OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE BALTIC MODEL UNITED NATIONSIssue 1/2013 • Thursday, May 23rd, 2013 • www.facebook.com/TheBalticHerald • www.twitter.com/BALMUN

FRESH AND YOUNG PUSSIESON OUR PAGE 4

See exclusive pictures of young pussies you have never seen before .....................p. 4

EXCLUSIVE IN THIS HERALD: NOW THE MUNSTER TALKS!It kept silent all through the past year. Now the Munster gets a voice .......p. 8

THE GREAT AND UNBELIEVBLE HISTORY OF BALTIC MUNDid you know? No, you didn‘t! Get all info about the past 6 (!) BALMUNs...p. 3

Frameworks For Freedom

BALMUN VI WELCOMESALL DELEGATES

Get everything you need to know about this year‘s BALMUN to have a great time in Rostock ....p. 2

CONF MANAGERCLAUS LUCAS LETSCHWILL QUIT!

EXCLUSIVE

Find out why.................p. 3

THE CAPITALOF HEARTS

Learn about the places to be....p. 6/7

Protests on Tahrir square in Cairo, Egypt. What means freedom?

Thursday, May 23 14:00 – 18:30Check-in at Innerstädtisches Gymnasi-

um Rostock 18:30 – 19:30Get-Together for all participants 19:30 – 20:00Departure to the host families or other

accommodations

Friday, May 2409:00 – 11:00Formal Opening Ceremony

Welcoming Addresses:•Thomas Döring, principal of ISG•Dr. Ingrid Bacher, Deputy President

of the City Council

Keynote Speech (followed by a questi-on-and-answer session):

Welcome to BALMUN VIThis is your agenda

•Simon Riesche, Information Officer for the German United Nations Regional Information Centre Special guest: Dr. Andreas Jacobs, Konrad Adenauer StiftungSafety Instructions:•Adriana Evers, Deputy Secretary-

General 11:00 – 12:30Opening Speeches by the Ambassadors

12:30 – 13:30GA Committees, SC and SpC in Session 13:30 – 14:30Staggered Lunch 14:30 – 17:30GA Committees, SC and SpC in Session 16:30 – 18:30Approval Panel

Saturday, May 25 08:30 – 12:00Committees, SC and SpC in Session

09:00 – 12:00Approval Panel

12:00 – 13:00 Staggered Lunch 13:00 – 17:00Committees, SC and SpC in Session 20:00 – 23:00BALMUN Dance at Peter-Weiss-Haus

Sunday, May 26 09:00 – 11:00 General Assembly, Debate and Presen-

tation of the Resolutions 11:00 – 13:00Formal Closing CeremonySpeeches:•Presidents and Chairs of Committees,

SC and SpC•Kevin Dusch and Caroline Lusch, Press

Team•Marie-Luisa Wahn, Secretary General•Alexandra Bartsch, President of the

General Assembly•Claus Lucas Letsch and Katharina

Nack, Conference Management•Regine Koch, Vice Principal of ISG 13:00 – 14:00Lunch and Farewell

THISISUS

This is our team, one of the youngest and largest of all times. BALMUN got more and more professional. The know-how was given from generation to generation. And some almuni from year one still work in the background for us.

HISTORY OF BALMUN

BALMUN‘sPowerTeam

By KEVIN DUSCH

They are young, they are ima-ginative: Claus Lucas Letsch and

Katharina Nack are the conference management of BALMUN VI. The trouper and the new face. For Claus

it is the fourth conference in the confe-

rence Management, for Kathi the first. But as a team they work as one person. As the conference manager it will be

Claus’ last year.

That means: In the next year all this will be on Kathi’s responsibility. And we are pretty sure, she will make it

next year aswell!

By JENIA BARNERT

After attending several conferen-ces some pupils of the Innerstädti-sches Gymnasium had the idea to bring Mun to the north of Germany. It all begun with 100 delegates which

debated about the main topic `Facing regional Challenges in a Globalized World`. At the end of the first confe-rence in Rostock in 2008, everybody knew that this was not the last BAL-MUN.The next year 2009 the delagates started “Building Bridges”.

For the next time we hoped to create the praised familiar atmosphere at BAL-MUN again. One year later we managed it, where the delegates were `Caring for Climate` and after that they were `De-signing Future Development Goals` in year 2011. Last year, we had our first anni-

versary, where the delegates had the chance to debate about `Sus-tainability and Equity: A Better Future for All`. During these successful conferences a

lot of new faces attended the Balmun

family. Now, we are glad to welcome you to the sixth annual BALMUN confe-rence in Rostock at the Innerstädtisches Gymnasium. Our Organisation Team did its best to maintain the high standard

of the last conferences, but this year we want to increase our efforts and create something new and special to make it unforgetable. This years main topic is “Frameworks for Freedom” and we are looking forward to great discussions, re-solutions and a familiar atmosphere for our international and national guests.Upcoming days we will welcome … delegates from over … coun-tries Balmun VI is getting bigger and international than ever since.

THE GREAT (AND UNBELIEVABLE)

Conf manager Katharina Nack

Conf manager Claus Lucas Letsch

HISTORY OF BALMUN

BALMUN is a story of success at the Innerstädtisches Gymnasium Rostock. See pictures from our archive. Even Mr Döring looked a bit different through all these years... Photos: ARCHIVE

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BALMUN

in NUMB3R5

1 whole shopping trolley full of fruits

1.6 kg crisps

1.8 kg sugar cubes

2.7 kg assorted sausage

4 The Baltic Herald issues during Balmun VI

5 kg pudding

11 Press team members

14 Student officers

15.1 kg cookies

16 teacher

20.25 l alcohol

38 Staffies

46 Housing families

150 delegates

150 glasses

1,000 fun

8,000 Mark

1,000,000 things to do

THE FAMOUS PRESS TEAM

Kevin Dusch, Editor-in-chief and Head of Press Team

Jenia Barnert, Editor

Anna Kondratenko, Photographer

Caroline Lusch, Deputy Editor-in- chief

By CAROLINE LUSCH

During the next few days you will get the chance to get to know peo-ple from all over the world, have great discussions on recent issues and of cause explore the beautiful harbor city that is holding the con-ference: Rostock right at the coast of the Baltic Sea. Have you ever heard of the summit in

Heiligendamm, the maritime Festival Hanse Sail, the soccer team Hansa Ros-tock or the ferry operator Scandlines? Those are all special features of the Hanseatic city Rostock. It is also known for its tasty local beer called Rosto-cker and the beach in Warnemünde. Although Rostock is the largest city of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Schwerin has the status to be the fe-deral capital. During the next days you will realize its traditional character and should be looking forward to meet its easy-going and interesting inhabitants.After having an exhausting conference

day, the best thing you can do is to go downtown and explore several unique cafés or walk at the harbor. After having a snack you could walk down the long shopping street, buy some souvenirs or relax in the sun in front of the University of Rostock. While walking around you should not miss the “ Kröpeliner Tor “.

Welcome To The MostBeautiful City Ever

This building is one of the seven old city gates. At the other end of the shopping street there is the huge market place with the unmistakable pink town hall. If you need a little break, you can sit down near the fountain, that you find in the middle of the place. This artwork was a gift of the French. Let your eyes wander around and

you will see lots of typical nort-hern-German brick houses which make up the great character of the city. You will also find the inspring Gothic church “Marienkirche”.Another important sight of Rostock

is the beautiful port. You can easily walk there or just follow the call of the seagulls. The river Warnow , which flows through the port, offers a great view as well as a place for sailing and canoe sports. A re-ally quit spot, whe-re not too many people pass by, is at the end of the port behind the monu-ment of two sailors. If you need a mo-ment for preparing the conference and collecting thoughts you can sit down on

the stairs and enjoy the view.If you are not into sight-seeing or

getting to know the city, Rostock offers something in your interest as well. Many cafés, nice bars and restaurants are waiting for you. In the multicultural centre of the city,

the KTV, mostly young people of Ros-tock wake up at night and are looking forward to having fun, relaxing, dan-cing, enjoying good food, and so many

more different sounds and lights. You will get to know a very different side of the city.There is just one thing left to say, we

all hope that the weather won´t play us a prank! Have a great time, and once again: welcome to Rostock.For more information, please take

a look at the official website of the city of Rostock: www.rostock.de

Rostock is the largest city of Mecklenburg-Western Pomera-nia, Schwerin has the status to be the federal capital

Photos: HELKE REDERSBoRG

Another important sight of Rostock is the beautiful port. You can easily walk there or just follow the call of the seagulls. The river Warnow , which flows through the port, offers a great view as well as a place for sailing and canoe sports.

By KEVIN DUSCH

On Saturday night we celebrate, like every year, the BALMUN dance! But this year we got a very special location: The „Peter Weiß Haus“ and the „Freigarten“. Wherease you can dance in the PWH you can also sit outside in the Freigar-ten, chilling and jabber with your ma-tes. The BALMUN dance 2013 will be bigger than ever and most fun, as every year. Take our word for it!

THE PLACE(S) TO BE

1. Goetheplatz: Innerstädtisches Gymnasium2. Rostock Central Station3. Doberaner Platz 4. Peter-Weiß-Haus: BALMUN Dance Freigarten: Chill Out Area5. Stadtpalast6. Studentenkeller7. LT-Club8. Zwischenbau

Marked: Shopping street with lots of sights

The Legendary BALMUN-Dance

WHAT ELSE TO DO IN ROSTOCKThursday, 23rd10pm: Campus Club (Partymusic) - LT Club

Friday, 24th10pm: Electronic Pulse (Electro, special guest: Klangkünst-

ler) – LT Club10pm: Bootylicious (everybodys music) – Studentenkeller11pm: Never Faded (HipHop) – Stadtpalast

11pm: Seemanns Klub (Electro, special guest: Monkey Sa-fari, Cadeaux) – Zwischenbau

Saturday, 25th

10pm: Saturday Night Fever (Partymusic) – LT Club10pm: Kellermiezen (Partymusic) – Studentenkeller11pm: Zuparken Warm Up! (Surffestival Warm Up) – Zwi-

schenbau11pm: Viva Con Agua (Charity Party, Electro) – Stadtpalast

The Baltic Herald: BALMUN VI! The MUN from Rostock has been well established, is bigger than ever and also a pattern for other UNO projects. How das it feel to be one of the creators of all this?Mrs. Koch: It is an awesome project

where you find so many different ac-tivities for everybody’s linking. I fear, BALMUN will exist until my retirement and maybe much longer.

The Baltic Herald: When you look at this year’s team: What is diffe-rent so the very first Baltic MUN – Team?Mrs. Koch: I think in “year one” all BAL-

MUN participants were in the higher grades, they were 18 and 19. Today we have the youngest team we ever had, the average is 16. That means more challenges, just because with 16 you maybe don’t really know, how many

things are important for such a great conference.

The Baltic Herald: Which new pro-blems might there be, or are al-ready there? And how do you deal with them?Mrs. Koch: In the beginning you always

look at the past conference and be over-whelmed, because it was so amazing. But soon you learn, that it isn’t that easy as it seems. It costs much motivation and energy, which you not always have. Anyhow, there is no reason to fear.

The Baltic Herald: Mr. Breitkopf, what motivated you tob e part of

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

“We have

Editor-in-chiefKevin DuschCaroline LuschLayoutMatthias BannertStaffAnna KondratenkoJenia Barnert

MUNSTER‘S CORNER

Some weeks ago we received an applica-tion for the press team of a very famous person: The MUNSTER. He begged us, to let him be part of the Baltic Herald. No sooner said than done! As our latest member the MUNSTER will be writing a little personal column in every edition. So, be curious about it!

youngest teamever“

BALMUN again?Mr. Breitkopf: The

experience of the last year. That this event makes pupils think such important issues.

The Baltic Herald: What is your per-sonal wish for BAL-MUN VI?Mr. Breitkopf: That it

all works as good as last year and that we make better, what was not that good.The Baltic Herald:

Do you sometimes doubt, that it will work?Mr. Breitkopf: No, at

no time.

“I fear, BALMUN will exist until my retirement and may-be much longer“

Mrs Koch and Mr Breitkopf, the teacher duo behind BALMUN

Mrs Koch discussing things behind the scenes