Bulahdelah Central School return to MUNA (Modelled United Nations Assembly) in Muswellbrook, supported by the Rotary Club of Myall Lakes.
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The representatives, Seleana Murphy and Westleigh Richardson, were originally going to be the delegates from Mexico, but due to a double up of countries, became delegates from the Republic of Poland.
The Modelled United Nations Assembly is an interesting and entertaining debate where teams of two students are assigned a country and they had to debate actual UN resolutions from that country's perspective.
An example would be the "moratorium on the use of the death penalty," which was debated at this assembly. The delegates from the US and China spoke and voted against banning the death penalty, but Poland, Germany and other countries voted for it.
Seleana and Westleigh debated exceptionally well as it is not a traditional style debate, where you have ample time to prepare. Nations usually have time to work together to promote world peace and form negotiations. When they spoke, they did it with belief, conviction and as proud representatives of Poland.
Congratulations go to Iran (Toronto High School) for winning overall and representing the Rotary district in Canberra at the National MUNA. Egypt (Newcastle High School) was runners up, and Israel (Merewether High School) received the peace prize.