KAMLOOPS – Over 200 teenaged delegates representing 49 countries will discuss global issues May 10 when TRU hosts the Interior High School Model United Nations Conference for the thirteeth time.
The students, who will come from 16 schools from six different school districts, with many costumed to match their chosen country, will debate topics around this year’s conference theme, “60 years and Beyond.”
“The theme is reflective of the success of the United Nations has had since its inception but acknowledges the work that lies ahead,” said Bill Hamblett, Sa-Hali Secondary vice-principal, who, along with Sa-Hali Secondary social studies coordinator Ross Nybo, coordinates the event on behalf of School District # 73, which sponsors the event together with Thompson Rivers University.
This year is the thirteenth Interior High School Model United Nations Conference. This is a joint venture between Thompson Rivers University and the school district.
Like a real United Nations, the Model UN is a day-long program set up like a mini-mirror of the UN, with an introductory opening plenary, a closing plenary for voting, and a series of committee sessions at which delegates create resolutions around specific global issues.
Along with UN committee staples like Security Council and the World Health Organization, this year’s conference highlights the agendas of such UN committees as the World Food Programme, UN Convention on Climate Change, Special UN Committee on the Reduction of Small Arms, Special UN Committee on Youth, and the UN Organization on Drugs and Crime: Human Trafficking.
“The Interior High School Model United Nations Conference is an excellent opportunity for students to learn about international relations and global problems. In our ever changing world, we need people who are able to critically analyze world events and pressing social and economic problems.”
“Secondary schools involved in the event are AL Fortune (Enderby), Charles Bloom (Lumby), Chase, Clarence Fulton (Vernon), George Elliot (Winfield), Kelowna, OK Mission (Kelowna), Salmon Arm, Quesnel, and six Kamloops high schools: Brocklehurst, NorKam, St. Ann’s Academy, Sa-Hali (Host School), Valleyview and Westsyde.
For more information, please contact Bill Hamblett at 374-0861 or by email.
