The Piercing Press Conference

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The United Nations security council’s press conference was indeed an interesting affair. The standings of the delegates of the various countries were turned around as they faced strict backlash, criticism and pushing questions by the fiery press.

The delegate of china, who had so far stood as an imposing force in the committee, was spat on with a wide array of queries. The press questioned the delegate on the procedure to visit a hospital in her country. A clueless delegate desperately tried to come up with reasons for the alleged ‘inhuman’ system. According to the press, the procedure was to first obtain a ticket, and then stand in a long queue, regardless of the severity of the situation. The delegate of china said,”right to equality comes before right to life.” This caused a lot of criticism to erupt from the audience, and after some more argument, a defeated delegate took her seat.

The next imposing question was posed to the delegate of Serbia. The delegate seemed to be clueless about his own country’s population, and fumbled for words when asked if he knew the number of illegal arms present in Serbia. He even seemed to be unaware of the fact that his country was ‘the land of guns’. After much debate and many sheepish grins from the delegate, he was branded unfit to sit in the committee.

The delegate of India was questioned on the infamous reservation system existing in her country. She was questioned as to why she believed in the ineffectiveness of economic based reservations, and failed to produce a satisfactory answer, and unsuccessfully defended her claim of the positive effects of the caste based reservation.

With regards to the UNSC’s agenda of gun reform, the delegate of china was questioned on the transparency of her own country, and its alleged support of Pakistan’s sate terrorism. She blatantly denied claims support of terrorism, and stated that the arms supplied to Pakistan was for the government of Pakistan to use them to eliminate terrorism existing in the country.

The next question posed by the relentless press was to the delegate of the United States. He was questioned on president trump’s hypocrisy relating to his wife Melania trump’s citizenship, with she herself being an immigrant. The States’ much criticized immigration laws were brought up, and the imposing argument resulted in the delegate declaring that he had nothing to say in return.

The press conference was definitely a fun and informative event, and brought to light many issues regarding the delegates and their respective countries.

(Beat, CNN UNSC)

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