NDA has a variety of clubs, one of which is Model UN. In Model UN you debate and discuss issues trying to come up with a solution for this problem. These problems vary from modern politics to past wars, to fictional universes. In some cases, you have the foresight of what happens. In other committees you are discussing events that are happening right now in our modern world. We recently had a conference at Catholic Memorial. This conference had a variety of committees ranging from a historical crisis committee to a modern problem from the view of mythological beings. NDA had four delegates at this conference, three of whom won awards in their respective committees.

Model UN goes to several conferences throughout the year. There are a variety of committee types. These include General Assembly Crisis committees, and more. These committees’ functions are slightly different, even though they share the same end goal of coming up with a solution to their assigned problem. An example of this is how in crisis committees you will occasionally have new information. This new information that can either help you and your fellow delegates or force you to change the direction you are going to come up with a solution to the problem In committees there can be different small groups each coming up with their own solution. These groups will make working papers, and then present. Everyone in the committee can vote using parliamentary procedure and changes can be made until a majority votes in agreement with a solution. Then the chairs will hand out different awards. The awards include People’s Choice, Honorable Mentions, and Best Delegate The chairs may also come up with superlative awards to give out to delegates. In my experience, these have been given out via the vote of the whole committee. In conclusion, Model UN is a club in which you debate a variety of issues and work together with high schoolers from different schools to come up with a solution.