I joined the Model UN chapter here on campus just to see what it was like. Some of my friends in high school participated in MUN and unfortunately I completely missed that train then. Now I have decided to find out about what I was missing. I have to admit that I am completely hooked. I had no idea that parliamentary procedure could be so thrilling. I also have to admit that part of the reason I joined MUN was to figure out exactly what the UN did and its role in the 21st century. I am still vague about that last bit but I can tell you that the process of getting to whatever role it plays is more exciting than it looks.
So far I have only participated in a mini-conference but I loved every minute of it. Ok well not every minute. At first I had no intention of making a speech but then I figured why not and I felt so much better afterward. The topic of the mini-conference was nuclear proliferation and I was the delegate for Pakistan. I'll be honest, I don't know as much about nuclear proliferation as I should as a supposedly concerned global citizen, but still I think that I did pretty well. I addressed the "General Assembly" twice and staunchly opposed any resolution that imposed sanctions on countries that did not sign the Nonproliferation Treaty but did allow the IAEA some access to inspect its nuclear weapons. This is because Pakistan has not ratified the Treaty (because India hasn't and India won't ratify the treaty until Pakistan has and so on and so forth) but does allow the IAEA some access to its stockpile.blah blah blah logistics. Maybe I'll post my speeches on here later and then maybe you can tell me what you think of them.
The point of this rather longwinded post is to say that I am liking Model UN so far and am looking forward to see where it will take me. This is my only major club for this semester but it looks like it will take up a lot of my time.
Until next time...
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