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Example of a Letter to the UN

Here's an example of a letter to the UN. Link Full text below!  I write to you in my capacity as President of the Council of Ministers of the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries (CPLP), and submit herewith the conclusions of the ninth Special Meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Organization on the situation in Guinea-Bissau, held today in Lisbon, I must recall the special interest of the Community in this issue, as Guinea-Bissau is one of its members, and as such, CPLP maintains an inclusive approach and reiterates its total availability and interest in being part of the solution to the crisis in Guinea-Bissau, in close cooperation with the United Nations, the African Union and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), as you will be able to verify in the conclusions below.  The international community strongly condemned the coup d’état in Guinea-Bissau from the very beginning, demanding the restoration of the constitutional order and th

Schedule for Saturday, Sunday

Here is the schedule (tentative!) for the rest of the committee. Saturday morning, committee session 2 9 - 10            Debating formal topic 10 - 12          Presentations, visiting committees, and working on deliverables 12 - 12:30     Debrief  Lunch Saturday afternoon / evening, committee session 3  1:30 -1:50     Prepare for panels and choose 2 additional committees where panels want to go after presentation 1:50 - 4:15    Panels 4:15 - 4:30    Debrief  Sunday morning 9:30 - 9:45    Finish off deliverables 9:45 - 12:30  Formal topic

Panel and Committee Assignments!

Panel assignments: Disaster Response Panel: UN Habitat Project Hope Save the Children BRAC CARE International Health Panel: WHO Red Cross Doctors without Borders Light for the World Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Economic Development Panel: BVC Ashoka Plan Intl. Google.org Acumen Fund Human Rights Panel - UNHRC Amnesty International Oxfam International International Stateless Persons Organisation Lakshyam NGO Sustainable Development Panel: UNESCO Food and Water Watch NRDC Heifer Intl CERES Committee assignments: Amnesty International UNHRC Doctors Without Borders CRISIS CARE International SPECPOL Oxfam International Security Council International Stateless Persons Organisation ECOFIN Plan International UNHRC Lakshyam NGO UNEP Project Hope CSTD International Committee of the Red Cross ECOFIN Ashoka BVC Natural Resources Defense Council UNEP Save the Children Security Council Light for the World UNESCO Google.org AU Bill &