MUN
Introduction: Model United Nations where students are delegates of a certain country and they look at global issues and propose solutions for them.
L.O.'s:
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LO2 - Being involved in MUN is a personal challenge as I am not so confident when speaking in public. I believe that putting myself into this situation would help me grow in confidence and become more aware of today's global issues.
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LO5 - As a delegate, I had to communicate and collaborate with other delegates of countries to support each other's resolutions by sharing knowledge of our own ideas and listening to others proposals.
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LO6 - Being a part of MUN meant that I had to know really well the global issues today and where my country stands for each issue so that I can make resolutions rightly based on what my country would stand in. Moreover, I had to be aware of where other countries stand and understand why they could be against where my country stands in in the particular issue.
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LO7 - I had to consider the ethics and of choices and actions I make when communicating with other delegates and when representing my own country with my resolutions/amendments. I had to ensure that my proposals reflects the right ethical decisions (especially when going against one delegate's opinion) and be aware of the consequences of my country/community if ethics were not carefully considered.
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Thursday, September 10, 2015
My first session of MUN was quite productive, as we were able to look into issues about the human rights violated in occupied Palestinians territories. I looked into the clean water shortage in Palestine and thought of some possible resolutions. We were able to a short debate at the end of the session and listened to a few of others’ clauses. Our team spotted on someone’s clause about them ‘sanctioning’ another government, and we reminded ourselves that that is not allowed when we are in the ‘Human Rights Committee’. Overall, I was able to have a gist of it on what we need to research and do to make a proper clause; my goal next time is to hopefully be able to successfully say my own resolution in front of our small group.
Thursday, September 17, 2015
With the help of my friend, Mehar, I was able to understand what a clause is and how it should be written in MUN today. I researched women’s rights in Argentina and found that we support women rights. I discussed with a few other people on what should be done to resolve problems related to women’s rights and got some ideas. For next session, we will be doing a debate, and so I need to have my clause ready and prepared.
Thursday, September 24, 2015
We started a debate today in MUN, and I was able to say my clause in front of people today. I had critical feedback from the chairs, which I thought were very helpful for future clauses I’ll be making. Furthermore, responses from other delegates placed me under pressure, which was good practice. I understood that the ways words are phrased in clauses are really important as they do affect the idea you are conveying to other fellow delegates. Next session, I hope to present myself with more confidence and have prepared responses from arguments by researching further into my topic and country really well.
Thursday, October 1, 2015
We worked on more clauses in MUN today and were told that we were going to have a mock MUN assembly next week to prepare for the upcoming locals. I found that one of my allies is Mexico, so I worked with the delegate of Mexico, Liezl, to make a resolution together about women’s right economically, politically and socially. Even though we were told to only make 3 clauses, Liezl and I were able to make 6 clauses in the end, which I was really impressed about. Because I get easily nervous when speaking in front of a crowd, I will be practicing what I need to say about my country and the resolution beforehand to be more prepared for this. I really hope that my practice and dedicated work will be shown through my performance in front of others next week.
Thursday, October 8, 2015
We had a mock MUN conference today in the bunker as practice for the Locals 2015 this Friday to Saturday. We debated on a resolution that I’ve co-submitted on, pertaining to the exclusion of women politically, socially and economically. We practice raising points of information and opening speeches for and against the resolution. After this session, I’ve gained more confidence in speaking and I feel more prepared for the upcoming locals conference now. I am looking forward to this amazing experience of MUN.
Friday-Saturday, October 9-10, 2015
The MUN Locals 2015 conference took place on October 9 to 10. In the human rights council, we were around 40 people. We debated on 4 topics: human rights violations in occupied Palestinian territory, preventing the political, social and economic exclusion of women, providing adequate measures for the protection of freedom of religion and belief in Turkey, and combatting LGBT discrimination in Russia and its former republics. During this time, I was able to make several points of information from the debate. From researching resolutions for real, current issues to meeting so much different, new friends and becoming great allies, I’d say that I have gained so much experience from this conference and am very thankful to be able to participate in such a thing like this.
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