After having a "home advantage" at Sunway Model United Nations (SUNMUN), it's time to step out of the campus to represent the Sunway team at Fairview MUN! I'm in the ECOSOC council and guess which country I'm representing? It's none other than my beloved country- Malaysia! As a tribute to the country, I wore a yellow dress. Yellow or gold in particular is the national colour of Malaysia. I didn't have a gold dress so yellow was fine.
When I arrived at FairView International School, one of the secretariats led me to the registration table for me to sign up. After signing up, I was led to the forth floor for the opening ceremony. Before that, I had a mini reunion with some of my friends. As delegates started to fill the hall up, I made my way back to my seat. Welcoming speeches were made from the FairMUN teacher advisor and VIPs- who are from United Nations Association Malaysia (UNAM) or also known as UNAM Youth.
In mid opening ceremony I had to rush back to Sunway College to attend my younger sister's annual choir recital- Messages in the Bottle. On the second day, I went to the wrong council as I didn't know where ECOSOC was, the admins escorted me to the second floor. As I missed the first two sessions, so I was in a blur zone. My fellow delegates gave me an update on the lobbying session. We discussed on the ICT incorporating with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Before that, Gareth, the co-chair gave us tips on sticking to our countries' policies.
The debate started at 11.00am, our topic was on SDG 7- Affordable and Clean Energy. The council started to heat up a little when the delegate of Japan was firing everyone in the council, until the chair and co-chair had to bang guvnor a few times to get the council settle down. It kind of reminded me in UNHRC at SUNMUN as the delegate of Saudi Arabia was firing every country.
In mid debate, the secretariat team came in. They asked us whether we were aware that there would be an open mic session at social night. Wait, an open mic? Count me in! I love being on stage! But before that, let's fill up our tummies with dinner so we could have the energy to sing and dance all night at socials. We had a few upbeat music to live up the mood, everyone was so into it. I decided to settle down the mood. I sang Love Paradise by Hongker singer, Kelly Chen and Crazier by Taylor Swift. We even had a pool party, how cool is that? I didn't go in to the pool, I didn't want to ruin my dress.
On the third and final day of the council, we finally came to discuss on the topic of implementing ICT into 17 SDGs. I was a little distracted, until the delegate of Japan mentioned Malaysia. I quickly gathered up my poise. In the ICT implementation was mainly dominated by the science industry. We discussed on mental health as well! I got all passionate and I made a speech on mental health too!
Delegates were escorted to the hall for the closing ceremony. A short video was presented to highlight the three days of the conference. Awards were given out to delegates who did a fantastic job in their councils. I didn't get any awards but hey, everyone is a winner! I was super happy when I received my certificate of participation, it's my third one this year!
FairMUN 2018 had been a blast! Thanks Amir and the team for making us delegate feel at home throughout the three-day conference. This will be my last MUN in 2018, but don't worry I'll be making a comeback, hope to see you all next year!
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