Sitting in the African Union, we must admit the cold got to us
and the delegates more than what we would have liked. Debate has not yet
reached the temperature that one would normally surpass in an RBSMUN.
The topic being discussed today is the Boko Haram conflict. The
important countries for this topic such as Nigeria and Cameroon were highly
involved in the debate. The committee showed many positive indications that the
debate intensity will increase rapidly within the next two days, such as
delegates delving into sub-topics and raising moderated caucuses quite
frequently, but the committee is moving at a slow pace to really get into a
level of debate where there is actual conflict and argument.
However, the lack of conflict in the committee can partially be
credited to the fact that all of them are African countries and it is unlikely
that they will have varying policies. But still most of it is because delegates
are yet to visit the deeper end of the topic. The delegates do not seem to discuss
the topics introduced into the committee as much as they are required to. For
example, border security was brought up in committee and almost everybody
commented on it being an important step in stopping Boko Haram but not a single
delegate mentioned how they would implement this border security they were
talking about.
Some delegates seemed rather reluctant to break their silence
despite the vice-chair telling them they would be picked out to speak if they
did not cooperate. While some were more comfortable and made conscious efforts
to heat up the debate, we still hope delegates become more eager for the debate
tomorrow and make the committee a success.
(PS. Delegate of Burundi: We are watching you (to be more
precise, hearing you)
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