Delegates from Nexus include:
You Zhen> Guatamela
Olivia Warr> Switzerland
What happened?
The First Day
Today we arrived at MUN in GIS. We were all a bit nervous as we waited to get called into the Grand Hall where we had a presentation about what this weekend was going to be all about. Soon after we split in to our committees and because for many of us this was only our second or third conference, we nervously read our opening speeches. The different committees starting lobbying and we soon made good friends and colleagues that came together to make a resolution to resolve the issues depending on our topics. Overall, our first day reassured us, and we had fun!
~Written by Olivia Warr~
Olivia in the midst of a group discussion
The Second Day
The second day in the Human Rights Committee was extremely hectic yet enjoyable as countless resolutions were debated and amended.
I arrived early at GIS and waited for my fellow colleagues and friends from a range of schools to arrive so that we can elaborate and add more to our close-to-perfect-resolution. We continued lobbying until 10:45 where we started debating on the first resolution. That was when the fun really starts.
Fiery debates from countries made you think twice about the resolution as a whole, while detailed amendments were added to improve the resolution. The debate raged on and on, until the chair decided that we could not have any more speeches due to time constraints. This happened to every resolution that we have debated for, never ceasing to be boring for a second.
Next, we had our lunch break where I discussed our resolution with another colleague and shared our interests. When we returned full of energy, a resolution has already been passed out and we all immediately sat down and took notes.
I also found that I improved drastically from my previous MUN, where I realised that the more Points of Information (POI’s) you make, the less nervous you will be and the more efficient debating will be. I got more and more confident and raised many POI’s along with a speech.
The result of our resolution was worth the hard work, as it passed with all member states for it, with one abstention and none against. At the end of the day, the Human Rights Committee passed altogether three out of six resolutions, and we all await fruitful debates for the remaining three tomorrow.
I feel that the experience was really unforgettable as I managed to make friends from GIS, Mutiara Grammar School and Uplands international school in Penang. I would recommend MUN to anyone as not only can you learn something invaluable from it, you are also given a chance to socialise with students from all over Malaysia of various ages.
~Written by You Zhen~
The second day in the Human Rights Committee was extremely hectic yet enjoyable as countless resolutions were debated and amended.
I arrived early at GIS and waited for my fellow colleagues and friends from a range of schools to arrive so that we can elaborate and add more to our close-to-perfect-resolution. We continued lobbying until 10:45 where we started debating on the first resolution. That was when the fun really starts.
Fiery debates from countries made you think twice about the resolution as a whole, while detailed amendments were added to improve the resolution. The debate raged on and on, until the chair decided that we could not have any more speeches due to time constraints. This happened to every resolution that we have debated for, never ceasing to be boring for a second.
Next, we had our lunch break where I discussed our resolution with another colleague and shared our interests. When we returned full of energy, a resolution has already been passed out and we all immediately sat down and took notes.
I also found that I improved drastically from my previous MUN, where I realised that the more Points of Information (POI’s) you make, the less nervous you will be and the more efficient debating will be. I got more and more confident and raised many POI’s along with a speech.
The result of our resolution was worth the hard work, as it passed with all member states for it, with one abstention and none against. At the end of the day, the Human Rights Committee passed altogether three out of six resolutions, and we all await fruitful debates for the remaining three tomorrow.
I feel that the experience was really unforgettable as I managed to make friends from GIS, Mutiara Grammar School and Uplands international school in Penang. I would recommend MUN to anyone as not only can you learn something invaluable from it, you are also given a chance to socialise with students from all over Malaysia of various ages.
~Written by You Zhen~
Oliva and You Zhen making some final touches to the resolution
The Third Day
How quickly time passes... It’s the last day and we’re all sad that it’s going to be over! Both of us were pretty tired but excited for today as it was the day the resolution we were co-submitting was being debated!
There were three resolutions to be debated, however unfortunately there was only enough time to debate two. The Human Rights Council voted, and luckily our resolution, as well as one resolving the issue of gender discrimination, were voted to be debated on. The day passed, with growing anxiety forming for Olivia!
Break started and the chairs asked us to vote for a several amount of superlatives (joke awards), including funniest, most likely to work for the UN, most likely to get incarcerated as well as best dressed.
The votes were counted by the admin staff. And now finally! The time for our reso to be debated and voted! All speeches went well, no negative Points of Information were expressed, and everyone thought our reso was detailed, concise and close to perfect! Everyone voted for, no-one voted against or abstained which resulted in our reso passing!
We didn’t have time to make a joke reso but we still had fun awarding the superlatives. Lunch started and ended, as well as the Ending Ceremony. By the end of the day, we made friends from all over Malaysia and exchanged Facebook requests! We were all relieved but sad that it was over, as we all had made great friends and had a truly memorable experience!
~Written by You Zhen and Olivia~
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