08/01/2019
BFMUN Day 1:
1-SOCHUM:
Day one of the debates in SOCHUM started with the only chair, Ali Nadeem, telling the delegates about his MUNs trying to calm the first timers down like a literal mom. However, he also added his awkward teenage gist which would seem relatable to most of the guys in the committee"My face used to get red whenever a girl sat next to me. Bohat shy tha." The debates commenced with the chair clarifying to the delegate of Iran that it's SOCHUM and not so cm as she wrote. Debates weren't fired up yet (come on it was the first session and there were only seven delegates) and everyone was desperately waiting for an entertainment session in the first 40 minutes. Finally the chair received a call from the messiah in this case chair SPECPOL to join them for the entertainment sesh.
Sadly enough, the very excited sochum chair ended up proposing Director Hearts Abdullah Sajid, who wowed the room with his response: "sajid tumhara nahi, sajid sabka hai". Finally, the session ended with two girls dared to fight over Chair Ali, which he totally loved.
2-PNA:
The first day in PNA commenced with a blackout in the lecture hall (exclusively sponsored by WAPDA, courtesy male director PR or ‘beti’ as heard in the committee several times) followed by delegates passing nervous glances to each other, and continuity of self-designed placard ritual. Chairs patiently explained all the proceedings of the committee with special stress on following a formal attire. (protip: if you’re going to get roasted in the committee might as well look good while you’re at it)
Chairs then patiently answered all queries, but were kind enough to ignore a delegate when he asked ‘are we allowed to call someone by their nickname for example billo rani’ (still not sure if that is an actual thing or delegates in PNA are just determined to test their chairs’ resolve) Aura of the committee changed when the first gsl was established and we finalllllllyyy managed to see some powerful openings. Delegate of Faisal Wawda managed to be at the receiving end of some bashing but was saved by bhai pehla session hai abhi echoing in the committee, while Chair Ali Ayan continued to pass him smirks (hmm wonder what's cooking).
3-DISEC:
This year’s session began not too different from the others; with a group of anxious delegates scattered across the room, exchanging nervous glances amongst the awkward silence. Waiting for the 40% of the delegates to show (who never did, by the way), the chair keenly observed the Delegate of India and concluded that he was, in fact, a first-timer scared out of his mind. The chair, after taking an impromptu interview and introducing him to the dangers and difficulties of being the Delegate of India (jee jonsa asaan hai voh bana deyn), switched him with the Delegate of France who was thrilled to take on the challenge. Delegate of China, after raising his card twice before finally getting recognized, couldn’t stop pacing as he explained his stance all in one breath (no no I didn’t see your almost-fall ;). While the Delegate of North Korea, ignoring the chairs constant requests to be more audible, recited/read his stance off a neat little booklet.
The chair offered the new Delegate of France a five-minute break to prepare his stance after seeing him stutter for about 2 minutes straight - which he readily took as he ran out of the room. Delegate of Afghanistan gave a pretty good history lesson, making absolutely no mistakes except getting ALL the dates wrong, while the ACD wrote out the motion for the mod caucus on the board (completely butchering the spellings, of course). Then in a sudden twist of events, the ACD assumed the position of the Delegate of Pakistan and fiercely attacked the Delegate of India, leaving her utterly speechless. ENTER USA! The Delegate of USA finally arrived, screaming his well-structured and detailed stances and ideas, attacking every single delegate with all he had (not too different from the real USA huh). After the heated debate between the Delegates of Pakistan and USA, some signs of relaxation and an almost smile could be seen on the chair’s face (shukar hai koi tou bola). Done with the unmod caucus, the delegates marched on to crash the SPECPOL entertainment session and day finally ends.
4-WHO:
The committee, which consisted of first and second time MUNers only, took a slow start as the chair patiently gave the confused delegates an introduction to MUN (multiple times, may I add). As the chair tried to create a light atmosphere to encourage the delegates to speak up, the ACD looked done with his life (we feel you, buddy). After tremendous effort, the delegate of Brazil FINALLY raised the motion for roll call, to which the delegate of Iran quickly responded with 'Nahi nahi doosri side say shuru karein' (and here we thought we were making progress sigh). The chair had to give an unmod to the delegates in order to give them time to research and build up better arguments.
To be fair, once the delegates got a grip on the rules, they did pretty well for beginners throughout the rest of the session. While there were no entertainment sessions, the delegates made sure that we didn't get bored. The delegate of France tried to raise a motion for 'whatever the chair said' and the ACD had to inform her that 'jokes aren't allowed in a formal session' (oh, well). But the highlight of the day was definitely...the delegate of USA! This legend dramatically marched into the committee an hour late after literally banging down the door (we swear). As if this wasn't extra enough, this first time MUNer had the audacity to 'slow clap' for all the delegates who were reading the study guide for the first time during the unmod (ouch, harsh?). Jokes apart, we're loving the energy and hope for a heated debate from this committee in the next session!
5-UNHRC:
The first session of the committee began with an enthusiastic introductory session with the chair asking each delegate about how King Sajid (The director of hearts) was looking? Well, most of the delegates replied with “good” except the delegate of China who found him very beautiful:) Then the chair gave a brief introduction of the rules and procedure and gave words of advice to the delegates. High hopes, we have:)
The proceedings began with voting on the topics of which topic A was selected. The chair pretended to be angry as neither the delegate of USA came in time nor the chai :). After that formal debate began with the establishment of GSL. The delegates had a long discussion on the violation of the rights of women and children. They were also given an unmod to discuss the future proceedings of the committee. After the unmod, the delegates were granted an entertainment session.
As of yet nothing substantial has been highlighted or discussed in the committee. What we remain to see is a very high level of debate. Well, it’s the first day. Two days to go, Good luck delegates!
