CDH Students Participate in Model UN Conference

November 26, 2018

Congratulations to the following juniors who participated in the Minnesota Model United Nations High School Conference on November 19, 2018: Michael Cho, Jane Grumbles, Eleanor Jablonic, Nick Owsley, Laura Seifert, and Ethan Thompson.

The theme of this year's conference was “Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.”

Student teams from across the state represented various United Nations countries and came together to discuss the importance of diplomacy and partnership in a global world. As delegates, the CDH students represented Haiti, Mexico, Norway, and Niger.  

After the opening session, students were grouped into three committees to deal with the agenda of the United Nations Environmental Assembly (UNEA), the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), and the United Nations High-Level Political Forum (HLPF).

Minnesota Model United Nations

Model United Nations (MUN) is a student simulation of the proceedings of the United Nations. Students, referred to as delegates, are assigned a country to represent in one of the UN’s numerous committees with pre-set topics to debate. They research the background of their country, their country's position on the topics at hand, and prepare notes on possible solutions to the problems faced. Students then convene at Model UN conferences, which range in size from 100 to 5,000 delegates, to debate their assigned topics with students representing the other UN member states. Much like the real UN, the goal is to identify solutions, by negotiation and consensus, on which many countries can agree.