Model United Nations, also known as Model UN or MUN, is an
extra-curricular activity in which students typically role-play delegates to
the United Nations and simulate UN committees. This activity takes place at MUN
conferences, which is usually organized by a high school or college MUN club.
Thousands of middle school, high school, and college students across the
country and around the world participate in Model United Nations, which
involves substantial researching, public speaking, debating, and writing
skills, as well as critical thinking, teamwork, and leadership abilities.
The Zeal club Deb Master was an initiative to involve the junior batches so that they are well informed and trained to be the future Munners. The batch of grades 3, 4 and 5 were the part of this club, which started its 13-week journey on the 3rd of July 2021, with a bunch of enthusiastic students.
The students were briefed about the working of the Model United Nations (MUN). Each student was allotted a particular state and were made a delegate of their respective state. The agenda for this MUN session was ‘Food, Health and Hygiene’.
The students were guided by a senior student, who explained how MUN works and on how they should prepare for the debate. Many mock sessions and regular question hours were conducted for which students gathered information about their respective states. This helped them research and also develop their debating skills. They were assigned a task to present
Position Papers, which gave them a complete picture of an essay that presents an arguable opinion about an issue in their respective states.
The final show of the club was held on the 1stof October 2021. The event started with the students reading the ‘General Speaker List’, and the beginning of a speech which grabbed the fellow delegates’ and the audience's attention. After a question hour between the students and the Executive Board member, resolutions were passed by taking the majority
call.
The program concluded by announcing the awards to the delegates, which had three prizes under each category of ‘Position Papers’ and ‘Best Speakers’. Feedbacks on the club and how it benefitted the students were also given by a parent, a teacher and the students.
Thus, the MUN helped students to research, debate and get a better understanding of their respective states. This activity also helped them to improve their communication skills.
~The DEB-Master Team
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