First Committee!
Hello all,
Well Melanie and I were in the first committee which was regional disarmament and disarmament and development. I could only write on my behalf of having the experience to be in the first committee, which by the way was very fun. Our first day there was very hectic due to countries forming alliances and the EU trying to get everyone together, but by the time we did get into a group as for me it was an adrenaline rush. Serbia and Germany became our closest allies and we tried to help them with resolutions and discussed who should we convince to sponsor it. Even though it was very serious as to what we were doing, there was also funny moments that i will not forget; like when Isreal would threaten their enemies with notes or the time Melanie and I thought we were bombed! Also, the delegate from Kuwait would go up to the mic and say that one delegate is saying stupid things or that a resolution isn't making sense or that no one has anything smart to say. The fun part was caucusing and voting, i loved voting a little too much i think to tell you the truth. While Melanie would go about and talk to our allies about a resolution, I would vote for Italy and be hyponotized by all the resolutions. The whole experience was great, I learned more than I thought I would about the AMUN conference. I also learned that being shy is not an option there as well, from the first moment that committees were trying to create resolutions there was no time to be shy, I just had to be confident and speak loudly and what I thought. That was truly the only way to get the point across to other delegates, plus it was very noisy in the room. The First Committee in general did pass some resolutions which was a great result and it was nice knowing that we did our part to help pass the resolution as well. If I had a chance to go again I would most definitly and if I had to do something differently than the first time it would have to be that I need to get more involved with other delegates and truly work on a resolution and have our name on one!
Well Melanie and I were in the first committee which was regional disarmament and disarmament and development. I could only write on my behalf of having the experience to be in the first committee, which by the way was very fun. Our first day there was very hectic due to countries forming alliances and the EU trying to get everyone together, but by the time we did get into a group as for me it was an adrenaline rush. Serbia and Germany became our closest allies and we tried to help them with resolutions and discussed who should we convince to sponsor it. Even though it was very serious as to what we were doing, there was also funny moments that i will not forget; like when Isreal would threaten their enemies with notes or the time Melanie and I thought we were bombed! Also, the delegate from Kuwait would go up to the mic and say that one delegate is saying stupid things or that a resolution isn't making sense or that no one has anything smart to say. The fun part was caucusing and voting, i loved voting a little too much i think to tell you the truth. While Melanie would go about and talk to our allies about a resolution, I would vote for Italy and be hyponotized by all the resolutions. The whole experience was great, I learned more than I thought I would about the AMUN conference. I also learned that being shy is not an option there as well, from the first moment that committees were trying to create resolutions there was no time to be shy, I just had to be confident and speak loudly and what I thought. That was truly the only way to get the point across to other delegates, plus it was very noisy in the room. The First Committee in general did pass some resolutions which was a great result and it was nice knowing that we did our part to help pass the resolution as well. If I had a chance to go again I would most definitly and if I had to do something differently than the first time it would have to be that I need to get more involved with other delegates and truly work on a resolution and have our name on one!
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