An inside view from the ECOSOC Committee

How about having a closer look on the subject by interviewing the chairs from the ECOSOC Committee, Ştefana Covalciuc (also the Deputy Secretary General) and Liviu Damian?

Although they were extremely busy, they spared a few minutes from their time to answer to our questions. That’s how we found out what motivated them to become chairpersons in the ECOSOC Committee: “At Sankt Petersburg I had the opportunity to discover the real taste for MUN, because there I got an insight view of some world-wide importance subjects. While the other committees focused only on some areas, ECOSOC involved everyone equally.” Ştefana confessed.

The most significant moment of the conference was, in Ştefana’s opinion, the meeting with the Ambassador, while Liviu believes that Mr. Ken Goodson, the President of Peace Corps Romania motivated the participants, establishing a bound between him and them. The weak point was the vetting session, when delegates had to modify their resolutions sometimes 4, 5 and even 6 times: “It was a real headache for them”, Liviu stated.

They have big expectations from this conference, and, in spite of the disappointment from the first day, they believe that this was just the warm up, the 1st day’s nervousness. “They no longer   have to be so shy. We had to make them speak”, Liviu Damian declared.

Their main goal is to get as many people as possible interested in the problems the world’s facing, people who want to bring a change, to find solutions. That’s why Ştefana was so impressed with the large number of delegates, who are willing to participate, to get united and cooperate, not as individuals, but as a whole community, a community willing to create a better tomorrow.
When we asked them to describe the conference, they depicted it as being unexpected, full of communication, fun and fruitful. They expressed their pleasure in hosting this conference, in waking up the civic spirit in the youths, and in making them aware of the dangers from all around the globe.
“I hope to achieve to get more people interested in our work, to make them aware of their condition in the world, of their importance, and to establish a tradition in MUN at Racoviţă” Ştefana Covalciuc ended.

Written by: Dan Dulvac, Elena Creanga
Photo by: Otilia Dobos