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{protectionism and its effect on global warming}
POR: MADELINE HARTAI - WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
The first day in the World Economic Forum committee gave way to a
promising start, which hopefully foreshadows a productive three days
here at GLC MUN X. All of the opening speeches were well presented, well
prepared, and it could be noticed that the delegates had taken the time to
rehearse carefully. Among the most notable speeches were those of the
representative of Google, the representative of BP Bod Radley, the
Minister of Agriculture of North Korea, and Mr. Ajay Vir Tahkar. With the
speeches done with, a motion for a moderated caucus was put into order
in relation to Protectionism, in which the delegates managed to express
some fairly good points in a heated debate. The most controversial
delegates were the representative of North Korea and the Minister of
Economy of Argentina, both of whom provided relatively radical
viewpoints in regard to their defense of the usage of Protectionism. The
Minister of Economy of Argentina seemed to be unafraid to critique her
fellow delegates in order to prove her point, and corrected the delegation
of Royal Dutch Shell for the absence of the Falkland Islands in his
freehand geographic map he drew to disprove her ideas. She also
ruthlessly attacked the viewpoints of other delegates such as the
representative of Microsoft and the representative of Google, both of
whom were against the application of Protectionism. In addition, the
representative of Google, Mr. Bob Radley and Mr. Ajay Vir Tahkar
impressed the commission with their strong English-speaking skills, while
the representative of MONSANTO used didactic whiteboard graphs to
support his theory.
The delegates seemed rejuvenated after the coffee break, and
arrived inspired and ready to prove their points. During the second
moderated caucus, the representative of ZXܛ