Professional Documents
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2013
R taRact
Global Model United Nations
newspaper
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Rotaract MUN,
the audience was delighted to
hear the advices, the encourage-
ments and congratulations from
our speakers: the Governor of
Rotary District 2241- Marian
Liviu Mocan, ambassador of
the opening ceremony
the Netherlands to Romania -
H.E. Mr. Matthijs van Bonzel,
Former Romanian ambassador
to Russian Federation - Du-
was a success!
Rotaract Global Model United Nations 2013 has officially opened its doors with a
mitru-Dorin Prunariu, Mayor of great ceremony that took place at Millennium Business Center. Important guests
Baia Mare - catalin chereches, of honor, enthusiastic participants, excited organizers and other wonderful
Founder and Director of Pa- guests, they all gathered for this special event.
tRIR - Kai Frithjof Brand-Ja-
cobsen, President of Rotary
Baia Mare 2005 - cristian
anghel, President of Rotary Baia
Mare - Mircea Mecea.
Maramures, is a county
in the north-west
of Romania
Maramure, a land of forgotten traditions, of incredible sceneries and of
great cuisine from the northwest of Romania. This region is made up of four
distinctive areas: The Chioar Country (ara Chioarului) The Lapu Country
(ara Lpuului), The Codru Country (ara Codrului), the Maramure Coun-
try (ara Maramureului-Historic Country) and, of course, adding the Baia
Mare Metropolitan Area.
Maramure County is a very perity and growth both to the
unique place dened by its city and the surrounding re-
traditions and rites, by a very gions. After the Revolution in
original and characteristic cul- 1989, the mining activity de-
ture. The origin of this culture creased until they nally ceased
stands out not just through and have been replaced with
the nature of the people, but other activities. The city went
also through the somewhat through a lot of changes, pros-
geographical isolation of the perous and dicult times,
county in the northern bend changing owners and alle-
of the Carpathian Mountains. giances as history dictated it.
Baia Mare is the largest The city is surrounded on
city in the Maramure County all sides by hills and moun-
and the countryseat - it has tains which makes the climate
about 120.000 people. The in the city milder than in the
original Latin name of the city rest of the surrounding areas.
was Rivulus Dominarum (The Baia Mare is the only place in
River of the Ladies), the ger- Romania where chestnut trees
man name - Frauenbach and grow, a trait that is shown in
the Hungarian name - Ass- our yearly Chestnut Holiday
zonypataka. The city was rst that takes place in the fall.
documented in 1329 and de- Baia Mare is a somewhat pic-
veloped as a mining center in
the fourteenth and fteenth
turesque city where tradition
still exits not just through its Enjoy the true Romanian
century. Baia Mare became
well known for its mining ac-
people but through its build-
ings and architecture. It is a
spirit of Maramures!
tivities that brought great pros- small, stylish and cozy city.
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POOL PaRtY
the fun started the minute
we arrived as one of our partici-
pants, Han from South Korea,
jumped fully clothed in the
water kicking off the start of a
great evening. Water fights, di-
ving, and swimming, with the
addition of a pool bar made a
great summer night. Everyone
had a great time, enjoying the
pool and of course each others
at transylvania castel
company, caitlyn from aus- The second day of RotaractMUN ended with a much deserved pool party at
tralia said the sunset was spec- Transylvania Castle.
tacular, and the night was extra
special by sharing it with intel-
ligent young leaders, Belce
from turkey called it cozy and
romantic, while chiara, from
Italy, simply said I love this
place.
It truly was a great and en-
joyable evening where so many
young people from all around
the world connected with one
another, they discussed every-
thing from world issues to personal
experiences, sharing knowledge
and life with each other.
GENUINE ROMaNIaN
the evening had begun at
18:00 hours with a tasting of
both Romanian and interna-
tRaDItIONS
tional cuisine.
after having their papillary
senses satisfied, delegates of Baia Mare Village Museum
UN States were presented with
a tour of the museum, which
boasts a variety of houses from As the debates took all day long, on issues of regional and international importance,
the Romanian region of Mara- the delegates were invited to an evening of Romanian traditions at the Village
mures, including very old woo- Museum here in Baia Mare.
den churches and Maramures
specific homesteads, as well as
houses from other Romanian
regions.
an evening would not be a
traditional Romanian one with-
out the dancing. therefore, par-
ticipants were invited to watch
a demonstration of traditional
Romanian music and dances. It
was a great way of understand-
ing more about Romanian jovi-
ality and friendliness. Participants
from other countries have also
boasted their traditional cos-
tumes and dances.
the evening continued until
long into the night at the mu-
seums entertainment center,
with lots of good food and mu-
sic. Everyone tasted the great va-
riety of sausages, hams, cheese
and palinca.
Everyone had a great time,
and since the participants wanted
some extra entertainment, at
around 24:00, everyone went to
a local club in Baia Mare.
Alexandru Anciu
Peacebuilding commission
Echo Sembiring (CHAIRPERSoN) During the talks inside the
Belce Doru (CHAIRPERSoN) Peacebuilding commission, the
delegate of the French republic
has been very involved in the
Nabeel Alhassan (France) debates and has explained their
Alina Vint (Malaysia) eagerness to find a solution for
Robert Oniu (Canada) the difficult situation in caR
Oana-Maria Harabagiu (Russia) due to the historical colonial
Alexandra-Ionut Nica (Tunisia) background of this country.
During a televised interview,
Andrea Vacca (Bulgaria) the delegates of Peru, India
Ilaria Lana (Croatia) and Denmark has explained
Malwina Ewa Kolodziejczak the mechanism to be under-
(China) taken by the UN through the
Ewelina Wasacz (UK) implementation of the resolu-
Bhattarai Binod (Bangladesh) tion which has been adopted
by the commission. the Uni-
Laura-Flavia Ionescu ted Nations will try to work
(Denmark) with both the political parties
Balazs Kelemen (India) in the country as well as the
Alina Cristina Buteica (USA) civil society to try and bring
Oana Olaru (South-Africa) these groups together so they
Danielle Fultz (Peru) can initiate a national dialogue
Dana Pavel (Morocco) on the matter.
I spoke also to the two chair-
Luca Sampetrean (Norway) persons who moderate the ses- said they were extremely happy that the resolution is substan-
Cristina Oroian (Ethiopia) sions of the commission. Ms. with the involvement of all de- cially a good one, with many
Melania Susana Ardelean (Egypt) Dogru and Mr. Echo agripa legates during the works and pertinent clauses.