Post MUN Depression

   Everything has got to come to an end, even great things. Over the past few weeks I have been immensely busy and I sincerely apologise for that. As you all can guess by reading the title of this blog post, I have been preparing for the DIAMUN 2015 conference that has taken place on the 18th-21st of March in Dubai International Academy. DIA has been hosting Model United Nations conferences annually ever since 2009. Over 50 schools around the globe with a total of approximately 950 delegates were a part of this amazing and successful conference. I was very blessed and fortunate to be one of them. 

    The opening ceremony was held at American University of Dubai on the 18th.  On that day I was already excited as early as I got up from bed, even though the opening ceremony was happening in that evening, after school.  As we entered AUD, dressed formally, I felt anxious.  Seeing all the unfamiliar faces who looked highly professional and experienced.  Boy, it wasn't a nice feeling.  But that all disappeared immediately when we were approached by so many other delegates.  The opening ceremony consists of opening speeches by some important people and performances.

    Just like the actual United Nations assemblies, in MUN conferences too we debate and discuss on how to resolve the given issues. My committee was called the SPCIM (Special Conference on International Migration) and I was delegating for Sweden. Over the three days conference, we covered three subtopics that fall under the topic.

       The conference started with a role call, where the chair(s) call out the countries and delegates would raise their placards and either say just "present" or "present and voting".  After that has finished, we were given an hour of lobbying time, where we were asked to make resolutions and the chosen ones would be debated after.  I was mind-blown by how close and intense the debates were going on. It's so interesting how there were so many different points of view and methods to resolve the problem brought by each of the delegates.

    The social event, which is the most anticipated part of DIAMUN by many delegates was held on the night of the second day at the Meydan Hotel. Everyone seemed so energetic and the music made it became so lively. Everyone was dancing and enjoying themselves after a hectic day of intense debate.

        

    The next morning I stepped into my committee for the last time. As usual, I took my seat where Sweden was written. Hahaha, was only 3 days and I call that "as usual". So, as I was saying, since it was the last day, I challenged myself to try to  participate more in the discussions, and I did. The final debate session ended at 2 'o' clock and after a very long lunch, it was the closing ceremony which marked the end of the best and memorable 3 days of my life.

                                                               Alanis xx