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FerMUN Conference – Geneva - 7 – 10 January 2020
Olivia in Austen 1 sent this report:
On our very first day in Geneva we watched the opening ceremony, which was really inspiring. We listened to speakers from the UN, 5 students who spoke about four different issues and the floor was open for questions. One of the speakers talked about migration and the story of her mother who travelled from a mud village to give her children a better life and food on the table. Another story was about climate change and gave information about an app which displays all the water fountains in your location so that you can simply refill your reusable bottle. In ITU2 we discussed countries perspectives on the Internet, information collecting from the Government and 3rd party organisations such as Google. The second motion discussed was how we dispose of “e-waste”.
Following these discussions, resolutions were made between delegates from many different countries.
Day 2 of FerMUN was probably the most productive. The delegates spent the day listening to speeches about the resolutions made the day before and were then given the opportunity to make amendments. These amendments were emailed to the chairs (to cut down on paper use be considerate to the environment). Once amendments were received, the delegates had to present their amendments. The great thing about FerMUN was that everything presented, whether a resolution or an amendment was discussed which was a really fair way of working. It really opened our eyes to how complicated the process is during debates for the real United Nations! The whole day was spent discussing all the resolutions for the two motions and it was really interesting to understand why completely different resolutions suited different countries.
The third day was a bittersweet day; we were finishing debating our resolutions and all the hard work was paying off, but it was also the day we were leaving. The morning was spent much like the day before, discussing in our committees. There was also an element of dancing in the ITU2 committee, because one of the rules for late comers was that you had to dance in front of the whole committee. Everybody joined in however, and it was great fun. Finally, we made our way from the ITU building to the United Nations main building. For the closing ceremony, we watched videos of the trip and listened to speeches from members of the United Nations. We also celebrated 10 years of FerMUN and debated what the future holds. Overall, FerMUN was an amazing trip- not only to experience a day in the life of United Nation delegates but also to make so many friends. I now have friends in Rwanda, Istanbul, Copenhagen, Colorado and California and of course my host family who were actually from France!
