ISB’s annual international issues conference, based on Model United Nations groups, is always one of my favourite parts of the year. Ever since the first time I was involved as a lowly floor secretary in year 8, I have been fascinated with the Conference. I endeavoured to be a part of it every year, getting as deeply involved in this wonderful event as I can.
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| Myself and my co-chair during debate |
Since this would be the last year I would have the opportunity to participate, I tried to do as much as I could during the 2010 conference. While before I had been a floor secretary, a helper, or a delegate, this year I volunteered to be a committee chair, an important role. Along with my co-chair, I would be in charge of nearly 40 delegates, guiding them as they learnt all they would need to know to participate.
This involved weekly meeting, where we brushed up on our knowledge of parliamentary procedure, the rules and guidelines surrounding BGIC, and the changes which had been made at the end of last year’s conference, which turned out to have a major impact on how debate flowed. After several weeks of learning and remembering, we were finally deemed ready to unleash at our committees.
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| My committee: EcoSoc Forum 1 |
There followed several days of intense, if somewhat amateurish debate from the delegates, which my co-chair and I helped guide and shape. Eventually, we produced three resolutions which continued into the General Assembly; only one of which passed there.
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