East African Model United Nations

MUN has been one of my favorite clubs that I have ever been a member of. I greatly enjoy discussing world issues and writing resolutions which aim to solve some of these issues. I have been a member of the MUN club at ISK for the past five years, this current one being my sixth. Every year, I find myself becoming more and more confident and I find it much easier to speak in front of large crowds and share my ideas now than I did a couple of years ago.
However, this year, the MUN club at ISK changed quite a bit. The main change (and what frightened me the most) was that as a result of more than 50 people signing up for the club, and only about 15 spaces available for the EAMUN conferences which take part in the United Nations in Nairobi, we were told that we would be closely examined during all meetings so that the club heads could see which ones of us stand out the most and would represent ISK well at the conferences. Naturally, people became very stressed and everyone tried to stand out in anyway possible. I was also one of these people and I tried to share my ideas at every meeting that I attended and make convincing arguments. In the meetings I attended, we were asked to discuss in groups about current world issues and think of solutions for them. Our solutions had to be realistic and doable, and most people struggled with this area. I, however, was used to doing this from all my previous years in MUN and I feel as though I rose to the challenge and gave some great ideas.
After two months of attending meetings, the day finally came for us to be told if we were going to partake in the conferences or not, and today was that day. I was extremely nervous as the list of people who were chosen was being read out, especially since we had been told that having previous MUN experience does not give you better chances of getting into the conferences. As the list was being read out, my anxiety grew larger and larger since I had not heard my name. Finally, towards the end of the list, my name was called out! I was so happy for this and I felt as though all my years of being a member of this club had not gone to waste. However, we were later told that this group of people is going to attend the mock debates at ISK. We are not guaranteed a position in the actual conferences in January, meaning that we still have to prove that we are worthy of attending. Hopefully, I will continue to stand out to the club heads and will be chosen for the January conferences!