This year I took two students to the Karinthy Model United Nations Conference at the Karinthy Frigyes Gimnázium in Budapest. This is the fourth or fifth year that I have taken student delegates to this event, where hundreds of students from different schools in  Hungary and around the world get together to debate affairs of international significance according to the structure and protocol of the United Nations.

Soma represented the Russian Federation in the Security Council, Kata took the role of the delegate of the Netherlands in the North Atlantic Council. Both of them had to prepare thoroughly for the three-day conference, researching the issues, clarifying their countries’ own positions and writing policy statements and draft resolutions.

The opening ceremony was held in the building of the Hungarian Parliament.