and Veto was the days name-o

Finally I can blog! Yesterday it took forever to get into the blogger website. We have been through 3 days of MUNTR with 2 days remaining. We have sent out 3 press releases to the international community to inform them about the different problems that have happen. This led us to a crisis situation, where a hacking group began to leak what they claim to be as true information. We confirmed that the information was false and determined that they only sent the information out to split our committee. We tried to pass a resolution to the crisis but it the clause that would have taken action to catch them was vetoed down by Russia. Russia had reasons why they had vetoed it down but this just lead to a bigger crisis. If Russia had never vetoed then we wouldn't be in the problem we are now.

This leads the committee to another important moment. Certain countries have gained valuable information on catching the terrorist team. They refuse to share the information with the entire council as it was required by the past resolutions. This again led to a split but only a minor one. I refused to agree to any resolution made by the committee but had to sway at least one other country such as France or China to veto the resolution. I gave many impassioned speeches and finally during voting got France to jump ship and veto the resolution. This left the committee angry and disappointed that we couldn't come to a conclusion.

While France had no real reason to want to veto the conclusion, this shows the power of good public speaking and negotiation skills. Like in the last post South Korea is TINY and doesn't yield that much power. But through good public speaking, I am able to make myself seem like I am more powerful than my country actually is.

Today was also the Hiphop dance club night thingy. It was crap! I spent like 15 USD to go to a "hip hop" club. Which was just some techno music with splattering of old crappy rap songs. It was fist pump central. I did dance for a little and try to enjoy the atmosphere but I ended up going to Starbucks with a friend I made at the conference for little bit. Overall this trip thus far has been about the conference and minor social time fun which has been good for me because I don't have time to lose focus on the important things. Everyone in the group has started to hit the wall in terms of concentration but I feel today I gained my second wind and I'm stronger than I was the past days.