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MUN experiences

CO-MUN 2010 (Colombo Model United Nations)
This was my first ever Colombo Model United Nations Conference even though I had attended Sri Lanka Model United Nations Conferences previously. As this conference is organised from OSC itself, I was proud to represent the delegation of the host school. The delegation of OSC was guided through the elective program last year on Wednesday mornings. In order for the preparation of the conference we did research on relevant topics based on various countries mainly focusing on the issue of HUMAN TRAFFICKING as it was the official theme of the conference. We also had practice debates and guest speakers briefing us on the process year long. Finally it was the three days of conference. I must say this was a very competitive experience as there were so many other students (over 500) representing other leading schools in Colombo. The delegation of OSC was distributed to different committees and we had to debate in our own committees.

Learning Experiences - Competitiveness is one big lesson I learnt. Also being spontaneous and coming up with instant debates to argue was a challenge. Being confident and articulate to a larger audience was crucial. Last but not the least DIPLOMACY AND MODESTY are the two most important things to be successful and survive in the conference. This was also a very good avenue for me to achieve my CAS objectives and that is to improve my speaking skills and learn debating and diplomacy through MUN.