ESADE Law School students named Best Delegates at Catalonia Model United Nations (C’MUN 2017)
Jorge Delgado, Helena Citores, Maria Folk, Mònica Sánchez and Raúl Villar, students in the Bachelor in Global Governance at ESADE Law School, have been named Best Delegates at the 12th edition of the Catalonia Model United Nations (C’MUN 2017), organised by the United Nations Association of Spain (ANUE). Over the course of four days, more than four hundred students – veterans and novices from more than 60 universities from all over the world – played the role of ambassadors of UN member states, formulating various solutions to achieve the ultimate goal of the United Nations: solving the world’s current social, political and economic crisis.
Model United Nations (MUN) is a simulation of specific UN bodies, including committees and conferences such as the General Assembly, the Security Council and the Human Rights Council. “Being a good MUN participant,” explained Sonia Andolz, Associate Professor in the Bachelor in Global Governance at ESADE Law School, “means knowing the international organisation’s rules well, being well-versed in the foreign policy of each country or of the agency you are assigned to, and not relying on unfair manoeuvres.” Prof. Andolz added: “By using negotiation skills, lobbying and echoing other delegations, we have managed to gain recognition despite not representing traditional powers.” She added: “Our purpose in participating in C’MUN was to grow as individuals, to work as a team, and to develop skills such as public speaking, managing emotions and structuring 45-second presentations. With this attitude and careful preparation of the foreign policy of each country represented, we have demonstrated a part of ESADE’s culture to the world. We have also won the Human Rights award – for Villar – and two UNDP awards for the Delgado/Citores and Folk/Sánchez pairs.”
Prof. Andolz, who has worked in conflict zones and done humanitarian work, is a social and cultural anthropologist as well as a promoter of cultural evolution. “At ESADE,” she commented, “I have found diversity, a suitable place to teach diplomacy, respect and how to handle yourself. It’s also a good place to train human leaders who believe that there is more than one right way to understand things.”
