The 7th and 8th graders have returned from an amazing trip to New York! We were just in New York for a Montessori Model United Nations meeting. Thursday, March 9th, was the first day of the meeting. Each student had the opportunity to give their opening speech briefly summarizing their country’s position regarding the topic. Topics ranged from Nuclear Disarmament and the Space Arms Race, to Desertification and Women’s and Children’s Rights issues, among many others. Delegates can then motion for a formal or informal consultation. An informal consultation is an opportunity to seek out other countries that may have the same goals as you. A formal consultation is when delegates can approach the committee as a whole and review the draft resolution and add clauses from their own resolutions.
At the end of the day the delegates are expected to create a draft resolution, solving the problem that they have been assigned. On the last day of the conference, we traveled over to the United Nations and we gathered like the real General Assembly would. Three delegates from each committee signed up to be a part of the closing bureau, giving a brief summary of the draft resolution and work of the previous days. If the resolution was not adopted by consensus, then the delegates in that specific committee would vote on it again in hopes it would become a passed resolution.
At the end of the day the delegates are expected to create a draft resolution, solving the problem that they have been assigned. On the last day of the conference, we traveled over to the United Nations and we gathered like the real General Assembly would. Three delegates from each committee signed up to be a part of the closing bureau, giving a brief summary of the draft resolution and work of the previous days. If the resolution was not adopted by consensus, then the delegates in that specific committee would vote on it again in hopes it would become a passed resolution.
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