FSU’s Experience in the Model UN
posted by Brandon Owens | May 4, 2018 | In Arts and Culture, NewsThe North Carolina Consortium for Intercultural Education (NCCIIE) Model United Nations Conference took place on March 22-25. Fayetteville State University decided to host the event this year as the university was celebrating its sesquicentennial. Taking place at the Embassy Suites in Fayetteville North Carolina, the conference saw seven different universities competing against each other as they represent a total of 24 different countries. Delegates from FSU represented Iran, Russia, Libya, Turkey, North Korea, Syria, Germany, Egypt, Bangladesh, and Guinea.
To say that FSU Broncos “showed up and showed out” during the conference would be an understatement. Several students from FSU walked away with awards that symbolized their hard work. Vance Whitaker won an award for being the best moderator. Christina Jones, who was the Deputy Secretary General of the conference won the Deputy Secretary Conference Leadership Award. FSU delegates representing Germany earned the Best Delegation Award.
The Model UN is a simulation of the United Nations where delegates from various countries come together in order to settle disputes and solve issues diplomatically. During Model UN, delegates create resolutions that suggest various diplomatic solutions. When a delegates chooses a country they wish to represent, they then must decide which of the 5 committees to join for their discussions.
There’s first committee, which focuses on disarmament and peace, the second committee with deals with economics and trading, the third committee which handles topics concerning humanitarian and human rights concerns, the fifth is the security council, and the sixth committee which looks into the international laws of different nations. Each committee is overseen by a moderator, who keeps things in order during meetings.
Whitaker, who was the moderator for the sixth committee explains that the important thing about being a moderator is “making sure that everything is in order. The UN has a process they have to go through. Everything has to be in order and done in a certain way.”
When a delegate chooses a committee, they must write their resolutions (to which they become its sponsor) that’s focused on issues relating to their committee. When a resolution is passed by their committee, it goes to the Security Council. There, they review it then decides whether or not it goes on to the General Assembly, where all delegates have one final meeting to ultimately decide which resolutions get passed. If, however, a resolution doesn’t get passed (it can be rejected for many reasons from inaccurate information to grammar errors), then it goes back to its sponsor. Afterwards, that person can either revise the resolution, or their committee can vote to pass a different resolution.
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