On Saturday, Jan. 13, nine students from the Somerset County Vocational & Technical High School's Model United Nations Club attended their first conference, hosted by the Bridgewater Model United Nations club.
SCVTHS students, Jack Scala of Califon, Shanaya Sood of Hillsborough, Sanya Ravoori of Hillsborough, Seejal Padhi of Bridgewater, Natasha Mody of Martinsville, Krishna Mody of Martinsville, Nidhi Banker of Branchburg, and Harrinee Senthilkumar of Bridgewater attended the conference and served on the following committees: the World Health Organization, the Economic and Social Council of the UN, the Arab League, and the Special Political and Decolonization Committee.
"The club's delegates invested hours of their time writing position papers, opening statements, speeches, and researching foreign policy; their devotion extended beyond the classroom on Saturday when they spent almost ten hours applying their research in the form of diplomacy," said Social Studies Instructor Dr. Louise Tokarsky-Unda.
During the opening ceremony, a speaker from the United Nations gave a presentation about the U.N.'s progress in 2017, and what its intended purpose is, giving all students involved a greater insight into the role of the United Nations in global security.
Submitted by Somerset County Vocational & Technical High School