Model UN Reflection

Overall I thought that the Model UN experience was very interesting. Going into the experience I did not know what to expect. I feel like the experience taught me many things. One thing that I enjoyed most about the Model UN simulation was how we got to work together to decide what we wanted to do as a country. My group got along really well even when we had difference of opinions. I think the fact that we all listened to each other’s ideas and opinions it made the simulation run more smoothly. I think that our country made good decisions and it was fun using the knowledge that we knew about Kuwait to solve the problems and conflicts that we were given.

Overall I felt that I was prepared as I could be for the simulation. I did not know what to expect going into the simulation but my researching my ministry I felt like I was prepared. By researching Kuwait along with my ministry of Health and Medical Education it made me very prepared. I felt like I knew as much as I possibly could about my ministry which made the simulation easier. By knowing information I could contribute my knowledge to the rest of the group. I also could use my knowledge to help make decisions regarding the country.

One action that our group took that I was most proud of is when China gave us food by airdrop and we decided that we would give it to a country that needed it more than we did. We thought that we were working with China and then they decided to give us support because we were “in need” which made us angry. We discussed many options of what to do including sending the food back to China. We eventually decided that it would be best to say thank you for the donation but we felt like we would give it to a country that was in dire need of it. I felt like overall this was the good choice and the best one that we could have made.

One action that I wish our group would have taken and we tried to was the assassination of the Prime Minster of China. Our group was angry with China because of the misunderstanding regarding aid and because when we had our meeting with them they showed up late, and even canceled a meeting that we had set up with them. We had decided as a group that on the second day we would attempt an assassination. We did not have many conflicts to resolve the second night so we began to plan the assassination. We had made all the plans of what we wanted to happen including who were going to blame it on. We had everything plan out and wished that it would have happened.