EWMUN Conference was a huge success!

This April 11th, Emma Willard officially hosted its first Model UN Conference. While it was certainly hard to organize and to carry such an important event, I was successful in putting all the pieces of the puzzle together. From 9:00 am- 4:30 pm, 30 Emma Willard students focused on intense debating about Terrorism in the US in the Crisis Committee, and the controversy of Turkey joining the European Union in the General Assembly. Both committees were successful and able to pass various resolutions and directives addressing the problems, and every single delegate was involved.

The Conference began at 9:00 am, with the Opening Ceremony where I gave a short speech about my voyage through MUN, and why I believe it is so important for us. Then, we continued to hear from the Chairs of each committee who gave a brief explanation of what was expected of each delegate during the day. Registration opened 30 minutes before opening ceremony. The picture on the left is the reception for registration, where our Treasurer, Sierra S'16, registered every delegate and handed in pens, placards, and notes.

During the day, each committee worked hard on passing resolutions and directives. Crisis Committee, which represented the Department of Homeland Security and was lead by Carolina M'15 and Mallika M'16 was busy with Crisis updates on countering terrorism, and there was an update where they had 10 minutes to save 1,000 innocent civilians from an attack in the "Mall of America". While the committee was successful at the task, there were still casualties and the delegates were unable to retrieve intelligence from the terrorist group attacking the mall.


On the other hand, the General Assembly was busy trying to debate whether or not Turkey should join the European Union, and the pros and cons that come with this decision. Cecelia P'16, the chair of the committee said that she was impressed with the number of novice delegates who were able to use Parliamentary Procedure in such an eloquent way. While some delegates were a bit confused, the debate went on smoothly and continued to be fun. The picture on the right shows three delegates during an unmoderated caucus drafting a resolution for the GA.

At the end of the day, both committees joined and carried a "Joint Crisis Committee Session" where both the Department of Homeland Security and the delegations of the European Union joined their forces to combat terrorism in Europe and Canada. While this was certainly the most entertaining time during the conference, Closing Ceremony was my favorite part of the day.

Closing Ceremony took place from 3:50-4:30 pm Saturday afternoon. Each chair and assistant chair awarded the Best and Outstanding Delegate awards to the delegates who had succeeded at understanding Parliamentary Procedure, speaking at the debate coherently, proposing new ideas and drafting resolutions, and engaging with the topic. In the General Assembly, Harriet C'17 and Liliya F'17 were awarded Best and Outstanding Delegate. In the Crisis Committee, Sierra S'16 and Hannah L'17 were awarded Best and Outstanding Delegate. While it was a tough decision in both committees, these four delegates excelled at the EWMUNC and we are very proud of their work.

Here are some pictures of Closing Ceremony. I hope you enjoy reading as much as I enjoyed planning this conference!