Ninth grade students Lucila Booth, Sara Labrada and Jeremy Shaw, as well as tenth grade student, Samantha Fonseca, will represent Futuro Verde and Costa Rica, as part of the delegation that the country will send to the international conference of the Model United Nations, FERMUN 2023. This conference has been organized since 2012 by the Lycée International de Ferney-Voltaire, located in France, right on the border with the Swiss city of Geneva, which is where, from January 11 to 13, the event that will bring together 500 students from 43 countries around the world will be held.
Each year, the conference is sponsored by an institution linked to the United Nations system. The 2023 edition is sponsored by the World Meteorological Organization, and the seven discussion groups during the event will have as a transversal axis, proposals to mitigate the effects of Climate Change. The debates will be in Spanish, English and/or French, and will have all the conditions that diplomats work with in real life, including: debates in rooms of institutions associated with the United Nations and simultaneous translation.
All of this means that Lucila, Samantha, Jeremy and Sara, along with six other students between the ages of 15 and 19, accompanied by three faculty advisors, will represent Costa Rica at one of the most renowned events in the Model United Nations world. The event is an invaluable opportunity to continue their academic growth in the areas of research, debate and collaboration on global issues. It is also an opportunity to broaden their cultural horizons in a first class experience.
It is time to thank all the Futuro Verde families and staff who, in one way or another, have placed their trust in a program that is new to the institution. Our students deserve to have access to world-class training opportunities. This, in the isolated conditions in which they grow up, requires an extra commitment on the part of families and administration. I know that this type of activity is not for all students, but let this experience serve to show that the commitment to excellence leaves, little by little, fruits that can change lives.
Teacher Jose Pablo.
Model United Nations
