ISLAMABAD, Aug 18: Students debating current issues at a ‘mini United Nations’ here on Saturday expressed their commitment towards peace but clashed like real powers do in the UN on how to achieve it.

While there was laughter and students from the 29 schools representing different countries at the third Saint Mary’s Academy Model United Nations (Smamun) conference argued with each other, at the same time they clashed, disagreed and opposed nations endorsing war as the only means to establish peace in the world.

Delegates were given crises to handle. In these situations about which the delegates had no warning, everyone performed admirably with enthusiasm and confidence, with a couple of committees coming close to presenting resolutions at the end of the session.

In the WHO and Social Cultural and Humanitarian meeting, countries were put in a crisis situation where the US and Israel waged war on Lebanon.

As the two super powers decided to go nuclear on the Muslim country to wipe out Al-Qaeda for good, the rest of the nations wore team jackets to talk them out of the decision. Refugee crisis made their job even tougher.

In the counter-terrorism session, students were thrown into a crisis in which five blasts in the US killed more than 200 people. As top Al-Qaeda members claimed responsibility, the school representing the US decided to attack Pakistan. Schools representing other countries came to defend Pakistan but could only buy little time for the Pakistani leader to fight elements of terrorism.

The committee on disarmament and security in the world failed to convince the US and Israel to destroy their nuclear stockpile.

Will all these committees on disarmament and terrorism besides several others achieve peace for a better world is still a question mark and will become clear on the fourth and last day of the model UN conference?

Later in the evening, the hosts, students from Saint Mary’s Academy, threw a dinner Punjabi-style for all the visiting delegates. Students had to dress Shalwar Kameez or Dhoti.