{"id":4855,"date":"2016-03-04T17:05:29","date_gmt":"2016-03-04T22:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huangshizhaopin.com\/news\/?p=4855"},"modified":"2016-03-04T17:05:29","modified_gmt":"2016-03-04T22:05:29","slug":"saint-peters-celebrates-25th-anniversary-of-the-high-school-model-u-n","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huangshizhaopin.com\/news\/2016\/03\/04\/saint-peters-celebrates-25th-anniversary-of-the-high-school-model-u-n\/","title":{"rendered":"Saint Peter\u2019s Celebrates 25th Anniversary of the High School Model U.N."},"content":{"rendered":"
The conference brings together students and faculty advisors from high schools throughout New Jersey to provide them with the opportunity to experience, first-hand, the challenges of international conference diplomacy and negotiation. By assuming the role as U.N. representatives and by actively participating in the resolution of issues of global concern, delegates experience the workings of the United Nations.<\/p>\n \u201cAs a NGO with the United Nations, we feel it is vital to provide students from all over New Jersey with the opportunity to debate in mock committees ranging from disarmament to sustainability,\u201d said Leila Sadeghi, Ph.D., executive director of the Guarini Institute for Government and Leadership at Saint Peter\u2019s University.<\/p>\n The schools represented at the event include Mansquan High School, North Brunswick Township High School, American Christian School, Academy for Urban Leadership Charter High School, Marist High School, Eastern Christian High School, Saint Dominic Academy, Pascack Hills High School, Dickinson High School, Middletown High School North, Paramus Catholic High School, West Milford High School, Rising Star Academy, Vernon High School, Colts Neck High School, Palisades High School, Hudson Catholic, Mahwah High School, Cresskill High School, West Mendham High School, Pascack Valley High School, Perth Amboy High School, Tenafly High School and County Prep High School.<\/p>\n<\/a>A record number of high school students from all across the state gathered at Saint Peter\u2019s University this week for the 25th<\/sup> Annual High School Model U.N., which was hosted by the Guarini Institute for Government and Leadership on March 1 and 2.<\/p>\n