Local Life - Wigan - April 2019

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Students Resolve World Issues
Last month, students from Winstanley College
headed to Augsburg in Germany to take part in the
2019 Model United Nations Conference.
It was the fifth year running that Winstanley has
taken part in the international event which involves
representing a country in teams and debating a
range of topical issues including poverty, climate
change and even world peace.
Delegates had to present themselves in different
roles including General Assembly and The World
Health Organisation. They also drafted resolutions
to the problems discussed, and many of these were
successfully passed, resulting in a real sense of
achievement.
Winstanley had a challenge with Venezuela,
Belgium and Turkey to represent; however with the
team’s skill and diplomacy there was no need to call
in the Security Council!