- Global Summit .

The Global Summit , a UN general assembly re-enactment , was the final wrap up simulation , and the most satisfying for sure . As a part of the Health commission and having my sub-commissions proposal pass with a grand majority ( 9 votes for , 3 votes against) , it was so satisfying to be nominated to speak on behalf of the resolution during the simulation . I was given the choice between presenting the resolution to the delegates , or to speak on behalf of India as well as the Pandemics sub-commission in favour of the proposal , and I decided to support the resolution rather than present it . During the coalition meeting will all 12 countries and 308 scholars , myself and about 10 other people who were chosen to speak went and worked on our speeches in a different room . Even after studying global pandemics constantly for the previous 48 hours , the statistics i was researching blew me away . I ended up using : In the '90's , 50 million people died from the Spanish flu pandemic . If a similar scale pandemic were to hit the United States in modern times , 1 in every 6 Americans would die , and even more would be affected . Once i researched a little more into individual countries situations as a backup , i whipped up a speech in about 15 minutes , and revised it 132940 times . On Tuesday morning we had a speaker who was a business and economics professor come talk to us at the college campus , and i wasn’t highly impressed, though it seemed to catch the interest of many people at the conference so it was potentially just myself discovering my lack of interest in business itself. Some of the information about population growth and perspectives on world development were interesting , but other aspect of the presentation i found myself rather indifferent to . Later that evening we went to the United Nations headquarters to hear from a speaker there on UN involvement and processes worldwide . It was extremely interesting to hear her personal perspectives , as well as those she expressed on behalf of the UN as a collective . Many controversial questions were raised concerning the UN's involvement in the Rwanda genocide as well as issues between Greece and Macedonia . The debates over dinner that fallowed that night between citizens of those countries were heated , though surprisingly controlled . I like to believe that if the same problems were to arise earlier on in the conference , things would've gotten out of hand and nothing productive would've come as a result , but i could never know that for sure . The next day , we headed off to the UN once more for our global summit itself . Health was the 3rd commission to be represented , and i was shaking during the presentation of my resolution , but I was so proud of all the work I’d put into it with a few other people . After speaking in favour of it , which went remarkably well , no one stood up for speaking against the resolution , meaning no country was able to vote against it though they were still able to abstain . My resolution was 1 of the 6 that was passed , mine with no amendments made and 10 votes for , 2 abstaining. For me , that paid off for the whole conference , something as simple as that . The resolution for Human Rights concerning woman’s rights was an absolute gong show , presented in an incorrect format , with no implication methods or timelines , and raised major conflicts with varying religions . I believe we heard one statement supporting the resolution , and six speakers against . I believe there was one country who actually voted in favour of it , the rest against with one abstaining . The summit itself was an absolute success . The professionalism expressed throughout the entire group was extremely satisfying to see. Running off to Rockefeller for the 3^rd time to change for the upcoming dinner cruise was satisfying and hectic and carefree , a perfect build up to a perfect night .