IES hosts 5th edition of Bhavans Model United Nations 2018

Indian Educational School wins Best Delegation of BMUN 2018

KUWAIT CITY, Dec 8: Indian Educational School, Kuwait recently convened the fifth edition of Bhavans Model United Nations. The formal inaugural ceremony was graced by the Chief Guest of the day Dr Ameera Al-Hassan, Acting Head United Nations Human Settlement Programme, Kuwait.

The proceedings of the one-and-ahalf-day event began with the recitation of the Holy Quran followed by the Kuwait National Anthem and the traditional lighting of the lamp.

Sana Nazim Parkar welcomed the gathering and briefed everyone about BMUN 2018. Dr Ameera Al-Hassan enlightened the gathering with a thought-provoking speech. She mentioned the Honorable Amir of Kuwait’s generous contributions towards the United Nations Human Rights Council.

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Dr Ameera also called for a collaborative effort by the student community and the UN for achieving a society which is technically advanced and based on humanitarian values and emphasized the fact that today’s youth, the future diplomats, should have the ability to solve problems and shoulder responsibilities for which these kinds of simulations of the UN pave a path.

The fifth edition was diverse by all means as there were four parallel committees viz United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) deliberating on preventing and combating human trafficking in global context, United Nations Human Right Council (UNHRC) debating on the issue of violations of basic human rights of women and children in the third world countries, United Nations Security Council (UNSC) debating on the topic of assessing and responding to non-state actors/the influence of non-state actors on global politics and the Indian Constituent Assembly of 1948 Drafting Committee (Historical Committee), an unconventional committee, which is first of its kind on a UN platform bearing the responsibility of discussing the various aspects of a formal document governing the country. Summit of excellence was put up by the MUN core committee. The committee was adjourned by 3 in the evening of the first day with updates leading to its next day’s progress.

Delegates

Day two of the event started well on time sharp at 8:00 in the morning with the delegates back with a bang shaking off the early wintry slumberous demeanor, determined to make a mark on the heated yet composed and poised platform of deliberation. The committee proceedings had the framing and voting of the draft resolutions officially drafted by different blocs within the committee.

The Chief Guest for the day, Arul Dharmaraj, Principal, Integrated Indian School, Kuwait presided over the proceedings. The emcees of the day, Karthik Sudheer and Fiza Shafeeque welcomed the guests, dignitaries, delegates and the faculty advisors to the event.

By 11:30 am, the official proceedings of the valedictory function started with the screening of a video flashing the features of the event. The muchawaited moment of the event, was the prize distribution ceremony, was hosted by the members of the organizing committee of BMUN 2018. Suresh V. Balakrishnan, Vice-Principal, Senior Wing IES announced the names of the prize winners.

Dharmaraj, Dr Ameera, N. K. Ramachandran Menon, Chairman, Bhavans Middle East, T. Premkumar, Principal, Indian Educational School, and Mahesh Iyer, Principal, Smart Indian School, felicitated and gave away the trophies and certificates to the diplomatic delegates. The coveted prize of the Best Delegation of BMUN 2018 was bagged by Indian Educational School.

Photos from the event