15th August 2017
Today was the last day of Harvard Model United Nations, India, 2017. All
us woke up sad that it was the last committee session for this year’s HMUN conference.
It had been a great, learning-filled experience for us. It seemed like these
four days had flown by. Nevertheless, the four days had opened a new door for us,
leading us to newer worlds.
On this day, we summed up the topic on
our agenda by the adopting one resolution, and passing press releases and
directives. We had to vote for a resolution that provided the best solution to
the issue. The past few days had been about teamwork and collaboration, but
voting was individual. Alas, some of our committees were unable to pass any
resolution as consensus could not be reached. However, it is to be remembered
that we as a committee did still achieve a lot – the ideas and thoughts
discussed, and developed to solve the issues will be remembered. And someday we
hope the world will imbibe some of the youthful ideals that are embodied in these
resolutions. We entered the committee hall as eager children and left the hall
as open minded, wiser adolescents.
After all the hard work that we had
done, our directors allowed us to let loose! We danced in our committee halls,
we played games, we voted on such things as ‘The cutest delegate’ or ‘The most
dramatic delegate’.
Later, the Secretary General, Kelsey
Young gave awards to outstanding delegates and declared the end of HMUN India’s
7th session. It was time to bid adieu to friends we had made during our
wonderful experience in Hyderabad. As we looked at our fellow delegates
and committee directors for the last time, each of us felt that we had been
part of something bigger than ourselves and learnt something other than
information and facts. We had learnt how to cooperate. To collaborate. To be
diplomatic. We had learnt a little more about the beautiful world we live in
and were determined to solve some of its problems.
We later checked out of the hotel and
embarked on a one-hour journey to the airport. In the backseat of the bus, we
recalled old memories of school trips and listened to music. The time for
serious speeches had passed and we were determined to enjoy the last few hours
of the trip. In the flight, a few of us proudly wore our maroon Harvard
sweatshirts (not just because it was cold, but because we were proud to have attended
a conference hosted by an Ivy League institution).
At 8:00 pm, we landed in Bangalore. We
were glad to be reunited with our families. And so, ended our HMUN trip. In a
way, it was our first taste of reality. In school, there aren’t many people in
a class. In HMUN there were over a hundred people in many committees. These
huge numbers brought out the importance of making oneself heard. In such a
large committee, only a few are noticed, only a few are remembered. Just like
it is in the world. There are only a few significant individuals that everyone
knows and remembers. They are the ones who speak out. Who make people listen.
Who give a little back to the world. In HMUN, the youth of today tried to give
a little back to the world. We had had an enriching experience and look forward
to more MUN opportunities, after all we are the youth, the ones who make the
future.
Mehr Sohal
MUN@Neev
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