To the Editor:

To most of us the United Nations is an institution surrounded by mystery. We know not- hing about it, nor do we care to learn. The United Nations is such a sophis- ticated thing located in such a large internation— al center (New York) that we cannot came to terms with it. .

Last April, seventeen U.P.E.I. students were af forded an opportunity to visit the United Nations and to participate in a model United Nations Con- ference. Each student who went agreed it was a pro— foundly enriching exper- ience, and many claimed it was the most rewarding and enjoyable part of

leagues from some of the world's better universities such as Harvard, Duke and Brown. Model United Nations

officials oOntinually eval— /'

uated each student's know— ledge of , and ability to handle U.N. procedure and their ability to assume

their assigned county's nat— [:4 ionality. U.N. officials as f (-1 well as representatives from ‘. ‘ America's major universities-N

were impressed with U.P.E.I.r performance. The invitation ' ti participate in the model , U.N. in N6” York again this. year, as well as several ' invitations to participate in model U.N. conferences . at Harvard and other lead—g ing American universities .

eir univerSity experience Suﬂent felt he or she had

It all began when U.P. E.I. recieved an invitat- ion to participate in a annual NMUN conference. An eager and very dedic- ated professor, Gary Web-

really accomplished some- thing great. They had taken on the U.N. putting aside Canadian biases and pred—

judices, as they had assumed

the attitudes of African

Ster' gathered recrults and Diplomats. The result was a

began mobilizing for the

remarkable growth of pers—

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task ahead. A special course was arranged in which the H ‘ group studied the United

pective on current inter— national affairs.

The N.M.U.N. ice has been

Nations and the simulation. They looked at what the U.N. brOken f9]? U'PfE'I' Tms is, why it was formed, and to the pioneering of last

. ' U.N.pam— how it operates, the role Year 5 group: my and behavior of Ambassadors, hlets have been_gathered 5t and the successes and fail- the LibrérYr a SP9 ures of the organization. Clal tr??an $955101“ fﬁx th After this I. each student simulation is in operation, tackled a committee assign- and an international rePUta’

up to U.P.E.I.'s future stu-

io or Zimbawe delegation. . .

A 5211(3), paper in which dents, faculty and adminis-

each student stated the pro— tratlon to See that Other students are afforded furthe

blems and concerns facing S Ch major 1 ing his or her mm coun 's u ear“ ‘ exper- try iences, as that U.P.E.I.

del ation on the committee _

hadego be sent to the Model, continues to be represented

United Nations Secretariat. abroad! 1“ the capltoinofd

This was successful indeed. 'the world- U°P'E‘I' S u

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the United Nations, after . bUt Sho‘lld 30 on to eYen greater achievements in the

havin examined the li . . paperg, said that realm of international dip— lomacy.

ups could have been issued as an official document from their office.

While alot of preparation went into the simulation, it was during the week in New York that the delegates really learned what the U.N. was and how it worke. They learned how to draft and pre pare resolutions, how to lobby, how to bargain and negotiate and how to speak with ease in front of col-

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