MUN in Bangkok, Thailand

By Debby Zunta

Part 3 MUN is fun even though it was about political matter:)))

The geng

Okay! Let’s get started. It was November 14, 2019. MUN started with the opening ceremony, yes ‘getting to know you’ time. The ceremony opened with the theme called MUN 101. It was a gathering of all the delegates, Chair, and the commitee. The Council would start the following day. I hadn’t told you that there were four councils here. They were UNESCO, UNWOMEN, UNDP and UNGA.

My Aimunc Geng

Let me introduced my AIMUNC geng. From the left. the first was me, followed by Dhini, Ernita, Qintara, and Ida. We were all Indonesians. There were also two guys. I would show you in another photo below . The two guys were Rafi and Firman.

In that moment, Mr. Tarik and Ms. Prily outlineed the procedure for the following day. Mr.Tharik was the chair and Ms. Prily was the co chair in UNESCO. To understand better, you must read the guideline properly before the MUN. Everything had been detailed there. A student suggested that I should join the Local MUN; but I didn’t have the time.

My Candid photo on MUN 101 showing everyone listening attentively

Friday, November 15, 2019 was the day for the council session. It was a full day event. There were two topics , atheism and the right of information. But we had to choose one. The topic was chosen by voting. To vote, the chair would ask about two things, “voting” or “present and voting”. Voting meant you could agree, disagree, or pass about the motion. If you chose ‘voting and present’ it meant you had to either agree or disagree.

Every delegate was given a placard that contained the name of the country that one represented. The placard was also used to vote. You had to raise the placard high, so the chair could notice. You were prohibited to mention your name. It was because you represented a country not yourself. Let me give you an example: raised the placard and then the chair give you time so say “the delegate of Barbados present and voting”.

In my case, the topic chosen was atheism. It was very complicated you must know. We had to make many resolutions that could be applied to every country and it should not contravene the internal policy of any country. You know, atheism is a very sensitive issue. Country like China would be very pro with that idea but other like Pakistan would find it really hard to accept.. To make any proposal, you had to do research first.

The delegates raising their placards to vote

My favorite photos were taken with Mr. Tarik and Ms Prily. I really loved both of them. On their instagram accounts, I saw that MUN was really their passion. They travelled around the world to promote that and they said as the chair they would be fully funded. Their public speaking skill was damn good. The way they explained was clear. I loved when Mr. Tarik said “Lovely” and Ms.Prily said “Crystal clear”.

Mr. Tarik (Chair) and me after the council ended

Ms. Prily (Co-chair) and me after the council ended

After the council ended that night, we went for a cruise dinner along the Chao Phraya River. One thing that I really loved in thailand was the food. There were lots of sea food and fruits. I loved them so much till I couldn’t hold any more with my hands. Ernita and me were food lovers. We were never shy,” hahaha we pay for it lah; rugi if take less”.

Wefie after the council ended

Saturday, November 16, 2019 was the day for the city tour and the closing ceremony. The city tour was going to Wat Arun Temple. We went there by Elf, a car doubled up like a tourist bus, and then we crossed the Chao Phraya rive by boat. For the closing ceremony we must wear our traditional national dress. I wore Batik, the most simple piece of cloth.

Rafi (Bandung), Firman (Salatiga), Chetan (Nepal), Dhini (Semarang), Qintara (Surabaya), Amel (Jakarta), Ernita (Bandung), Ida (Egypt) and me, Debi (Jember)