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Dulwich Delegation at Model United Nations
DCS Year 12 students debate, discuss and deliberate
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DIPLOMATS IN TRAINING: Year 12 students at the Model UN.
Dulwich College Shanghai Year 12 students served
as delegates at the Concordia International School
Shanghai Model United Nations (MUN)
Conference in January,
representing DCS in
debate, discussion and
deliberation.
Following the opening
ceremony, we split up into
our assigned committees.
Vince Lee, a newcomer to
the MUN team, had the
pleasure of representing
Lebanon in the UN Advisory
Panel for the Arab Spring. William Yang
and Barry Gill represented Lebanon
on the Security Council. Tiffany Cheng,
Ivan Kwok, Eric Schlott and James
Gao were sent to the bustling General
Assembly chamber. Clarissa Tan, Lena
Courcol and Megan Liu, represented
the liberties of women and children in the
Human Rights Council. Working as functioning cogs
for the great machinery of world peace, our delegates
received first hand experience in the simulation of
international democracy at the UN.
MUN allows students from different international
schools across Asia to collaborate as ambassadors of
a country to produce resolutions on a range
of global issues, from the protection of the
welfare of religious and ethnic minorities in
Middle Eastern countries, internally displaced
refugees in Somalia, racial discrimination
and the protection of journalists in armed
conflict. The amount of research invested in
these conferences is the foundation for the
delegate’s stance.
Model UN exercises a
student’s ability to write,
speak publicly, and work
as a team. These qualities
are needed throughout
school and beyond. For
many of our newcomers
to the Model UN team,
the CISSMUN conference
was the first time they
had experienced a globally
aware debate on such a large scale. Despite the
intimidating aspect of MUN for a first-timer, all of our
delegates valued the experience greatly and can’t wait
to do it again.
-William Yang and Megan Lui, Year 12
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