A MINI Model United Nations (MUN) experience for grade 10
- Created on 27 September 2022
- Last changed on 02 October 2023
Last week our very own MUN leaders and MUN club members had created a workshop and a lesson for all Grade 10 students to introduce them to MUN and its intricacies. We were able to conduct a whole MUN debate on top of that which hopefully gave our new inspiring delegates a chance to really understand what MUN is all about. Our very own MUN presidents and long time club members had a chance to explain to our future generations of MUN on what the procedure looks like and one of the Grade 10 students who had participated in the mini-MUN had described the presidents and the leaders of the workshop as
“Charismatic and a great speaker”.
The workshop was approximately 90 minutes long where our members had to pack a lot of information into one presentation and give them an essence of what MUN is. Our members who hosted the presentations said that
“It was a great experience and I had seen myself in many of the new aspiring delegates”.
The Grade 10’s had to be shown how being part of the MUN club is no laughing matter and it must be taken seriously. Moreover they would be representing the school when attending the MUN conferences and would have to behave in a courteous and proper manner. The members had also explained to them on how a normal MUN conference looks like and how they must be prepared with a resolution and arguments. They were taught how MUN is essentially roleplay and they would have to fit their character of the country. They must roleplay how the country would react to international situations and consider diplomatic situations while at the same time looking out for their own interests and objectives. The new delegates were shown how MUN can be a handy and an essential part of your resumé and how MUN could play a huge role in your society with your decisions on voting and understanding of politics. MUN is a way to understand how the world works and the essential concept of compromise and this was essentially the essence of what the MUN presidents wanted to teach them.
After explaining the basic ground rules of MUN and the grassroots of what it means to be part of the MUN ISH Club, they were given an essence of what an MUN conference day would be like with an invigorating debate on issues such as how to curb the infections of HIV and the conflict between Bangladesh and Myanmar and the refugee crisis. Everyone was given an equal opportunity to enter the podium and speak their mind and they were shown how MUN can be daunting yet a great learning experience. One of our members hosting the presentations had voiced
“The debate was slow and nervous at the beginning but it soon picked up and the students had gotten a grip on how international diplomacy worked and started playing the roles of their countries”.
All the classes had passed a resolution and would show the Grade 10’s a hint of how conflict compromise is done. As a final note we as the MUN club had requested each and every Grade 10 to sign up for the upcoming conference (LMUNA) and when writing this article, we are enthralled with the responses we got and the follow up questions we got on registration. Unfortunately not all Grade 10 students who had registered could enter the conference but this is just a start and we would like to say don't give up hope. Keep signing up and keep pursuing MUN and you will definitely get a chance to represent our school as an MUN delegate. After all you are simply at the beginning of what we call a long process of diplomacy, compromise and conflict resolution.
Thank you to our MUN members who participated: Enya, Rishi Narendran, Siddharth, Cleo, Ken, Martina, Maria, Ridhi and Tara.
Written by:
Rishi Narendran
(Co-President of MUN Club)
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