Looking Back

American Model United Nation was a great opportunity for me to learn about current civic issues, globalization, and multilateral diplomacy. Through AMUN I developed my communication skills and got an opportunity to be a diplomat and representative from Niger. Before we went to the Conference in Chicago, each one of us in our delegation conducted extensive research on Niger. In the conference we assumed our roles as diplomats from Niger, investigated international issues, debated, deliberated, consulted, and then developed solutions to world problems. I was a participant on the second committee and the topics were Financial and Economics (Biodiversity and Corruption). Wedeveloped not only our communication skills and knowledge about the current issues, but also made lots of friend throughout the conference. Besides all the work we had to do at the conference, we had time to relax, have fun and enjoy Chicago the Windy City. I want to thank Dr. Jones for the opportunity and the experience.
I think the American Model United Nation conference was a huge success not only enjoyable but also memorable. If I am given an opportunity to participate again, I would definitely do so!

Great Experience!

I didn't have time to post earlier, so I took the time between my sessions to quickly blog about my experiences in Model UN and Chicago. We got here on Friday. Friday was the day when we had time to explore the city. Chicago is so different from Columbia. We spent two days running around the city.Everybody was running around and taking pictures. We went to Millennium Park and Sears Tower (Willis Tower now). The documentary how the building was built was fascinating and all of us got chance to step out in the glass box that is built on the side of the building and got the experience that never had before. On Saturday our sessions started at 5:00p.m therefore we had the whole afternoon off. Once the sessions started, I was little confused. It took me a while to get used to rules and all the role-playing. After first caucusing, I was set and ready to go to pass a resolution. Today is Sunday and is the longest day in conference. We have sessions from 8:30a.m till 10:00p.m. All delegates are so focused and trying to bring up resolutions to table for debate. So far the experience is great! I'm loving Chicago and the Model UN!