Model UN from my perspective: Jennifer

Chicago was a blast for me and I hope to go back next year. It was my very first plane trip and I was terrified at first but I soon began to just have fun.

My Committee was the Fourth Committee which deals with Special Political and Decolonization. Our two topics dealt with restructuring the Peacekeeping forces and providing aid to Palestinian refugees. Unfortunately we spent so much time on the peacekeeping topic that we were not able to fully discuss the other one. However, our resolutions we ended up presenting to the General Assembly on the final day were well put together and we were very satisfied with the results. It was very interesting to be a foreign country much less Somalia (a country which I know almost nothing about). Being an American that has to think as someone from another country really put things into perspective for me. When I thought about making a decision or voting on an issue I had to stop myself from thinking like an ordinary American and instead think like a Somalian. It makes a person realize that many nations have problems but not everyone wants to solve them in their own way. One has to think about the cultural and political aspects of every single decision one makes when it comes to the United Nations.