Fifth Annual Model United Nations Competition

Posted by David Beck

on Apr 09, 2013

The St.Croix team representing Saudi Arabia won the Fifth Annual Model United Nations Competition held on Thursday, April 4, 2013, at the UVI St.Thomas campus. Richard Dorsey won for Best Presentation, JoAnn Thomas-Lewis for Best Paper and Michael Charles from St.Thomas who represented Syria winning for Best Responses.

The countries chosen this year are Syria and Saudi Arabia. Students:

STX: Saudi Arabia - Ivory Carter, Richard Dorsey, Gabriel Ible, Chevon Merchant and JoAnn Thomas-Lewis

STT: Syria - Jacqueline Adonis, Michael Charles, Kevin Miller, Shania Shervington and Deanna Smith

Advisor: Dr. Kula Francis

Model United Nations (also Model UN or MUN) is an academic simulation of the United Nations that aims to educate participants about current events, topics in international relations, diplomacy and the United Nations agenda.

The participants role-play as diplomats representing a country or NGO in a simulated session of an (committee) of the United Nations, such as the Security Council or the General Assembly. Participants research a country, take on roles as diplomats, investigate international issues, debate, deliberate, consult, and then develop solutions to world problems. More recently, simulation of other deliberative bodies, such as the United Nations Security Council, has been included in Model United Nations, even if they are completely unrelated to the UN or international affairs as a whole. In general, the participants that the executive panel considers to be most contributing are given awards, such as 'Best Delegate award'.