Model UN reflection

I really enjoyed my model UN experience. I thought it was really cool how everything happened, and we could actually make realistic things happen. My group worked very well together, and I think it was a very worthwhile simulation.
My role was the “minister of foreign affairs” of Hezbollah. I was responsible for being knowledgeable about Hezbollah’s allies and enemies, and how they interact with others in the world. What I really liked was how everyone was able to contribute and make smart decisions together. We had the freedom to run an entire political party, and see realistic results of our actions. I also liked that we were able to use Google Earth during the simulation, which helped us in making some of our military moves. The way the news worked also made the simulation more alive. Having a news story come up was a good way of making us react. Overall, I though the whole way the simulation was run was very smoothly and realistically.
The actions I liked most that Hezbollah did was our efforts to win more seats in a new election. For the first part of the simulation, we worked very hard on internal popularity. We saw the positive effects of our efforts when the election actually happened. I wish we had done more covert operations. Hezbollah is known for its suicide bombers and drastic violence, so I thought we should have done more of the things it has been recognized for in the past. We did do a few things for our allies that were sneaky and covert, but more public strikes against Israel would have made the situation seem more real.