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DAV
UN CLUB
More often then not our
surroundings seem to be much beyond our control. Sometimes because the
butterfly effect has no immediate result and sometimes because we don't
really believe that we alone can make a difference. It is this feeling that
the MUN targets and once you are a part of it, you know that a hurricane
swirled just because one butterfly fluttered a wing. The MUN is the
simulation of the actual UN where students from all over the world
represent as delegates with the onus of representing a nation they
themselves belong to.
This is a long and
tedious process, which has various stages. The first stage which begins six
months prior to the event which involves acquainting one's self with the
customs, ways and the powerful body language which the nation in general
and its diplomats in particular adopt. The second stage is the creation of the country profile:
an official document which represents a holistic view of the nation’s
achievements and international standing which covers various categories
like history, people, economy, culture government, constitution, foreign
policy and diplomatic relationship. The country profile is usually
accompanied by a model and is judged on the basis of creativity,
interesting and authentic representation of valid data. The next stage is usually a
simultaneous process accompanying the second one is concrete research work
on agenda items given to each delegate which differ from committee to
committee. As each organ of the UN has different powers and roles, you could
be found defending the Iraq war or criticizing the
NPT. Then the final stage involves execution of all these steps and is the
true test of your diplomacy, negotiation abilities, consensus building
skills and debating potential.
This year marked the
5th anniversary of an eventful journey and looking back at the path
embarked upon is not to difficult for along the path sparkle achievements that
set it aglow. Since the beginning of the journey quite a few milestones
have added to the glitter. One of the most laudable steps was creation of
the UN CLUB (for class 8 to 12). Every year two MUNs are organized; namely
Indian Model United Nations (INMUN) by St. Xavier’s and The Ryan Group of
International Schools, and Delhi Public School Model United Nations
(DPSMUN) by UNA-USA in collaboration with DPS R.K. Puram, New Delhi. This
year the school participated in both of these conferences. INMUN 2006 was
organized on 6, 7 and 8 October at Hotel Hill View,
Faridabad. Students, namely Dheeraj
Kumar, Abhinoor Dhull, Yogesh Sharma, Rohit Gupta, Prateek, and Khushal
Sagar, represented the UAE under the guidance of teacher advisors Mrs.
Jyoti Sharma and Ms. Sajal Duggal. Our team bagged award for the Best
Delegate (Yogesh Sharma). We also had a member in the World Press
(Swati Narnaulia) who got a certificate of achievement for
having reported for The Security Council and The Economic and Social
Council. The glorious
adventure continued at DPSMUN 2006 organized on 2, 3 and 4 December at the
India Habitat Center, New Delhi. Our school sent a delegation
representing USA led by our teacher advisors
Mrs. Kusum Singh and Mrs. Jyoti Sharma. We had the opportunity to interact
with students from all over the world as 100 schools participated and 700
delegates attended the conference. Our school bagged 7 awards in all
committees and categories: The Best Delegation Award from the MUN
Secretary General, Best Country Profile, Best Delegate (Swati
Narnaulia, Siddharth Mahajan and Aayush Srivastava) and Best Position
Paper (Chhaya Gupta and Chanakya Mukherjee)
The MUN is a life changing
experience which opens eyes to challenges of the world community, provides
world class education, helps you familiarize with the culture and people
from all over the world, and improves your social & diplomatic
consensus by building managerial skills & filling your life with a
lifetime of confidence. The MUN has made us realize that nothing in the
world; nothing at all goes unnoticed or is inconsequential.
The MUN rocked us. Hope
it does the same to you................
Swati Narnaulia
DAV UN CLUB
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