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ISMUN - First conference of 2020!

4/11/2020

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At the Island School Model United Nations Conference on, 9th October, 70 students representing more than 40 countries participated in discussions about: conflict, eugenics and trafficking.

Prior to attending the conference, the students attended vigorous training sessions held by the student leadership team.

The students discussed 3 topics during the Zoom-held conference. They were: ‘The Conflict between Censorship and Freedom of Expression’, ‘Developing a Regulatory Framework Concerning the Field of Eugenics’ and lastly, ‘Preventing and Combating Trafficking in Human Organs and Trafficking in Persons for the Purpose of Organ Removal’.

Genetic engineering, cell transplantation and the privatisation of media were just some of the issues discussed during the conference.
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MUN leader Ethan Yap (12W): “The participating students showed great commitment and perseverance over the past few weeks in our training session leading up to the internal conference. All the student leaders were very impressed with the maturity and ability they displayed during the conference. We saw a lot of potential and we hope to see them return for future external conferences!”
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Student leader Ayahiko Usui (12F) said: “We would like to thank Mr Budd and Ms McPhee for assisting us along the way. None of this would have been possible without their help!”

Best Delegate, Hannah Wu (10D) also said: “For me, the internal conference was a phenomenal experience. Everyone had a chance to speak and we learnt a lot.”

At the end of the conference, Hannah Wu (India), Cyrus Ng (Chile) and Sammi Hung (Japan) were awarded Best Delegates, Nicole Cheng (Russia) was awarded Outstanding Delegate, and Jerry Luo (Kenya) and Jason Qiu (India) were awarded Most Improved.

Students will now go on to attend external conferences in the coming year, competing against delegates from other schools.
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Article and photographs by Grace Zheng, Media Team
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      • 8. How can I prepare for studying global politics?
    • Unit 1: Power, Sovereignty and International Relations >
      • 1. What is the nature of power? >
        • 1. What is power?
        • 2. How does realism define power?
        • 3. How does liberalism define power?
        • 4. How do critical theories define power?
        • 5. Assessment: Which theory best explains power?
      • 2. How has state power evolved? >
        • 1. How did the nation state emerge?
        • 2. What is sovereignty?
        • 3. How is state sovereignty challenged today?
        • 4. What is the 'social contract'?
        • 5. What gives state power its legitimacy?
        • 6. Assessment: What type of states are more legitimate?
      • 3. Can other groups influence the power of the state? >
        • 1. How much power do IGOs have over states?
        • 2. Are NGOs insignificant global actors?
        • 3. How effective are social movements?
        • 4. How do resistance movements operate?
        • 5. Are political parties legitimate actors?
        • 6. Do informal forums undermine democracy?
        • 7. Assessment: How effective are other groups?
      • 4. Can global interactions improve the world? >
        • 1. Does global governance work?
        • 2. What role do treaties play?
        • 3. Does collective security work?
        • 4. Do alliances reduce or increase tensions?
        • 5. Does economic cooperation lead to interdependence?
        • 6. Is informal cooperation more effective?
        • 7. What drives modern conflicts?
        • 8. Is terrorism a reaction to globalisation?
        • 9. Can domestic conflicts influence global politics?
        • 10: Assessment: Can global interactions improve the world?
      • Unit 1: Exam Questions
    • Unit 2: Human Rights >
      • 1. How have Human Rights evolved? >
        • 1. What are human rights?
        • 2. How significant is the UDHR?
        • 3. How have human rights developed?
        • 4. Assessment: Are human rights a Western construct?
      • 2. Who or what protects our Human Rights? >
        • 1. How do states enforce human rights?
        • 2. Is international monitoring effective?
        • 3. Who enforces humanitarian law?
        • 4. How can civil society help monitor human rights?
        • 5. Assessment: Who should be responsible for human rights?
      • 3. How do Human Rights operate in practice? >
        • 1. Who makes claims on human rights?
        • 2. How are human rights contested locally?
        • 3. How are human rights contested nationally?
        • 4. How are human rights contested globally?
        • 5. Assessment: Does current human rights practice ensure equality?
      • 4. Why are Human Rights so contested? >
        • 1. Are collective rights more important?
        • 2. Are human rights universal?
        • 3. Are human rights too politicised?
        • 4. Assessment: How should we view human rights?
      • Unit 2: Exam Questions
    • Unit 3: Development >
      • 1. Why is development contested?
      • 2. How can development be helped or hindered?
      • 3. Can globalisation help increase development?
      • 4. Can development be made more sustainable?
    • Unit 4: Peace and Conflict >
      • 1. Is the use of violence ever justified? >
        • 1. What is peace, conflict and violence?
        • 2. What forms can conflict take?
        • 3. Is it right to ever go to war?
        • 4. Assessment: On what grounds can violence be justified?
      • 2. What causes conflicts to develop?
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      • 4. Can peace be achieved by managing conflicts?
      • Unit 4: Exam Questions
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