Over the last few years, Aquinas College has been a regular competitor in the UN Youth Australia’s “The Evatt Competition”. This is run by UN Youth Australia, which is a national youth-led organisation which seeks to educate and empower young Australians on global issues and foster an understanding of the work of the United Nations, hu

man rights and international relations in young Australians. https://unyouth.org.au/event/evatt/

The Evatt Trophy Competition engages high school students across Australia in world affairs and issues through debating mock Security Council resolutions from the position of an assigned country. In pairs, delegates will be assigned a country and one resolution a week prior to the competition. They will then develop their stance on the prepared resolution from the perspective of their assigned country. On the day of their round, they will debate, amend and finally vote on the prepared resolution and also one impromptu resolution.

The competition provides a forum for high school students to meet other like-minded students and develop their public speaking and negotiation skills. It fosters learning through a non-teaching environment and creates a positive and empowering experience for students who are interested in international relations, politics and world affairs.

The competition is open to students in years 9-12. Aquinas also hosts and stages practice rounds for students on campus, at other schools in Perth and even an annual road trip to John Paul College in Kalgoorlie to stage a practice round there. Earlier in 2023 Aquinas College hosted St Norbert College https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0cC2CQBEoEjpRzj894LGWwzX8NJTBbJtAkymFe8frwveBzqAPSQCWaQa3wKEopnrvl&id=100046922001885&mibextid=Nif5oz

Over the last __ years, the PSA (Public Schools Association of WA https://www.psa.wa.edu.au ) has also staged its own version of this ‘Model United Nations’ for students from across all the Perth PSA Schools. Once again the expertise of the volunteers from UN Youth Australia are commissioned to help stage, run and adjudicate the event in collaboration with UWA and the PSA. The 2023 PSA and UWA UN Youth Model United Nations Competition was held on Wed 30^th August.

Aquinas College entered four teams among a total of ___ teams on the night. We congratulate all students for the quality of their endeavours on the night and also the manner in which they conducted themselves.

Photos from the event can be found here: https://aquinascollege-my.sharepoint.com/:f:/g/personal/richardma_aquinas_wa_edu_au/Ev3RL9rl6iVBsWhIxCLwt8kBzpSR7iF0fgrPcn4QYWSVvw?e=Rb042E