This Weekend

This Weekend was one of the most fun weekends yet this year. This weekend we had JoMUN. JoMUN stands for Johannesburg Model United Nations. Basically, it is a Model United Nations, so the united nations, but for teenagers. I had already done it last year, but this year was ten times more fun. Firstly, my committee was really cool. We had interesting issues that we were talking abut, such as Boko Haram, women's rights in the middle east, Protecting the rights of refugees, and protecting the rights of LGBTQ people in Africa. I was assigned Australia, which I was quite happy about since Australia and I share similar views on a few things.

 The issue I choose to talk about was LGBTQ rights in Africa. I merged the resolution with 8 other people, and I was voted to main submit, which means that I was reading it out, and the "leader" of the resolution. Unfortunately it didn't pass, although it being great because most countries were against LGBTQ rights, such as DPRK and Saudi Arabia. This year 16 different schools came to attend JoMUN, some schools coming from as far as Sri Lanka! I made many new friends from different schools. I made friends with the delegate of Jordan, Saudi Arabia, DPRK, Argentina, New Zealand, USA, Ethiopia, and many others. On Saturday, all people participating in JoMUN, more than 350 people, all went to a restaurant, with a huge garden, for supper, all organized by the school. It was really fun, but so much DRAMA!!! To say the least, there were more than two new couples, two new heartbreaks, and lots of dancing. Overall, I loved JoMUN so much, and I was really happy with how it went.