Lessons in diplomacy at the German-language Model United Nations

When the member states of the United Nations meet to negotiate resolutions, discussions sometimes get heated. Every year, high-school students simulate these conferences in Melbourne - in a foreign language. We had a look at this year's German-language Model UN Conference. The topic was: Zero Hunger - Addressing Global Poverty & Universal Food Security.

Almost as if they were in the original United Nations plenary hall in New York, the students represented the positions of their countries. Source: SBS / Julia Grewe

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Stella und Atherv vertraten die Länder Belgien und Frankreich. Source: SBS / Julia Grewe

Die Lehrer Ulrike Stolzenburg und Warren Pratt sind stolz auf ihre Schüler und Schülerinnen, die viel Arbeit in die Vorbereitung der Konferenz stecken. Source: SBS / Julia Grewe