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American Model United Nations!
It seems lately that I don’t even have time to look forward to Thanksgiving Break. When I’m not in class, studying for class, reading for class, or meeting with professors about class… I’m getting ready for the American International Model United Nations Conference. Saturday is the beginning of four full days of debating United Nations policies for everything from economics to human rights to the environment and climate change.
This year I am an officer for the United Nations Student Group. Every year 30 or so students from U of M fly, bus or drive to Chicago for the conference where we meet up with groups from universities across the country. Every university, depending on their size, gets assigned 1 or more countries to represent at the conference. This year the University of Minnesota is representing Argentina and Laos.
This will be my first year going to the conference, and I can’t wait to dive right in! I always wanted to do Model United Nations in high school, but I never had the chance. Here it is! I’m the sole representative for Argentina assigned to the United Nations Environment Program. I still have quite a bit of research that needs to get done before the conference begins on Saturday.
I’ll let you know how it goes…
Wish me luck!
