Westminster College turned into a replica United Nations on Wednesday at its 15th annual high school conference.
This year’s conference simulated the UN’s General Assembly’s First Committee, Third Committee, the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Security Council. More than 250 high schoolers from 21 schools spread across Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia attended the conference, including 20 from Neshannock, eight from Wilmington and seven from New Castle.
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