Model UN Delegates' Diary

Posted: 10/02/2015

A delegates diary of the LEH MUN 2015! By Anastasia Broder and Ira Li

 

Ira Li, Ariel Zhang, Ararat Seyranyan, Andrei Badea, Maddy Macadrai, Anastasia Broder, Adrian Siu, Youssef Arafat, Quynh Luong, Sjors Roosenboom, Polina Goncherenko and Teresa Gubern Gonzalez, represented three different countries at Model United Nations Conference in Lady Eleanor Holles School. For most of the delegates it was their first time participating in such event, but they all managed to prove themselves capable.



The first day was dedicated to committee work and discussion of committee-based issues such as completing decolonization, right to online privacy, and battling Islamic extremism in Nigeria. Ira’s resolution on combating police brutality was chosen to be discussed, and she successfully defended her points. All the delegates submitted various amendments and persistently asked for points of information.



On Sunday, the delegates participated in General Assembly, debating issues of women’s reproductive rights and Rwandan genocide. The crisis discussion on the topic of Argentina reclaiming Antarctica took an interesting turn; the delegates began discussing the most effective way to save penguins - Youssef made an amendment to have them moved to Siberia instead of China, and it passed!

Overall, the conference was a success. The participants said “it was amazing learning so much about contemporary issues, as well as engaging with other students from all over England.” Even though Model United Nations requires a considerable amount of research beforehand, it is so worthwhile. At times, however, it’s creativity and humor that are highly appraised; for instance, the question of police brutality was suggested to be resolved using reversed psychology and baguettes as batons, and to handle the tsunami crisis in Taiwan the idea to summon superman was introduced.


Many thanks to Miss Hardy and Miss Simmons for coordinating such an enjoyable event.