Metropolitan Model United Nations Conference XLII

African Union
Dear Delegates, Welcome to the 42nd annual MetMUNC conference at Plainview-Old eth!age "ohn #$ %enned& 'igh (chool) *s &our chairs we are e+cited for the committee$ ,he *frican Union is an organi-ation officiall& launched in 2..2$ /t is com!osed of *frican nations who strive to create unit& and solidarit& in the *frican Continent$ /ts main goals are to solve !ro0lems going on in *frica through de0ate using *frican ingenuit& and cohesiveness$ ,he three to!ics for de0ate in this &ear1s committee are *ddressing Conflicts 0etween (udan and (outh (udan, #air 2lections in *frica, and Pan *fricanism as a Means of 2conomic Diversification$ /n the "ongeli (tate region in (outh (udan there are violent attac3s on civilians 0& the national arm& and different re0el grou!$ ,his insta0ilit& is 0rought on 0& the fact the countr& recentl& 0ro3e awa& from (udan to 0ecome its own countr&$ ,here is insta0ilit& in man& other *frican Countries 0ecause of rigged and unfair elections$ ,his has 0rought much violence to *frica as more and more nations tr& to overthrow dictators$ & using Pan *fricanism to create economic diversification *frica could create one economic communit& where nations are not de!endent on 4ust raw materials 0ut on e+!orta0le goods$ We ho!e &ou all will wor3 together to develo! create solutions and !ass resolutions on these ver& im!ortant to!ics$ We loo3 forward to seeing all of &ou engage in livel& de0ate$ 5egards, (am ertsch *m0er Ma3da