Sixteen students and three teachers from Marina International School, on Monday, 7 March 2011, left Banjul for the United States of America to attend United Nation's (UN) global conference organised for students from all over the world.
The students are all members of Model United Nation Club (MUNC) of Marina and are expected to join over 3000 other students mainly from US and other countries at the United Nation's Headquarters in New York. During the conference, students are expected to discuss wide range of issues that are of global importance; such as WHO and World Bank.
Speaking to this paper shortly before their departure, Ben Richards, coordinator of the club, said that the conference would serve as an avenue for students to step into the shoes of UN ambassadors that represent different countries around the world. According to him, during the conference, students would be put in various committees of UN body in which they would have the opportunity to comment on issues of global importance.
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