ThessISMUN 2008 Program
Wednesday, 30 April 2008
15:00-17:00 - Registration
17:00-18:00 - Committee Meetings: Short Introduction of the Subjects by
- 1st Committee Disarmament and International Security
Dr. Kostas Hatzikonstantinou, Professor, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, President of the Law School
- 2nd Committee Economic and Financial
Dr. Eftihios Sartzetakis, Associate Professor, University of Macedonia
- 3rd Committee Social, Humanitarian and Cultural
Dr. Miltiadis Sarigiannidis, Lecturer, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
- ECOSOC
Dr. Nikos Zaikos, Assistant Professor, University of Western Macedonia
- Human Rights Council
Mr. Dimitrios Fatouros, Information Officer for Greece and Cyprus, United Nations Regional Information Centre, Brussels
- Security Council
Dr. Ilias Kouskouvelis, Professor, Rector of the University of Macedonia
- European Parliament (EU)
Mr. Margaritis Schinas, Member of the European Parliament
- North Atlantic Council (NATO)
Mrs. Barbora Maronkova, NATO Public Diplomacy Division Information Officer
18:00-18:30 - Coffee Break
18:30-19:30 - Opening Ceremony - Welcome Speeches:
Mr. Margaritis Tzimas, Minister of Macedonia-Thrace
Dr. Paroula Naskou-Perraki, Professor, Academic Responsible of ThessISMUN, University of Macedonia
Dr. Ilias Kouskouvelis, Professor, Rector of the University of Macedonia
Mr. Dimitrios Fatouros, Information Officer for Greece and Cyprus, United Nations Regional Information Centre (UNRIC)
Dr. Kalliopi Koufa, Emeritus Professor, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Dr., Drhc, Mrs Erika-Irene Daes, Independent Expert on Indigenous People in the UN
Award-giving to Dr., Drhc, Mrs Erika-Irene Daes
Opening of ThessISMUN 2008: Stelios Zarras, Secretary General
19:30-20:00 - Coctail Break
20:00-20:05 - Mr. Xenofon Kontargyris, President, Youth Society for the United Nations - Greece (YSUN)
20:05-21:30 - General Assembly of the U.N.: Mr. Vangelis Dafopoulos, President of the G.A.
Opening speeches by the Ambassadors of the Member-States
21:30 - Welcome Dinner
Thursday, 01 May 2008
09:00-11:00 - Committee Sessions
11:00-11:30 - Coffee Break
11:30-13:00 - Committee Sessions
13:00-14:30 - Lunch
14:30-16:30 - Committee Sessions
16:30-17:00 - Coffee Break
17:00-18:30 - Committee Sessions
Friday, 02 May 2008
09:00-11:00 - Committee Sessions
11:00-11:30 - Coffee Break
11:30-13:00 - Committee Sessions
13:00-13:15 - Memorial Picture
13:15-14:30 - Lunch
14:30-16:30 - Committee Sessions
16:30-17:00 - Coffee Break
17:00-18:30 - Committee Sessions
19:00-20:30 - 60 Years of Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Main Speaker: Mr. D. Roosevelt
Intervention: Dr., Drhc., Mrs. Erika-Irene Daes
20:30- Reception
Saturday, 03 May 2008
10:00-12:00 - Committee Sessions
12:00-12:30 - Coffee Break
12:30-14:00 - Committee Sessions
14:00-15:00 - Lunch
15:00-16:30 - Committee Sessions
Distribution of Resolutions
Sunday, 04 May 2008
10:30-13:30 - General Assembly
13:30-14:00 - Light Lunch
14:00-16:00 - Closing Ceremony