Global Classrooms^®: São Paulo

The second annual Global Classrooms: Sao Paulo (GCSP) will gather 450 high-school students and simulate six committees of the United Nations. The event will take place in October 2007, and is being organized by UNA-USA together with the United Nations Association of Brazil (UNAB).

Global Classrooms: São Paulo students will be discussing a wide variety of issues, from human rights and health to international security and education. GCSP brings to public schools the experience of Model United Nations. Nearly 40 public schools are involved in Global Classrooms: São Paulo, which is made possible by the generous support of Merrill Lynch and Deutsche Bank.

Conference topics

The second annual GCSP will simulate the following committees and topics:

UNSC - United Nations Security Council A (English)
Topic: Multinational Terrorism

UNSC - United Nations Security Council B (Portuguese)
Topic: The Situation in Darfur

DISEC - General Assembly First Committee - Disarmament and International Security (Portuguese)
Topic: Children in Armed Conflict

SOCHUM - General Assembly Third Committee - Social, Humanitarian and Cultural (Portuguese)
Topic: Human Rights of Refugees

WHO - World Health Organization (Portuguese)
Topic: Global Epidemics

UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Portuguese)
Topic: Eradication of Poverty

For information about Global Classrooms: São Paulo in Portuguese, please visit our Brazilian website: www.gcsp.org.br  
Stay tuned!

For more information, please contact Raquel Mozzer at raquel@unab.org.br