All posts tagged "NYMUN’16"
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#NYMUN2016 ECOSOC – Range of directives for a complex issue
I have already written about how the delegates performed and how well the head table conducted the committee; finally it is time...
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#NYMUN2016 General Assembly – A Clash of Generations & Blocs
NYMUN 2016 brought together a wide diversity of Sri Lankan MUNers together. The General Assembly was a case in point for this...
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#NYMUN2016 Arab League – Rigid Foreign Policies; the order of the day
Two experienced chairs innovated to catalyse great debate, but the delegates' adamant nature on foreign policy held the comm back just like...
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15.2KNYMUN'16#NYMUN2016 – Closing Ceremony – the Words and the Award Winners
The Closing ceremony featured Ms Rosie Senanayake and Dr. Ranjit Cabral. But to the delegates the Award Winners were the stars of...
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#NYMUN2016 Security Council – A clash of Similes, Egos & Generations
If someone wanted to know what a high octane race in MUN looks like, this might be quite the example, where the...
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#NYMUN2016 ECOSOC – Making livelihoods sustainable
Debating on a broad topic is always a tough task and that is exactly what the ECOSOC delegates took upon themselves. Initially,...
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2.4KNYMUN'16#NYMUN2016 The EU – UK wins EU despite Brexit
The second day started very positively, with most delegates engaging in the commission’s proceedings. Compared to the first day, it was complete...
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#NYMUN2016 UNHRC – Palestine leads the charge to Transitional Justice
The second day of conference began with UNHRC going into Speakers’ List, with the delegate of Netherlands being the first to take...
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2.3KNYMUN'16#NYMUN2016 – The Opening Ceremony
The inaugural installation of the National Youth Model United Nations (NYMUN) Conference commenced at 8.00AM on the 20th of August 2016. The...
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#NYMUN2016 General Assembly – ‘Super-delegates’ start to dominate
A crisis of finger pointing turns into a crisis of super-delegate domination as experience begins to pay off as usual in MUN.
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#NYMUN2016 – EU and ECOSOC temporarily unite
The second sessions of the EU and ECOSOC committees of the NYMUN 2016 contributed significantly to its respective topics and also included...
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#NYMUN2016 Security Council – Definition deadlock strikes before vetoes
UNSC is a high expectation comm for debate. Expectation was met, but the delegates seemed to lack a game plan to move...
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#NYMUN2016 Arab League – Syria’s crises seemed to rub off on the Comm
Not only did one have to navigate through a maze of chairs, the proceedings as a whole proved to be a maze...
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#NYMUN2016 UNHRC – A Broader Approach to Transitional Justice
The delegates seem to have only scratched the surface when it comes to actually examining transitional justice in a post-conflict society.
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#NYMUN2016 ECOSOC – Tackling the food crisis turns into a crisis of depth
ECOSOC takes up the challenging topic relating to rising food prices and food security. Palestine takes center stage in debate.
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#NYMUN2016 Security Council – Exciting debate clouded by Palestine’s status
Secretariat's decision to give full member status to Palestine and a seat in SC, sparked controversy and took the focus away from...
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#NYMUN2016 The EU – A committee hijacked by 3 delegates?
Despite the missing placards, and lack of Wi-Fi, the speakers’ list of the EU started off an a good note, with interesting...
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#NYMUN2016 – General Assembly defined by a chain of finger pointing
Day 1 Morning Session for GA was one where the committee aspired to reach the standards it implies, but was left with...
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3.3KNYMUN'16#NYMUN2016 – Meet your Chairpersons in a bit of detail
Been wondering who might be you chairperson for NYMUN? Here you can get know them in a bit of detail before walking...
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2.6KNYMUN'16#NYMUN2016 – The Humanitarian topics Debrief
In a hurry to do research while at work ? Here is our debrief on the topics being discussed in UNHCR, ECOSOC,...
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#NYMUN2016 – Thilina’s Security Committee Debrief
Security Council, General Assembly 1 and Arab League delegates, been looking for some advice on your topics? Well look no where else,...
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NYMUN Sri Lanka 2016? Learn all about it right here
To help answer the questions being asked about NYMUN'16, the IntCa team had a chat with the Secretariat behind the whole thing.