On January 22, Peace Boat US interns attended “2020 Dialogues for Peace & UN75”, held by the NGO Committee on Sustainable Development in collaboration with the United Nations Department of Global Communications at the UNITAR building. Not only did this dialogue highlight the UN2030 Sustainable Development Agenda to “Leave No One Behind” and UN75 for the UN We Need, but it also welcomed Debate for Peace: the Yale 2020 Delegation to share their experiences at Model United Nations.
Debate for Peace: the Yale 2020 Delegation is a youth empowerment organization working with a diverse student body consisting of 14-18-year-old Jewish and Arab students in Israel, providing students from different communities with the opportunity to discuss controversial, salient topics, and gain problem-solving skills. It was represented by Founder and Director of Debate for Peace Steven Aiello and student Hassan Hassan, Gaia Kinrot, Hosne Grere, Yoad Hershkovits, Romi Rachel Merhav, Mostafa Hassan, Laila Khaled Jabali, Ori Sinvani, and Shahaf Navon. They shared how Model UN has been an empowering experience for them and has contributed to their personal development, their visions of the future, and their ideas for solutions towards turning those visions into reality.
The UN wishes to launch global conversations in order to listen and learn new ideas, advice, solutions and people’s priorities, which gives way to new voices from the diverse student body. The students shared their insights on their bold initiatives in making the world a better place and emphasized the importance of diverse education and clear communication that are pivotal in making the optimistic visions of gender equality, social justice, and climate change come true in the foreseeable future. Peace Boat’s youth delegation was inspired by the way Model United Nations has influenced and helped the students in their growth and also feel highly obliged to be part of the conversations for peace, hearing voices from different backgrounds, age-groups, and nations.
This post was created and published by Chin Wai Wong, Irina Conc, Leena Gurung, and Sajila Kanwal.
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