Assignment 3 - Elizabeth Moore - Model UN

Model UN (MUN) is a life-defining experience. MUN cultivates relationships between students from drastically different cultures through international invitational conferences that assemble students from many nations, including China, Indonesia, Greece, Britain, and the United States. Students from diverse delegations are placed in committees, where they make connections with other students from unique backgrounds. Throughout MUN conferences, delegates work with the same diverse group of students to create solutions to the relevant problems that face nations. These people-to-people interactions promote cooperation and collaboration, fostering empathy and understanding among teenagers worldwide. MUN also promotes understanding of foreign culture. Students adopt surrogate nations or personas that they represent at conferences and conduct extensive research to accurately represent the point of view of their assigned role. Delegates are frequently assigned positions with which they disagree, but the perspective students gain from promoting and defending positions that run counter to their own promotes skills that will enable them to achieve peaceful conflict-resolution and that enhance their depth of world view. Not only does MUN encourage collaboration between delegates of different backgrounds and promote understanding of other ideologies, it also prepares youth worldwide to become the next generation of global leaders.