Over the past weekend, Catholic Central students traveled to Ann Arbor, Michigan to participate in the University of Michigan Model UN Conference. Students participated in a United Nations-simulation where they represented Poland, Czech Republic, Guatemala, Nepal, and other various individuals in historical UN committees. Before attending the conference, each student was assigned both a UN committee and a country (or individual) by Model UN organizers to research and prepare papers on for the simulation. While in Ann Arbor, they participated in authentic UN meetings and discussed given global topics and problems. From there, they joined with other delegates to draft working papers and write resolutions to solve these problems. Some of the topics in committee were more controversial, such as illicit trade of small arms, the privatization of outer space, gender-based wartime violence, cyber warfare, to name a few, and led to heated debate among the delegates. Our students each contributed well throughout the four-day conference.
Overall, students had a great time discussing global topics within their committees and sharing research and opinion with other delegates.
A special congratulations goes out to Senior Sydney Robson who won Best Delegate for her work within the Joint Committee on the 1960s Congo Crisis. This is an incredible honor considering how many students participate within each committee.
Next year we hope to have another great Model UN trip to Michigan as well as participate in other conferences. If you are interested in signing up for Model UN next year, stop by and talk to Ms. Dosemagen!
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