The Model United Nations (known as Model UN or MUN) is an academic simulation of the United Nations that aims to educate participants about current events, topics in international relations, diplomacy and the United Nations agenda. The participants role-play as diplomats representing a nation or NGO in a simulated session of an organ (committee) of the United Nations, such as the Security Council or the General Assembly. Participants research a country, take on roles as diplomats, investigate international issues, debate, deliberate, consult, and then develop solutions to world problems.
A team of Ashesi students participated in the 3rd annual Ghana International Model United Nations (GIMUN) conference, from 23-26 February 2012, hosted at the Ghana Telecom University College. The students, Richard Odame ’15, Jeremiah Sampson ’14, Ogile Oze ’14 and Angelina Addy ’13 represented different countries and spoke on the conference theme, “Safe Maternal Delivery; A Right Not a Privilege.” The conference participants discussed several aspects of the theme, including the social, humanitarian, and cultural issues surrounding it.
(From left: Richard, Angelina, Jeremiah and Ogile)
All four participants from Ashesi were acknowledged and awarded for their aptitude, level of participation and the breadth of research they had done before the conference. Richard, who represented Botswana, was named the “most informed delegate” and was also nominated for the “best delegate” award along with Angelina. Jeremiah, who represented Venezuela, won the “most mentioned delegate” award while Ogile, who represented Togo, won the “best dressed delegate” award.
Building on the Ghana MUN team's success, Ashesi’s newly formed Model United Nations Society held its first Model United Nations Simulation on campus on the 15th of March, 2012. This was done to help students and faculty who had never experienced a Model United Conference get a fair understanding of how the programme worked. The conference was themed around the current Boko Haram crisis in Nigeria and student participants, representing countries and organisations like Russia, Nigeria and the African Union, deliberated on solutions. Kevin Banful ‘15 and Amanda Maame Ofosu-Siaw ‘15 were awarded Best Delegate and Most Analytical Delegate respectively.
Congratulations Ashesi Model UN Society!
