Macedonian MUN

A few weekends ago on June 27, Macedonia hosted its Model United Nations Conference for the youth of Macedonia.  Macedonian MUN is a secondary project for PCVs, and executing this event was the first major task for me (as my absence from this blog reflects) for what appears to be a pretty busy summer.

Organizing this conference with the local NGO was anything but an easy process.  As I mentioned in a previous post, financing the event was a major issue, but many other small yet persistent problems made the preparations for this project very arduous. 

However, once the delegates arrived, the conference took a life of its own, and the delegates seemed to really enjoy discuss international affairs and foreign diplomacy with students from other cities in Macedonia.  The striking difference for this conference was the participation of a team from Kosovo.  Earlier in the year, we were contacted by a PCV from Kosovo who had discovered our MUN conference and asked if his team could participate.  Charles, the PCV, trained his team well, and the delegates seemed to have no issues with competing with the Macedonian delegates.

[Note, all photos posted below are taken from the Coalition SEGA Facebook Page]

Opening Ceremony

Speech by Peace Corps Director Cory

PCV Charles and one of the teams from Kosovo

PCV Coordinators