April 8, 2010
Claudia Hackos, a senior political science major from York, and Jesse Bergdoll, a junior history major from Dover, recently represented York College at the National University Model Arab League in Washington, D.C.
York College students participate in the Model Arab League as part of a course in the Department of History and Political Science, “Model Arab League: The Foreign Policies of Arab States,” which focuses on the study of Arab foreign policies and employs the Model Arab League as an instrument of experiential learning.
The Model Arab League is structured so that students from various parts of the country behave as if they are delegations from specific Arab countries to the League of Arab States, and they are governed by Arab League rules from that international organization's charter. Each delegation must be in the character of the state they represent and the character of that state's diplomatic corps. The objective of each student delegation is to shape, as best as the delegation can, the final resolutions that are passed on the third and final day at the Arab League Summit in the interests of their country.
Hackos and Bergdoll served on the delegation for Eritrea, an observer state to the League. They are shown pictured with Saudi Prince Abdul Aziz Bin Talal.
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