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Article: Where Kids Run the World; At a Model United Nations Conference, Students Turn Into Diplomats for a Day
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- The Washington Post
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- May 28, 2008
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On April 28, representatives of China called for a worldwide
reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, saying that "global warming
is an extremely pressing issue" and that if countries don't join
together in stopping it, "the world will be forever changed."
The nation of Cameroon agreed. "Global warming is an ongoing,
exceeding crisis in our world," its officials said.
If you didn't read about this in the newspaper, it's because
China and Cameroon didn't actually say that -- but they might if
kids ran the world.
At a Model United Nations conference, they do.
Late last month, hundreds of middle schoolers from the Washington
area gathered at the State Department for one such conference. ...