UWCSEA hosted a MUN conference from October 11, 2019 to October 13, 2019. I attended the conference not as one of the participants but as a member of Press Corps, meaning I had to sit and listen to the debates and write articles summarizing the different arguments presented.
The goal throughout the entire event was to write at least two articles per day (just one on Friday as MUN just started and didn’t have that much time to do a lot of debate). One way I showed my commitment would be that I worked to reach the set goal and achieved it, meaning I wrote five articles. This meant I had to listen to the debates, interview participants, and then type an article that coherently explained what was happening (the debates were somewhat difficult to grasp if you haven’t done basic research on the background history and stances present in the debate). During these three days, I stayed up late in the night to complete the articles to reach.
If I had decided not to be committed, then PressCorps would not have had as much articles as it does now and may have not been continued for next year. This year was the first time UWC would have a PressCorps, or people to write articles for MUN. If I had not been committed, then it may have been decided that holding PressCorps may not be worth it, which would have disappointed my chairs as well as some of the student leaders in MUN from UWC East.
I was in charge of writing articles for three committees: Disarmament and International Security (DISEC), Legal Committee, and the International Court of Justice (ICJ). I was interested in the debates for DISEC and ICJ, but I wasn’t really invested in the topics discussed in the Legal Committee. However, I stayed committed to writing articles for it because I would feel guilty for disappointing my chairs and since I am part of PressCorps, I felt I had a responsibility to do so.
Personal interest and guilt usually are effective in keeping me committed to something.
Articles:
https://www.uwcmun.org/press-corps/legal-the-improvement-of-the-enforcement-of-foreign-rulings
https://www.uwcmun.org/press-corps/october-12th-20191858271
https://www.uwcmun.org/press-corps/october-12th-20193648983
