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Seven delegates represented Nord Anglia International School Shanghai, Pudong in one of the biggest Model United Nations conferences in China from January 15 to 17. Various topics of global interest were under discussion and our delegates represented Mexico and Kenya in the Human Rights Commission, Environment Committee and the General Assembly.
With over 800 passionate delegates, this is a platform for great minds to share their opinions towards current world issues, and produce resolutions with practical, constructive solutions to such problems. After arriving at Concordia, all delegates sat in the sports hall for an inspiring speech by the director, Mr Paulson, as well as a data scientist working for IBM to raise awareness of technology as an integrated part of modern society. We then split up into our respective committees.
I represented the delegation of Mexico in the Human Rights Commission. We began by making our opening statements, addressing topics such as ensuring the safe passage of immigrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea, abolishing gender-selective abortions, as well as combatting hate crimes towards a specific race. It was interesting to see the different stances nations had on such matters, and I was able to place these views into context and make links as to why a country will feel strongly about one topic or another with the knowledge obtained from recent news. At first I was quite nervous about my opening statement and about its requirements, as this was the first time I’d ever had to write one, but after listening to other delegates present their own ideas I felt more confident.
We then proceeded to the lobbying stage, where delegates merged their resolutions together to create a resolution to be debated the following day. My resolution was primarily focused on ensuring the safe passage of immigrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea. I cooperated with the delegates of Indonesia, Morocco, Japan and Botswana in drafting up a final resolution amongst us. Initially we disagreed over some clauses, as they were not entirely relevant or were simply too vague to be included, such as “providing welfare to immigrants.” After three hours we completed the task and approached the approval panel for the ratification of our resolution.
This marked an end to day one of this three-day conference.
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