Southeast Model African Union 2007

SEMAU HOME

College Center

 Georgia Perimeter College, Clarkston Campus

 November 1-3, 2007

Schedule of Events - Agenda

Thursday, November  1, 2007
9 am-12 noon Counter next to Room 2220
College Center

Delegation Registration
12 noon Deadline to Submit Draft Resolutions to the Secretariat
12 noon Lunch on your own
12:20 - 12:50 pm

Room 2220
Faculty Advisor’s Meeting
1 - 2:30 pm JCLC Auditorium

Opening Session
 

Convening the Model
Prof. James Kahiga, Director, SEMAU 2007

Welcome Remarks

Dr. Eustace Palmer, Chair, University System Africa Council

Dr. Rick Sutton, Assistant Vice Chancellor for International Programs and Senior Advisor for Academic Affairs

Dr. Paul Hudson, Chair, Business/Social Science, Clarkston Campus, Georgia Perimeter College

Mr. Phil Smith, Dean of Business Georgia Perimeter College

Dr. Anthony S. Tricoli, President, Georgia Perimeter College

Introduction of Keynote Speaker
Prof. James Kahiga,  Director, SEMAU 2007 & Dr. Michael Nwanze, Professor & Director, Seminars in Diplomacy, Howard University

Keynote Address
Dr. Sulayman Nyang, Professor of African Studies, Howard University.

2:30 - 3 pm

Room 2240

 Officers Meeting
3 - 6 pm

Committee and Council Sessions

• Briefing by Faculty Advisors
• Introduction of Delegates and Officers
• Committees receive Resolutions, identify duplicative resolutions and begin consolidation.
• Council briefed on crisis and begins preliminary discussion.
Room  2220 HOME GOVERNMENT AND SECRETARIAT
Room  2230 TECHNICAL COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC MATTERS
Room  2210 TECHNICAL COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL MATTERS
Room  2110 EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
Room  2120 THE AFRICAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE
Room  2130 PEACE AND SECURITY COMMITTEE
7 pm - 8:30 p.m. Dining Area, First Floor
Dinner (South African Union menu) and Round Table Discussion, including questions and answers on: "Contemporary Issues on the Economy, Social, Political, Human Rights and Conflicts in Africa". Session Chair: Dr. Sulayman Nyang, Professor of African Studies, Howard University. Discussants: H.E. Amina Saloum Ali, Ambassador of the African Union;  Dr. Michael Nwanze, Professor & Director, Seminars in Diplomacy, Howard University.

Friday, November 2, 2007
7:30 a.m.-8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast (mini-muffins, coffee and tea) College Center second floor "Living Room"
9 a.m. - 12:30 pm Chairs Convene Committee and Council Meetings
Room 2220 HOME GOVERNMENT AND SECRETARIAT
Room 2230 ECONOMIC MATTERS
Room 2210 SOCIAL MATTERS
Room 2110 EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
Room 2120 HUMAN RIGHTS
Room 2130 PEACE AND SECURITY
12:30 - 1 pm Room 2240

Meeting of Officers
12:30 - 1: 30 pm Lunch: Dining Area, First Floor. Box lunch, courtesy of GPC Student Government Association
2 p.m.- 4:30 p.m. Conclusion of Sessions
Room 2220 HOME GOVERNMENT AND SECRETARIAT
Room 2230 ECONOMIC MATTERS
Room 2210 SOCIAL MATTERS
Room 2110 EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
Room 2120 HUMAN RIGHTS
Room 2130 PEACE AND SECURITY
4: 45 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Room 2240

Meeting of Faculty Advisors and Secretariat to elect officers for the Assembly of Heads of States and Government.

 
6:00 p.m. - 6:45 p.m. Room 2240

Technical Meeting of Secretariat and Officers to prepare documentation for Assembly of Heads of State and Government.
7: 00 p.m.- 1:00am

 7:00p.m. -8:30 p.m.

 

 

9:00 pm to 1:00 a.m

 AFRICAN CULTURAL NIGHT

JCLC Auditorium (Heavy Hors D'oeuvres will be served)

College Center

AFRICA NIGHT: Dance to the African,  and African in the Diaspora Music

Saturday, November 3, 2007
7:30am-8:30 a.m.

9 am - 12:00 noon

 Continental Breakfast (mini-muffins, coffee and tea) JCLC Rotunda

JCLC Auditorium

• All Delegates meet with Heads of State and Government to receive Executive Council’s Report.

• Heads of State and Government Consider and Adopt Final Resolutions.
JCLC Auditorium

General Assembly of Heads of State and Government
12 noon - 1 pm JCLC Auditorium
Closing Remarks by H.E. Amina Saloum Ali, Ambassador of the African Union
Certificates of Recognition and Participation
Closing Ceremony