During the weekend Friday 5th, Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th eleven of our pupils took part in yet another Model United Nations in the American College of Greece representing three countries, DPRK, Slovakia and Equatorial Guinea, as Delegates in various Committees, as diverse as the Disarmament and International Security Committee, the Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Committee, the Special Political and Decolonization Committee, the Legal Committee and the Security Council. This time two of our pupils held the position of Chair of two Committees, the Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Committee and the World Health Organisation (WHO).
The theme of this Conference was “Digital Citizenship”, an extremely interesting and thought provoking area of discussion. Some of the topics that were debated in the Committees during the three days of intense work were related to the theme of the Conference, like assessing the security and privacy of digital footprints, use of artificial intelligence in medicine, artificial intelligence and robots embedded in the workforce, but others were as diverse as combating political propaganda, impact of military materials on the environment, rejuvenating the economies of former conflict zones, the question of the diminution of the birth index, balancing the roles of public and private sectors in economic growth, the issue of DNA cloning, combating the international obesity and diabetes epidemics, the return and restitution of cultural property to the countries of origin, or the journalistic responsibility and the fight against the spread of false information online.
Taking part in an MUN Conference has become very popular among our pupils, older and younger ones, as young as Year 7, who very bravely sacrificed a whole weekend, debating over long hours on topics that are really challenging for them. As for the old ones, they are used by now to be Chairs of various Committees and to help the younger members of the MUN Club of our school feeling excited as well as informed and prepared. We are all looking forward to our next participation in October, in an MUN Conference which will see one of our pupils as the President of the General Assembly! Well done to all!
