Out of the 75 young people from 34 countries, Islanders Tom Le Feuvre and Rebecca Stacey were appointed Prime Minister and Shadow Minister for Education respectively.
And an even stranger twist of fate saw Senator Jean Le Maistre chairing the meeting when the appointed chairperson, Constance Simaleane, Minister for Education in Swaziland, had to return home on urgent business.
The Youth Parliament were debating the dual themes of democracy and development, for which they were split into a government and two opposition parties.
The issue of poverty and Aids in the Third World dominated the debate.
‘Jersey was extremely well represented, with both Tom and Rebecca coming out in the top positions at a world level,’ said Senator Le Maistre.
‘I think they may have thought it was some kind of take-over,’ Tom joked.
‘Jersey certainly flew the flag pretty high.
‘There is nothing more stimulating than meeting people from such a variety of states and learning that, in fact, we have more in common than we have different.’ Rebecca said: ‘It was absolutely fantastic being able to meet representatives from all over the world and discuss issues that we all care about.’
