
Marroquin
Ballroom II
Texas State
Roosevelt
8. Wed.
3:15-5:00 pm
Del Norte
Roosevelt
Univ. Venezuela
Ballroom II
Queens
Roosevelt
Medellin
Culpeper
USAF
Latrobe
9. Thursday
8-10:30 am
Matanza
Culpeper
Bucaramanga
Latrobe
Medellin
Ballroom I
Univ. EAFIT
Ballroom II
Matanza
Ballroom I
Bucaramanga
Culpeper
Casa Grande
Latrobe
Howard
Ballroom II
11. Thursday
1:30-3:00 pm
Hampden
Sydney
Roosevelt
Hampden
Sydney
Roosevelt
St. Lawrence
Culpeper
USAF
Latrobe
Towson
Ballroom I
Casa Grande
Roosevelt
Texas State
12.Thursday
3:15-5:00 pm
St. Lawrence
Roosevelt
USAF
Ballroom II
Howard
Ballroom I
Envigado
Culpeper
Ballroom II
UDC
Latrobe
13. Friday
8-10:30 am
Del Norte
Ballroom II
Laval
Roosevelt
Baylor
Culpeper
Envigado
Ballroom I
Plattsburgh
Latrobe
14. Friday
10:45-12:00
Drexel
Culpeper
Laval
Latrobe
Baylor
Roosevelt
Pomona
Ballroom I
Hampden
Sydney
Ballroom II
10. Thursday
10:45-12:15
Please Note: “Horse-trading” is allowed among faculty to cover each session,
however, please make sure your session is covered! Please introduce yourself
to the chair at the beginning of the session and tell them you are available to
answer questions for that session if they need you. For the caucus sessions in
Culpeper and Latrobe, please keep order!
2015 WASHINGTON MODEL
OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES
AGENDA
General Committee:
1. Strategies for the development of social, economic, and political inclusion in the Americas.
2. Hemispheric cooperation to regulate the movement of unaccompanied minors across
national borders in the Hemisphere.
3. Promotion and protection of Human Rights in the search for new approaches to the
problem of drugs.
4. Election of Committee Officers for the 2016 Washington Model OAS.
First Committee: Juridical and Political Affairs
1. Promotion of the autonomy for, and strengthening of, official public defenders and criminal
and civil legal aid providers to guarantee access to justice.
2. Strategies for the protection of refugees, asylum seekers, and the stateless.
3. Draft Inter-American Convention on Protecting the Human Rights of Older Persons.
4. Promotion of the Right to Truth.
5. Election of Committee Officers for the 2016 Washington Model OAS.
Second Committee: Hemispheric Security
1. Cooperation with the PAHO on a Hemispheric system to prevent and manage global health
threats and communicable diseases.
2. Strategies for the Execution of the Hemispheric Plan of Action against Transnational
Organized Crime and gang activities.
3. Multilateral cooperation on energy security in the Americas.
4. Inter-American mechanisms for cooperation in the promotion of border security.
5. Election of Committee Officers for the 2016 Washington Model OAS.
Third Committee: Integral Development
1. Implementation of a regional program to support entrepreneurship and small businesses in
the Hemisphere.
2. Promotion of gender equality at all levels of the educational system.
3. Promotion of growth and socio-economic equality through Integral Development.
4. Promoting the progressive formalization of informal labor throughout the Hemisphere as a
tool for equality and development.
5. Election of Committee Officers for the 2016 Washington Model OAS.
Special Committee: Environmental Issues in the Americas
1. Strategies to promote urban ecology and sustainable cities in the Hemisphere.
2. Strengthening Hemispheric cooperation to protect scarce water resources.
3. Coordination of volunteers in the Hemisphere to attend environmental emergencies and
collaborate in the protection of natural resources.
4. Assessing the impact of drug trafficking on the environment and the economies of Member
States.
5. Election of Committee Officers for the 2016 Washington Model OAS
Institute for Diplomatic Dialogue in the Americas
Model Organization of American States
Registration Form – 2016
TO BE FILLED OUT BY THE FACULTY ADVISOR OF THE DELEGATION
______ Yes, our university will attend the WMOAS General Assembly for Universities,
March 21 – 25, 2016, Washington, D.C.
University: ______________________________________________________________
Faculty Advisor Name: _______________________________________________
Address:
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
Phone:
________________________
Fax:
_______________________
Email:
______________________________________________________
If you have a preference of country that you would like for your university to represent, please
indicate your first three choices. The preferences will be handled on a first come-first served basis.
1. ____________________ 2. ____________________ 3. ____________________
________________________________________________________________________
If you have participated before, you must rotate your choice through the three regions:
North and Central Americas; Caribbean; South America. Please indicate which country you
represented in 2015 (if applicable) here. ________________________________
*Please send this form to: Douglas Friedman at IDDA.WMOAS@gmail.com or mail to Douglas
Friedman, International Studies, College of Charleston, 66 George Street, Charleston, SC 29424
USA.
*Please send your check/money order for the registration fee of $950 to: IDDA, Institute for
Diplomatic Dialogue in the Americas, c/o Robert Trudeau, 40 Lauriston St., Providence, RI 02906
USA
If you prefer to make an electronic bank transfer, please see the Coordinators or Robert Trudeau
(IDDA Treasurer) for wire transfer information.
DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF PAYMENT for U.S. Universities is OCTOBER 15, 2015.
The deadline for all others is 15 January 2016. Country selections will not be finalized until
payment is received.
NON-REFUND POLICY
Withdrawal from the Washington Model OAS after the deadline appropriate to your University will incur a penalty of
half the registration fee. The non-forfeited portion of the fee will be applied to your next year’s registration. If your
University does not register the following year, the remaining half of the registration fee will also be forfeited.
2015 WASHINGTON MODEL
ORGANIZATION
OF
AMERICAN STATES
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
FOR
UNIVERSITIES
MARCH 30 - APRIL 3, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.