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Getting ready
A couple of months before the actual conference starts, the members of the MUN team start preparing their respective tasks. Each group has to work on different projects: chairs have to prepare their research, the delegates work on their country research, topic resolutions and speeches, and last but not least the members of our communications team start focusing on the magazine and posting on social media the whole process.
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Our students team Delegates Claudia fernandez(WHO) Maria Gutierrez (HRC) Teresa Gutierrez (HRC) Carmen Landecho (HRC) Uxue Moran (DISEC) Arrate Echaniz (HRC) aia Duña (WHO) Ainhoa Gil (HRC) Nuria Nanclares (HRC) Carla Aristondo(WHO) Ane Irene Anton ( UN Woman) Claudia Lopez (ECOSOC) Veronica Real De Asua (WHO)
Chairs Teresa Martínez (UN Women deputy chair) María Olaizola (HRC deputy president)
Press team Inés Chapa as a reporter Sandra González as a reporter Sofía Collado as social media Nuria Gámez as photography
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Budapest Did you know that Budapest is the capital of Hungary alongside the most populous city of the country and Central Europe? Budapest has about 1,75.000.000 inhabitants in its 525 km2 of extension.
Opposite to what most people think, Budapest was not formed by Buda and Pest, but by Buda, Óbuda and Pest in 1873. Buda and Óbuda were in the west side of the Danube and Pest in its east side. Curiously, the time zone is the same as in Spain, UTC +1 and UTC +2 during summer. In our opinion there are some places near Budapest’s citycenter that are essential to visit during your stay, which are the Hungarian Parliament and the National Museum, and the Holocaust Memorial Center.
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Wednesday 23rd To get from Bilbao to Madrid we went by an Euskotravel bus at 11:30 p.m. so that later on we could get to Hungary‘s airport in a Ryanair plane, in which we got on at 6:50 a.m.
We finally arrived at Budapest’s airport at 10:30 a.m. To go from the airport to Budapest‘s Meininger hotel we rented an Osabus and then we went to search somewhere to eat.
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Wednesday 23rd At 2 p.m we went from the hotel to the ELTE University because at 3 p.m the opening ceremony was going to start. The opening ceremony finished at 5 p.m, and then we got back to the hotel to get changed and then have dinner. The meeting time at the hotel was at 9 p.m so we could go to sleep at about 10 p.m.
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Thursday 24th
We had breakfast first thing in the morning at 7 a.m. When we finished, at 8 a.m, we took a bus to go to the conference at Karinthy Frigyes Gimnázium. At 5.15 p.m some of the students took part in the extracurricular about art therapy at that same school. At 6.30 p.m we took a tram and while we were on our way to the hotel we had dinner. The meeting time at the hotel was at 9.30 p.m so we could go to sleep around 10:00 p. m.
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Art therapy The art therapy extracurricular was held in the Karinthy Frigyes Gimnázium at 5:15 p.m. This activity consisted in explaining how you view art by observing and discussing some artworks that students from this school had created. The topic of the pieces was “Rebuilding Community”.
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Friday 25th As the rest of the days, we had breakfast at 7 a.m and went by bus to the Karinthy Frigyes Gimnázium conference, which started at 8:00 a.m. When we finished the conference we went to the treasure hunt activity that the school had organised, and thanks to this we got to visit important national places of cultural interest in Magyar Zene Háza. When we finished the treasure hunt, we went to have dinner and after that we went back to the hotel.
We also achieved the challenge of reaching over 1.050 followers on our Instagram account proposed by our MUN director Nicola!
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Saturday 26th
We had breakfast at 7.30 a.m, a bit later than the other days. Instead of going by a rented bus, we went to the conference by public transport and arrived at the Karinthy Frygies Gimnázium at 10 a.m, the time the General Assembly (GA) started. When the GA finished we attended the closing ceremony and went back to the hotel.
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General Assembly photos
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Uxue’s resolution Uxue Moran, member of the DISEC committee representing the UK, made a resolution about the issue "Regulating the Military Use of Artificial Intelligence" which made it to the GA.
Once the resolution is presented in the GA, the other members of each country of the committees vote if they agree with the resolution.
"Aware of the fact that this new technology creates a great deal of uncertainty, fear and increases the perception of risk, highlights that the use of AI technology does not mean the disappearance of human observation and approval of the decision of the use of AI."
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Sunday 27th
KarMUN's conference finished on Saturday, which meant that we could have a 4 hour tour around the most important cultural zones of the city during the morning. Our guide started explaining how the two sides of Budapest got together to form one single city. He guided us from Pest, where our hotel was, to Buda. In this last side, we visited the Buda castle, the Hungarian State Opera House, and Saint Stephen's Basilica, where we would later attend mass.
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Sunday 27th Later on, we went to see the Parliament building and listened to the guide's explanation about its history. By the time we finished the tour, we had about 1 hour to have lunch and then go to mass at 4 p.m. in Saint Stephen's Basilica. After that, we had free time to go where we wanted, have dinner, and lastly go back to the hotel. The guide who we contacted was really kind and explained everything clearly to us. To contact him, his Facebook profile is George Soliman.
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Budapest's tour Kahoot! While we listened to the guide and took photographs of what we saw, I also took some notes about the context, history, and random pieces of information alongside the main dates of its historical context. All these notes were took so that later on I could create a Kahoot! for everyone to enjoy and participate. Here’s the code you’ll need to answer the questions: 01969928 https://create.kahoot.it/share/budap est-tour/90e6710f-be50-43d095a9-b9deec7a7dff
By Inés Chapa Reporter, Press team
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Monday 28th Just like the rest of the days, the weather was sunny and without a single cloud but a little bit windy, which made our visit to the thermal baths of Széchenyi the perfect moment for it.
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Monday 28th
To celebrate the birthday of one of our students, apart from the visit to the thermal baths we had lunch at a restaurant that had typical hungarian food called Menza. Then we had some time off to visit other places freely and then, as usual, go back to the hotel but this time a bit earlier, as we next day we would travel back again to Bilbao.
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Tuesday 29th To get from the hotel to the airport we went by a rented bus which left us there at about 11 a.m.
We had some time to rest and buy some food at the airport before catching the flight and then going from Madrid to Bilbao. We finally arrived in Bilbao at 9:30 p.m. and went back home to return to school the next day.
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Are mental health crises helplines efficient? T.W.: Mention of mental health disorders and suicide. As claimed by the WHO (World Health Organisation), about 800.000 people globally die because of suicide, which means one death per minute. The suicide attempts are 20 per each committed suicide. If such high percentages of suicides are committed per year, are the mental health helplines doing right their job? There are helplines available that can help someone cope with a mental health crisis when you don’t feel like being able to talk with anybody who is around you. The phone helplines are the most popular method, and usually most helpful, thanks to the quickness to offer a response, the anonymous calls and their out of hours service. This is reflected in a study conducted by the MHHP (Mental Health Helplines Partnership) which showed that 79% of callers were satisfied or at least somewhat satisfied with the helplines’ responses, and also demonstrated that 69% of the patients felt that contacting the helpline enabled them to cope better and reported feeling more supported, less anxious and alone, better informed, and more in control.
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KarMUN issue Nonetheless, there are still plenty of aspects that need to be worked on, such as the lack of funding that a lot of helpline organisations suffer from and the inaccessibility to use them that some civilians face because of its high prices. Because of these inconveniences, there should be a public health system that allows people to mentally benefit from them, as receiving health care is a fundamental right that everyone should be able to access. So once we know the difficulties helpline organisations go through, we must learn what we can do about it to help its efficiency. A great way to enhance their utility is donating your preferred amount of money to them so that they can afford professional staff to attend their callers and advertise their services so that they become more well known. The development of these helplines can save lives, and if this development depends on us, which it does, we can save lives. If you or someone you know are going through a mental health crisis, national helplines are available. Spain: 966 421 434
By Inés Chapa Reporter, press team
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Hungarian Crosswords Jo napot Jo estet Szeretnek Utalom Hogy Vagy Koszonom Bocsanat Igen Nem Bejarat Kijarat Penz Florint Goulash Paprika Krokett One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight Nine Ten Eleven Twelve Thirteen Fourteen Fiveteen Sixteen
Good morning Good night I love it I hate it How are you Gracias Excuse me Yes No Entrance Exit Money Florint Goulash Paprika Croquette
Egy Ketto Harom Negy Ut Hat Het Nyolc Kilenc Tiz Tizenegy Tizenketto Tizenharom Tizennegy Tizenot Tizenhat
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Iran nuclear deal The Iran nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), was a preliminary framework agreement reached in 2015 between the Islamic Republic of Iran and a group of world powers: the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (P5+1) and the European Union. Based on the April 2015 Iran nuclear deal framework, the JCPOA between these two groups was announced on July 14, 2015 in Vienna.
Negotiations for a framework deal over the nuclear program of Iran took place between the foreign ministers of the countries at a series of meetings held from March 26 to April 2, 2015 in Lausanne, Switzerland. On April 2, the talks came to a conclusion and a press conference was held by the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran to announce that the eight parties had reached an agreement on a framework deal.
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According to the joint statement in Switzerland, the P5+1 countries and Iran agreed on a framework for a deal. According to this framework, Iran would redesign, convert, and reduce its nuclear facilities and accept the Additional Protocol in order to lift all nuclear-related economic sanctions, freeing up tens of billions of dollars in oil revenue and frozen assets. European countries have lifted sanctions under the JCPOA. They stated that European countries were alarmed by the accelerated development of Iran's nuclear program. They urged Tehran to cooperate fully with the IAEA (international atomic energy agency). This deal is mainly related to the SDG16; peace, justice and strong institutions. In fact, the UN Secretary-General on 2021, António Guterres, called on all Middle East States to transform the vision of a region with no nuclear weapons, or other weapons of mass destruction, into a working reality. However, there is still a lot of work to be done to reach this goal. By Sandra González Reporter, press team
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Global Summit Bilbao
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Ukraine and Russia Opposed to what some may think, the issue between Ukraine and Russia started way before 2022. Maybe you believe that it started the 6th of April in 2014 with the Donbas War, but it happened even earlier than that. Every Country's historical past is usually reflected on their actual situation and its culture. In Russia’s and Ukraine’s case, they were both under the Soviet Union (USSR) command for 69 years, and when it ended in 1991 its economic, political and social consequences were huge. The conflict between the two competing governments, known as the Ukrainian-Soviet War, was part of the ongoing Russian Civil War, and also a barrier stopping the national independence of Ukraine, which ended with the territory of pro-independence Ukrainian People's Republic becoming annexed into a new Ukrainian Socialist Soviet Republic After the dissolution of the USSR in 1991, Ukraine and Russia still maintained a relationship. In 1994, Ukraine agreed to accede to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons to become a nonnuclear-weapon state. Former Soviet nuclear weapons in Ukraine were dismantled and moved to Russia. In return, Russia, the United Kingdom (UK), and the United States (US) agreed to maintain the territorial integrity and political independence of Ukraine through the Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances. However, on 20 February 2014, Russia began its annexation of Crimea, and on 22 and 23 February, Russian troops and special forces began moving into Crimea through Novorossiysk. Then, on 27 February, Russian forces without insignias began their advance into the Crimean Peninsula. This is the main fire starter of the situation Ukraine is living in nowadays in 2022.
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Ukraine and Russia In Ayalde’s MUN Impact team we try our best to help with this situation without distance being a problem. For about 3 weeks in a row, the students participating in MUN Impact collected sanitary products such as bandaids, bandages, pads, vetadine, hydrogen peroxide, diapers, supplies like sleeping Students from all school years bags, flashlights, lighters, extra brought these products to Ayalde batteries and food in cans. and then we loaded them into some . teachers’ cars. From there they took them to a taxi association which loaded the boxes into 3 taxis that traveled to Poland and then to Warsaw. As small as the help may seem, by working all together and hand in hand many lives can be saved, especially when a war this cruel happens. No matter on which side you stand, a war will never be helpful or do any good to anybody. By Inés Chapa Reporter, Press team
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Responses to abuse towards children There are many types of child abuse such as sexual abuse, physical and psychological abuse, labor exploitation, etc. These different abuses can occur both at home, at school or on the street. To prevent this, it is necessary to help them generate strategies to react when someone does something to them that they do not like or that makes them feel bad, this is being one of the keys to prevention programs. Children should be taught to be careful with people they do not know and reject situations in which they try to "please" them to do something. For example, through a gift, inviting them to do some activities they like, etc. To the extent that a child's awareness of the existence of risks is promoted, they are given the opportunity to generate strategies to recognize and deal with them. Talking about abuse and risks in a clear, serene and confident way is already a form of prevention.
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In addition, it is essential to point out the need to develop specific prevention programs in schools, incorporating all the agents involved students, teachers and families. To do this, children must be given the confidence that if there is abuse, they will have enough trust to speak up, and lessons must be provided so that they learn to defend themselves. Finally, In order to prevent abuse, we need to establish a peaceful and inclusive community just like SDG (Sustainable Development Goal) 6 says. In fact, schools and other institutions have a great role to play in addressing this problem, therefore it is essential that families, teachers and young people are able to understand what they must do for the protection of children. By Sandra González Reporter, Press team
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Travel mood songs
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Social media We interviewed some students and teachers during the conference, check out the videos at our YouTube channel!
Mira Bianca Bejan Member of the admin team and member of the housing team
Viktória Witzing
Ábel Gubek
Deputy president of the Human Rights Council
Deputy president of the World Health Organization
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@MUN Bilbao
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