“You can be catalysts for change…as leaders of the future, you can come up with innovative approaches to help confront the challenges facing the global community.”
— UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, March 2008.
Sailing the Good Ship Model UN
My first experience attending the National Model UN conference in New York City can be best described as having sailed a giant tidal wave with my professor’s lessons as the sails and my delegation partner as shipmate. Heading to the first day’s committee session, I...
Sailing the Good Ship Model UN
My first experience attending the 2018 National Model UN (NMUN) conference in New York City can be best described as having sailed a giant tidal wave with my professor's lessons as the sails and my delegation partner as shipmate. Heading to the first day’s committee...
Enhancing Leadership Skills through a New Role
Taking Model UN for the second time this semester has been an opportunity for me to improve my leadership skills. Prior to the conference, I was able to guide junior delegates in the right direction when writing position papers, practicing during class, and giving...
Taking Pacific Island States Seriously
I will always remember my experience at the 2018 National Model UN (NMUN) conference in New York City. At the Opening Ceremony, I was inspired by the speeches that recalled all the past events and historical resolutions that were passed in the same seats as I was...
Model UN Is Unlike Any Other Class
Model United Nations is definitely unlike any other class offered at Pace University. It can be overwhelming at first but you get used to everything that goes on after the first day or so. The big committees at the 2018 National Model UN (NMUN) conference in New York...
Geneva Conference Gave Me Confidence to Follow My Career Path
Participation in the 2018 Geneva International Model UN (GIMUN) conference in Switzerland gave me a wonderful opportunity to immerse myself in the world of international work. The conference that was held in the Palais des Nation, home to the UN Office in Geneva,...
A Unique Opportunity to Discuss International Policy
This semester I represented Nicaragua in a simulation of UN Women at the 2018 Geneva International Model UN (GIMUN) conference in Switzerland. It was very different from my experience at the 2017 National Model UN conference in Washington DC. Committee procedure was...
GIMUN Was an Unforgettable Experience
The opportunity to participate in the 2018 Geneva International Model UN (GIMUN) conference was an unforgettable experience. The ability to engage in diplomatic negotiations, perform speeches and collaborate on a single proposal at the UN's Palais des Nations was...
I Was Excited to Share Our Weeks of Research
I’ll never forget the rush of emotions that were going through me as I was next in the speaker’s list. I was nervous, because I’m naturally a shy person who avoids public speaking at all costs. But I was also excited. I was excited to share the weeks of research my...
Jet-Lagged and Motivated, Jolted with a New Drive
Our assignment at the 2018 Geneva International Model UN (GIMUN) conference was bigger than what we could have ever comprehended. We embarked on a flight with the intention of being diplomats for our respective countries. We went to enjoy the experience of being out...
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