For more than a decade, Pace麻豆传媒檚 Model UN teams have been competing on the national stage. This year was no different! Back again with some more wins under their belts, Pace麻豆传媒檚 Model UN team shares their winning experience at this year麻豆传媒檚 national conference in Washington, DC.
The national conference is one of the largest in the country and brings together a multitude of universities for a weekend of intense negotiation and deliberation about a variety of topics of international concern.
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Pace麻豆传媒檚 team from New York City represented Montenegro and Bolivia, while the Westchester students represented Guatemala. The Pace team won an award for Honorable Delegation for their representation of Bolivia. Several Pace students were also recognized individually at this year麻豆传媒檚 conference. Jordan O麻豆传媒機onnell and Marsela Vucaj won the award for best position paper in their committee and students Jeremiah Williams and Noah Saskowski were recognized by their peers in the committee and were awarded the outstanding delegates in a committee award.
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