Two hundred participate in U.N. conference

More than 200 students participated in the 22nd annual Lee Marcus Invitational Sewanhaka Intra-District Model United Nations Conference at New Hyde Park Memorial High School on March 28.

The Model U.N. brings district students together to discuss, debate and solve world issues and is based on the real U.N.’s processes. It began with an opening ceremony that included remarks from Sewanhaka Model U.N. founder Lee Marcus, Senator Jack Martins and secretaries-general Maria Garguilo of H. Frank Carey, and Reema Kumar, of Floral Park Memorial, and Domenico Pietromonaco of New Hyde Park Memorial.

The students then took part in a variety of sessions, which included the Special Political and Decolonization Committee, Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Affairs Committee, Commission on Science and Technology for Development, Historical Committee and Security Council. Five students, one from each of the district’s high schools, oversaw each committee.

Prior to the event, the students researched the countries they represented and wrote position papers based on the assigned nation’s interest. The students also conducted debates and resolutions, which were considered by committees and the Security Council at the event.