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Model U.N. at UNC

Posted on April 8, 2010 by Staff

UNC News Services

Students from all four Chapel Hill-Carrboro middle schools will participate in a Model United Nations conference on Friday, debating Iranian nuclear development.

About 120 students will participate in the event at the Carolina Center for Educational Excellence, a facility of the School of Education at UNC. The center is adjacent to Smith Middle School in Chapel Hill.

A Model U.N. simulates the United Nations. Students take on the roles of diplomats and participate in a mock session of U.N. proceedings.

Bill McDiarmid, dean and Alumni Distinguished Professor in the School of Education, and Mike O’Shea, president of the Model U.N. Club at UNC, will be among those speaking at a welcoming ceremony at 9 a.m. in the school. The public is invited to the welcoming and a closing ceremony, with award presentations, at 2:15 p.m. at Smith.

The Model U.N. will begin in the center at 9:30 a.m. As representative ambassadors, the students will present speeches, debate with peers, negotiate with allies and draft resolutions. The students will represent countries that are members of the U.N. Security Council. All have researched their country’s culture, history, politics and position on Iranian nuclear development.

Participating middle schools will include Culbreth, McDougle, Phillips and Smith. The conference is organized by the UNC Model U.N. Club in cooperation with the School of Education, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools and the West Triangle Chapter of the United Nations Association.

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