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EXPANDED FORUM: SENIOR DIPLOMATS AND DIPLOMATS IN THE MAKING


On 20th November to 23rd November, the Center for Education and Training for Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia held the 57th Multi Stage Negotiation Simulation (MSNS), in which several diplomats of Indonesia role play as ambassadors, and students of International Relations from various universities in Jakarta and Bandung role play as delegation members.

Throughout 4 days, participants of MSNS showcases their capability in terms of negotiation by creating statements and press releases before they passed a joint resolution. The forum taken as a model was the Extended ASEAN Maritime Forum, and the topics discussed were Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing, Transnational Organized Crime: Trafficking in Persons, Illicit Trafficking in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, and South China Sea.

The event was first commenced in 2014 by the Director of Sesparlu, Odo Manuhutu. He has used this event to introduce senior diplomats to the fresh minds of the current era’s International Relations students.

Four of UPH students has participated in the event, and they are Lukas Hernandio (2014), Larasati Ayeshaputri (2015), Ivana Siddik (2015) and James Limantara (2016). Both Dio and James were assigned to take the role of media, they report news that could change the flow of the forum on daily basis and they also had the responsibility to interview ambassadors and delegation members. Ivana was assigned to be a member of the ASEAN Secretariat, in which she had to make recommendations on what step the forum needs to take in order to achieve a consensus-based resolution, while Ayesha was assigned to be a delegation member of Singapore.


Overall, the event was a success and it gave new perspectives for both students and the senior diplomats.
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