{"id":247,"date":"2022-09-22T11:58:01","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T16:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/raimondino.raimondi.edu.pe\/?p=247"},"modified":"2022-09-27T09:14:10","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T14:14:10","slug":"cronicas-de-mun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/raimondino.raimondi.edu.pe\/?p=247","title":{"rendered":"Cronicas de MUN<\/strong> "},"content":{"rendered":"\n

De Maria Jos\u00e9 Del Aguila y Micaela Lizarraga<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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V: Desde que existen las escuelas secundarias formales, una de las prioridades del personal acad\u00e9mico siempre ha sido que los estudiantes puedan graduarse con un nivel respetable de habilidades blandas; es decir, capacidades de oratoria, escucha activa, y redacci\u00f3n. Cada generaci\u00f3n se han buscado formas distintas de mejorar la elocuencia verbal del alumnado, y una de las manifestaciones m\u00e1s recientes de este deseo en llegar a nuestro pa\u00eds ha sido un tipo de debate conocido como el modelo de las Naciones Unidas, o MUN, por sus siglas en ingl\u00e9s. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Creadas en la universidad de Harvard pocos a\u00f1os despu\u00e9s de la fundaci\u00f3n de la ONU, una conferencia MUN implica reunir a un gran n\u00famero de participantes (por lo general escolares) dentro de un comit\u00e9, asign\u00e1ndole a cada uno un pa\u00eds que representar; se trata, justamente, de una simulaci\u00f3n de lo que sucede dentro de las sesiones diplom\u00e1ticas de la organizaci\u00f3n internacional, y mostrar c\u00f3mo ocurren las negociaciones entre los embajadores de cada estado miembro de la Asamblea General. Cada participante se convierte en un delegado, manifestando una visi\u00f3n muy espec\u00edfica de ver el mundo y alentando la flexibilidad mental de considerar puntos de vista opuestos. Si la asignaci\u00f3n dada a uno es, por ejemplo, la de un pa\u00eds musulm\u00e1n, uno debe expresarse e interactuar con los dem\u00e1s competidores como si compartiera los ideales del gobierno que representa; si uno tiene tendencias liberales y asigna Corea del Norte, uno se vuelve socialista por un fin de semana. Uno tiene que hacer m\u00faltiples discursos, negociar con pa\u00edses de posturas opuestas, y debe estar versado en relaciones internacionales y pol\u00edtica actual para hacer un buen trabajo. Al final de la conferencia, quienes han hecho el mejor trabajo son premiados con un diploma para los segundos y terceros puestos, y un mazo (tal como el de un juez) para el primer puesto de cada comit\u00e9. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Este a\u00f1o, en la primera conferencia a la que asiste desde el 2019, la delegaci\u00f3n del colegio Antonio Raimondi logr\u00f3 la impresionante haza\u00f1a de ganar el premio de Mejor Delegaci\u00f3n Peque\u00f1a en SSMUN, organizado por el San Silvestre College este agosto, ganando siete premios, dos de los cuales fueron primeros puestos, y otros dos siendo dados a alumnas que debat\u00edan en MUN por primera vez: Maria Jos\u00e9 del \u00c1guila y Micaela Liz\u00e1rraga, ambas consiguiendo una Menci\u00f3n Verbal por su desempe\u00f1o dentro de sus respectivos comit\u00e9s. En este art\u00edculo, ambas van a hablar sobre sus experiencias en la conferencia, su motivaci\u00f3n para unirse al equipo, y los resultados positivamente inusuales obtenidos tras mucho esfuerzo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

MJ: Entrar al MUN es algo que quise hacer desde 2019, pero no lo hice porque estaba en la selecci\u00f3n de futbol y b\u00e1squet. Comenzamos el a\u00f1o escolar el 2020 y a las dos semanas ya est\u00e1bamos en cuarentena por la pandemia ocasionada por el COVID19. Durante los dos a\u00f1os de clases virtuales yo me mantuve en contacto con Carlos Andr\u00e9s Condori, alumno del colegio, el cual hab\u00eda iniciado MUN en el 2019 y continu\u00f3 haci\u00e9ndolo durante el estado de emergencia en modo virtual. Siempre que me mencionaba que estaba por participar en uno, mis ganas de hacerlo aumentaban. Sin embargo, esperar\u00eda a que regresemos a la presencialidad, puesto que ser\u00eda una experiencia mucho m\u00e1s real. Regresamos al colegio finalmente en marzo del 2022 y una de las primeras cosas que m\u00e1s quer\u00eda hacer era poder asistir a una conferencia de MUN. Estuve toda la mitad del a\u00f1o insisti\u00e9ndole a Carlos de que nos inscribamos a uno, al igual que al profesor Pablo Stucchi. Finalmente, una semana antes de las vacaciones de julio, este nos informa que la tercera semana de agosto tendr\u00edamos la oportunidad de participar al San Silvestre MUN. Mi respuesta fue inmediata, aunque no sab\u00eda detalladamente c\u00f3mo funcionaba ni que ten\u00eda que hacer. Lo \u00fanico de lo cual estaba segura, era de que iba a ser una experiencia donde aprender\u00eda demasiado. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

M: Hacer el position paper <\/em>(documento de postura en espa\u00f1ol) fue lo m\u00e1s dif\u00edcil. Ah\u00ed debes, en menos de dos p\u00e1ginas, explicar la postura de tu pa\u00eds, valga la redundancia, sobre la problem\u00e1tica que se va a tratar en el comit\u00e9, y qu\u00e9 propuesta tiene para solucionarlo. Mi comit\u00e9 se llamaba ECOSOC (Economic and Social Council<\/em>) y el tema a ser tratado eran las sanciones econ\u00f3micas a Rusia y c\u00f3mo estaban afectando la econom\u00eda mundial. Mi pa\u00eds era Venezuela, el cual apoyaba a Rusia. Situaci\u00f3n muy dif\u00edcil ya que ten\u00eda a la mayor\u00eda del occidente en mi contra y solo unos cuantos pa\u00edses a mi favor. Pasar horas investigando sobre un tema que ni siquiera me gustaba, y teniendo un pa\u00eds que no necesariamente apoyaba mis mismos ideales, fue complicado. Estaba tan nerviosa, que incluso al momento de redactarlo sent\u00eda unas mariposas en el est\u00f3mago impresionantes, imagin\u00e1ndome todo lo que podr\u00eda salir bien y mal. Pero los nervios no fueron la \u00fanica emoci\u00f3n. En paralelo, me encontraba en ex\u00e1menes trimestrales, y tener que estudiar para estos y dedicarle tiempo a la entrega del Position Paper <\/em>al mismo tiempo, no fue tarea f\u00e1cil. Pero, a fin de cuentas, se logr\u00f3, y todo gracias a la incre\u00edble ayuda de Charlie y Vale, a los cuales nunca voy a parar de agradecer. Como me dijeron en alg\u00fan momento, la parte fea ya estaba hecha, lo divertido sucede el d\u00eda del debate\u2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Todo inici\u00f3 con una bell\u00edsima ceremonia de apertura en donde pude conversar con mis compa\u00f1eros de la delegaci\u00f3n. Para la mayor\u00eda, este era nuestro primer MUN y, a pesar de que, como dice el dicho, \u00abmal de muchos, consuelo de tontos\u00bb, me tranquiliz\u00f3 el saber que ellos estaban igual de ansiosos que yo. Lo primero que hicimos fue identificar donde estaba nuestro comit\u00e9, ya que lo primordial era llegar temprano para agarrar un buen sitio (sentarse atr\u00e1s del sal\u00f3n, no era una opci\u00f3n). Una vez hecho esto, era repasar una y otra vez nuestro discurso de apertura, el cual hab\u00eda terminado de escribir esa misma ma\u00f1ana. Los 45 minutos de ceremonia pasaron volando y de pronto ya era hora de partir hacia los salones. En la puerta, me encontr\u00e9 a dos chicos de mi mismo comit\u00e9, igual de perdidos que yo, e inmediatamente les habl\u00e9. No les dije que era mi primer MUN hasta que acab\u00f3 el evento, as\u00ed que ten\u00eda que aparentar seguridad y confianza. En realidad, mantuve siempre esa actitud. Desde el momento en que pis\u00e9 esa clase hasta que me fui, por m\u00e1s que hab\u00eda varios chicos y chicas mil veces m\u00e1s preparados que yo, nunca dej\u00e9 de demostrar seguridad en m\u00ed misma, sin importar cuan poco o mucho sepa. Me sent\u00e9 adelante, y me puse a observar a los dem\u00e1s estudiantes. Algunos parec\u00edan de primaria, otros universitarios, era impresionante la gran variedad de personas ah\u00ed. Vi\u00e9ndolos, me puse a pensar tambi\u00e9n en c\u00f3mo estar\u00edan mis otros compa\u00f1eros, sobre todo Majo, ya que ella y yo hab\u00edamos estado hablando de esto desde hace meses, y ahora se estaba haciendo realidad…. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

MJ: Al llegar a mi comit\u00e9 estaba temblando de los nervios, no hab\u00eda podido ni siquiera desayunar porque si lo hac\u00eda vomitaba. Llegu\u00e9 y al momento de sentarme no paraba de pensar en que lo \u00fanico que quer\u00eda era que me vaya bien. Si bien me hab\u00edan explicado el procedimiento, hab\u00eda muchas cosas que podr\u00eda pasar que no segu\u00edan un cierto par\u00e1metro. Mis chairs <\/em>(jueces) comenzaron a hablar y lo que m\u00e1s me tranquiliz\u00f3 fue que eran tres chicas muy sencillas y no tan serias como lo esperaba. De hecho, lo primero que hicieron fue preguntar si era nuestro primer MUN y la respuesta de los delegados hizo que fueran m\u00e1s permisivas durante los dos d\u00edas del debate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Comenz\u00f3 la primera parte del debate que es el Opening Speech<\/em> (discurso de apertura) donde tienes que hablar por 1 minuto sobre la posici\u00f3n de tu pa\u00eds y dar la mejor primera impresi\u00f3n. Lleg\u00f3 mi turno y ese minuto se pas\u00f3 m\u00e1s r\u00e1pido de lo que pens\u00e9. Supe que lo hab\u00eda hecho bien: no me olvid\u00e9 de nada y habl\u00e9 fuerte y claro. Poco a poco fue avanzando el debate, y me fui sintiendo cada vez m\u00e1s segura de m\u00ed misma. Ya hab\u00eda formado alianzas con otros delegados que compart\u00edan mis ideas (denominados \u201cbloques\u201d), adem\u00e1s, el salir a hablar era mucho m\u00e1s f\u00e1cil. Sin embargo, no todo fue de color rosa. Tuve que dejar mi bloque por una noticia en donde mi pa\u00eds estaba envuelto. Estas noticias se les llaman \u201cupdates\u201d y, aun si son falsas, son \u00fatiles para que el debate sea interesante, y mucho m\u00e1s controversial. Pueden causar nuevas rivalidades entre pa\u00edses y cambios dr\u00e1sticos entre las alianzas, como en mi caso. Antes de tomar esa decisi\u00f3n tan radical, pas\u00e9 por much\u00edsimas dudas y momentos de indecisi\u00f3n. Me frustr\u00e9 hasta las l\u00e1grimas, tanto que no habl\u00e9 durante toda una sesi\u00f3n. hasta que, despu\u00e9s de recurrir a Charlie por un consejo logr\u00e9 tomar la decisi\u00f3n de traicionar a mi anterior bloque. Regres\u00e9 a mi comit\u00e9 despu\u00e9s de almorzar junto a mi delegaci\u00f3n y lleg\u00f3 el momento en el que ten\u00eda que anunciar mi cambio. La satisfacci\u00f3n fue incre\u00edble, sent\u00ed que todo ya estaba arreglado, pero quedaba a\u00fan el segundo y \u00faltimo d\u00eda.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

La ma\u00f1ana siguiente, el debate comenz\u00f3 directamente. Sab\u00eda que ten\u00eda que hablar mucho m\u00e1s que el d\u00eda anterior y mejorar en todo lo que mis chairs<\/em> me hab\u00edan dicho el d\u00eda anterior. Estaba tranquila porque sab\u00eda que lo estaba haciendo bien. Como acci\u00f3n final tuvimos que presentar el draft resolution <\/em>(un documento en donde se encuentran escritas todas las propuestas de los pa\u00edses que conforman tu bloque). El objetivo era que todo el comit\u00e9 vote por \u00e9l y as\u00ed sucedi\u00f3. Cambiar fue la mejor decisi\u00f3n que pude tomar, salimos victoriosos. Despu\u00e9s de eso el debate oficialmente lleg\u00f3 a su fin y procedimos a un \u201cfun time\u201d un tiempo en donde tanto los chairs<\/em> como los delegados se conocen, hacen retos y conversan. Ya era hora de irnos al auditorio para la ceremonia de clausura, pero mis dos chairs <\/em>me quisieron dar un \u00faltimo feedback.<\/em> Fue muy inesperado el escuchar que, despu\u00e9s de esa movida tan radical, hab\u00eda actuado de la mejor manera, y que lo hab\u00eda hecho incre\u00edble. Estaba tan feliz de lo que me dijeron, pero me qued\u00e9 con una mala espina: no sab\u00eda si lo hac\u00edan por compromiso, o porque ten\u00eda la chance de recibir alg\u00fan premio. De todas formas, eso lo ver\u00eda minutos despu\u00e9s… <\/p>\n\n\n\n

M: Y en un abrir y cerrar de ojos ya est\u00e1bamos sentados otra vez en el auditorio donde fue la ceremonia de clausura. La Assistant Director<\/em>, junto a otros estudiantes y exestudiantes que ayudaron en la organizaci\u00f3n del evento, dieron unas muy emotivas palabras para cerrarlo como se deb\u00eda. Inmediatamente despu\u00e9s, procedieron a la entrega de premios, un momento de much\u00edsima tensi\u00f3n y nervios. Personalmente, no pens\u00e9 que ganar\u00eda algo. Siendo mi primer MUN, y debatiendo junto a otros alumnos que destacaron much\u00edsimo, recibir un diploma era lo \u00faltimo que me esperaba. No obstante, as\u00ed fue. El escuchar mi nombre cuando anunciaron los ganadores de Verbal Mention <\/em>(cuarto lugar), fue espectacular, no lo pod\u00eda creer. Del mismo modo, ver a mis amigos de mi mismo comit\u00e9 y de otros, recibir sus premios, en especial a Paula, Vale, Charlie, y Majo, fue algo que me llen\u00f3 de alegr\u00eda, y, sobre todo, orgullo.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

MJ: Terminaron de presentar los premios de cada comit\u00e9 y tocaba premiar a las delegaciones: large delegation <\/em>(delegaci\u00f3n grande) y small delegation<\/em> (delegaci\u00f3n peque\u00f1a). Cuando dijeron el nombre de nuestro colegio al momento de anunciar el ganador de esta \u00faltima categor\u00eda, la reacci\u00f3n de todos fue genuina y emotiva. No porque pens\u00e1bamos que no fu\u00e9semos a ganarlo, ya que ese no era nuestro prop\u00f3sito inicialmente, sino porque demostr\u00f3 nuestro esfuerzo como grupo, despu\u00e9s de semanas de ardua preparaci\u00f3n y dedicaci\u00f3n. Lo que m\u00e1s me gust\u00f3 de recibirlo, fue el hecho de demostrar al colegio que el MUN es algo que se le debe tomar m\u00e1s en cuenta, y que, al igual que nosotros, muchos otros alumnos podr\u00edan formar parte de la delegaci\u00f3n y agregar un trofeo m\u00e1s al estante. Aparte de eso, el hecho de haber recibido ese premio, adem\u00e1s de una Verbal Mention<\/em>, me hizo sentirme muy bien conmigo misma, a\u00fan m\u00e1s siendo este mi primer MUN. De igual manera, agradecerle a Valentina y Charlie por ayudarme y estar ah\u00ed para m\u00ed siempre.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

M: Es as\u00ed como acabaron estos dos d\u00edas exhaustivos, pero muy enriquecedores. Tener que despedirme de los amigos que hab\u00eda hecho y prometiendo que nos ver\u00edamos de nuevo en otra conferencia, me trajo un sentimiento de nostalgia y un poco de tristeza. Probablemente, ese es uno de los aspectos m\u00e1s bonitos del MUN: el trabajar en equipo y crear amistades. Es por eso que participar en esta actividad no solo me favoreci\u00f3 en mi formaci\u00f3n acad\u00e9mica y a desarrollar mis habilidades verbales, sino que tambi\u00e9n me hizo aprender valores esenciales para nuestro desarrollo como personas, tales como: la perseverancia, la disciplina, el autocontrol, la madurez y la solidaridad. Es una experiencia que voy a guardar siempre en mi coraz\u00f3n. Las amanecidas, los nervios, los calambres en la espalda por estar siempre sentada y las heridas en los tacos por tanto caminar, fuera de dudas, valieron totalmente la pena.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

–ENGLISH VERSION– <\/p>\n\n\n\n

.  V: For as long as there have been formal high schools, one of the priorities of the academic staff has always been that students should be able to graduate with a respectable level of soft skills; that is, public speaking, active listening, and written communication. Each generation has sought different ways to improve the verbal eloquence of the student body, and one of the most recent manifestations of this desire to reach our country has been a type of debate known as Model United Nations or MUN. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Created at Harvard University a few years after the founding of the UN, a MUN conference involves bringing together a large number of participants (usually high school or college-aged) within a committee, assigning each a country to represent; it is precisely a simulation of what happens within the diplomatic sessions of the international organization and shows how negotiations occur between the ambassadors of each member state of the General Assembly. Each participant becomes a delegate, manifesting a very specific view of the world and encouraging the mental flexibility to consider opposing points of view. If the assignment given to one is, for example, that of a Muslim country, one must express oneself and interact with the other competitors as if one shares the ideals of the government one represents; if one has liberal leanings and assigns North Korea, one becomes a socialist for a weekend. One must make multiple speeches, negotiate with countries of opposing positions, and must be versed in international relations and current politics to do a good job. At the end of the conference, those who have done the best job are awarded a diploma for second and third place, and a gavel (such as a judge’s gavel) for first place in each committee. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year, in the first conference attended since 2019, the Antonio Raimondi High School delegation achieved the impressive feat of winning the Best Small Delegation award at SSMUN, organized by San Silvestre College this August, winning seven awards, two of which were first places, and two others being given to students debating at MUN for the first time: Maria Jos\u00e9 del \u00c1guila and Micaela Liz\u00e1rraga, both getting a Verbal Mention for their performance within their respective committees. In this article, both will talk about their experiences at the conference, their motivation for joining the team, and the positively unusual results obtained after much effort. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

MJ: Joining MUN is something I have wanted to do since 2019, but I didn’t because I was on the soccer and basketball team. We started the school year in 2020 and after two weeks we were already in quarantine because of the pandemic caused by COVID19. During the two years of virtual classes, I kept in touch with Carlos Andres Condori, a student at the school, who had started MUN in 2019 and continued to do so during the state of emergency in virtual mode. Whenever he mentioned to me that he was about to participate in one, my desire to do so increased. However, I would wait until we returned to face-to-face, as it would be a much more real experience. We finally returned to school in March 2022 and one of the first things I wanted to do most was to be able to attend a MUN conference. I spent the entire middle of the year insisting to Carlos that we sign up for one, as well as to Professor Pablo Stucchi. Finally, a week before the July vacation, he informed us that in the third week of August we would have the opportunity to participate in the San Silvestre MUN. My response was immediate, although I did not know in detail how it worked or what I had to do. The only thing I was sure of was that it was going to be an experience where I would learn a lot. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

M: Doing the position paper was the hardest part. There you must, in less than two pages, explain your country’s position on the issue to be discussed in the committee, and what proposal you must solve it. My committee was called ECOSOC (Economic and Social Council) and the topic to be discussed was the economic sanctions against Russia and how they affected the world economy. My country was Venezuela, which supported Russia, a very difficult situation, considering I had most of the West against me and only a few countries in my favor. Spending hours researching a subject that I did not even like and having a country that did not necessarily support my ideals was complicated. I was so nervous, that even as I was writing it, I felt amazing butterflies in my stomach, imagining everything that could go right and wrong. But nerves were not the only emotion.  At the same time, I was in term exams, and having to study for them and dedicate time to the delivery of the Position Paper at the same time, was not an easy task. But, at the end of the day, it was done, and all thanks to the incredible help of Charlie and Vale, whom I will never stop thanking. As I was told at some point, the ugly part was already done, the fun part happens on the day of the debate…. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It all started with a beautiful opening ceremony where I was able to chat with my fellow delegation members. For most of them, this was our first MUN, and, even though, as the saying goes, \u00abthe devil is the devil’s greatest comfort,\u00bb I was reassured to know that they were just as anxious as I was. The first thing we did was to identify where our committee was since the main thing was to arrive early to get a good seat (sitting at the back of the room was not an option). Once that was done, it was to go over and over our opening speech, which I had finished writing earlier that morning. The 45 minutes of the ceremony flew by and suddenly it was time to leave for the halls. At the door, I met two guys from my own committee, just as lost as I was, and I immediately spoke to them. I didn’t tell them it was my first MUN until the event was over, so I had to appear confident and assured. I always maintained that attitude. From the moment I stepped into that class until I left, even though there were several guys and girls, a thousand times more prepared than me, I never stopped showing self-assurance, no matter how little or how much I knew. I sat in the front and looked around at the other students. Some looked like elementary school students, others like college students, it was impressive the variety of people there. Looking at them, I also started thinking about how my other classmates would be, especially Majo, since she and I had been talking about this for months, and now it was becoming a reality…. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

MJ: When I got to my committee I was shaking with nerves, I hadn’t even been able to eat breakfast because if I did, I would throw up. I arrived and the moment I sat down I couldn’t stop thinking that all I wanted was for it to go well. Although the procedure had been explained to me, there were many things that could happen that did not follow a certain parameter. My chairs (judges) started talking and what reassured me the most was that they were three very straightforward girls and not as serious as I expected. In fact, they first asked if it was our first MUN and the response of the delegates made them more permissive during the two days of the debate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first part of the debate started which is the opening speech where you have to speak for 1 minute about your country’s position and give the best first impression. My turn came and that minute went by faster than I thought it would. I knew I had done well: I didn’t forget anything, and I spoke loud and clear. Little by little the debate progressed, and I became more and more confident. I had already formed alliances with other delegates who shared my ideas (called \u00abblocs\u00bb), and it was much easier to go out and speak. However, not everything was rosy. I had to leave my bloc because of a news story involving my country. This news is called \u00abupdates\u00bb and, even if they are false, they are useful to make the debate interesting, and much more controversial. They can cause new rivalries between countries and drastic changes between alliances, as in my case. Before making such a radical decision, I went through many, many doubts and moments of indecision. I was frustrated to the point of tears, so much so that I didn’t speak for an entire session, until, after turning to Charlie for advice, I was able to make the decision to betray my former bloc. I returned to my committee after lunch with my delegation and the moment came when I had to announce my change. The satisfaction was incredible, I felt that everything was settled, but there was still the second and last day.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next morning, the debate started straight away. I knew I had to talk a lot more than the day before and improve on everything my chairs had told me the day before. I was calm because I knew I was doing well. As a final act, we had to present the draft resolution (a document where all the proposals of the countries that make up your block are written). The objective was to have the whole committee vote for it and that is what happened. Changing it was the best decision I could make, and we were victorious. After that, the debate officially came to an end and we proceeded to a \u00abfun time\u00bb a time where both chairs and delegates get to know each other, make challenges and talk. It was time to go to the auditorium for the closing ceremony, but my two chairs wanted to give me some final feedback. It was very unexpected to hear that, after such a radical move, I had performed in the best way, and that I had done amazingly. I was so happy about what they told me, but I was left with a bad feeling: I didn’t know if they were doing it out of commitment, or because I had the chance to receive an award. Anyway, I would see about that a few minutes later… <\/p>\n\n\n\n

M: And in the blink of an eye, we were sitting again in the auditorium where the closing ceremony took place. The assistant director, along with other students and former students who helped in the organization of the event, gave some very moving words to close it as it should have been. Immediately after, they proceeded to the awards ceremony, a moment of great tension and nerves. Personally, I didn’t think I would win anything. Being my first MUN and debating with other students who stood out a lot, receiving a diploma was the last thing I expected. Nevertheless, it was. Hearing my name when they announced the winners of Verbal Mention (fourth place) was spectacular, I couldn’t believe it. Likewise, seeing my friends from my committee and others receive their awards, especially Paula, Vale, Charlie, and Majo, was something that filled me with joy and, above all, pride.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

MJ: They finished presenting the awards for each committee and it was time to award the delegations: large delegation and small delegation. When our school’s name was called out when the winner of the latter category was announced, everyone’s reaction was genuine and emotional. Not because we thought we were not going to win it since that was not our initial purpose, but because it showed our effort as a group, after weeks of hard preparation and dedication. What I liked most about receiving it was the fact that it showed the school that the MUN is something that should be taken more into account, and that, like us, many other students could be part of the delegation and add one more trophy to the shelf. Aside from that, the fact that I received that award, plus a Verbal Mention, made me feel very good about myself, even more so since this was my first MUN and having all that experience being the first is something I will never forget. Also, thank you to Valentina and Charlie for helping me and being there for me throughout my first MUN.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

M: This is how these two exhaustive, but very enriching days ended. Having to say goodbye to the friends I had made and promising that we would meet again at another conference, brought me a feeling of nostalgia and a bit of sadness. That is probably one of the most beautiful aspects of the MUN: working as a team and creating friendships. That is why participating in this activity not only helped me in my academic formation and to develop my verbal skills, but also made me learn essential values for our development as people, such as perseverance, discipline, self-control, maturity, and solidarity. It is an experience that I will always keep in my heart. The early mornings, the nerves, the cramps in my back from always sitting down, and the wounds in my heels from so much walking, without a doubt, were totally worth it.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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