Electronic edition, Vol. 1 No. 9, Mar. 5, 2008

Boston students to convene on campus for Model UN

members of the Boston Model United Nations Conference Boston students prepare for their Model U.N. session. / COURTESY PHOTO

Nearly 150 Boston public school students will debate Kosovo’s independence as members of the Boston Model United Nations Conference, to be held Friday on Northeastern’s campus.

The students will gather in West Village F for opening ceremonies at 8 a.m., and hear from Walter Carrington, who served as ambassador to both Senegal and Nigeria and was Africa regional director of the Peace Corps.

The students will serve on various U.N.-style committees, working through Kosovo-related issues such as minority rights, the region’s economic future, preservation of cultural sites and refugees.

Northeastern students have helped train the Boston pupils and will assist during Friday’s debates.

Six of the Boston “ambassadors” will be named Urban Diplomats and will represent the city at a national Model United Nations Conference in New York later in the year.