Inaugural Ceremony

Day 1, Tuesday, 9th August’ 2016

The inaugural ceremony of the Shiv Nadar School Model United

Nations Conference on ‘Environment for Sustainable Development’

commenced with a lot of enthusiasm and fanfare. The guests of

honour for the day were Mr. Rajiv Chandran, UNIC Information

Officer and Dr. Derick Hulme, Director, Alma College, Michigan, USA.

Sixteen students from Alma College also attended the ceremony. The

event commenced with the lighting of the lamp by esteemed guests

who were joined by Col. Gopal Karunakaran, CEO, Shiv Nadar

Schools, Ms. Leena Aparajit, Director, Shiv Nadar Schools and

Principal, Ms. Monica Sagar.

Col. Gopal shared about his tenure with the United Nations and how

honored he was to witness the peace and bond amongst the diverse

countries. Dr. Hulme shared that the delegates have the power to

change the world by simply putting forth an idea during the

conference and added the impact of the United Nations on the

world. Mr. Rajiv Chandra, added, “Real power is the ability to ask the

right question.” He made the students realize the importance of the

United Nations internationally. Ending his empowering speech he

said, “Originality is what we need.”

Ayush Garg, the Secretary General, in his speech shared how

honoured and elated he was to be the first Secretary General for the

first Model United Nations Conference of Shiv Nadar School,

Combatting Pandemic Diseases: WHO

The delegates and observers of the countries took their respective places with

excited looks on their faces. During the roll call that followed some raised their

placards with enthusiasm while others were found to be missing. Gradually, the

venue was filled and the atmosphere became charged.

The time had come to elect the Vice-Chair and the Chair. Heads turned and mouths fell open. No one had volunteered! People started nudging one another. The secretary, Ms Jessica, a student from Alma College took matters into her own hands and decided to take on the responsibility of the Chair and Vice-Chair. The opening speeches were very informative and mirrored the extensive research that had been put into them. The delegate from Jamaica revealed that their country had witnessed more than 30 re-emerging diseases and unexpected outbreaks of new infectious diseases in the past 2 decades. The Republic of Liberia linked climate change to the outbreak of pandemic diseases. Liberia felt that the rise in temperature led to an increase in bacteria, insects and fungi which would undoubtedly result in pandemic diseases. All countries agreed that ZICA virus and H1N1 posed a major threat to the world. Peru mentioned that 3.4 billion people in the world are at a risk of malaria. Japan was of the opinion that smoking is also a pandemic disease as it is a major cause of Cancer. A few lines were forgotten but the others were eager to offer praise. The Rapporteur had his hands full, passing chits from Sierra Leone to Ghana, Venezuela to Sweden and so on. Turkey even offered tips to the delegate from Madagascar-advising him to maintain eye contact. They delegates had to be warned not to use any other language except English.

- Zara H Kabir

UN SECURITY COUNCIL SUCH EXTRA-ORDINARY LEVELS OF INTERESTS….

The conference began on time at 10:00 AM. The members from

Alma College were welcomed and introduced to the committee.

The nominations for the Chair and the Vice-Chair were opened.

There were only two delegates namely Egypt and France who

volunteered for the positions, however, was overruled as there

were only two nominations for the Chair and Vice-Chair. Voting

was held and the results were declared with the delegate of

Egypt as the Chair and the delegate of France as the Vice Chair.

The delegate from the France felt dejected and as a result was

caught in a moment of languor while the delegate of Russia was

speaking.

The delegate of Venezuela expressed her problems such as Acidifica-

tion of the seas and Rising sea levels. The delegate of Angola raised

the issues of Climate change and Refugee problem. The delegate of

Ukraine raised issues regarding Rising Climate Change. Malaysia raised

the issue of CO 2 emissions. Spain raised the issue of threat to the ma-

rine life. The following were some solutions which were brought up by

the countries: The working group of UK, Ukraine Japan, New Zealand

and Angola came up with solutions like Encouraging hydroelectricity,

Use variety of crops with accordance to providing minimal damage to

the environment. The working group of Spain, China, USA, Venezuela,

Uruguay, Russia, Senegal and Malaysia came up with these solutions-

Using renewable energy as a new source of energy and use of HYV and

GMO seeds. The committee session 2 ended with the countries all

ready to pass the resolutions.

- Shlok Kamat

GENERAL ASSEMBLY (UNGA –II)

During the first informal session in the

General Assembly II, the delegate of Libya

received so many chits that he took a

conscious decision to be selective and dis-

posed many. The delegate of Libya shared

its country’s plans to empower women to

reduce poverty. Though Liberia has a sim-

ilar agenda, yet Libya chose to ally with

Kenya due to their geographical proximi-

ty. Palestine shared its agenda of

‘Electrification of remote localities’ to re-

duce poverty. North Korea has shown a

keen interest in making an alliance with

the Russian Federation.

- Akanksha Pandey

Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)

Ms. Rachel Hills, head of the committee for Commission on the Status of Women

(CSW) declared the session open.

The delegate of Belgium, Saunya Juneja and the delegate of Egypt, Chesta Yadav

were elected as the Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson through voting. The dele-

gate from India gave an impressive speech on ‘Women Empowerment’. The

speaker spoke confidently providing clear data to the committee. A majority of

delegates believed in empowering the women with essential education and

more job opportunities.

- Vanshika Jain

Excuse Me ….

Vice Chair?....

Mr. Vice Chair ……

Excuse Me…...

HOPE THE CHAIR IS AWAKE

Deafening Quietude !!

Alright, all delegates wish-

ing to run for chair please

raise your placard .

Delegates please

raise your placard if

you wish to run for

chair

INDIA needs the world and

the world needs INDIA

The Mentor team of Alma College were asked, “What area they would focus on so as to improve the MUN'ers here at Shiv Nadar School?” Beau Being a good MUNer comes with time and age. One problem that the students face is that they see MUN as a competition. When they start cooperating with the other countries instead of seeing them as competi-tors, they will become outstanding MUNers. Seth Davis The groups think that they can't work together. All of them prefer doing individual work as compared to group work which is a major problem. Kennedy MacGirr Students should improve their communication skills since they tend to talk over each other. Connor I would focus on improving communication skills. Rachel Hill Be clear and articulate. A lot of the solutions were vague. Students need to provide an explanation. Hannah The delegates have to work on their operative clauses but otherwise were pretty awesome! Megan Finkbeiner and Rebecka Bale Co-operation and research is of great importance. They also need to work on the grammar and usage of MUN terms in their speeches. Marianna The students have to work on their presentation skills. Amanda Students do not understand the difference between an argument and a productive debate. Most leaders also had a habit of becoming too controlling which is a red flag. Jaycee Wise Students came up with creative and innovative answers but were sometimes a little ambitious. Anna Secretary General's speech was the highlight of the day.