AC MUN 2012

Dear Delegates,

It is our pleasure to welcome you to the Disarmament and International Security

Council (DISEC) of the 2012 Atlantic College Model United Nations (ACMUN).

DISEC, the first committee of the General Assembly, deals with disarmament and

related international security question. This year, DISEC will be focusing on two

pressing global security issues, the Iranian nuclear crisis and East Asian Security

Focusing on North Korea.

This was the committee that I signed up for. It was a great two days J in my committee there were these people:

1.    Abigail DRUMMOND Morgannwg Delegate DISEC China (Cayman Islands)

2.    Anantya SAHNEY Pentti Kouri Delegate DISEC Qatar (Russia)

3.    Andrew ROY Pentti Kouri Delegate DISEC Canada (New Zealand)

4.    Bernie ETIM Whitaker Delegate DISEC Chile

5.    Carol ALDRIDGE Whitaker Delegate DISEC Vietnam

6.    Cheryne JONAY Sunley Delegate DISEC Japan

7.    Diana REN JIE LIANG Adriatic Delegate DISEC France (Hong Kong)

8.    Elaine FUNG Pentti Kouri Delegate DISEC Germany

9.    Emma WOO Tice Delegate DISEC Costa Rica (Canada)

10. Harry NEUERT Powys Delegate DISEC Iran (USA)

11. Ilya ANDRUSHCHENKO Powys Delegate DISEC USA (Russia)

12. Jacob MOERCH Pentti Kouri Delegate DISEC North Korea  (Norway)

13. Julyen RENAUD Morgannwg Delegate DISEC Saudi Arabia (Canada)

14. Maxime SANDERS Sunley Delegate DISEC South Korea (Kenya)

15. Maya GAZIT Maastricht Delegate DISEC Russia (Israel)

16. Michael MANNING Tice Chair DISEC N/A  (USA)

17. Prabana MENDIS Sunley Delegate DISEC Pakistan

18. Ryan CHIN Gwynedd Delegate DISEC Israel (Singapore)

19. Shimon JINNAI Tice Delegate DISEC DR Congo

20. SINA HANZAEI Tice Delegate DISEC Zimbabwe (Iran)

21. Srabasti SARKER Tice Delegate DISEC Brazil

22. Tariq ABID Whitaker Delegate DISEC UK

23. Theo WILSON Sunley Chair DISEC N/A  (UK)

24. Xue Li CUI Gwynedd Delegate DISEC Afghanistan

25.   Zoey CHONG Pentti Kouri Delegate DISEC Cuba

Not sure where every person is from so I put in brackets the people that I did. We met for the opening ceremony at 2:00 on Friday in Bradenstoke. Everyone was suited up and looked very professional, joyous times. We had to go through security where they checked through our bags and pretended to check out bodies for weapons. As our opening speech happened we had a terrorist attack where they stole one of our Chairs, the security showing us a video of retrieving him. There we also people from others UWC’s Adriatic and Maastricht and the local Llantwit comprehensive.

We then split up into our various groups; mine was in the Economics room. The issue that we were discussing on the first day was of the Iran nuclear weapons. From my research China seemed to believe that Iran’s nuclear program was not an immediate threat as they didn’t believe that Iran had the technology to weaponise highly enriched uranium, or the facilities, equipment or technology that it required.

I wasn’t used to the protocol of ‘the chairs would smile upon…’, ‘the delegate of… has a point of information’…’moderated caucus has began’. It was also really funny that the issue we were talking about had a guy from Iran named Sina, who kept saying ‘the delegate of Zimbabwe would like to point out that Iran…’ having far superior knowledge than anyone else.

Friday night I went out for a dorm dinner for Ruyi’s birthday which was fantastic. We then went to Marcross where Chloe’s mum and brother Seb arrived a bit after we did, (now adopted as my little brother). I think everyone had such a great day- it must be one of my favourites.

As I ended up staying awake pretty late Friday night I forgot to set my alarm for Saturday morning for the start of the next MUN session. One of the best wake-ups in my life. You know how sometimes you hear a noise and it becomes part of your dream? Well all of a sudden in my dream there was a stampede, and I was in the jungle running away from the noise. Turns out it was people coming up the stairs. I open my eyes to see about a dozen of the DISEC committee, suited up, in my room. My first response: ‘Welcome to Dorm 12 everyone’ in an extremely sleepy voice. They had come to retrieve me. Bless their cotton socks. After a tiny bit of coaxing I agreed to get ready as soon as possible. So I went to the next session, half an hour late- but China was represented.

Went to the cottage that Chloe’s family was staying in for some lovely Gluten-free chocolate cake and then we went to Marcross for a superb dinner.

Now Sunday, probably should do some work? I suppose…

**Chloe got her test results back! She’s not gluten-free. But I swear for the rest of my life I’ll always be conscious if whether what I’m eating has gluten in it. As for the no meat, it’s all going well J One month down baby!