Malaysia National Model UN (MNMUN) 2018 was held at APU new campus. I was super excited because this was my first time participating an MUN as a delegate, also representing Sunway Model United Nations (SUNMUN). When we arrived at the venue, I signed myself up and got my name tag for my council. I was in the Cobbold Commission and I played the role of Tun Abdul Razak, the second Prime Minister of Malaysia but at this point he was the Deputy Prime Minister to Tunku Abdul Rahman, the Father of Independence of Malaysia.
As delegates took their seats at the auditorium, the opening ceremony of MNMUN begun. A short video was presented by the IT & Design department to show the councils and introducing our council chairs. When the Secretary Generals of the MNMUN declared the conference had officially begun, delegate started to make a beeline to their respective council and yet I was left out as always. Luckily the admins were here to help me out.
The conference started by going through a roll call. Unfortunately, my "boss" was not around so I took over the place for almost half of the council. I had nothing to say much because my "duty" was to "assist" Tunku Abdul Rahman in the formation of Malaysia. Well I did do some talking, as in "predicting" the future which eased the atmosphere.
On the second day, delegates arrived to continue their debating on their respective topics. We were still in the process of forming Malaysia. This time we were focusing on education. The second day ended with social night with performances of the 24 season drums by students of Taylor's International School, singing and dancing. In honour of the upcoming general election, our history knowledge was put to the test. The question was: When did Malaysia gain independence? That was easy! And I got a Starbucks card as a reward. The Social King and Queen of MNMUN went to Zack and Megan respectively.
On the third and final day, we just need to go to through some amendments before "officially" formed Malaysia. Alas, Malaysia was "officially formed! The national anthem- the Negaraku, was played to mark a new federation. That made me realised that forming a new nation was not easy, we had to go through a few negotiations before everyone agreed on the circumstances. Well, we ended a session early so I decided to drop by at the UN Security Council. Everyone was given a certificate of participation. I was super happy when I received mine.
Since the time of the closing ceremony was delayed, we were allowed to go to other councils. The UN Security Council had a mock press conference, I was interested to join in as I would experience a little later in the semester. We were given the green light to the auditorium to attend the closing ceremony. Future MUN Conferences and highlights of the three-day event were featured in a video. Awards were given out for best delegate, best position paper, most outstanding group delegate.
I'm looking forward to the next Model United Nations, who knows I might end up in the real UN!
