{"id":435789,"date":"2011-06-04T10:33:18","date_gmt":"2011-06-04T10:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/04\/closing-date-for-global-united-nations-conference-extended\/"},"modified":"2011-06-04T10:33:18","modified_gmt":"2011-06-04T10:33:18","slug":"closing-date-for-global-united-nations-conference-extended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/04\/closing-date-for-global-united-nations-conference-extended\/","title":{"rendered":"Closing date for Global United Nations Conference extended"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"84.640469738\">\n<p>You Are Here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\">Home<\/a> \u00bb <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/category\/africa-international\/\" title=\"View all posts in Africa\/International\" rel=\"category tag\">Africa\/International<\/a> \u00bb Closing date for Global United Nations Conference extended<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span>Page last updated at Saturday, June 4, 2011 10:10 AM \/\/ <\/span><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/UN.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-41105\" title=\"UN\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/UN.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"248\" height=\"210\" \/><\/a>The Ghana Office of the United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) has extended the closing date for submission of applications for participation in this year\u2019s Global Model United Nations Conference (GMUN) from May 31, to June 14.<\/p>\n<p>The extension is to enable more qualified people to apply.<\/p>\n<p>The GMUN is an annual event organised by the United Nations for the youth between 18-26 years, to bring together youth delegates from all UN Member Countries across the globe.<\/p>\n<p>It seeks to educate the participants about the UN, listens and amplifies their views and engages them in global issues.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s edition would be held in Incheon, South Korea, in August.<\/p>\n<p>Delegates would get the chance to interact with international and national staff of the UN and understand and appreciate the diversity of UN projects and programmes in each region annually.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the programme in Accra on Friday, Mrs Evelyn Sarpong, Officer-in-Charge, UNIC Ghana, said every year, approximately 1,000 university level students between 16-26 years at the time of the conference were chosen to represent their countries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo country has been given a quota as to the number of delegates to bring and as far as we are concerned Ghana could present as many as possible delegates to the conference,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n<p>She noted that for the selection of delegates, GMUN guidelines called for a transparent and inclusive process that provided for gender balance and an equal chance for participation from students from a range of socio-economic backgrounds.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs Sarpong noted that the conference rotated annually among all regions of the world, to enrich the experience of GMUN delegates.<\/p>\n<p>She noted that the programme was fully sponsored by the UN and urged those qualified to apply to visit the programme\u2019s website, which is www.un.org\/gmun<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe basic criteria are to fall within the age range and be a tertiary student and appreciate what the UN is all about,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Source: GNA<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>| | <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=Currently%20reading%20http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/2011\/06\/04\/closing-date-for-global-united-nations-conference-extended\/\" title=\"Click to send this page to Twitter!\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tweet This!<\/a> | <\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h4>Comments<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p>Here is the original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/2011\/06\/04\/closing-date-for-global-united-nations-conference-extended\/\" title=\"Closing date for Global United Nations Conference extended\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Closing date for Global United Nations Conference extended<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> You Are Here: Home \u00bb Africa\/International \u00bb Closing date for Global United Nations Conference extended Page last updated at Saturday, June 4, 2011 10:10 AM \/\/ The Ghana Office of the United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) has extended the closing date for submission of applications for participation in this year\u2019s Global Model United Nations Conference (GMUN) from May 31, to June 14. The extension is to enable more qualified people to apply. The GMUN is an annual event organised by the United Nations for the youth between 18-26 years, to bring together youth delegates from all UN Member Countries across the globe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":414777,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-435789","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Closing date for Global United Nations Conference extended - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/04\/closing-date-for-global-united-nations-conference-extended\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Closing date for Global United Nations Conference extended - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"You Are Here: Home \u00bb Africa\/International \u00bb Closing date for Global United Nations Conference extended Page last updated at Saturday, June 4, 2011 10:10 AM \/\/ The Ghana Office of the United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) has extended the closing date for submission of applications for participation in this year\u2019s Global Model United Nations Conference (GMUN) from May 31, to June 14. 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