AOD #5

Our United Nations simulation last week was a perfect example of negotiation. When the idea was brought up about splitting up into many small groups instead of one big group to get more things accomplished it caused a problem. Some countries were concerned that small groups would be more vulnerable than a larger group. But other countries thought that small groups would be able to accomplish more than one larger group. So we had to negotiate the pros and cons of each choice and then negotiate as to what was the best choice for all the countries. This was somewhat difficult because both sides ended up just restating their arguments over and over again. But what we really had to look at what the key interests of both sides were and what we were willing to give up and what we could not give up. Eventually, I think we came to a conclusion.