Daijiworld Media Network- Udupi (SM)
Udupi, Aug 29: ‘Model United Nations: Summit Manipal’ will be organized by Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT) at the college premises on October 11 and 12, informed Ayush Prasad organizing secretary of Summit, in a press conference here on Tuesday August 28.
He further said that the in this summit there will be only one general assembly plenary of hundred countries. Two world-wide affairs will also be taken up like climate change, nuclear-related issues, he added.
A P J Abdul Kalaam, former President and many other dignitaries are expected to address the event, he informed.
Such an event will be organized for the first time in India at an under-graduate level, said Jayshree, coordinator of the summit.
Such events are regularly organized by Ivy League and nearly 60,000 students from all over the world participate in such events. The main aim of Model United Nations (Model UN) was to educate its contestants about public, effective communication, globalization and multilateral diplomacy, she informed.
The competitions include public speaking, small group communications, research, policy analysis, active listening, negotiating, conflict resolution, note taking and technical writing.