By Alejandro Gonzalez, Chairman The New England Center Student Council for International and Regional Studies at UB will be representing the Republic of Kazakhstan in the 46th Harvard National Model United Nations at Cambridge, Massachusetts this month. The model UN of Harvard University is the biggest and most recognized of its kind and includes the participation of 2000 delegates from a hundred different schools from America and abroad. Each college or university represents a country and the student delegates debate world issues from the point of view of the country they represent. Delegates gain insight into the workings of the United Nations by assuming the roles of UN representatives and by actively participating in the resolution of important global issues.
Outstanding teams receive awards.
As preparation for the debates, the UB team visited the Permanent Mission of Kazakhstan in New York City where they held talks with the diplomats there. The UB students' presentation papers were cited as possessing the quality and veracity of true diplomats and the UN diplomats requested permission to use the papers as reference for their position papers during upcoming international meetings. 219 Park Ave.