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Macedonian Model
United Barbe - MAK 17
Nations
Laura
T
he Macedonia Model United Nations 2014
conference was held in Kavadarci on June
7th. We had a rocky planning process, but
a couple weeks before the conference we had
successful conference simulations where the
students practiced how the conference would go
and they did a fantastic job, which gave us hope!
On the day of the conference, together with our
delegates, chairpersons and Secretary General,
we opened the event at the House of Culture, and
then we moved to the primary school where the
actual conference took place.
We had 14 teams made up of approximately 140
students from all around Macedonia representing countries such as Syria, South Africa, Brazil,
Bulgaria, South Korea, and many others. Each
student represented one of the 7 committees we
had, including the Industrial Development Organization, World Health Organization, and Environmental Program. We had a wide range of issues
this year ranging from Combating Illicit Trade in
Small Arms and Light Weapons, to The Right to
Adequate Housing and Protection from Forcible
Evictions, to Increasing Corporate Social Responsibility in Developing Countries and Economies in
Transition.
One new addition this year was that the Security
Council was given a“surprise issue”created by
our Secretariat, which was comprised of the Team
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Leaders. The Team Leaders were very creative
and came up with a multi-tier terrorist plot, and the
Security Council’s job was to debate on how to approach and solve the issue.
Overall, we had a great conference. The delegates
were excited and ready to debate! It was really
impressive to see how students take these unfamiliar issues, research them, and then debate using
a perspective that is most likely different than their
own, all in their second or third language.