II . Contribution to the work of the United Nations Participation in the work of the Economic and Social Council and its subsidiary entities : ( a ) AMIDEAST/Lebanon sponsored Lebanese participants ( via the United States Agency for International Development ( USAID ) -funded Professional Training Programme ) to attend the fifty-first session of the Commission on the Status of Women ( 2007 ) , as well as the fifty-second session ( 2008 ) . Both sessions were held in New York ; ( b ) AMIDEAST/Tunisia 's College Club selected and prepared six Tunisian high school students , including five Youth Exchange and Study Programme ( YES ) alumni , to participate in the 2009 Model United Nations in Doha , Qatar .