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Show BHS TO TAKE PART IN UN ASSEMBLY In addition to representing the country of Burundi during the ninth annual United Nations Model Assembly As-sembly on the University of Utah campus on April 19 and 20, 1963, the students of Bingham High have been given responsibilities on one of the important UN committees, according to word received from the University today. Dr. J. D. Williams, U. of U. political pol-itical science professor who acts as president of the general assembly, announced that Burundi had been assigned to committee 8, which will consider the problem of federal powers for the UN. This group will explore the advantages of altering the UN in the direction of a limited federal union, where it might have such powers as direct taxation, protection pro-tection of civil rights, tariffs, armament arm-ament production, etc. This is expected ex-pected to be one of the liveliest committees at the Model Assembly, since the subject is so highly controversial. con-troversial. Mrs. Aartje Clyde is the advisor to the Bingham High students who will attend the assembly. Other committees will be discussing discus-sing such topics as interference and aggression cases, disarmament and atomic control, the UN police force, membership and privileges, international inter-national trade, and the World Health Organization, voting rights and procedures, and the future of Germany. |