A team formed by UM students wins the championship
A team of University of Macau (UM) students recently won the championship at the Third Macau Model European Union (EU). Co-organised by the European Union Academic Programme Macao (EUAP-M) and UM’s Youth Association of International Affairs (YAIA), this year’s event attracted 56 students of 12 nationalities from six higher education institutions in Macao. The topic of this year’s Model EU was the European migrant crisis. Participants discussed current issues in Europe from the perspective of heads of states and governments in a simulated European Council meeting. Participants demonstrated a deep understanding of the functions of the EU and the positions of the countries they represented. At the end of the two-day discussion, students reached a consensus on many topics, including strengthening external border control, increasing financial support to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), and adopting common legal instruments to combat illegal smuggling and human trafficking. A team formed by UM students Lin Shixiang and Leong Ka Wai won the championship in the group category. Exchange student Flaminia Venturi from Italy won the Best Individual Delegate Award. Another team formed by UM student Lv Chenge and Macau University of Science and Technology student Xin Xiaoyang won the second prize in the same category. A team formed by UM students Han Xiangzhi and Chen Cheng won the Best Position Paper Award. The 56 participants in this year’s Macau Model EU were selected from 160 applicants from UM, Macao Polytechnic Institute, the Macau University of Science and Technology, the Institute for Tourism Studies, the University of Saint Joseph, and the City University of Macau.
