Sunday, March 28, 2010

MUN..!

There was an MUN event organized in my college recently..!For people who don't know what is MUN...its Model united nations..!Different nations are assigned to individuals..an agenda is set..and then people (delegates of nations) negotiate to come to a solution..!by some random chance i was assigned Pakistan..and the agenda was "can economic development be compromised for environmental protection?"..though this topic is HOT in the world at the moment but Pakistan's participation in this matter is minimal..mainly due to the fact that its an insignificant contributor environment degradation..!and i was assigned a partner who was absolutely miffed on being assigned Pakistan..!a little aggressive in nature..my partner made sure everyone noticed Pakistan in the MUN though we didn't have anything significant to contribute..!:D
and we were noticed for all the wrong reasons..almost thrown out when even the *chair* got frustrated with us..:D
I mostly stayed quiet..mainly because whenever i did want to say anything the right phrase required in UN to initiate wouldn't strike me..my partner and i had completely different views on a lot of issues..which we didn't discuss before because we both prefer working alone..so we weren't aware of each others opinions..which was very foolish on our part..!and my partner being more aggressive would voice his views first..and then i would have to stick with it..!Though on the whole i think we did the best we could with Pakistan..and the credit goes to my partner..because since we didn't have anything substantial to say..so the choice was either to stay mum or talk nonsense..!talking nonsense at least got us noticed..!which was more than i could hope for..!
For me personally it was a great learning experience..at least i got to know how UN works..!am planning to participate again next semester..but with greater preparation..and a much more aggressive attitude..!next time ladies and gentlemen we duel to kill..!;)

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