Opinion

Op-Ed: Reflecting on My ‘Model UN’ Trip to The Hague

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[Tara Menon is a junior at New Canaan High School.]

In January, I was privileged to attend The Hague International Model United Nations (THIMUN) Conference in the Netherlands, along with seven other students from my school and two advisors. 

New Canaan High School is one of the only public high schools in the United States to be invited to this prestigious conference each year. To put this into perspective, there were more than 200 schools from around the world with 4,000-plus participating delegates. To be invited to this conference is a great honor and privilege. I am beyond grateful for the experience as it allowed me to create new friendships and memories. 

The THIMUN conference is different from the college conferences which our Model UN team has attended in the United States. A few weeks prior to the THIMUN conference, each participating school was assigned a nation that they would represent throughout the four days of the conference. 

Our school was assigned Estonia.