Model United Nations 2012

By Annie O’Gorman, Sophie Fitzpatrick & Rosanne Collins.

Students Involved:

Annie O’Gorman: The World Bank, ECOSOC

Andrea Brislane: Togo, Second Committee

Juliana Gleeson: Egypt, First Committee

Alli Guinane: The World Bank, Second Committee

Emer Hayes: The World Bank, Fourth Committee

Darragh Joyce: Togo, Security Council

Rosanne Collins: Sierra Leone, Fourth Committee

Elizabeth Storey: Egypt, Fourth Committee

Mark Ryan: Greece, Second Committee

Lily Sparks: Sierra Leone, Human Rights Council

Sophie Fitzpatrick: Iran, First Committee

Rachel Cooney: Iran, Human Rights Council

Eileen Shanahan-Chesser: Egypt, ECOSOC

Teige Butler: Togo, Fourth Committee

Megan Costello: Iran, Second Committee

Nicole Cumiskey: Greece, ECOSOC

And of course

Ms. Gowing Ms. Dillon-Devine Ms. Woods

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Waiting for the train in Copenhagen.

What we did:

Conference started at half eight every morning and ended at half five.

During the conferences we negotiated resolutions (solutions to world issues) with the other delegates.

We presented them to our committees and the resolutions that passed were brought to the General Assembly on the final day.

Where we were:

We were in Nyborg, Denmark.

It was -6 degrees everyday,

We walked to the school

every morning in the snow.

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The MUN team.

Awards

Mark Ryan received the award for ‘Most Distinguished Delegate’.

Several of the Villier’s delegates had resolutions passed.

Amendments (Changes to a resolution) were also passed.

Who we met

There were students from Germany, England, Sweden, Norway and Denmark. We became friendly with them and still talk!

The teachers made useful contacts with other European schools.

What we learned and why we recommend it:

We improved our public speaking skills. We learned about new cultures and

countries which made us more understanding of difference.

We saw the world from a different point of view.

We also learned to negotiate which included our nightly curfew.

Its a useful learning experience outside of a classroom environment.

Goodbye Nyborg

We would like to thank the PTA, Ms. Storey and everyone else who helped to fundraise for the trip, it was a truly memorable experience and we are very grateful.

We would also like to thank Ms. Gowing and Ms.Dillon-Devine for accompanying us to Nyborg.

Thank You For Watching

Any questions?