Journal 11.5 : First day!

We departed from Coimbatore at 7.50 a.m and landed at Hyderabad at 9.30 a.m. The HMUN team provided transport to go to the hotel from the airport. We immediately got ready and left to the HICC (the venue of the conference). We ate lunch and then attended a session in which a few directors gave a summary of the rules of procedure. After that, we went to the opening ceremony. The director general ad secretary general gave short speeches and welcomes us all to the four day conference. There was an opening classical dance, which happens every time at the beginning of HMUN as a tradition. A few officials then lit the lamp. Finally, the director general announced the conference officially open. An hour later, we went to our first committee session. Our director, Bennett Vogt introduced himself to us and then gave us a brief introduction on the committee agenda. We then moved into the general speakers list. I decided not to speak for the first day, so that i could just listen to other people and get a clear idea of the proceedings. However, after listening to everybody, I felt like speaking as well. So i gave a short speech in the moderated caucus on the topic Bio-prospecting. Our chair wasn't in favor for any unmoderated caucus. So I couldn't lobby with other delegates. The committee session was for 2 and a half hours. Later, we went to eat dinner. That time, I talked to other delegates in the committee and made friends with them.

Duration : 4 hours