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Kittitian scholar represents British university at Harvard National Model United Nations
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Written By: cuopm
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Posted Date: 2/22/2012 11:18:59 AM
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Kittitian
Scholar Ms. Sonia Boddie has continued to distinguish herself and stand
out from the crowd at the University of Birmingham in England.
The Tabernacle-born Boddie, a British Chevening Scholar, is pursuing a
Masters degree in Public Administration with a special focus on
Diplomacy and Statecraft.
She was recently selected as part of an elite eight-member student
delegation (the first of its kind) that represented her University, at
the 58th annual Harvard National Model United Nations (HNMUN), held in
Boston, Massachusetts from February 16th -19th.
The Harvard National Model United Nations is the largest, oldest and
most prestigious of its kind and brings together over 3,000 students
from around the world to engage in similar debates to those held at the
United Nations.
Students are assigned to various, committees with different topics and
assigned a country and are required to maintain the country’s foreign
policy, meanwhile finding resolutions to pressing issues affecting the
international community. The annual event is aimed at equipping
students with skills in diplomacy, researching, negotiating and public
speaking.
Asked about the selection process, for the event, Ms. Boddie noted it
was “very competitive” and highlighted that because of the number and
caliber of students interested in participating.
“Students had to participate in a two stage selection process, which
firstly involved writing a 1000 word policy paper on the topic ‘Does the
UN Security Council need reform?’
“In my paper, I emphasized that the composition of the UN Security
Council represented a bygone era and needed reform to reflect the
current geopolitical landscape. I noted that from the policy papers ten
students were shortlisted for interviews and 8 were eventually
selected,” said Ms. Boddie, who further remarked that in light of the
intense competition for places, she was overwhelmed and humbled at her
section, but was indeed happy that her hard work paid dividends.
Speaking about the event, Boddie noted it was an absolutely amazing experience.
"We must be prepared to be diligent and confident and put in the necessary work,” says Boddie
“It not only gave me an opportunity to be an ambassador for the
University, and the country assigned which was Liberia, but it also
afforded me the proud honour to be an Ambassador for the Federation of
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