City students will soon put their heads together to solve global problems at the Patna Model United Nation conference.
Registration for the conference began on September 1 and will be on till September 30 at patnamun.in. Over 200 students have registered, including students from St Joseph's Convent High School, Mt Carmel High School, Notre Dame Academy, Don Bosco Academy, St Michael's High School, Delhi Public School, DAV BSEB, Loyola High School, Patna Women's College, St Xavier's College and National Institute of fashion and Technology.
The event gives students a chance to study in detail about the country they represent. Amir Khan and Shabbir Ali, entrepreneurs who run event management firm, had founded the Patna model UN. Harsh Pratap Yadav from DAV BSEB and Anshuman Singh from Vidyapati Public School were the co-founders.
Anshuman said students from the US, China and Malaysia have also registered for the conference likely to be held from October 14-16.
"It is a diplomatic competition," Anshuman said. Students are assigned countries during registration and their job is to express their country's beliefs in order to pass favourable resolutions. Students who show the most skills in negotiating, public speaking, paper writing, and diplomacy, receive awards."
Model UN deputy secretary general Ishaan said: "After the conference, the report will be sent to Hui Chun Li, secretary of the department of public information, UN headquarters, New York."
The conference is open to students from Class VII to college. Topics include impact of Brexit on the European Union and its economy, review of India's Armed Forces Special Power Act, impact assessment of the South China Sea issue on international peace and security, xenophobia and Islamophobia with an emphasis on the condition of minorities around the world and curbing arms supply.
"It can help students grow as intellectuals," said Yash Deep, a Class XI student of St Michael's High School. Yash will represent Russia.
"We get practical knowledge of issues the world over," said Snigdha Vatsa, a Class IX student from DPS.
She will represent the Philippines.
