United Nations debate

I feel from the debate that we carried out that i had developed a better understanding of each of the countries involved and spoken about in our debate, particularly the country which i was given to study and had to represent on the day of the debate. The country i was given was Ghana, and before the debatei new little if nothing about it, so i was intrigued to find information about this country. As we began to research into our country, we had to look through a considerable amount of information about the background details of the country, the policies it intended to pass to improved the country's economy and any issues that may have arisen within Ghana.

Much of the information was of no use to us, some of it was irrelevant and had nothing to do with what we were intending to find out. However the information that we gathered from the mass amount of detals about Ghana were to do with the general background of the country for example where it is located within Africa, as well as information detailing the current issues of the country itself. These issues were to do with the severity of dessertification and drought. Other issues that we covered were to do with problems such as deforestation, a lack of clean water and a lack in sanitation. Because i new it was a country within Africa i new it faced some issues to do with a lack of its basic needs for it people, however i was shocked to find that it was as severe as it was described in the research we had found.

i was shocked to discover that most if not all small towns and villages had no clean water and that what we take for granted is such a massive challenged faced for the country and charities despite the effort and funding that goes int helping Ghana as it is an LEDC (a Less Economically Developed Country)

I very much enjoyed the debate and was interested to see what issues other countries across the EU (European Union) faced as well as representing Ghana. I was very interested to listen to the other countries put their reasons accross to the EU chairmen to prove why they think they needed the $10 billion to go to their country, particularly to the MEDCs such as the USA which i pondered as to why such a majorly developed country would need more money to fund their country, as it stsnds as one of the most developed countries in the world if not the most developed country in the world.

If i was to do this task again i would put more effort into researching more about the country iteslf and more of an input into the research as i feel i did not help as much as i could have. I also would have revised my speach and made sure i new in my head what i was going to say instead of reading it off of a sheet of paper.

I was pleased with our outcome and felt that we proved that our country was deserving of part of the $10 billion. as it turned out Ghana received a total of $2 billion. We had a good opening introduction about Ghana that provided details of the country and had a clear perception of the current issues Ghana faces and how we need to tackle these problems to ensure a sustainable economy and environment.