CITS Interpreters Take Part in the Caspian Model UN

On October 21-28, Astrakhan Tatishchev State University held the Caspian Model UN, an educational role-play that provides students with an opportunity to immerse themselves in the process of discussing global challenges and get firsthand experience of going through all stages of decision making in accordance with the UN regulations. Such events are regularly held in many countries, providing students and schoolchildren with a unique opportunity to get acquainted with the peculiarities of diplomatic work and get real experience in negotiations. During the role-play, its participants learn to listen to each other, convince other delegates, prove their own point of view and find a compromise in order to adopt the text of the final Resolutions by a general vote.

Within the framework of this year’s Model, the topic discussed at the sessions of the General Assembly was Vaccination: Benefit or Extermination of the Gene Pool, and the topic considered at the meetings of the Security Council was Threats to Peace and Security Posed by ICT. The Security Council meetings were held at the Caspian Higher School of Interpreting and Translation with the assistance of its staff. On the first day of Model UN, they delivered interpretation of the participants’ reports, and in the following days, the interpreters practiced simultaneous translation in the “dummy booth”.

The role-play provided an excellent opportunity for all its participants to acquire new useful skills and improve the existing ones.