Students from CedarBridge Academy, Bermuda High School for Girls and Berkeley Institute will be exchanging their school desks next week for seats in the General Assembly at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

The 12 students will be travelling to the United Nations in New York to participate in the 29th United Nation?s International School Conference and discuss issues of contemporary global significance in the General Assembly.

This years? topic is Global Health: ?Rights and Responsibilities in the 21st Century.?

Jahmarley Gardiner, Mario Swainson, Dominique Andersson from CedarBridge, Travis Stevens Jr., William Simpson, Sheldon Fox II, Allantae Basden, Alicia Trott and Cie-Al Asdaille from Berkeley and Caitlan Collis, Azzura Lalani and Ebony Butterfield from Bermuda High School will be flying to New York on March 2 for the four-day visit.

The conference takes place on Thursday and Friday next week and this is the second year Bermuda has been invited to attend.

But these pupils had to work hard to earn the right to attend the conference at the United Nations.

Besides workshops, pupils had to attend meetings in order to become well versed on each years? topic and are given a Working Paper assisting them in background information on a variety of health issues facing our global society.

CedarBridge Deputy Principal, Anthony Wade said students from other schools on the Island would have the opportunity to participate with the group in New York during a special simulcast at CedarBridge on both days. He added that a special website would also allow parents to follow the proceedings live via the internet.