AMUNC (Asia-Pacific Model United Nations Conference) 2021

Well, I first knew of the event when the leader in Book Box TNH forwarded a link about the event. This year, due to the pandemic, this conference is held online and are open to students from all over the world, which is great because I do not need to travel to Australia in order to attend an offline conference. I had known of this for quite a long time, but I lingered and did not sign up, when I decided to sign up, it was just three days left. And payment had to be made, knowledge had to be absorbed, preparation should be made. I still have homework from my school, meetings from The Torch, so my schedule became so busy, but I managed, ehe ~

I got assigned into the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) B which will deal with Climate change and security, and I would represent Norway in this case. I missed the rules of procedures clarification meeting due to classes, so when I got in the Social meeting, I was totally blank in the head. I asked Director-Rigel whether he could go through the rules of procedures again, and he was so nice to agree to help me out. Well, it was my first time at a MUN conference, and being a newbie, you may feel nothing but confused and puzzled. And, I had to learn the rules in 2h, since the next meeting is bound to start soon. I tried my best, but when the meeting started, I could still not feel well. Hopefully, the other delegate, who named Easha and represented UK agreed to have a simulation before that with a funny topic first. I got no funny topic, easy to guess. So she made one, "Which one is better: White chocolate or Dark chocolate?" She got her turn first, and she defended White chocolate. I was like, "OMG, she already said so much, I would resay whatever she was saying, right?" But nope, I went for Dark chocolate, claiming that White chocolate contained milk and many people are allergic to milk, therefore promoting the use of White chocolate would be negative to the safety of the citizens. I was wondering what's the fun in debating, especially when you got a topic like this, but once everyone finished their speeches, I was taken aback, and I couldn't help laughing. It felt so great to say your ideas out loud, it felt so great to be understood, and it felt so great to listen to diverse ideas from other delegates. We went to main session, with Norway and UK supporting an international treaty on carbon neutrality. Then Russia jumped in and refuted everything we had just said, and France sitting on the fence. I was told to do a position paper (which is included as below). And I was like, "What is a position paper? How am I gonna do it? How can I finish it in just limited time?" I asked for a draft, and successfully made mine based on the draft that I received. It felt so great to draft a position paper too. I did the homework for my school during break time, and I spent a night researching Norway's stance on climate change, and other nations' as well. I had drafted a back-up evidence to support my speech during the next day, and...

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Position Paper - Norway.pdf

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