An event taking place this Saturday at Richmond City Hall is being aimed at fostering young people's "awareness of political and social science."
The BC Model UN Conference (BCMUN) will attract dozens of bright young local minds who will act as delegates of countries and will discuss issues of major concern around the world.
The nature of the conference is to run a simulation of the real United Nations and encourage participating delegates to act as real country representatives.
There will be opening and closing ceremonies and during committee sessions, delegates can enter caucuses to debate on specific topics, stating their beliefs from the podium, as well as coming up possible resolutions, which are viable to the current situation.
"This conference will focus on the topic of the rising Arab Spring, specifically Syria," the conference's "secretary general," RunTao Gong told the News in an email. "Most of the delegates are going to be from Richmond. There are a few from Vancouver . they are all high school students.
"My intent of this conference was to create a MUN (model United Nations) which will accommodate delegates from the Richmond community.
The conference will be held at Richmond City Hall on Saturday, Oct. 22.
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