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Bhavans Organises Its First E-Model United Nations Middle East (BMUN ME) 2020

Bhavans Organises Its First E-Model United Nations Middle East (BMUN ME) 2020

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Upholding the motto ‘Dare to struggle, there to win’, Indian Education School, Kuwait virtually conducted the 7th edition of Bhavans Model United Nations (BMUN), the first edition of Bhavans Model United Nations Middle East (BMUNME), and the very first online Model United Nations organized by a school in the State of Kuwait, on May 30, 2020.

The proceeding of the day rolled on with the recitation of a few verses from the Holy Quran by Sahal Ansar of 10 B and a prayer for the time of pandemic in English by Liana Maria Joseph of 12 B, followed by the Kuwait National Anthem. Aaron Yohann Thomas, one of the members of the core committee of BMUN, wholeheartedly welcomed the Chief Guest, Dr. Amira Al- Hassan, the Programme Manager, the UN Habitat (UN Settlement Programme) in her absence, the other dignitaries Mr. N.K Ramachandran Menon, the Chairman, Bhavans Middle East, Mr. Sooraj Ramachandran, the Vice Chairman Bhavans Middle East, Mrs. Divya Rajesh, the Director, Bhavans Middle East, Mr. T. Premkumar, the Principal, IES, Mrs. Rathi Ravindran, the Principal, Bhavans Jack and Jill, Ms. Girija Baiju, the Principal, Bhavans Private International English School, Abu Dhabi, Mr. Saji Jacob, the Principal, Bhavans Bahrain Indian School, the Vice Principals of IES, the members of the staff from various Bhavans schools in the GCC and the participants of BMUN 2020.

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Malavika Krishna, one of the members of the core committee of BMUN, made a brief introduction to the BMUN, accompanied by a video compilation of the snippets from the sessions held in the previous years. Mr. T. Premkumar, the Principal of IES, shared his nostalgic memory of attending the past editions of BMUN and heartily welcomed the other members of Bhavans Schools in the Middle East to BMUNME 2020, and he also expressed his heartfelt gratitude to Ms. Meenakshi Nayyar, the Vice Principal, Co-Curricular Activities, IES and Mr. Sriee Aswathaman (HoD, the Department of French), faculty advisors of BMUN for their relentless support for organizing the 7th edition of BMUN. With a broad smile of deep delight, he declared the event open.

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The session started off at 9.30 a.m. with the theme ‘Raising Alarm and Rising Awareness’. When the whole world is faced with an acute crisis due to COVID 19, it is crucially important to have a session of this magnitude to understand how, mankind as a whole, can successfully overcome this difficult situation. The event hosted two committees, the General Assembly which was an ‘Emergency Session to Actively Combat the Growing Severity of the COVID 19 Pandemic’ and the Economic and Financial Council that focused on ‘The Aftermath of COVID 19 and its Disastrous Effects on the Global Economy’. The event witnessed a strong clash of ideologies of 65 diplomats of tomorrow, representing 9 different schools in the Middle East. The debates and discussions lasted for good five hours in both the committees. The sessions ended with successfully drafting and passing resolutions to combat the severity and after effects of the pandemic.   

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The official proceedings of the valedictory function started at 3:30 p.m. Mr. Premkumar, the Principal of IES, announced the results of hours-long rhetoric speeches and heated arguments. The coveted position of the Best Delegation of BMUNME 2020 was bagged by Fahaheel Al Watanieh Indian Private School - DPS, Kuwait. Congratulations were showered upon the winners of the various panel discussions of the event, who will later receive e-certificates from the organizing committee of BMUN ME 2020.

Sharon Mathew of 11 B proposed the vote of thanks and expressed her profound gratitude to everyone who made the online event a grand success. The curtain of BMUNME 2020 was drawn at 4.00p.m. with the Indian National Anthem. The first ever online MUN in Kuwait organized by IES has truly left an indelible impression on the minds of its virtual spectators.


RESULTS OF E-BMUNME 2020

ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL COUNCIL (ECOFIN)

  • Best Speaker: Delegate of the USA (Rohan Raju - FAIPS-DPS, Kuwait)
  • Best Delegate: Delegate representing MAERSK (Abishek Singh - FAIPS-DPS, Kuwait)
  • 1st Runner-up: Delegate of China (Jeffery Joy – Gulf Indian School, Kuwait)
  • 2nd Runner-up: Delegate representing IMF (Adithya Satynantha- PIES, Abu Dhabi)
  • Honourable Mention: Delegate representing OPEC (Srihari- IES, Kuwait)
  • Verbal Mention: Delegate of Russia ( Akshitha- PIES, Abu Dhabi)

UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY (UNGA)

  • Best Speaker: Delegate of India (Dwiti Ponda- FAIPS-DPS, Kuwait)
  • Best Delegate: Delegate of the USA (Aryan Gupta- PIES, Abu Dhabi )
  • 1st Runner-up: Delegate of Wuhan Institute of Virology (Sonia Bagada –GIS, Kuwait)
  • 2nd Runner-up- Delegate of Institute of Alberta (Subhangi Sharma-FAIPS-DPS, Kuwait)
  • Honourable Mention: Delegate representing Melinda Gates Foundation (Lakshmi Sahiti-IES, Kuwait)
  • Verbal mention: Delegate representing CDC (Yogitha Babu- SIMS, Kuwait)

BEST POSITION PAPER: UNGA

  • 1st India
  • 2nd Sweden
  • 3rd Melinda Gates

BEST POSITION PAPER:  ECOFIN

  • 1st China & Italy
  • 2nd the USA
  • 3rd IATA & Russia

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