Model UN reflection

1) The thing that I enjoyed the most about the Model UN simulation was the way in which we, for an extended period of time, were another country and essentially other people.  We all were given different characters to be that we had to research and develop in order to act as them in the international arena.  It was a lot of fun to have some “power” and be able to think and work as a team and country in order to handle crises and push our country’s agenda.  It was also really cool to try to forget our own personal thoughts and agendas in order to act purely as our country.

2) Looking back now, I would definitely say that I was prepared enough to act in my role of my country.  It was definitely very useful to research specific areas individually so that we could all bring our own information to the table when we felt that it was useful or important.  However, writing our paper on the general information of Kuwait was also extremely useful because it gave everyone common ground and information so that they could still participate, even when the topic did not exactly fit in with our own research, we could still participate.  It also gave us a better sense of our country’s position and goals in the world.

3) In general, I was really happy with the way in which our group interacted and acted as our state.  I feel that, with excluding our decision to assassinate the Prime Minister of China, all of our actions were true to the nature of Kuwait.  We carefully balanced out all of the options and factors that could have an impact on our decision in order to make an accurate and informed decision.  One decision that I was particularly proud of was the way in which we dealt with the crisis surrounding the struggle between our elected government and traditional heredity to the throne.  W e managed to keep our state’s traditions in mind while trying to move forward and embrace Western ideals, much like our government would do and is doing.  Particularly we gave our elected government a ¾ over ride vote to bring parliament back into session when the Emir decides to dissolve it.

4)One action that I do wish our group had undertaken is surrounding our relations with China.  When China decided to send us unwanted and unneeded aid, we decided to send it to Darfur.  One reason we did this was to make sure that we did not appear to be weak to the other nations.  In turn China decided to support our action in sending aid to Darfur.  However, currently China’s actions in Sudan have been questioned because they are not taking any actions to reprimand Sudan.  Therefore, I do not believe that, in reality, China would have supported our decision fully.  For that reason I would have liked to have publically “called out” the Chinese government in their actions in the Darfur region and their decision to support our actions.