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While they are students today, they may well be the leaders of tomorrow. A group of students from UBC Okanagan has just returned from the Harvard National Model United Nations conference in Boston, Mass. Model United Nations is
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an international, academic simulation of the United Nations, noted UBCO student Tim Krupa, who founded the club in September 2011. Krupa, a fourth year science student, was the head delegate for the Harvard conference. Model UN is the ultimate international relations experience for young political scholars, he added. At each conference, student groups represent UN member states and discuss global policy to address hot-button issues currently being discussed at the United Nations. “The goal is to educate participants about current events and diplomacy, unite like-minded students from around the world, debate practical policies, and form tangible resolutions to ameliorate our world’s greatest challenges,” he explained. And the idea of being involved with international diplomacy is catching on at the UBCO
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contingent represented Antigua and Barbuda, a twin-island Caribbean nation. This year UBCO had delegations participating in three Model UN conferences—in Vancouver, Boston and New York. In total, 29 students from the Model United Nations Club at UBCO will participate in Model United Nations conferences this year. The first took place in Vancouver in January where 11 UBCO students represented India, Germany and the United Kingdom. Krupa was the UBCO head delegate at the second conference in Boston, which took place February 14 to 17. There were more than 3,000 other students from around the world at that event and they participated in committees representing some 40 different countries. “Our 10-member delegation represented the Republic of Cape Verde, a small African island nation,” said Krupa. “We actively debated and drafted working papers and resolutions on topics ranging from targeted killings and enforced detainment, sexual violence in areas of armed conflict, and pre-emptive war. “It was thrilling to compete against and cooperate with some of the best Model UN teams in the world from the University of Chicago, the University of Pennsylva-
nia, and Yale University. ” UBC’s Vancouver campus represented Uzbekistan at the Harvard conference. “Model UN forums around the world train the brightest diplomatic students from our generation who will someday be tasked with forming multilateral strategies to address these issues on the actual stage,” says Krupa. “We are leaders who plan to someday serve this community, province and country.” The final Model UN conference this academic year takes place in New York City next month where Oliver Eberle, third-year Arts, International Relations student will be head delegate. At the March event, eight UBCO students will represent the Federal Republic of Somalia. The conference will be held at the official United Nations Headquarters and Eberle is thrilled to be attending. “We couldn’t be any more excited for the authentic United Nations experience in the real UN Headquarters,” he said. “United Nations Secretary-General Ban Kimoon is the keynote speaker.” The UBCO Model UN Club is actively campaigning to raise awareness of the UN’s current focus in conflicted regions such as Mali and Syria, as well as raise funds and attract sponsors to cover travel expenses.
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