In early August, seven West Windsor students participated in the United Nations sixth session of the Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities.##M:[more]##
Paul K. Moon led Joon Lee, Peter So, Andrew So, Hannah Bark, Daniel Kim, Eric Cheon, and Rahul Reddy. According to Moon, this is the first time high school volunteers have been accepted on the committee.
“My friend introduced me to the Korean delegate, the one speaking for women with disabilities,” says Moon. “Due to lack of funds they were short of translators and two of the students were able to act as translators since they speak Korean. Many of the delegates are disabled so many of the other duties included physical work and they were constantly running around the UN.”
“In some countries women with disabilities are not allowed to be married and some do not count disabled people as humans,” said Moon. One of the goals is to develop guidelines for every country to follow.
Moon is an educational consultant with Paul K. Moon Education located on Everett Drive in West Windsor. A tutor for 20 years, he has written three books to help students prepare for SAT exams.
Born in Korea, his family immigrated to the Bronx when he was 12. He graduated from University of Buffalo in 1984 with majors in economics and statistics.
Moon is married to Hee Cho, a lawyer for a major bank in New Brunswick; they have two children, a daughter, 8, a third grade student at Village School, and a son, 1.
Of the experience at the United Nations, one of the students, Andrew So, wrote the following: “We were able to experience the process in which international laws were made and passed. It showed us the power and seriousness of the real world. It was a real eye opener for me and probably for many of the other students who joined me.”
In January Moon plans to bring another crew of teen volunteers to the UN. He can be reached at 609-897-0880.
