[IPG] Behind the Scenes: SDYC IPG 2021

Written by IRNA

In the past two days Sustainable Development Youth Convention (SDYC), delegates across various committees participated in rigorous and intense debates, attempting to lobby each other to approve of and follow through with their unique ideas to address a particular issue. Going in loops were extremely common for a few of the councils that consisted of more inexperienced delegates, and as such, progression of the debate was slow. Many of the delegates have learnt to refine their initial ideas, whereas there were also delegates who were completely convinced by the others.

However, amidst the chaos, there were delegates who were silently sitting in the corner of the meeting room, with their cameras usually turned off and their mics nearly never unmuted. They were the delegates who were part of the press council. The press delegates were silent, but should they be unmuted, one would only hear the sound of furious typing, as the delegates overload their brains to interpret what the council delegates are saying and typing the points out at the same time.

Over the past two days that SDYC has been taking place, the press were hopping from call to call, taking notes of the different points brought up by the delegates and chairs, in order to write out a meaningful article not only for their daily quota, but also their assigned council.

If they were not at any of the council’s calls, they would be in the IPG headquarters, busy typing away for their articles, to meet their quota of 4 articles over the span of 2 days. Press delegates who spent their first day not writing, have come to regret on the second. Severely underestimating the task at hand, they rush to hit their final quota, with barely minutes to spare before the deadline.

On the first day, most of the press delegates were all starting off at their own assigned council, which they instantly regretted when the first press conference came about. There were nearly no questions from the press delegates, with only one news agency asking any questions at all.

However, delegates were quick to adapt to the situation, and realised that they would not have access to any of the council documents that were given to all delegates in that council. This forced the press delegates to take notes of their speeches down. This was extra difficult, considering that the delegates were giving out their speeches very quickly. This challenged the press delegates to type at a speed much higher than what they were used to

Such challenges in the writing of articles gave rise to the usage of the press instagram meme page (shoutout to @sdycpress21 on instagram). The page contains memes, or more of satires, about the various councils going around in a loop, getting nowhere in their debate as the same points were repeatedly raised up. This may have been the cause of the time constraint the press delegates are facing. 

On the second day, it was full of press delegates staying in the press headquarters furiously typing away and thinking of points to integrate into their articles.

After the 2 days of SDYC, the press delegates have worked tirelessly on their articles, producing articles and influencing the flow of debate in the council itself by bringing points that they thought were relevant to the delegates through the use of interviews and criticism on the points of the delegates

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