MS Model UN South -- November 3-4, 2006 -- AISG
Thanks to Bradley Arnold for coordinating this event and for providing the following report!
The MUN conference was held at AISG this past November. It was open to all ACAMIS schools in the southern and central region. SAS, UISG, UISZ, SIS, QSI and AISG all participated. About 100 students represented delegates from 25 different countries in 6 different UN committees: Security council, UN High Commission for Refugees, the UN Environment Program, the Legal Committee, UNESCO, and the Social, Humanitarian & Cultural Committee. Topics included: the crisis in Lebanon, the refugee problem in Darfur, Sudan, deforestation, the definition of terrorism, intellectual property rights, and adolescent development. The student delegates worked hard in their committees negotiating and lobbying to get meaningful resolutions written that would help solve these issues and bring peace to the world. After debate and votes concluded in each of the committees, the entire group met for a final General Assembly session. In this session, final debate was given to the resolutions passed in each committee. Two committee representatives spoke to the assembly for and against each resolution, and then the General Assembly as a whole passed or rejected the resolutions.
The student delegates overall showed great maturity as they discussed important issues and worked to solve problems that affect billions of people worldwide. The experience is one that they should always remember, and as they go to other MUN conferences or participate in other debate-like forums, their skills should continue to grow.
There were many AISG students who helped make the conference a success. First of all, the committee chairs and co-chairs were high school students, mostly grades 11 and 12, but some in grades 9 and 10, as well. They prepared the committee topics and provided personal assistance to the delegates who were writing resolutions and debating the issues. Also, there about 15 middle school students who took on the role of pages and reporters, passing messages, writing 4 newsletters, and delivering all documents to the proper committees. All of these students worked hard to make sure the conference ran smoothly and was enjoyed by all the participants.
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