PSH hosts 20th Annual model U.N.
Timothy Brown
Capital Times Staff
A resolution recently passed, by the
United Nations will call for member
nations to preserve and halt destruction of
the world's rain forests.
Unfortunately, the world won't benefit
from the act.
It was part of the 20th Annual Model
United Nations conference, held at Penn
State Harrisburg, Feb. 20-22.
The conference, sponsored by the
International Affairs Association, was a
simulation of the actual United Nations,
with 400 students from 30 central
Pennsylvania high schools participating.
According to Dr. Clem Gilpin,
assistant professor of community systems
and Afro-American studies, and co-director
of the conference, "A group of three
students represents a country, and will
spend 2 1/2 days debating the issues as the
actual country would at the UN."
Gilpin said, "We hope the students will
research their areas in depth to learn more
about global issues that they might not be
familiar with.”
Members of the lAA served as planners
and directors of the conference. Bill
Stoner, a graduate student and lAA
member who served as a UN committee
chairman said, "They are familiar with the
actual positions of their representative
countries. They debate as though they are
really from the country.
"I think it's a wonderful experience for
them to come together, to give them a
better knowledge of the world they are
See Model U.N., page 7
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An audience of more than 400 students listen to speakers in the Student Center of the Capital Union Building
during the Model U.N.
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