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Civitas United Nations
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If the world is a stage and the people are actors, then
center stage is the United Nations in New York. Delegates come to
the United Nations from 191 sovereign countries. Each country has
its own history, its own resources, its own culture, and its own way of
interacting with other nations. In the
Civitas United Nations, high school students take on the
roles of representing these countries. Each student is mandated to
protect the interests of his or her country and still try to pursue
universal global interests.
Compromise is the goal but
competition
is the element of human nature that stands in the way of peace and
cooperation.
Creativity and
reason are the tools that students use
to try to fashion solutions that do justice for both the countries that
they are representing and the rest of humanity. |
