MUN or WWE? UNODC Press Conference Explodes Into Chaos

The MUN press conference, held for the committee UNODC, was meant to highlight serious international cooperation. Instead, it quickly developed into a spectacle more suited for reality TV than diplomacy. The conference started with fake promises of diplomacy but quickly derailed into something resembling a reality show meltdown. The chaos reached a peak absurdity when Pakistan and Columbia went against Mexico who was in the same committee which turned the stage into a battle field. Forget polite debate, this was diplomacy with attitude, side eyes and all the drama you would expect from a reality show.

The fight started subtly, with Pakistan and Columbia ganging up on Mexico during Q&A, but things escalated faster than anyone expected. What began as pointed jobs at Mexico’s incompetence turned into a verbal showdown, with delegates treating the press like an audience of a cheap fight night. Mexico, still recovering from teh humiliation of cheating on his own national anthem, stood no chance.

Delegates who were supposed to be “united” could not even survive a press conference without going against each other. The Q&A, already a zone with no smart answers, was marked by blank stares, claims of “too complicated questions” and “Not understanding the question”, and Italy and Russia refusing to answer altogether.But the PakistanColumbia going against Mexico stole the spotlight. Overshadowing every other failure.

Mexico’s delegate, already confused about the line between personal and professional conduct, became the punching bag of the hour. Watching the committee answer was like a poorly scripted reality show, except this was not scripted it was just bad.

Chase DiAngelo

CNN