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This is the first or the last session for you as delegates, but not as EYPers... It will have more! We
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pretty sure that you will enjoy the last issue.... kisses and hugs from the Press Team
Manto Souvatzidaki & Dimitris Zacharias, the EDITORS!!!
Journos
Chrysa Cheronis
Martin Kalfakis
Meropi Setsika
Maria Oikonomou
Melisa Kumar
Dionysis Theodoropoulos
Dora Markati
Editorial Assistants
Romanos Mavridis
///CONTENTS///
Delegate’s Guide Vol. 2
page 3
Fashion Police
page 4
Committee Work
page 5
Chairs Presentation
page 6
Photos
page 8
Europe’ s “real wealth” - Connected to diversity
Workshop
page 10
Pandora’s box
page 11
Resolution by Press Team
page 12
G.A.
page 14
Match Maker
page 17
Editorial & Contents
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Fashion Police: “Oh,
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Lord!”
What Session would this be if there was no article
referring
to
delegates’
fashion
style.
It was the first day of the session and my eyes just couldn’t believe
it! It can’t be right. Why were you so stylish, people? Delegates
know the rules of forming a successful outfit during team-building.
Surely, delegates had been informed of the presence of a fashion
police officer. Otherwise, there is no explanation for the outstanding style choices. You little monsters!!! Now what am I suppose to
write in order to “mess up” the session a little bit and start laughing at each other and
finally see some “bad actions”!? (L.V.: Start with you, your majesty!) But you shouldn’t
be so happy my dearest little friend, for some of them didn’t listen to what you were
saying and the BITCH got them (L.V.: such an event to celebrate...), and at last she got
something to write for! (L.V.: where is the “thank god” here? She always says that, too.)
Have you seen a girl shooting so many photos and going around the building like
crazy dressed in a poncho and a tight, combined with tampa low boots?? I have!
(L.V.: and so what Ms Right?) Come on girl, give me a break! (L.V: how about I give
you one?) Where did you think you are? At your Mexican house? Why didn’t you
try out for something better? (L.V.: why didn’t you?) Seems like someone couldn’t
wake up in the morning to pick the right clothes. (L.V: like you know what is “right”!)
Oh dear Lord! (L.V.: Again!) Couldn’t made a step further and I stepped into a “nightmare”! (L.V.: are you sure about that?) “Would you really go for this combination of colors?” this would it be the very first question I wanted to make to that girl. Someone gave
me the chance to see some dark color being combined with the warm color pink and some
neutral white (L.V.: for everything there is a first time dear diva!). Could you imagine
that?! Oh DEAR LORD!! (L.V.: here we go again with the Lord! Count how many times
she has already said that and keep counting till she’s done!) Needed a warning sign here!
During the Team Building time I was really, really trying to find something wrong and
unsuitable on everyone’s clothes. Just for the record, dear Lord (L.V.: Hallelujah!), I
couldn’t find a single thing so easily! Till I saw that haircut! (L.V.: so now she is talking hair cuts and hair styles... Awsome!) I though for a moment that she must be a
mum of a delegate stuck in the 50’s. (L.V.: do you really know what are you talking
about? Please tell me!). As soon as I realized she was a delegate I was so shocked!
Oh DEAR LORD!!! (L.V.: and once again ‘LORD’!!!). This girl is in need of an immediate new hair cut or a new hair style! (L.V.: Go and do it yourself Ms. Sunshine!). But
that girl had a great sense of fashion since her clothes were so awesome! One more
thing that really drew my attention was a jacket in petrol color, which was so cool and
fresh but I wouldn’t recommended for the team building day, since it was so tight
that she couldn’t move very comfortable during the games! As well as the low-cut
jeans! So many “accidents” with them, so don’t wear them at a Team building day!
(L.V.: got to agree at the last one since I had one “accident” with that particular pair
of jeans.). Never giving tips but always criticizing (L.V.: we got that!) I shall give you
one more, never bite your nails cause its gross. Plus, last tip, never wear tights with
flowers or in very vivid colors if it doesn’t suit you. Honestly, I have seen it on an official it very much suited, but couldn’t say the same for another one. (L.V.:Oh dear
Lord can believe it she ended giving advices! That is something I want to see again!)
All in all I have to confess it that all the delegates and all the officials didn’t
had any actual problem with their clothes, only a few issues (L.V.: and you
made such a big deal out of it!) that can be easily overcome. Looking forward for the committee work day and for the General Assembly. Till then, work it!
by Meropi Setsika
issue_2//page 4
When encountering a topic that has sparked so much diplomatic unrest, controversy is often almost
inevitable. Wikileaks has published more than 250,000 online leaks so far, with continuously climbing
numbers. How could a single committee of 13 individuals organize its thoughts on such a vast topic?
Tess and George immediately set AFET on the right foot via brainstorming with…bird poo! Yes,
you read the phrase correctly! The fact that every single delegate found at least 10 uses of bird
poo reassured me- and may I say that it reassured the delegates themselves as well that discussing the question of whether this “unlimited” information sharing will urge nations to turn to
100% open diplomacy or hamper such efforts and bring clandestine affairs and secrecy to greater heights will appear as a simple task.
The conversation commenced with great excitement from the delegates; I was glad to discover that within the multiple voices that were circulating the room hid much more of a unanimous goal and aspiration than a disagreement.
I have to admit that AFET grasped the topic from every single aspect: whether it is in terms of national security, freedom of press and
freedom of speech, the legal issues involved or the accuracy of the sources- as I later on learned it took the New York Times about two
years to establish a reliable source so that it could publish an article on material posted on Wikileaks. As a concrete outline of the topic
was created, what struck me in particular was the feeling of consensus: even though each delegate had individual points, they were so
well discussed that when that yellow piece of paper went on the board, I felt as if it represented not a single ideology, but the entire room.
Phrases that were mentioned (and cannot be forgotten) during the AFET teambuilding are: “We all have the right to inform others but to also be informed” and “Citizens need transparency, but the governments are happy if such is non-existent”.
I am once again certain that the delegates will continue doing exactly what they have been doing so far: fighting. No,
not with each other, but for what they believe in. GA might seem daunting, but with these 13 minds united, all having sacrificed self-gain in order to welcome this one mutual goal, AFET will present, successfully of course, the fruit of its labor.
By Chrysa Cheronis
Committee work; piece
of cake for ENVI!
CULTivating CULT
After the tiring and fun day
of team building, CULT was
ready to get down with business. They wasted no time,
quickly diving into the topic.
They tested the temperature of the waters by underlining the words that they
thought were important out
of the prompt. Next was the
post-it brain-storming. They
touched upon mainly discrimination, globalization,
education and minorities.
They defined each and started to find means to reach
their goals. The main think
they had to focus on was
where and how they were
going to draw the thin line
between countries’ cultural
individuality and globalization. George said “We’re all
different in a beautiful way.”
Funny but true. Will CULT
choose to emphasize differences that make us “beautiful” or try to bring citizens
of member states to a common ground? Either way,
the communication skills
have been quite amazing
throughout the day, showing lessons were learned
from team building. As long
as everyone respects and
listens to each other as it
is now, I can’t imagine an
obstacle CULT won’t be able
to tackle. As topics became
more personal, like religion
and the different education
systems around Europe,
CULT naturally tensed up a
little. But it didn’t matter.
Amazingly, they seemed
to find their way around
every problem. As it got
closer to lunch time hunger decreased everyone’s
ability to focus but the orgas came to the rescue.
After lunch, no matter how
sleepy CULT might have felt
the discussion went on with
all its might. They almost
succeeded to count up to
ten with their eyes closed
but with the arrival of the
chairs the game had to be
dropped. I’m more than
positive that the rest of the
day will be at least as productive as it was until now.
I LOVE YOU CULT,
Mel.
Such a tiring day this is! Committee
work is a very serious thing because
delegates are expected to express
all of their concerns, ideas and proposals, which lead to the formulation of committee resolutions.
Committee work for ENVI got
started almost right away! Their
chair, Pennie, advised the delegates
to form a circle and start sharing
their expectations and fears for the
upcoming day. After that, she asked
them to draw a picture reflecting
their character but with relation to
the committee’s topic. In a very quiet manner, they drew the pictures
reflecting themselves in relation to
the topic in an effort of instigating
their brainstorming activity. Their
chair split the time in half so they
would be able to stop negotiating
and start getting involved with the
resolution formation. All ENVI’s delegates agreed on having a two and
a half-hour discussion, two hours
to form their resolution and thirty
minutes to see everything they had
done, so as for completing any possible last minute changes. As the
work was in progress, they decided
on their “golden rules”. No interruptions, when somebody speaks
and respect towards all points made
during CW.
Since they had made their rules
and set their time it was “post -it
time” for them! Pennie distributed
post-its and they started writ-
ing down problems and means for
solving the topic. Having everyone
writing down all the problems and
all the solutions they came up with,
they started picking the notes they
would use for forming the resolution. When lunch time came around,
committee work discussion was still
pretty much fired up.
During lunch time they were more
relaxed and a little tired. But they
were still in the mood for more
negotiation after it. When they were
all done with their lunch they went
back to the location of the CW.
ENVI went on to the second round
of discussion! After a short but
meaningful conversion, they finally
concluded with the grouping stage.
With no more time to lose, and,
being a few minutes behind the
schedule, they started forming
their resolution. They split into two
groups; one team was responsible for phrasing the introductory
clauses whereas the other was responsible for phrasing the operative
clauses. They gathered all started
making clauses for the resolution.
PIECE OF CAKE!
by Meropi Setsika
issue_2// page 5
Born to be ECON
For ECON, the committee work
started right after the Committee’s Presentation when Alex
gave them one post-it each,
and, asked them to write on it
the key-words he or she thinks
in reference to the topic. Today after attending the Opening Ceremony they met in
their committee’s room and
after discussing they set their
Golden Rules, rules they think
that are prerequisites for a
fruitful, civilized and proper
discussion. It appears to be
very important for them to listen to each other and to pay
attention to what others
say, to speak one at a time
which they decided to make it
happen by raising their hands
before they speak in order to
be given the floor by the coordinator of the debate. They
also expressed their commitment to keep their team spirit by respecting each others
opinions by not being absolute
but open to new ideas and by
always first listening to one’s
point and then expressing their
objections. Moreover they all
agreed to have a coordinator
at their discussion, who would
be one of them sitting in the
centre of their circle and apart
from taking notes of the discussion he or she would give
the floor to those who would
raise
their
hands.
After that Alex explained them
the topic and gave them a few
important pieces of information
that are really helpful for understanding the problem. They
continued by resuming the
brainstorming session they had
the day before, but they first
chose the three most interesting post-its they had already
written and then proceeded
with the writing of new ones.
Having finished brainstorming it
was time for them to group the
post-its, they chose to categorize them according to whether
they refer to the current situation or the future situation.
The brainstorming was followed
by the discussion on each
¨current situation¨ post-it and
with the notes kept by the coordinator the committee wrote
down some bullet points. These
bullet points in combination
with the ¨future situation¨
post-its, by the same way, lead
to the writing of new bullet
points which were relevant to
the future situation. All those
bullet points were used for
the phrasing of the resolution.
Now you reader, yes you,
shouldn’t
you
reconsider
your
willingness
to
compete with ECON during the General Assembly?
By Dionysis
Theodoropoulos
and now....the chairs (continued) ...
issue_2 // page 6
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issue_2// page 9
Europe’ s “real wealth” - Connected to diversity
Looking back to European history, all we can do is to end up that nowadays Europe is much more than a conglomerate of
treaties and legislative regulations. The European Union is a beautiful “idea” or “concept” above economic or other transnational agreements, because the truth is that Europe’ s wealth is its diversity and (then) its strength is its openness. Europe belongs to all of us, but there is a risk that it will end up belonging to no-one, if we are not connected to diversity.
Europe could be characterised as a melting pot of cultures and nations. If we were trying
to categorize them, we could find that
in Europe’ s civilisation is connected to the ancient
Roman laws or to the ancient Greek
philosophy, to the several attempts for the establishment of Democracy (which, actually,
are included as glorious, as well as, black pages
in history books), to the ideas of Enlightenment, to the influences from the neighbouring eastern countries, to the scientific
successes of the 19th, 20th and 21st century, etc.
Living your European citizenship means
actually that you are willing, if not ready, not only
to accept this (colourful) fact, but to
feel satisfied with it. What’s more, is not only the
respect you have to show towards
the “different”, but the real understanding of all
these different voices that will bring
you inner peace and provide you with insight.
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values,
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equality, human rights, as well as the need for better living conditions have no identity or citizenship, because they’ re just human needs, we can actually achieve the unanimity in most Europe’ s (as a whole) movements on political (or other) level.
Being a European citizen is not something you have to live with because of your past or your origins, but something you have
to enjoy because of your future. Being connected to diversity could never become a way of living through Institutions or punishments. The only way is to trust the idea that “Multiculturalism is as important to Europe, as biodiversity is to nature…”!
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Pandora’s box
During yesterday's coffee break, some journos where running around asking you the simple question ‘
what would you want to know about the session?’ We had a variety of answers, some quite serious and
others not appropriate for our newspaper. Below you’ll find our answers to the YOUR questions.
Q: Why is the ‘coffee’ break called a coffee break since there is no coffee?
A: Well it wouldn’t be cool for it to be called ‘beverages break’!
Q: Where is Martin/Tereza/Romanos from?
A: Martin is British, Tereza is from Germany and Romanos is Greek (just has an accent).
Q: I have read the paper and I see that we have editors, who are probably the only officials that I haven’t
seen, why is that?
A: Well they are working on the newspaper all the time, trying to make it as great as possibly!
Q: Would Georgina date a delegate?
A: It depends on the delegate.
Q: Are Konstantinos and Valando dating?
A: NOOOOOOO!
Q: Could I come next year to the session?
A: Of course or even you could try to be an official in a regional session. Just go on our website and
you’ll find all the sessions that are going to take place both domestically and internationally.
Q: Why do the head organizers look so worried and strict?
A: 'Cause to organize a session, is not an easy task. Also if you see them stressed, offer them a hug!!
by Martin Kalfakis
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION BY
THE COMMITTEE ON AMERICAN SITCOMS AND INTER-TV RELATIONS
The cause of the golden era in sitcoms: Friends (1994-2004). What can the EU do to eradicate and
prevent the problems raised in and after the TV show?
Submitted by: The Press Team
The European Youth Parliament,
A.Congratulating the sitcom for raising the bar of comedy on TV to an exquisite level,
B.Deeply saddened by the fact that the television sector has failed to produce a sitcom that comes close
to that level,
C.Noting that since then end of the show (2004) the celebrity status of the cast continues to decrease by
4.6% per year according to the HFR (Hollywood Fame Report),
D.Bearing in mind that what made the sitcom as successful were as follows:
i.The lack of high quality sitcoms at the time,
ii.The well developed characters,
iii.Catchy catch phrases;
E.Carefully acknowledging that Ross had no success with women,
F.Regarding with concern that Rachel is now in Paris,
G.Aware of the fact that The Ugly Naked Guy’s very much naked,
H.Applauding Chandler and Monica for the adoption of their twins;
I.Recognizing that viewers as well as characters on the show have a hard time accepting that Ross and
Rachel were on a break,
J.Loving that the bond between Joey and Hugsy isn’t effected by Joey’s age,
K. Emphasizes the tanning incident Ross faced due to his counting habits,
1. Urges the formation of a self-regulatory body that will provide counseling to the main cast consisting
of the six main characters about future job options;
2. Strongly recommends production companies to invest on better sitcoms and co-operate with aspiring
screen-writers to come up with original ideas that contain assets mentioned in the introductory clause D;
3. Calls upon forces of the dating world (e.g. Barney Stinson of How I Met Your Mother, Joey Tribbiani)
to give Ross lessons about the following in order to be successful in the dating world:
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a.suiting up,
b.getting out of the friend zone,
c.accepting and successfully completing challenges,
d.the bro code,
e.the correct articulation and usage of the pick-up line “How you doin’?”;
4.Discourages the male population from becoming paleontologists;
5.Promotes raising awareness of Rachel’s absence through:
a.Annual concerts by Ross & his keyboard and Pheobe & her guitar,
b.Fundraisers by Bloomingdales;
1.Urges the formation of a self-regulatory body that will provide counseling to the main cast consisting of
the six main characters about future job options;
2.Strongly recommends production companies to invest on better sitcoms and co-operate with aspiring
screen-writers to come up with original ideas that contain assets mentioned in the introductory clause D;
3.Calls upon forces of the dating world (e.g. Barney Stinson of How I Met Your Mother, Joey Tribbiani) to
give Ross lessons about the following in order to be successful in the dating world:
a.suiting up,
b.getting out of the friend zone,
c.accepting and successfully completing challenges,
d.the bro code,
e.the correct articulation and usage of the pick-up line “How you doin’?”;
4.Discourages the male population from becoming paleontologists;
5.Promotes raising awareness of Rachel’s absence through:
a.Annual concerts by Ross & his keyboard and Pheobe & her guitar,
b.Fundraisers by Bloomingdales;
6.Ensures the money raised by the above-mentioned activities are used to re-unite the gang via:
a.Funding plane tickets for Rachel to visit New York City,
b.Funding plane tickets for “the rest” to visit Rachel in Paris,
c.Purchase of HD and/or 3-D webcams for realistic “skyping” sessions;
d.Purchasing gifts for baby Emma to secure her connection to “the rest” and New York;
7. Supports the establishment of an NGO to educate the public on nudity and its origins in attempt to eradicate the prejudice the public has against nudists;
8.Advices governments of member-states to provide tax reduction options for parents who adopt (preferably twins);
9.Advices couples to set boundaries of their “break”s in order to prevent misunderstandings;
10.Further supports sustainable bonds between people and stuffed animals regardless of the person’s age;
11.Recognizes “Mississippily” the official way of counting (e.g. One Mississippi, two Mississippi…).
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and now....g.a.
AFET
Monday, March 14, 10:00am. Walking inside the G.A. room and all you can see is faces: nervous faces, sleepy faces,
determined faces. The Committee on Foreign Affairs, after spending a long, debilitating day forming its resolution, was
more than well-equipped to represent freedom of speech and press and give real solutions to the Wikileaks situation.
Although such a topic is particularly contentious, AFET aimed to predict the effects that the recent diplomatic leaks
will have not only in the political agenda in Europe, but also worldwide. With AFET’s resolution being the first one to
be discussed, the delegates had the opportunity to unwind from the tension of defending their topic and actively participate in the rest of the seven upcoming motions.
Julia clearly read the operative clauses of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and therefore inaugurated the debate.
Nickie’s dynamic defense speech substantiated AFET’s actions on creating a committee to censure the information
posted on the internet by Wikileaks and other affiliated organizations by stressing that validity of information is of
major importance and that complete transparency is not only impossible, but also undesired. The ones involved in the
1st, 2nd and 3rd round of questions, a position which requires shrewd responses, were Manolis, Melina and Dionysis
respectively; Manolis passionately stated that “the committee used to ensure that all information published will be
valid and will not violate national security or human rights will be BY the people, FOR the people”, while Melina clarified
that exposing names of individuals on Wikileaks is a violation of human rights and Dionysis inspired the whole committee with his words “democracy is never too much”. To end the debate, Joanna and Tatiana summed up together;
persuasively depicting AFET’s main points and making the best possible impression at G.A; Joanna highlighted the
necessity of education, as it is “vital to critical thinking”. Tatiana’s conclusion was powerful and well-built, as she drew
attention to all the controversial elements of the topic and once more gave her heart to her task. After hearing the
debate, a wave of pride overtook me; right in front of me stood 13 individuals who, two days ago expressed their
anxiety for the days to come. I now see 13 remarkable individuals, who managed not only to be themselves during
the course of the session, but to also unite, both in spirit and in beliefs, under the common roof of their resolution.
Unfortunately AFET’s resolution did not pass with a difference of only three votes(!); but for me, and let me reassure
you that the same applies to our chairs, all the delegates of AFET can believe in nothing but pure victory, as they successfully and wholeheartedly supported their resolution. For Transparency, for Open Diplomacy, for Honesty, for AFET.
Congratulations.
by Chrysa Cheronis
EMPL
Monday, it’s almost a
big day for the most
people, it’s the day
they started going to
school, it’s the day
they went first time
to the university it is
the day they started
to work, and for the
rest of their life is the
worst day of the week.
Today also something
new started, young
people that had never
been really worried
for matters that occur
them and matters
that had to worried
them, today they start
discussing and understanding that although
this union has made
enormous steps there
are many issues, old
and new to solve.
What matters is that
Europe and communities in general have
the need for ideas,
new ideas from young
people able to provide
that material. One
dam person walking is
better than ten smart
that remain sited.
When EMPL’s time
arrived all the audience was pretty active, I want to believe
that this was not only
my point of view. The
defense speech came
up, oh my god, I hope
you people, yes you
reader to you I am
referring too, I hope
you paid attention and
Martin reporting for the last time on ITRE..!!..
understood that most
of your points was
already answered in
this speech. Ha you
call this an attack?
It was like attacking
Mubarak with painkillers.
And here we are in the
open debate, and this
committee provides
answers sow definite
that I can’t even notice one single person
to be unsatisfied with
their answers. John
explained almost the
topic through a simple
round of questions,
amazing. Kostantinos
balanced cost and
goals, a very clear
approach. It was
amazing the way that
EMPL was answering
the rounds, with the
cooperation that they
learned both previous
days, really happy for
them and not even
close to surprised.
All questions that
had been left, and to
reach perfection in
providing everyone
with proper information, EMPL reached
to summation speech,
Eleftheria and Katerina gave us a perfect
speech. I really
wanted to take part in
the voting procedure
in order to vote in
favor. GO EMPL!!
By Romanos
Mavridis
I read OUR committee resolution last night, and to be honest the resolution is ‘tight’, as a fellow EYPer would say. It’s stable, and has
the potential to survive throughout the General Assembly, meaning that it would pass the voting. They are a bit nervous but anyone
would be. The General Assembly, for me and for others, is the battlefield that you have been preparing for 3 days, you have lost sleep
on , you have debated about with your committee, and above all, have worked for . So you have to defend you have to make it happen. General Assembly is the most exciting part of the session. If you have prepared, you 're good.
As a committee we have a strong defense with Fotini, as our defense speaker. Trying to prevent committees from attacking. But that
didn’t stop LIBE II from stepping up, but I don’t believe people followed the speaker’s opinion. It’s not enough that we had one committee attacking, a second one did as well. EMPL with the same status, the speaker wasn’t heard. Then our defense in the Open Debate
was strong as well, with strong points being made but still that didn’t make us ‘fall’ to our knees. George???? Didn’t manage to answer
all the questions but still he did answer most of them! Then Thomas took the floor by answering the second round of questioning, and
NAILED it! Third round was answered by Athinais that was a bit nervous but still did well. Fourth round was answered in our sum-up
speech, by George and Konstantinos; the resolution had good basses that answered, on it’s own most of the points. Our committee mentioned that they want to help smaller countries in times of crises and have the chance in the energy market. In general the
resolution was a success. It was accurate and was SUFFICIENT for the G.A, congratulations Konstantinos, Harry, Artemis, Nick, Dafne,
George, Thoma, Athinais, Fotini, Maria, John, Konstantinos and of course Aspa, Great job!!! I forgot to mention that you PASSED…And
that this is the last time that I’ll report in the paper for you… Thank you guys for the amazing experience..!!.. MARTIN OUT!
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After all, the end has no end…
Having prepared their tactic, each committee entered the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, where the General Assembly
was to be held. You could easily detect
in their eyes the anxiety, but at the same
time the enthusiasm for the outcome of
this day. All members of LIBE II committee arrived ready to present and support
their resolution. They were all very well
prepared so that they would be capable
of answering in any opposite opinion.
The excitement was obvious as well as
their impatience. In fact, while they were
anxiously waiting for the GA to begin, they
just couldn’t stop discussing about their
topic and what the proper approach should
be. Determination is the word that perfect-
CULT’s
ly describes that scene. Determination for
presenting their resolution as better as they
can. The moment that all members of LIBE
II committee were waiting for since day
one was finally here. The General Assembly was about to start. Smiles everywhere.
Since their resolution was among the last
ones to be discussed, LIBE II had the opportunity to actively participate in the debate
expressing their own point of view as well
as their concerns on the rest of the motions
and comprehend the whole procedure.
When their turn came, Georgina, stood at
the pontium and started reading the operatives of the resolution without having
any issues. Aliki was in charge of explaining any points of information, which she
did successfully. Next, Natalie was the one
who had the task of the defend speech and
then at the open debate Stelios, Maria and
Konstantinos answered
every question
made by their fellow delegates to the fullest. Finally, Ntemi answered the last questions and Christina closed with the sum up
speech by urging passionately all the committees to vote in favor of their resolution.
Taking into consideration all the above, I
believe that everyone did the best they
could. I hope each and everyone one of
them learned these past three days the true
meaning of the EYP experience, made new
friendships or even discovered some things
about himself. And remember: The end of
this session does not mean the end of your
journey. In fact, it’s just the beginning…
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We are all in this together!
course the delegates couldn'
t keep
up without food so, they had
a lunch
Honorable members of the boa
break where they enjoyed the
rd
ir food
, distinguished guests, fellow
deland relaxed for a while. As soo
n as
egates,
they were done with their lunc
h, they
I'm here today to tell you tha
t the
went back to continue with the
rest
“big” day, the General Assemb
ly
of the committees.
day, during which the delegat
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And the second part of the G.A
.
called on to defend their com
mittee's
began with the CULT commit
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resolution, to “attack” other
resolupresenting their resolution, afte
r
tions and to learn more for the
them LIBE 2 had their chance
m,
to
has come to an end! I know
that all
present their resolution paper.
After
of you are missing it so much,
a short coffee break the guys
but
from
think positively; there is goin
g to be
ENVI committee, the last com
mittee
another one next year. Althoug
for the G.A. day, got their tim
h, I
e to
shouldn't had begun this arti
cle from
defend and support their reso
lution
the end of the day but from
it's begpaper. The guys got it so gre
at with
ging.
their defense speech that eve
ryThe delegates arrived at the
Ministry
body had to vote in favor, but
still
of Foreign Affairs early in the
mornsome of the delegates had som
e
ing and started taking their plac
objections. When it was time
es
for the
in the conference room. As soo
attack speech ECON committee
n
was
as they all found their approp
rithe first to attack and then LIB
E1
ate positions the G.A. started
with
came up with some objections,
too,
the committee AFET and mov
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for the resolution. The guys wer
en't
to ECON. After a short break
the
discouraged. ITRE was the first
to
ceremony continued with ITR
E combegin with their questions, follo
wed
mittee, then moved to LIBE
1 and,
by the committee LIBE 1 , the
n AFET
after a change at the timetab
le, the
and CULT and last, but not leas
t, the
committee EMPL “hit the floo
r”. Of
committee of ECON. ENVI dele
gates
answered all the questions livin
g
none unanswered, that was a
huge
advantage for them since the
y made
clear to everyone that they mea
nt
every single word in their reso
lution
paper. At the second round of
questions the delegates kept up with
a
good and quick rhythm as wel
l as at
the third round. When it was
time
for the the sum up speech, the
ENVI
committee, managed to convinc
e
almost anyone. During the vote
the
guys seemed to be a little anx
ious
but as soon as they saw the
voting
results the smile came back
to their
faces and they really believe
d that
they had a good resolution, whi
ch all
had to vote in favor.
G.A. day is officially done and
we are
all going to remember it with
love.
May it was a hard day and quit
e difficult everybody still had a gre
at time
there. For me it was an honor
to be
ENVI's journalist! Thank you
guys for
this unforgettable experience
! I shall
never forget you!!! ENVI peo
ple you
are the BEST!!!!
by Meropi Setsika
Spyros saved the day
Thanks to a delegate named Spyros and the ECON committee a
great resolution was presented at the GA and passed. The reading
of the operative clauses was assigned to Anestis, Dimitra did her
best to defend the proposed resolution making in this way a few
people to consider for the first time voting it. The attack speeches
from the other committees were good, but not good enough to
change the outcome of the voting procedure. Questions in open
debate were not easy but George, Orfeas and Afroditi made it look
like a trivial task and giving the right replies earned some more
votes for their resolution. Last but surely not least, it will be a long
time before we forget Vasilis answering to the last round of questions and barely leaving any time for Bill to sum up the discussion
of their resolution. Congratulations my little nenorotsitoules, you
deserved it!
by Dionysios Theodoropoulos
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MATCH MAKER
Only three days and so many people! How will you find your “soul mate”?
These are the three “perfect matches” of today!
Name: Joanna Peraki
Age: 16
Hobbies: Scouting, tracking field, singing, playing
the guitar
Fears: Illnesses
Looks for in a guy: Humor, good looks, honesty
Name: John Thannogiannis
Age: 17
Hobbies: Football, movies, music.
Fears: Death
Looks for in a gal: Understanding, humor, honesty
Name: Athinais Patrona
Age: 16
Hobbies: Tennis, volleyball, painting
Fears: Insects
Looks for in a guy: Caring, tenderness, honesty
Name: Panos Karantzias
Age: 16
Hobbies:
Fears: Viruses
Looks for in a gal: Looks, lives near, calmness (Journo note: I can’t help but wonder what you plan to do
with your calm, hot girl friend who lives near?)
Name: George Orarohis
Age: 17
Hobbies: Swimming, football, flirting
Fears: Bad version of myself
Looks for in a gal: Looks, honesty, has time to
spend
Name: Christina Kolotourou
Age: 16
Hobbies: Learning languages, gymnastics, playing
the guitar
Fears: Losing her grandma (Journo note: Aww,
that’s so sweet!)
Looks for in a guy: Hair, body, how he treats a girl
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