In November I attended IASAS MUN as part of the school’s MUN club. This was my first time participating in a conference as a part of the crisis committee which ran slightly differently to other committees and my first time at such an advanced conference. This required a level of perseverance as even when I felt like I was getting attacked by other delegates I still had to try my best and push through. I was also representing the Soviet Union which has a significantly different ideology to my own. This served as a challenge as I had to put aside my own beliefs in favour of my role. The topic of debate was the Suez Crisis, something that I had no prior knowledge about. This conference increased my knowledge of historical and global affairs as I had to conduct research to educate myself on the situation.
This conference also gave me a chance to collaborate with people from different schools and backgrounds. I had to work with people from all over South East Asia to form a position in my own committee and to write a resolution in the General Assembly. This allowed me to understand new perspectives and look at things from new points of view. I also had to compromise as sometimes what I thought was the best idea wasn’t necessarily the route that other people wanted to take.