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Page t- PL AINDE ALER-HER ALD, WEDNESDAY. MARCH 6. 1985 Politics, international relations experienced at student UN By Robert Gordon PUtadMtar H«raM sUH vrtur Over 100 United Nations delegates iMt at McHenry High School East Campus for two days last week to wort for in­ ternational peace and security...and to learn a little more about the mechanics and motivations of foreign govern­ ments. Juniors from roth East and West Campus held the'model or "mock" UN last Wednesday and Thursday, and introduced bills on issues that concerned the particular countries they represented. To prepare for the event, the students studied literature for over two months in American Studies, an honors English class. "Since the whole process began, kids in the American Studies classes have been reading newspapers and have kept up with what's going on in the world," said Richard Zelent, a student who, as a mock delegate of Turkey, introduced a bill that protested the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. "You have to know so much (about your assigned country) because you have to be able to debate with other people," he added. Although students did not have to wear headphones to receive translations of what otter country delegates were saying, as they do in the real UN headquarters in New York City, they aid have to be aware of the rest of the countries' interests. Each country had two delegates, with each representative in­ troducing a separate bill. Bills were debated, cross-examined and either made into a final action,tabled or killed by the mock General Assembly. "You really get involved in your country, ' said Karyn Althoff, a mock delegate of Thailand. "We had the United States and Russians yelling at each other and blatantly calling each other liars. They really got into it." "The whole Soviet bloc got quarantined because of a flu epidemic their country was experiencing," said a smiling Pat Miller, mock delegate of the Honduras. "And one of the Russian delegates got up and said, 'I live with mother Russia and I die with mother Russia." Whether it was Miller protesting the build-up of nuclear arms in Central America, Karen Mullen protesting the apartheid of South Africa or Althoff stating her concerns about Cambodian refugees invading her country, students did take the issues and their roles seriously. Students dressed in the appropriate costumes, carried signs to display their nation's colors and fought hard for their proposed legislation. Some of the more hostile third world country representatives even brought toy guns and plastic explosives to the proceedings. "The thing about the UN was that we had the teachers (Gary Gray, Gloria Burke, Diane Flint and Bill Day) controlling the MUlc situation,' ler said. "They helped us but they only stepped in when they had to." "I think the nicest thing about the UN was that we were dealing with current issues instead ot just reading history," said Amy Adams, a mock delegate of Iraq. Besides being enlightened to the interests and traits of foreign governments, the students also learned how legislative procedures work in the UN General Assembly or "The Town Meeting of the World." "The thing that upsetfae the most ( about the UN) islthat you can come in and lie, and get away with it, and shape the world s affairs," Miller said. "That disappointed me. The world governments need a lot of work." Zelent agreed with Miller, but Dointed out that the real dilemma is that the UN is not always recognized bv countries in violation of global laws. "The major problem the UN has is that it has no control," Zelent said. "It has no way to enforce the bills." "But it's better than not having it at all," Miller argued. "It's a way to join the coun­ tries together." "It lets them know where they stand," added Bob Nolan, Miller's UN partner and other delegate of the Honduras. ffi 5 mm MIM| Although there seems to be a prevalent perception in our society that adolescents are not concerned with or interested in world events, the students in­ terviewed said it is a miscon­ ception. V "No one really asks us our opinion," Nolan said. "We just have to be motivated," Althoff said. "I think the mock UN got me in­ terested in our country and it j ' you to think how your count relates to the rest of the world.1 Mullen agreed that teenagers are not just concerned with Ryne Sandberc's RBI totals, Bqy George's latest hairstyle, Tad's newest exploits in "All My Children"'or making a lot of money in a cushy job and becoming a Yuppie. But, she says, serious concerns about the state of the world just aren't topics that often come up in an average conversation. "I trunk teens have always been interested," Mullen said. "But you don't talk to your friends about what's going on in Iraq or something." "Now you do," interjected Miller, only half kidding. "Now you go up to someone in the hall and you say, 'Hey, did you hear what happened in Kuwait today?" Despite their enthusiasm for the model UN program, all of the students interviewed agree that the school and community should give more support to it and similar college preparatory classes in the future. "Students here need more college bound classes and Inore programs like the Model UN that spark their interest," Althoff said. "I lost 117 lbs 24 pounds in first month!" the r , \ . T, If T, V- • * • V ' ' . , I - - - • */ P, if r ' . ' . m % T ' - ' • • • Plalndealer Herald photo by Robert Gordon Bob Nolan, left, and Pat Miller take the model good idea. The mock UN was held almost all UN stand and try to convince the rest of the day both last Wednesday and Thursday. 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