UN Mock Conference
Year 5L have been researching about the United Nations so we decided to hold a UN Mock Conference.
We were all split up with a partner into different countries. There were three different scenarios we were going to debate. The first one was about the death penalty and whether it is morally acceptable in 2015, the second was about refugees and whether they should be allowed into safer countries and the third was about foreign aid and whether rich countries should be giving money to poorer countries for aid.
Edward Timpson and I were on the Judiciary Panel which meant we had to run the whole meeting and we also had to find out about what all of the countries said about refugees, the death penalty and foreign aid.
The UN conference was a great success and we heard lots of different opinions from different countries. Australia and China debated lots and Edward and I always had to scream ‘Order!’.
Edward and I challenged the countries and made them confess why they did different things.
Overall, we all enjoyed the UN Mock Conference and I enjoyed listening to all the countries debating.
Adi Apana – 5L
Last Thursday morning 5E had a mock UN Conference which included 8 countries from the Pacific region and also the UN Panel members- Laksh, Ollie and Connor.
We had 3 weeks to prepare for our big conference. Each of us had different scenarios – including the death penalty, refugees and foreign aid. We had to debate against the other countries to make our point.
It was harder than it seemed and you had to be fast thinkers. It was really interesting and great fun.
Laksh and Ollie – 5E
