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BY T HE END OF T HE Y E A R 2 0 2 2 , over 90
million people around the world will
have been affected by conflicts over the
settlement of borders and sovereignty –
some displaced, some harmed, some
exiled, and all of their lives changed.
Naturally, you wouldn't expect a bunch
of teenagers to settle one of the most
challenging conflicts the world faces
today. However, in January of 2023,
more than 3,500 students from around
the globe met at the World Forum in The
Hague, Netherlands, with a common goal:
coming together to share and orchestrate
responses to the future of borders. I had
the honor of being one of the eighteen PTS
student delegates at this conference, The
Hague International Model United Nations,
or to us THIMUN.
If you aren't familiar with the concept of
Model United Nations (MUN), the event
described above must sound almost
outlandish, but MUN isn't otherworldly.
It's a small-scale representation of what
happens in the real world. In a conference,
such as THIMUN, all students become
delegates. They are assigned countries
and issues to respectively represent and
discuss. With that in mind, we delegates
are bound to not only understand, but
defend different points of view, goals,
and concerns, even when they may not
align with our own. MUN is a constant
reminder that the true treasure of global
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A student reflection on The Hague International
Model United Nations Conference
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