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Members of the Model United Nations club recently attended UCLA's BruinMUN Conference, where they simulated the proceedings of the UN and debated topics from immigration to chemical weapons. Four delegates shared their experiences with us. Morey '15 I represented Romania in the European Union. The EU was an interesting committee because, as a union of …
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Between the 25th and 29th of January, 12 delegates from Bay’s Model United Nations club flew to Boston for a Harvard-sponsored conference. This was our third conference this year, and Bay School’s first ever out-of- state conference. Over 3,000 people attended the conference from 37 countries worldwide—coming together to simulate United Nations committee sessions. For …
On November 4-6 Bay's Model U.N. Club attended Stanford's Model United Nations Conference. Here are some of their reflections on that weekend. Julia Nierenberg – Junior At Stanford, I represented Mexico within the committee of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The two topics we discussed were 1) Secondary Education in Developing Countries …
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During the past Friday’s Model United Nations meeting, we discussed and debated an article from The New York Times describing the status and effectiveness of global protests led primarily by young adults. The club members debated the difference between riots and protests by analyzing the root of protest: the need for political change. We discussed how protests …
This past Friday in Model United Nations Club, we read an article from The Economist about the struggle over statehood with Palestine. After some background on Palestine’s recent bid for statehood at the United Nations, we had an informal discussion sharing our personal views, and pointing out what we saw as problems and benefits to Palestine being …
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