The Globe Thursday 12 March 2008, issue 2

Somalian piracy debated at the SC

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Terrorist attack at Moscow

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“Become Part Of Salamanca’s Citizenship”Deputy Mayor, Pilar Fernández Labrador gave participants of MUNUSAL Salamanca’s offi cial welcome

For those who missed the offi cial opening of MUNUSAL 09, here is a chronicle of what happened in detail. After a fi rst day of in-tense debate, a formal opening ceremony was held in the City Hall of Salamanca. Yesterday at seven in the evening, Mrs. Pi-lar Fernández Labrador, deputy mayor of for university and insti-tutional relationships, welcomed the participants of MUNUSAL 09 with a multipurpose yet nice-sounding speech that referred to the special character of the city.Altough Mrs. Fernandez Labra-dor didn’t mention the United Na-

tions or any kind of international political affair, she did explain the importance of the foreign fac-tor in Salamanca, ‘the uncount-able number of scholars, students and travellers that have always visited the city enrich our cul-ture and fall in love with its great beauty…’ said Mrs. Fernandez Labrador. In a friendly and wel-coming manner, she concluded ‘to all of you that have come to our home, feel warmly invited to share a part of your journey with us’. The starring role of Fray Luis de Leon and Miguel de Unamuno in the history of Salamanca were

considered as examples of the great intellectual patrimony the city has always shown off. How-ever, a word to the specifi c par-ticipants of MUNUSAL lacked in her elaborate and eloquent speech. Despite this point, the deputy mayor opened Salaman-ca’s doors to Munusalers, who were received in an impeccable and inviting way. After the speech, Munusalers had the chance to lean over the balcony and admire the beauty of the Plaza Mayor. Built be-tween 1729 and 1755 under the reign of Phillip V of Spain, this

Plaza represents the centre of the city, always crowded with people passing by, coming from every adjacent street. The view from the city hall is without a doubt the best view anyone can get due to its privileged position. The event, surrounded by a great atmosphere, diverse people and perfect weather, was not to be missed, if only to get to see Sala-manca from a perspective that even most Salmantinos have nev-er had the chance to experience.

Marta Bescansa

The MUNUSAL participants at Salamanca’s Town Hall, received by the Deputy of the Mayor of Salamanca

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Security Council

Somalian Piracy Creates Long and Tricky Debates

Yves Laurent

The MUNSAL2009 really be-gan yesterday. After the offi cial welcome recognition everybody went to work. Wednesday was a heavy day for every member of the delegation and also for the or-ganisation team and the press.The Security Council started the day before with a special session to remember the most basic and important rules of the Charter. The Director of the real diplo-

between two alliances. The U.K. and the United States. who want-ed to talk about Iran fi rst on one side, and Russia and China on the other side who thought that more time was necessary because of the complexity of the subject.Between those alliances, France expressed her desire to intervene quickly on Somalian piracy. The French delegate argued that they had three days to decide what to do.The President of the Security Council closed the agenda after long debates and Somalia was put fi rst.Somalia proposed to create a na-tional security task force to ad-dress piracy. The U.K. proposed to increase their contribution in the food aid. But before any ac-tion, said Turkey and Russia, the Somalian government has to be stabilised. Uganda suggested that international fi shing as the origin of piracy.The United States wanted the in-tervention of the African Union before any kind of involvement …The most complicated task is for all of the members to reach a consensus. And the debate could be long...

try can introduce a resolution. But the Director insisted on one important thing: the countries that really decide on a resolution in the end are from the fi ve per-manent member of the Security Council: U.S.A, U.K., France, Russia and China. If one of them votes against a resolution, it can not pass.The resolution can have two dif-ferent kinds of measures: offen-sive measure or pacifi c measure. It’s important to make the right decision because after the resolu-tion the S.C. has to act.After a resolution is made, the President of the Council presents it to the Press.The delegate from Uganda put a possible reform of the P5 on the table, suggesting the integra-tion of countries like India or Brazil. Pakistan and Argentina were to fi rst to disagree because of their bad relations. Secondly, it is believed that Germany, Italy or Spain would be considered as candidates fi rst. But for the time being, it’s not going to change, said the director. In the afternoon, the SC session began with a debate about Piracy in Somalia’s coasts and the nu-clear problem in Iran. The choice of the order produced friction

matic school explained the func-tions and their goals. First of all, he talked about the procedure for voting for the agenda. The dif-ferent members must debate the agenda to decide which topic to discuss fi rst.Only after the voting for the agen-da can the Committees debate the way to solve the problem.The second step is to talk about the fi nal resolution. Every coun-

José Antonio de Ory speaking to the delegates

Delegates of the Security Council

Chairmen of the Security Council

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Security Council

Hundreds die in bomb blast in MoscowRenewed fi ghting around South Ossetia

Cien personas mueren en una explosión en MoscúSe reabre la lucha en Osetia del sur

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Accordingly to various news agencies, Moscow has become the victim of a major terrorist attack, killing hundreds of civil-ians as a huge bomb exploded in a large maul in the centre of the city last night. Offi cials are saying that the situation remains chaotic and that at this moment it’s impossible to say how many people have lost their lives in the “cowardly and cold-bloodedly carried out” attack.

Involvement of Georgia?Only hours after the attack, Vladimir Putin addressed the nation through television, say-ing that they have bulletproof evidence that the attacks were planned by Georgia’s secret service. Underlining Russia’s right to self-defense, he said that “doesn’t matter if President, gen-eral or terrorist, the people that are responsible for this will be hunted down and brought before justice. We ask the international community to support Russia in this diffi cult moment!”Meanwhile various NGOs are

Según fuentes de varias agencias de noticias, Moscú ha sido víc-tima de un gran ataque terrorista. Cientos de personas han muerto al explotar una bomba en un centro comercial del centro de la ciudad la pasada noche. Las au-toridades dicen que la situación todavía es caótica y que en este momento es imposible asegurar cuantas personas han perdido la vida en un ataque “cobarde y re-alizado a sangre fría”.

¿Está Georgia involucrada?Solo unas horas después del ataque, Vladimir Putin se di-rigió a la nación por televisión, para decir que tienen pruebas irrefutables de que el ataque ha sido planeado por el servicio se-creto georgiano. Subrayando el derecho de Rusia a defenderse, añadió que “no importa que sea un Presidente, un general o un terrorista, los responsables serán atrapados y presentados ante la justicia. Pedimos a la comunidad internacional que apoyen a Rusia en este momento de difi cultad.”Mientras tanto, varias ONGs

reporting that Russian troops all over South Ossetia as well as along the border to Georgia are mobilizing and getting ready for what appears to turn into a full-scale invasion. Additionally, ar-tillery rounds have been heard in South Ossetia again, but it re-mains unclear which side they’re coming from. Georgian President Saakashvili, who has called on all reservists to sign up for duty, warned Rus-sia accordingly to Interfax news agency from “another attack on Georgia and its people – this time the world would not stand by and watch.”Stock markets all over the world have reacted with panic on the events and the Dow Jones has reached a record low, with traders are already talking about a “black Thursday”. Several European countries confi rmed reports that once again the gas-fl ow has been cut off. Political leaders from all over the world called in a fi rst re-action for all parties involved to not let the confl ict escalate once again.

están denunciando haber visto tropas rusas por toda Osetia del Sur, así como se están mobilizan-do y preparando a lo largo de la frontera con Georgia para lo que parece una invasión a gran esca-la. Además, se han escuchado de nuevo ráfagas de artilleria en Os-etia del Sur, pero todavía no está claro de qué lado vienen.El presidente de Georgia, Saakashvili, que ha movilizado a todos los reservistas, advirtió a Rusia, según la agencia de no-ticias Interfax, “en caso de otro ataque contra Georgia y sus ciu-dadanos - esta vez el mundo no se quedará mirando.”Las bolsas de todo el mundo han reaccionado con pánico a estos eventos y el Dow Jones ha reg-istrado una caida record, en el que se está califi cando como un “Jueves negro.” Varios naciones Europeas han confi rmado que se ha vuelto a cortar el suministro de gas. Líderes políticos de todo el mundo, han pedido a los impli-cados que no permitan una nueva escalada de la violencia.

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DISEC

Tension between Egypt and the United States about Blood DiamondsDelegates from those countries kept opposite possiti ons during the session

As soon as the debates began in DISEC, two countries showed their disagreement on the topic of blood diamonds. Indeed, the atmosphere was tense between the delegate from the United States and the one from Egypt. “I disagree with the United States in international policy that the last government had. It was about profi t and not human rights” de-clared the delegate of Egypt. Re-sponding to this aggression, the American delegate answered by claiming that his government is against sale of blood diamonds. “We are an active member of the Kimberley Process Certifi ca-tion Scheme (KPCS) since the Process was set up in 2003. Dur-ing this time, we have helped to strengthen KPCS by participating in KPCS activities and providing assistance to Sierra Leone and Liberia in their efforts to comply with KPCS”.

Indeed, the delegate defended its point of view concerning what must be done according to coun-tries exporting blood diamonds and those importing it. First of all he suggested, on top of “helping poor governments with money or with international fees, to make sure the confl ict areas”, to pro-tect the affected countries’ bor-ders in order to avoid that blood diamonds left the territory and turned into clean diamonds. Even if they seem to be honorable sug-gestions, the delegate of Egypt outrageously contradicted him in saying“why do you want more weapons near borders when so many people are already dead in these regions?!”Concerning the importing coun-tries, the US’s delegate would like to implement a compulsory guarantee that diamonds bought are not fi nancing war. In the after-math of this proposal, he aimed

to “establish sanctions on those countries owning blood dia-monds in their trade system”. Ac-cording to him, a special agency, fi nanced by developed countries, should sanction those involved in this shameful trade.The delegate of the Netherlands supported the American view-point. “We need to go far away, we have to regulate what enters and also what leaves these coun-tries”. However, the Pharaoh’s delegate followed, charging that “The Kimberley Process is a symbol of capitalism. It hasn’t done anything for people who are working and dying from the diamond extracts”, and looking straight straight into the eyes of the US Delegate, “You buy

blood diamonds!”. Of course, the MacDonald’s ambassador im-mediately denied this accusation, and even took advantage of the situation, saying “we are support-ing small countries. The United States of America fi rmly supports the KPC and encourages other countries to make a global effort to eliminate the trade of blood diamonds. Sierra Leone, we want to help you”.“The new government has not made any declaration on this sub-ject” said the delegate of Egypt. Of course, one has to remember the new president of the United States is part Kenyan and may be more touched by the problem of blood diamonds than any other American president before.

Marion Riff ault

The Egyptian delegate during an unmoderated caucus United States delegate explaining his position

The documents used during the session

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DISEC

Kimberley ProcessThe Kimberley Process (KP) is a joint government, industry and civil society initiative to stem the fl ow of confl ict diamonds – rough diamonds used by rebel move-ments to fi nance wars against le-gitimate governments. The trade in these illicit stones has fuelled decades of devastating confl icts in countries such as Angola, Cote d’Ivoire, the Democratic Repub-lic of the Congo and Sierra Le-

one. The Kimberley Process Certifi ca-tion Scheme (KPCS) imposes ex-tensive requirements on its mem-bers to enable them to certify shipments of rough diamonds as ‘confl ict-free’. As of November 2008, the KP has 49 members, representing 75 countries, with the European Community and its Member States counting as an in-dividual participant.

Marion Riff ault

Yesterday’s debate in DISEC was fuelled of lots of proposals to fi nd a solution to the blood diamond’s problem. The events of the day was all the more enthralling be-cause some of the delegates dis-agreed about the solution needed to put an end to the trade of blood diamonds, which make up 1% of the world’s total diamond trade. At the beginning, all the pro-posals were welcome, and each country explained what solutions they would support to check the blood diamond problem. While the Colombian delegate had a propensity for stressing on the education point, Cuba thinks international relations and dia-logue is essential in relating with rebels. However, her suggestion is a little bit extreme “We have to give them an ultimatum. Of course we can’t have an opened fi ght with us, because they would

reply with incredible violence”. According to India’s delegate,, the Kimberley process has to extend its reach “ we have this responsibility on our shoulders, we have to fi ght against the black market in general”.However, Chairs had to intervene “We need to focus only on blood diamonds issue. We are trying to deal with this problem and not education or human rights”.While Colombia’s delegate as-serted, “I suggest controlling the resources more, one of the key ways to ward off this problem”, Sierra Leone wanted to strengthen the Kimberley Process because, in the wake, “I think we will be able to reply to the rebels”.Debates carried on until the end on the day, in order to fi nd a draft resolution. But as the Chairs said: “We prefer quality than quan-tity”.

DISEC: As Many Proposals As Delegates

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ECOSOC

Marta Bescansa

Climate Change Can Wait

After the lunch break, sessions carried on in ECOSOC, still wor-ried about the question of pro-tectionism as a good measure to combat the current economi-cal recession. Working papers were handed out a bit late, due to technical diffi culties we have been having at MUNUSAL09. By the way, printing yesterday’s newspaper was anything but easy! There are some aspects to highlight about the running of the ECOSOC debate that took place on the fi rst day. A working papers submitted by the USA, Indonesia and Pakistan have encouraged nations to reject protectionism as well as to create a UN organ to control transpar-ency in trade policies. Russia, Brazil, Italy, Somalia, China and France followed by submitting a paper emphasiz-ing the presence of a new inter-national economic order based on cooperation. Their recipe is to create a transparent global fi -nancial reserve to prevent future economic recessions and to help developing nations. A remark-able purpose is to enable greater economic non-dependence by the emergence of national markets in developing countries. Although ideas have been dis-cussed, it seems that the main points talked about were whether protectionism is a suitable mea-sure for the current times. The general conclusion, with opin-ions that obviously differ from one another, rejected the appli-cation of protectionism short-term solution. However, no other

has been put into play. Aims are clearly defi ned, but procedures are still to be worked out. The talks haven’t led to any concrete agreement yet, although it is ex-pected that they reach one within the next few days.

The critical point has been reached with the working paper submitted by Switzerland, Chi-na, Germany, Estonia, Romania, Guatemala and South Africa. As well as the paper held by Russia, Brazil, Italy, Somalia, China and France, their prescription aims at wider cooperation among de-veloping countries. They have focused the debate on climate change as a fact and an oppor-tunity to recover from diffi cult economic times:‘Developing countries should invest in na-tional resources in order to create a sustainable industry that would inject a push in the labor market and reduce pollution’ announced Switzerland. Russia and the United States along with others, have strongly opposed the argu-ment, considering it unrelated to the main topic, claiming ‘climate change can wait’. There was probably a misunderstanding due to the lacking explanations in the paper proposals. Climate change is not only considered because of its danger to our future in the long term, but also as an effi cient solution to the current labor mar-ket. Apart from the already men-tioned protectionism matter, it has been in the end, the only pro-posal which contained specifi c guidelines.

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ECOSOC

Debates On How To Deal With Economic Crisis At ECOSOC

Yeanine Casco

Yesterday in the forum on The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) spirits were high.All the participants were very interested in discussing and sug-gesting possible ways and mea-sures that the countries should to relieve us from the terrible crisis. Today all the citizens of the world are worried about eco-nomic issues. For this reason the main subject discussed in ECO-SOC was the current global crisis .They tried to search for measure that could be taken to prevent the global economic meltdown ¿ Is Protectionism a good measure for getting out to the fi nancial crisis? Protectionism is one the major problems that were de-bated. Countries like the United States of America said that Pro-tectionism is necessary and is a good measure but only in the long term. On the other hand

other countries like China said that Protectionism was just a short-term solution. But then an-other topic arose on what kind of guidelines governments should follow to rescue the companies at risk. However, Russia argued that everything depends on indi-vidual governments. Develop-ment, infrastructure, basement and investing are the main ways to curb the crisis.In an interview, the Chairs An-drés Izurieta and Basak Barcin said that this committee was a great group, all the partners were very respectful and they were very interested in all the issues, and all points of view. In fact, people were so empassioned by the problem, that we could even hear them talking about it during the coffee break. Don´t worry guys it´s just another CRISIS!!!!!

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Iberoamerican Summit

Well-Done Job For The First Session Of The Iberoamerican Summit.

On Tuesday the 10th, the Ibero-American Summit began. All of the delegates seemed to be relaxed and ready to begin the debates of the day.The fi rst of the two topics to be discussed was “Tolerance and Integration of the Indigenous Population in Latin America.” Yesterday morning, each country declared its position, and the de-bates opened with two proposals

on the table. The fi rst, proposed by Argentina, Cuba, and Hon-duras, was to create a Surveil-lance Committee for the rights of Indigenous communities. The second, proposed by Ecuador and Bolivia, was to use already-exist-ing international bodies. Both countries defended the principle of “Sumak Kawsay”(Good Life), a principle of cooperation, eq-uity, collaboration, and balance

among the people, the commu-nity and the homeland. This, they say, guarantees sustainable development.The debate started to get compli-cated in the afternoon session, in the wake of the vote that passed the fi rst resolution to create a commission. During an unmod-erated caucus, Venezuela sug-gested that is was open to chang-es from the other countries, and

Honduras named itself the spon-sor of the Commission. The de-bate continued without reaching any concrete conclusion. In light of this road block, the Chair Pab-lo, closed the session with some words to the delegates, congratu-lating them for a job well-done. Hopefully, throughout the day today they will come to a favour-able conclusion and strengthen the points of the resolution.

Vega Santero Gonzalo

Time for unmoderated caucus at the Iberoamerican Summit.

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Iberoamerican Summit

Vega Santero Gonzalo

A Few Minutes With Pablo Herrera.

Last year, Pablo Herrera, cur-rent Chair of the Ibero-American Summit, participated in MU-NUSAL as the Chair of DISEC. Following, is an interview with him, where he talks about what makes this year’s MUNUSAL different.What are your impressions of the Model?This year the Model has grown, not in the number of participants. On the contrary, the numbers have decreased because of the crisis. But, the model has ma-tured and you can see that in the organization and quality of the participants.The organizers are “really really good”. They are very prepared and it shows in the Committees.What are your impressions of the city of Salamanca?I fell in love with Salamanca at fi rst sight. I am from Ecuador and I currently live in Denmark. I wouldn’t change anything about this city because it is full of culture, history, and patrimony. Above all, it has charm. And of The Iberoamerican summit during their fi rst session

Iberoamerican Summit is a big Committee The Chairman also needs a break

course, the Salamancan nightlife is the best I have every experi-enced.And what about the topics being discussed this year?I think that the fi rst topic, “Tol-erance and Integration of In-digenous Communities in Latin America,” is extremely relevant right now, not only because of globalization in itself, but be-cause of the deteriorative effect that it has on Indigenous people.The second topic, “The Chal-lenge of Creating of Latin Ameri-can Passport” is a great idea with a lot of potential. However, Latin America’s current interests with respect to the passport are scarce, and therefore makes the concept unrealistic. We can look to the European Union as an example of the same idea.What do you think of the del-egates this year?The level of debate and prepara-tion this year has surprised me, but in a good way. Because of this, we are going to achieve more in this year’s Summit.

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Pics of the day

Is anybody hungry? Come on ladies, now you can choose.

The Iberoamerican Summit Chairman’s Angels That’s the way we do it at the UN

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Pics of the day

Here we are, working really hard at the cave

Now tell me, who is the boss, baby?

Un.... moderated.... caucus???

Wei Ji, the Crisis Cat

Where in the world is Autor Apellido Apellido?

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Pics of the day

What kind of evil deeds are they plotting? Diplomacy is a very serious thing

Be careful! That ninja-cowboy is going to beat you up!!! Now! He is not looking! Use your ninja-cowboy with him!

These are my domains

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Pics of the day

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Relax, take it easy! That’s how UNPC gets its information.

Delegates and authorities were the best possible audience for the Opening Ceremony

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Leisure Time

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UN Word Puzzle

Spanish Phrases - Food & DrinkWaiter! ................................................................................ Camarero!

Could I have the bill, please. .......................................... La cuenta, por favor.

I would like to see the menu, please. ........................... Quiero ver el menú, por favor.

What would you like to drink? ...................................... ¿Qué quieres beber?

What types of sandwiches do you have? .................... ¿Qué tipo de bocadillos tienes?

Funny Spanish PhrasesYou’ve bitten off more than you can chew ................. Te metiste en camisa de once baras

You drive me crazy. ......................................................... Me vuelves loco

I am going to miss you .................................................. Te voy a echar de menos.

Kiss me ............................................................................... Bésame

Let´s go party! .................................................................. Vamos de fi estaI have a hank over ............................................................. Tengo resaca

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Events for today

Schedule9:30 Committee Sessions Fonseca Street - Colegio Fonseca

11:30 Committee Sessions Fonseca Street - Colegio Fonseca

13:30 Lunch break Peñuelas de San Blas Street, 23 Peñuelas Student´s Restaurant

14:30 Committee Sessions Fonseca Street - Colegio Fonseca

20:00 Salamanca by night Guided tour

00:00 Party!!! El Puerto de Chus

Weather ForecastSun sun baby.

max. 22 °C

min. 4 °C

MUNUSAL staff contactsAlberto Villacampa (President of MUNUSAL) - 0034 645 468 832 Álvaro Andrés Sánchez (Vice - President) - 0034 677 846 830 Sofía García García (Vice - President) - 0034 610 929 173 Gonzalo G. Prado (Treasurer) - 0034 696 015 168 Martín Pallares (Secretary General) - 0034 656 631 866Julia Wittig (Team Manager) - 0034 693 784 177Fuensanta Casanova (Secretary) - 0034 679 422 173

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Diego Arrioja Landa

“Life is too serious to be taken seriously” Interview with the Secretary General, Martín Pallares

Martin Pallares is a 25-year-old Law Student at the University of Salamanca from Quito, Ecuador. He is very excited to be, not only a part of but also the face of this year’s MUNUSAL, his second in two years.

First of all, how was the party yesterday? Feeling it today?Mmm…. Great… hahah… ready to rumble…

Why did you decide to be Sec-retary General of MUNUSAL 2009?After last year’s experience, I knew I had to participate anyway possible to be sure that it was go-ing to be a second edition of MU-NUSAL, I fell in love with the model during the model. It was an honor to be appointed as the Secretary General. I hope that in this way I can chip in to make sure that this year’s experience is going to be even better than the last edi-tion. However I don’t like to be called Secretary General because I am shy and everybody’s input is important, and every delegate, chair or pager sometimes assume

the role of the Secretary General for a brief period of time during the Conference. So if you see me walking down these halls just call me Martín.

What do you expect from this Model?Let me start by saying that I ex-pect nothing less than the very best. This means that I expect lots of smiles, expect people to have fun 24/ 7 , I expect a lot of hard work, and I expect that his model is going to be memorable for all delegates, chairs and organizers.If you could sum up the model in one phrase what would it be?Listen to your heart

What makes MUNUSAL so special?I think that MUNUSAL is so spe-cial because it is a model created for you all and by you all. It is a nice model, a very homey model where fi rst-timers and MUN vet-erans have the opportunity to dis-cuss and debate in a very friendly environment.

StaffEditor in Chief: Diego Arrioja Landa Layout design: Raúl Álvarez González, Francisco García Prado Translator: Re-becca GordonJournalists: Marion Riffault, Vega Santero Gonzalo, Yean-nine Casco, Marta Bescansa, Yves Laurent, Sodji Mulanza Kating Proof Reader: Gonzalo G. Prado

Delegates during a bussy fi rst meeting.

ErrataIn the last issue, article on page 2 was written by Yves Laurent.