MMUN 50 Scholarship Topic

 

According to the United Nations Charter, the United Nations Security Council has the power and responsibility to take collective action to maintain international peace and security. Why has the United Nations been effective in humanitarian intervention and peacekeeping in some cases over the past forty years, while being ineffective in other cases? (In your answer, compare at least two successful cases with at least two unsuccessful cases.)

 

Scholarship Deadline:  February 1, 2010

All Scholarship submissions should be mailed by February 1, 2010 to:

Midwest Model United Nations

 

P.O. Box 775128

St. Louis, MO 63177

 

 

Michael Steven Shower Memorial Scholarship

 

Michael Steven Shower was the Under-Secretary General of Midwest Model United Nations in the early 1970's, and in later years served on the Advisory Board of MMUN. At the time of his death in 1994, Mike was the "Counsellor to the Executive Director" of the United Nations Children's Fund. Among speakers at his memorial service were: Father Theodore Hesburgh, Liv Ullman, Congressman Michael Barnes and United Nations USG and UNICEF Executive Director Jim Grant.

The Michael Steven Shower Memorial Scholarship was established to honor Michael's personal and professional achievements, as well as recognize the successes of this former associate of our organization. Michael was particularly noted as a wordsmith, which is why it's so appropriate that an essay contest is named in his honor.