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URJCmun, the real stage for superheroes
Inés Astigarraga | Day 3
This third day has been incredibly intense. Unfortunately, we have not seen all the delegates on our committee. Once again. Hopefully tomorrow we can enjoy ourselves all together as it is the last day. Still, it has been great: seeing the delegates representing such diverse countries agreeing in spite of their differences, gives us hope for a living. Whether the initiatives agreed are actually implemented and carried out or not is another issue. Utopian maybe. Optimistically possible.
The SOCHUM committee has been very successful. At first, the delegates voted the resolutions regarding rights of gender and equality, on which they had been working for the last two days. Moreover, the second topic and its crisis, have proven the delegates’ capacity to improvise and to defend themselves. It was about torture and political prisoners. Further than the basic need to follow and respect human universal rights is the reality.
There are interests, There are alliances, There are obstacles to humanity and respect. And so have we seen in the sessions. Obviously, most of the delegations have condemned torture, as it is a violation of one's rights. But only after that politically correct statement, they have lost no time in starting blaming one another: “you did this”, “you did that”... Unuseful. Nonetheless, it is to be said that they have accurately worked on this topic too. They have got really involved on the debate and have started giving real solutions and not accusing fellow delegations for ancient conflicts and disagreements.
The third day slightly tastes as the end of this rewarding week. A very different and intense one but also interesting and memorable. We are laughing, We are learning, We are making new friends and we are definitely enjoying ourselves. At least all of us deserve to feel these sensations in accordance to the job we have done.
The SOCHUM committee has been very successful. At first, the delegates voted the resolutions regarding rights of gender and equality, on which they had been working for the last two days. Moreover, the second topic and its crisis, have proven the delegates’ capacity to improvise and to defend themselves. It was about torture and political prisoners. Further than the basic need to follow and respect human universal rights is the reality.
There are interests, There are alliances, There are obstacles to humanity and respect. And so have we seen in the sessions. Obviously, most of the delegations have condemned torture, as it is a violation of one's rights. But only after that politically correct statement, they have lost no time in starting blaming one another: “you did this”, “you did that”... Unuseful. Nonetheless, it is to be said that they have accurately worked on this topic too. They have got really involved on the debate and have started giving real solutions and not accusing fellow delegations for ancient conflicts and disagreements.
The third day slightly tastes as the end of this rewarding week. A very different and intense one but also interesting and memorable. We are laughing, We are learning, We are making new friends and we are definitely enjoying ourselves. At least all of us deserve to feel these sensations in accordance to the job we have done.
Different day, same procedures, better impressions
Inés Astigarraga | Day 2
Not many things have changed since yesterday: the elegance in the outfits remains, the murmuring goes on and the notes still seem to be more important to some countries than the debate itself. Besides this, the gossip moment has been the most desired for the second consecutive day and it has not disappointed anyone - it has enabled us to chill and to laugh
with our fellows.
Nonetheless, the debate today has been more distributed among all the delegations; still, Germany, Denmark and Chile have been very participative once again. The topic -rights of gender and equality-, as wide as it might be, has allowed the delegates to discuss the concrete points of such a relevant issue that has really divided the opinions of the assembly. In spite of the different opinions and positions, the delegates have worked very hard to come up with a resolution through common consensus.
This second day has been much more intense and the debates have shown the nerves of the delegates in order to get resolutions done and their willing for the hour of the desired global village to come. As we are getting to know each other more, we are gaining confidence and becoming more comfortable with one another and that has been shown on several dances that the chairs and the delegates have taken part in. Specially, many gossips cheered the Indonesian boy to dance.
The concentration and the implication of each of the delegation has made the chairs very proud of them, despite the recurrent need of acclaiming for silence when other delegates or the board itself are talking. They have confirmed their great surprise with the delegations, as it is the first year for most of them, but they have deeply prepared the topics and enthusiastically participated and intervened during the sessions.
with our fellows.
Nonetheless, the debate today has been more distributed among all the delegations; still, Germany, Denmark and Chile have been very participative once again. The topic -rights of gender and equality-, as wide as it might be, has allowed the delegates to discuss the concrete points of such a relevant issue that has really divided the opinions of the assembly. In spite of the different opinions and positions, the delegates have worked very hard to come up with a resolution through common consensus.
This second day has been much more intense and the debates have shown the nerves of the delegates in order to get resolutions done and their willing for the hour of the desired global village to come. As we are getting to know each other more, we are gaining confidence and becoming more comfortable with one another and that has been shown on several dances that the chairs and the delegates have taken part in. Specially, many gossips cheered the Indonesian boy to dance.
The concentration and the implication of each of the delegation has made the chairs very proud of them, despite the recurrent need of acclaiming for silence when other delegates or the board itself are talking. They have confirmed their great surprise with the delegations, as it is the first year for most of them, but they have deeply prepared the topics and enthusiastically participated and intervened during the sessions.
3, 2, 1... SOCHUM has started!
Inés Astigarraga | Day 1
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First day of the model. First debates, first allegations, first impressions, first feelings. We had been told that this week would be one of the best of the year; and this experience, one of the most recalled of our university stage. A bigger campus, a larger number of fellows, a wider variety of accents, a better day than imagined.
In the SOCHUM committee, after the first explanation on practical issues about the campus and the running of the sessions, we have directly started debating the first topic on our agenda: the rights of gender and sexuality. It is acknowledged that this issue concerns all of us; it is in the streets, in our society, in our life. Among plenty of notes between the delegates -thanks to the help of the staff crew-, gossip messages, chair instructions and advices and in a swarm of nerves and some stuttering, the debate has taken place.
Maybe the lack of natural light could have affected the clarity in the exposition of the delegates. It could but, for me, it definitely has not happened. However, the interventions of the delegates on topics that have gone from the gender gap or LGBT rights to the right of children to have education on sexuality, have provided the feeling that every country supports human rights, but they also appeal to their freedom to promote these rights themselves.
Ethnocentrism. This concept has been used by countries such as Qatar, Egypt or the Russian Federation to acclaim for respect and perspective when analysing the situation and the role of religion and tradition in each country. I could not agree to a greater extent: we, as Europeans or Western countries, have definitely not been given the right to judge the rest of the countries from our point of view and cannot continue imposing our beliefs just as we have done during History.
“The floor is open” is the phrase with which our chairs have distributed the turn to speak. I hope that many other “floors” are to be opened to let people debate on every aspect of our society in order to enrich our lifetimes.
In the SOCHUM committee, after the first explanation on practical issues about the campus and the running of the sessions, we have directly started debating the first topic on our agenda: the rights of gender and sexuality. It is acknowledged that this issue concerns all of us; it is in the streets, in our society, in our life. Among plenty of notes between the delegates -thanks to the help of the staff crew-, gossip messages, chair instructions and advices and in a swarm of nerves and some stuttering, the debate has taken place.
Maybe the lack of natural light could have affected the clarity in the exposition of the delegates. It could but, for me, it definitely has not happened. However, the interventions of the delegates on topics that have gone from the gender gap or LGBT rights to the right of children to have education on sexuality, have provided the feeling that every country supports human rights, but they also appeal to their freedom to promote these rights themselves.
Ethnocentrism. This concept has been used by countries such as Qatar, Egypt or the Russian Federation to acclaim for respect and perspective when analysing the situation and the role of religion and tradition in each country. I could not agree to a greater extent: we, as Europeans or Western countries, have definitely not been given the right to judge the rest of the countries from our point of view and cannot continue imposing our beliefs just as we have done during History.
“The floor is open” is the phrase with which our chairs have distributed the turn to speak. I hope that many other “floors” are to be opened to let people debate on every aspect of our society in order to enrich our lifetimes.
