Category Archives: Student Delegate Blogs

Delegate Reflection: Model UN Promotes Global Awareness

The 2013 National Model United Nations (NMUN) here in New York provided its participants with great awareness of global issues. Specifically, in our committee, the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), delegates realized that the conference was not about whose paper would pass, and … Continue reading

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New Conference, New Challenges

The Pace University New York City Model United Nations program has always inspired me to challenge myself and to learn about the world from a different perspective. At the 2013 University for Peace Model United Nations Conference I decided to … Continue reading

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Field Trip to Community in Costa Rica Puts Model UN Discussions of Human Rights in Perspective

Before participating in the 2013 University for Peace Model United Nations Conference in Costa Rica, UPeace faculty gave Pace University New York City Model UN students a three-day training in contemporary human rights issues. This included a trip to the … Continue reading

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University for Peace Human Rights Training Offers a Taste of Graduate School

As a political science major and peace and justice studies minor, issues regarding human rights are very important to me. Before participating in the 2013 University for Peace Model UN Conference in Costa Rica, UPeace faculty gave Pace University New … Continue reading

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The Tension between Being a Delegate and a Head Delegate

As both a head delegate for our Model United Nations team and a participant in Model UN, I am faced with an interesting dynamic in the committee room. The recent 2013 UN University for Peace Model UN conference in Costa … Continue reading

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Head Delegate NMUN2012 Blog: A Not-So-Simple Simulation

Last week, nine out of the thirty students from Pace University New York City who participated at the National Model United Nations (NMUN) conference in here New York represented the delegation from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), otherwise … Continue reading

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Head Delegate GIMUN2012 Blog: The Sweet French Connection

Typically, during Model UN conferences, I am used to being amazed when others tell me where they are from. Germany, France, Belgium, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, India, it is all fascinating and intriguing. This time, it was me who was … Continue reading

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Head Delegate GIMUN2012 Blog: Swiss Metro > MTA

When traveling to different cities, I  tend to compare them to New York. Whether it is coffee prices, the time it takes for the light to change or the conditions of the sidewalks, one is always better than the other. … Continue reading

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Head Delegate GIMUN2012 Blog: Switzerland, A Second Wind

As we arrived in Geneva after hours on a stuffy plane, our sleepless night drifted away as we witnessed the beauty of the city. All of the hours of applying, preparing, lectures, writing papers, packing and traveling paid off — … Continue reading

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