r/MUN • u/UrWanted • 11h ago
Question Choose my Opening Speech or even make it better!
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“Chair — can I ask you something before I start? What do you think happens to a country when half its population is never allowed to finish school?
In 2012, a schoolgirl in Pakistan’s Swat Valley was shot in the head on her way to class. Not for breaking a law. For wanting an education. Her name was Malala Yousafzai, and she lived — but here’s the thing, Chair, for every name we remember, there are millions we don’t. Girls in Guatemala, in Malawi, in rural India, who don’t make headlines. They just quietly disappear from classrooms. Married off. Pulled out to work. Told, without anyone even saying it out loud, that school was never really meant for them.
And Spain has watched this happen for decades and frankly, we’re tired of watching it.
Because a girl who finishes school isn’t just a statistic that makes a report look better. She’s a future teacher. A future doctor. Maybe a future head of state. And every year we delay this, we’re not just failing her — we’re failing the country that needed her.”
CLOSING PITCH (Call for Collaboration)
“Delegates, Spain isn’t here to submit a working paper and call it a day. We’re here to build something that actually survives past this weekend.
We know Sweden’s been pushing hard on gender parity — we’ve read your papers. Kenya and Nigeria know what’s actually happening on the ground better than any of us sitting in this room ever will. And frankly, we can’t fund this alone — we need Germany, we need Japan, we need everyone who’s serious about this, not just the countries with it in their national interest.
So here’s Spain’s ask, plainly: if your delegation believes a girl’s education isn’t charity — it’s justice — come talk to us. Today. Not after the session, not tomorrow, today.
Because when you educate one girl, you don’t just change her life. You change who her children become. You change an economy. You change a country’s next fifty years.
Spain’s ready to put in the work. We just need to know — who’s coming with us?”
Honourable Chair, distinguished delegates, what kind of future are we building if millions of girls are still denied the right to learn?
The delegation of Spain firmly believes that education is not a privilege—it is a fundamental human right and the foundation of sustainable development. Yet millions of girls in developing countries remain out of school due to poverty, conflict, discrimination, and child marriage.
Spain supports expanding access to quality education by increasing investment in schools, providing scholarships for girls, and strengthening teacher training with a focus on gender equality. We also encourage international partnerships to improve digital learning and ensure safe, inclusive classrooms for every girl.
Spain calls upon all member states to work together so that every girl, regardless of where she is born, has the opportunity to learn, lead, and shape a better future.
Thank you.
