8 August 08 (02:50 EAT)

E. African Model United Nations - The ISM Team (2005)

EAMUN stands for East African Model United Nations that is annually hosted at the UN in Nairobi, and this year fourteen courageous ISM warriors took up the challenge of this awe-inspiring international experience. About a thousand delegates from all over East Africa (us ISMers being the sole participants from Tanzania) gathered at this annual simulation activity where we, as the youth of today and the leaders of tomorrow, were continually expected to behave, conduct ourselves, and even daily dress in a corporate, professional manner. This constituted a sacrifice of comfortable jeans in exchange for smart-looking but incredibly uncomfortable business wear; a total surrender of chewing gum; even resisting the temptation of passing mildly flirtatious notes to gorgeous delegates during ongoing debates!

There were definitely difficult moments where everyone across the conference room seemed to be anxiously glancing at their watches in anticipation of lunchtime. Yet when an impressive resolution was confidently debated and fruitfully successful, one would smile with satisfaction for choosing the gainful MUN experience.

On the whole, it involved lots of motivation, hard work, preparation, courage and confidence; and it left us as somewhat awe-struck individuals moulded into more empathetic global citizens during the course of the week. And of course we had our share of daily fun once the respective committee chairs adjourned at 2.30 each afternoon! Krupa Vithlani (IB2)

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