Word of the Day: Session

Session [N.]

Definition：
A period of time that is spent doing a particular actctivity; a formal meeting or series of meetings of a court of law, a parliament, etc.; a period of time when such meetings are held.

MUN conferences are time consuming. Often the topic area of discussion is complicated and hard to solve or reach an agreement. For delegates to keep their minds sharp and clear, a MUN conference is divided into several sessions, each taking about three hours. One session can be seen as a time unit for a conference period. After continual sessions of discussion on the committee topic, delegates will have heard from all viewpoints the different dimensions of the issue. WorldMUN usually holds six sessions in each committee.

Derivatives:
rap session [N.] [Slang.] An informal discussion held especially by a group of people with similar concerns.
summer session [N.] a summer course/program
plenary session [N.] A meeting attended by everyone who has the right to attend.

Examples：
The next session will start at 14:00. If we want to have further discussion on the security problem before the session starts, we will have to finish our lunch before 13:00.

The COMEMUN program I participated in was made up of 4 three-hour sessions.

The MUN conference is now in session. / When will the conference be in session?

The Security Council met in closed session.