Our school’s MUN Club had a busy time this term.
During the weekend of 18th - 19th February fifteen members of the MUN Club of our school participated in the second St. Catherine’s School Model United Nations event.
In this innovative simulation of the United Nations, delegates had the opportunity to discuss matters of international importance, enhance their understanding of UN-committee procedures and simultaneously prepare themselves for MUN conferences designed for pupils at the secondary level of their education. The theme for this year’s Conference was “Proliferating education and gender equity”.
This time our participants were from year groups ranging from Year 8 to Year 12, with many younger pupils participating for the first time in an MUN Conference and despite sacrificing a whole weekend they all enjoyed their first experience and are very excited about future participations.
Kimberly Wang held the position of the co-chair of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Committee and made an excellent impression with her hard work and kind attitude towards everyone.
The next exciting endeavour of our MUN Club was the participation of three dedicated members in the prestigious Yale Model Government Europe, YMGE, from Thursday 16th until Saturday 18th March 2023, in a conference which was highly demanding, not only academically, but physically as well, as it required hard work for long hours across all three days.
This interesting simulation of the work of United Nations is one of a kind. It is the only conference in the world with its globally unique committee and conference structure, where high-school pupils from around the world come together to debate events of global importance and put their creativity, diplomacy, and problem-solving abilities to the test. Delegates learn how to actively search for compromises and agreement, while having crisis updates thrown at them every step of the way. They embody a diversity of perspectives and help the participants gain valuable knowledge of regional politics in various areas of the world. And that was exactly what made it interesting as our pupils commented, that it was spontaneous, and therefore challenging and fun at the same time.
Many schools from around the world took part in YMGE Conference and it was a great honour for our school that Kimberly Wang was the only participant from schools in Greece who was awarded with the Best Delegate prize for her Committee.
Well done to all the members of our MUN Club, for their hard work and dedication which bodes well for the future!
