Hammarskjold Trophy

Just returned from the finals of the prestigious Hammarskjold Trophy held in the legislative chamber in the parliament house. I was representing SLovakia in this mock Security Council UN meeting. The highlight of the day (for me) was definately the last impromptu resolution. The resolution was about North Korea's nuclear weapons and whether to enpose sanctions and embargoes on them. I was the only person to vote not to impose sanctions. It was a last ditch attempt to win the trophy. It was either make it or break it. I quote my 'famous' climax of the speech:

Who are we, a western dominated organization, to infiringe upon the sovereignity of this country, this country with a proud history reaching back to more than a thousand years. Who are we, the outsiders, to execute the basic decisions for the country, and by that, taking the sole privilidge of the country to decide upon where it wants its people to go, what it wants to do. Who are we, the Security Council, to decide why or what another state can't do. We say North Korea might causes a war. Well, the US (at this point member state from USA started staring at us) has nuclear weapons and caused the Iraq war. Should it be taken away from them? We all take the assumption that what we decide is what is best for this society. By invading the sovereignity of this country, we are taking away its sovereign, its pride, its independant existance. Do we want another Iraq? I am sure most member of states voted against that war that the US indefinately decided to ignore the UN and continued( at this stage US started scribbling intensively, probably to suggest a point of information), even as the world opposed. This is why, I pledge to all members of state, to vote against this blasphemous resolution and stop the United Nations from being a busybody. Thank YOu

Hehe... couldnt resist, had to type up the second part of my speech. I was shouting at the climax, and the president of the UN youth association said that that was the most memorable speech of the day. Feel proud :) Check my blog later tomorrow to see whether i won :) the results will be announced in the presentation evening to night.