OSCAMUN AILY 28TH FEBRUARY 2015
FIRST IMPRESSIONS We asked some questions both to Italian and foreign delegates for FOSCAMUN 2015, in order to dispel the myth of its activities only consisting in hard work and ruthless studying. From what our survey has observed, all the interviewed people agreed on this point: MUN activities are also fun. An American student assured us that the way of debating which is typical of MUN sessions, rather than being an annoying work, is in fact really exciting. The needed skills don't seem to be a problem: the main characteristic of a MUN delegate – says a student from Colegio Carol Baur, Mexico – is confidence, of which all delegates seem to be well supplied. All the interviewed delegates have expressed their motivation and, after having enjoyed the visit of the city of Venice, they said they are eager to proceed with the activities. When asked to share their expectations for the following debate sessions, most of them admitted to not be experienced of a Model UN, but all expressed a sincere optimism and excitement. Jessica (Collegiate School, Ricmond, VA) pointed out that this event represents a big challenge for her and a good opportunity to hear the opinion of the other members of her committee. We can confirm that Italian pizza is still on top of the favourite dishes, unexpectedly followed by risotto. The third place goes to the traditional lasagne, conquering the critics’ prize. But, going back to business, we have to report the most inspiring answers to the question: “Who do you think Marco Foscarini, the man the school was named after, was?” the first one comes from Mr. Cerezo Plata (Colegio Alminar, Sevilla), who guessed that Foscarini was a noble merchant who wanted to to develop and improve trade in the republic of Venice; while Austin (Collegiate School, Richmond, VA) imagined him as a teacher who could have contributed to the cultural development of Venice. These comments lead us to reconsider our initial question. We focused on the ‘who’ but what we should have asked is: “What important things did Marco Foscarini do in life?”. Sometimes we tend to forget that what really represents each one of us is not our name or the place we come from, but the way we act and the things we do.
Lisa La Marra Alessanrdo La Rosa Almorò Zanessi
HOW TO MAKE A SPEECH DURING DEBATE 1- Thank the presiding official by saying "Thank you Mr./ Madame/ Honorable Chair/ President..." 2- Encourage collaboration among member states by proposing ways that your country would be willing to work with other member states. 3- By referencing what other delegates have said, show support for your allies or indicate which proposals your country does not favor. 4- Explain why your country does or does not support other draft resolutions. Adapted from http://www.unausa.org
NEVER JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER While talking to different people, both involved in last year's FOSCAMUN 2014 and not, perplexities have come across more than once about the MUN protocol-simulation activities being worth or not the effort we put in organizing them. At a first glance, both the strict rules which the delegates must follow during the sessions and the consequently dull appearance of the sessions themselves can seem to us as they would not fit the ideals of critical debating and cultural exchange which an international meeting usually consist in. I myself had shared these doubts in a first moment, since I had experienced a whole different kind of situation as a delegate from Liceo Foscarini in New Delhi for CDLS 2013: there we used to debate spontaneously, whereas the organized activities mainly consisted in lectures. MUN is something different but in the end it offers the same opportunities of expressing anyone's own ideas. The severity of the MUN system must not mislead us: the system itself guarantees the quality of the debating themes, and it is in such formal straits as the session protocols that the critic and rhetoric ability of the speaker is most appreciated. Every delegate is also in charge of the hard work of modelling their dossiers first and their session speeches then, having in mind a critic interpretation of what the representative of his/her nation would actually say. In order of this anthogical process, which can seem an arid analysis at first sight, the delegate is required of an accurate critic data picking and assembling, which will be different from delegate to delegate, from session to session, from an edition of MUN to another.
Alessandro La Rosa
TODAY’S SCHEDULE 09:00-11:00 Session III 11:00-11:30 Break 11:30-13:30 Session IV 13:30-15:00 Lunch 15:00-17:00 Session V 17:00-17:30 Break
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