UN WOMEN
by Sklavounakis George
The 2 nd day kicked in, and the UN Women committee,
initially seeming plagued by some arrangement issues
begins its work. This year, the delegation consists of
several aspiring psychologists, police officers and
businesswomen. And I say businesswomen because the
committee’s delegates, with the exception of only two
boys, are female. Another thing that most of UN Women delegates have in common is that most of
them are first-timers, and, that’s the reason why the chairs tried to break the ice during the general
speakers list through jokes and puns. And, exactly because of the lack of experience of the delegates,
there were some misunderstandings of the process, but, between some of those missteps, several
countries, including Ukraine, South Africa, Cyprus and Venezuela, among others, took the front seat
and were the ones to set the conversation on the representation of women in the media, and on their
position in the labor market, among other topics. During the unmoderated caucuses (imagine
something like a cocktail party without the cocktails that you have to take advantage of in order to
give and take the information you need about a certain topic, and usually lasts up to 10 minutes), the
chairs gave to the delegates useful pieces of advice in order to achieve the best results possible, and
that would help them in future MUNs. When the
process of correcting the clauses kicked in, things got
more serious, and everyone was in search of concrete
proof for the clauses, followed by amendment
propositions by the countries to the sponsor. The
country that will serve as the sponsor of the draft
resolution in this year’s General Assembly is South
Africa.