Tabeetha School, Jaffa

MUN –Model United Nations

Lead Teacher: Mr. Darren Glick

The MUN is an extra-curricular activity in which pupils engage in authentic simulation of the United Nations system. It enables the students to learn about diplomacy, international relations and the United Nations. It helps them develop and improve their skills of debate, compromise, conflict resolution and negotiation. Tabeetha School has been participating by sending delegations of senior students for over 15 years. In November 2018, Mr. Glick took a very small group (the smallest yet) over to the ATID school in Lod for a one-day mini conference. This was a great opportunity to get the team eased into the MUN experience. It was a modest sized conference which limited the scope for debate but a for a first time participant at a full sized 3-day conference it was a wonderful practice. The ATID School made us very welcome and, similarly to our own school, it is made up of a mix of different religious backgrounds. As a result, the Tabeetha team, (all apart from Fitnat Waked were first time participants), felt less intimidated and had plenty of opportunities to participate. At the Israel Middle East Model United Nations (TIMEMUN), Israel's largest MUN conference, Tabeetha’s delegation represented Afghanistan, one of the poorest countries in the world. This was a great country to represent, especially as our delegation was assigned a position in the historic Security Council. This year’s focus was the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 which was an advantage for Mr. Glick’s history students who were well versed in these events. Beyond the historic Security Council, the other delegates had to deal with issues as varied and complex as providing greater access to clean drinking water to the relocation of NATO forces, issues that seriously affect the country of Afghanistan.

Considering that for most of the delegation it was their first conference, they all enjoyed participating and learning new things and skills.

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