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United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Mr. Li Junhua of China as the Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs effective 25 July 2022.
Prior to his appointment, Mr. Li was Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of China to Italy and San Marino. He brings to the position perspectives and visions on fostering multilateral economic and social cooperation, with a commitment to engage with all parties to further implement the 2030 Agenda including dedication to serve Member States. He has contributed to numerous meetings of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), the United Nations General Assembly and Security Council, as well as other multilateral meetings including the G20, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), Asia–Europe Meeting (ASEM), BRICS etc.
As Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, Mr. Li guides UN Secretariat support for the follow-up processes of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development. He also oversees the substantive services to many intergovernmental processes, including the annual meetings of the Second and Third Committees of the General Assembly, the meetings of the Economic and Social Council, including its Development Cooperation Forum, and the work of the subsidiary bodies of ECOSOC. In addition to intergovernmental processes, Mr. Li oversees DESA’s policy analysis and capacity development work. He also serves as the Convenor of the Executive Committee on Economic and Social Affairs, and advises the United Nations Secretary-General on all development-related issues, including climate change, internet governance, and financing for development.
Mr. Li began his career at the Foreign Affairs Ministry in 1985. Since then, he has served in various capacities, including as Director General of the Department of International Organizations and Conferences, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China (2013-2019), Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of China to Myanmar (2010-2012), Deputy Director General of the Department of International Organizations and Conferences (2008-2010), Minister Counselor (Political), Permanent Mission of the People’s Republic of China to the United Nations (2003-2008), Division Director and Counselor in charge of UN General Assembly and Security Council Affairs (2001-2003), Second and First Secretary, Permanent Mission of the People’s Republic of China to the United Nations (1997-2001). Third and Second Secretary, the Department of International Organizations and Conferences (1992-1997) and Assistant to the Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of China to the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok (1986-1992).
Mr. Li holds a Master’s in International Public Policy, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University. Mr. Li is married.

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sec re tary - gen er al

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sec·re·tary-gen·er·al

| \ ˈse-krə-ˌter-ē-ˈjen-rəl

, -ˈje-nə-rəl \

: a principal administrative officer

secretary-general of the United Nations

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The Under Secretary General for National Society Development and Operations Coordination ensures the IFRC supports strong and sustainable National Societies and fulfils our coordination and operational responsibilities within our Movement and broader humanitarian community.

Xavier Castellanos Mosquera has more than three decades experience in National Society development, resilience building and emergency humanitarian operations at national, regional and global levels.
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Prior to his appointment as Under Secretary General, Xavier served as Regional Director for Asia Pacific. In this role, he provided strategic and operational leadership on disaster preparedness and response to COVID-19, tsunamis and earthquakes and other health and disaster-related emergencies. He has also previously served as Regional Director for the Americas, along with various other leadership positions across the Movement.
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(BTW, I’m assuming you’re going to Georgetown? I’m not going, but coincidentally, I’m also in Qatar).
Anyway! Don’t freak out. Firstly, I’m guessing it’s your first time? You won’t be alone. I’m pretty sure you’ll have at least 10 people, probably more, who have also never done MUN before in your committee. Also, the chairs will likely go over the rules and explain stuff, and you can send them a note if you’re confused about anything.
Your school should’ve told you your country and committee by now. I’m not sure how Georgetown does it, but in some MUNs you have to write a resolution beforehand a
(BTW, I’m assuming you’re going to Georgetown? I’m not going, but coincidentally, I’m also in Qatar).
Anyway! Don’t freak out. Firstly, I’m guessing it’s your first time? You won’t be alone. I’m pretty sure you’ll have at least 10 people, probably more, who have also never done MUN before in your committee. Also, the chairs will likely go over the rules and explain stuff, and you can send them a note if you’re confused about anything.
Your school should’ve told you your country and committee by now. I’m not sure how Georgetown does it, but in some MUNs you have to write a resolution beforehand and in a few I’ve been to you wrote the resolutions at the conference. You should probably ask your school about that.
Okay, this is how your conference is probably going to go!
Whew. Alright, time to move on to prepping for a conference!
(I may have gone a little too in-depth….)
Ah… MUN - Model United Nations - my absolute love!
I personally divide my preparation into various sectors. I will emphasize now that printing out Wikipedia pages and reading them the night before is a recipe for disaster!
You as a delegate consist of two things - your country and your viewpoint. Not your viewpoint, but your country’s viewpoint.
Your country, not matter how insignificant it seems in the broad scheme of the agenda, is always relevant. If you are not the main player, make yourself one. The pivotal factor of all delegating experiences is the burden on you to make yourself relevant.
Ah… MUN - Model United Nations - my absolute love!
I personally divide my preparation into various sectors. I will emphasize now that printing out Wikipedia pages and reading them the night before is a recipe for disaster!
You as a delegate consist of two things - your country and your viewpoint. Not your viewpoint, but your country’s viewpoint.
Your country, not matter how insignificant it seems in the broad scheme of the agenda, is always relevant. If you are not the main player, make yourself one. The pivotal factor of all delegating experiences is the burden on you to make yourself relevant.
Now, with that preliminary information, lets jump into my favorite part research.
Start with your country. Do not simply type in your agenda into google and start reading. Type in your country first and get a solid idea of your government economy, conflicts, etc. Make sure you know your heads of state, GDP, major military and political allies, any major conflicts that persist in or around your country, and jot down a couple of notes. Make a small document about your general foreign policy on various issues. Make a document about your stance on social rights, humanitarian rights, military intervention, etc.
Once you have gotten your country down, and I mean DOWN, now move on to the agenda. Now, some delegates may crucify me for this, but I look at Wikipedia. But…Wikipedia is NOT my research. The only thing I look at Wikipedia for is the table of contents and the sources that are listed. These serve as my basic idea of things I need to cover. Once you have identified the sub topics of the agenda, then, you disable Wikipedia and launch into a full-blown assault on your Internet. Scour, scrounge, and source every ounce of information that you can. On the side, keep a word document ready to note down important points. It is a terrible idea to download an entire webpage and then scroll through loads of information when you need it. Never hesitate to note down tiny details. These can differentiate you when committee is slow and really make you stand out.
Now, if you though that was research, get ready for research cram. Research cram is a special session in which I will look for any link between my country and the agenda. I will search for any way that my country plays a role in the agenda. I once got Venezuela and the agenda was about the spread of small arms in the Middle East. I made the winning argument that small arms trade in the Middle East threatened the oil trade in North Africa and the surrounding region and posed a significant threat to energy supplies to South Am
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