Model United Nation

Georgetown University MUN

By Pak Boy

Georgetown University in Qatar's annual Model United Nations (GQMUN) conference is a forum for engaged high school students to debate current global issues and gain insight into the world of international politics and policy-making. The GQMUN conference is governed by the GQMUN Student Board.

The GQMUN was the 15th conference, each year over 350 students from schools around the world to Doha was invited for four days of MUN committee sessions and cultural experiences. The conference theme was: The North-South Divide: Authority, Inequality, and Interventionism. Global Jaya was the only school from South-East Asian countries that were invited by Georgetown Qatar University. So we are not just representing Indonesia, but we are also representing South East Asia. There are 5 students from our MUN team that was joining the event, they are:

Syahna Khalisa Sasyifa 11F - Crisis Committee
Chandni Servia 11C - UNCSW (United Nations Commission on the Status of Women)
Azka Anindya Aryasatya 11A - Ecosoc (Economic and Social Council)
Bisma Divyananda Erlangga 11D - DISEC (Disarmament and International Security)
Matheus Armando Hargo Nainggolan 11D - UNEP (United Nations Environment Program)

During the four days of the MUN committee sessions, our students have to find solutions from problems that relate to their councils. Equipped with the IB learner profile (Inquirers, Knowledgable, Thinkers, Communicators, Principled, Open-Minded, Caring, Risk-Takers, Balanced, Reflective), our MUN team manage to participate actively throughout the conference. We were able to win some awards, they are:

● Special Mention - Chandni Servia 11C - UNCSW (United Nations Commission on the Status of Woman)

● Honourable Mention - Matheus Armando 11D - UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme)

Joining an International scale conference/competition was a great experience for our students. Our MUN team manage to prove their ability to compete with students from around the worlds and also making new friends or connect with other people with different background and experience.

SKYMUN 2020

By Ibu Regina

On Friday & Saturday, February 28 & 29, 2020 there were 13 GJS students who participated in the SKYMUN 2020. The SKYMUN 2020 conference is a two-day student-led simulation of the United Nations hosted by Labschool, Kebayoran, South Jakarta. SKYMUN is a conference that focuses on providing the unique MUN experience to novice MUN delegates, such as High School freshmen and Middle School students. It is also geared toward giving High School underclassmen a chance to chair in a MUN conference and provides veteran members with an opportunity to help and educate the young delegates.

GJS students were allocated into three committees: Historical Committee (HC), World Trade Organization (WTO) and World Science and Technology Council (WSTC). The HC explored and discussed the possibilities of Indonesia’s future after the September 30, 1965, attempted coup that end Soekarno’s era and started the New Era under Soeharto. In WTO, they worked hard to find a solution to a conflict between the world’s two largest economies: the United States of Americ and China, which has hurt businesses and weighed upon the global economy. In WSTC, the heated debate happened between countries who support the use of industrial robots in accordance with the development of artificial intelligent (AI) and internet of things (IoT) and those who feared that machine will take over human work.

Overall, our student did very well. Some received special mention in their respective committees as active contributing members of the committees and one, in particular, received an award for the Best Position paper. This has been an excellent opportunity for them to implement the learning profile attributes that they have been learning in class to a real-world problem.

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