The travels of Justin

Only 3 days into classes and I’m leaving for Vancouver. UBC Model UN Club is hosting a conference from Jan 13-16^th in Vancouver. I joined the MUN Club to learn more about how the UN works, and although I’m enjoying things, I’m feeling a bit down about the UN in general. I’ve been reading The Diplomad lately — a blog written by an American diplomat in South Asia — and his comments, combined with published news, have me feeling very unhappy with the UN. A political cartoon in yesterday’s Globe and Mail illustrated a related issue on my mind: the oupouring of financial support for the tsunami relief effort has been wonderful, yet meanwhile conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan has been met with apathy around the globe.

At least for the next few days I’ll have a chance to engage in some friendly debate, and we can role-play without the responsiblity of being held accountable to anyone.

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