Model United Nations
The 2010-2011 Saint Mary's University Model UN delegation returned from the National Model UN (NMUN) conference held in New York April 17-21 with three awards; one for each category in which awards are presented!
Our delegation won an 前utstanding Position Paper' award. Each delegation must submit position papers that detail the position of their assigned country on the topics delegates debate in committee. Our assigned country this year was the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Of the 191 schools represented at the conference, bringing together some 2,500 delegates, only 27 Outstanding Position Paper awards were granted. With this award, our delegation ranked in the top 14%. The only other Canadian university to earn this particular award was the University of Ottawa. Other universities recognized in this category included California State University; University of Bonn; Wichita State University; Wright State University; Ludwig Maximilians University Munich among others.
Our delegation also won a 船istinguished Delegation' award. In recognition of the performance of delegations, NMUN grants delegation awards in one of three categories; Outstanding Delegation; Distinguished Delegation; and Honorable Mention. Our delegation was one of only 26 awarded a 船istinguished Delegation' award. Other universities recognized in this category included Université Libre de Bruxelles; University of Texas at Dallas; University of California, Santa Barbara; Sciences Po; Pace University, NYC; University of San Diego; University of Colorado at Boulder among others. Eighteen delegations were recognized in the 前utstanding Delegation' category, and 24 in the 践onorable Mention' category.
The Outstanding Position Paper and the Distinguished Delegation awards were recognized publicly during the closing ceremonies of the NMUN conference held in the General Assembly at the United Nations' headquarters on Thursday, April 21.
Finally, two delegates, Isaac Gray and Kristen Herrington, were also recognized in the 前utstanding Delegates in Committee' category for their individual efforts in the UN Population Fund Committee. This is a peer-to-peer award that is determined by a majority vote casted by individual delegates in each committee. Isaac and Kristen were two of only six delegates recognized for this award in the UN Population Fund Committee. A total of 72 delegates sat in this committee.
Our delegation of 20 students also had an opportunity to meet with Martijn Dadema, the First Secretary for Political Affairs at the Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United Nations. The two hour briefing session offered by First Secretary Dadema was very helpful in finalizing the students' preparation prior to the conference.
Bringing together some 5,000 university students in two overlapping model UN conferences each spring, NMUN is one of the largest university level Model UN conference in the world. Other Canadian universities present this year included the University of Waterloo; The Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto; Simon Fraser University; Dalhousie University.
Click here to see a list of all award recipients.
UN headquarters:
Front row: Kenneth Butterworth; Lois Punshon; Morgan Zinck; Julie MacDonald; Camaro West (Model UN Assistant and Head Delegate); Shawna-Lynn Brake; Chelsea Wight
Second row: Chris Walker; Jennifer O'Connell; Ana Zbona; Alison MacDonald; Natalie MacDonald; Kristen Herrington; Lauren Baldwin
Third row: Dr. Marc Doucet (Faculty Advisor); Casey Babb; Isaac Gray; Julian Greer; Heather Campbell; Ashley Dawson; Kayla McIntyre; and Nicole Power
Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United Nations:
Front row: Camaro West (Model UN Assistant and Head Delegate); Morgan Zinck; Alison MacDonald; Ana Zbona; Kristen Herrington; Julie MacDonald; Shawna-Lynn Brake; Jennifer O'Connell; Chris Walker
Back row: Julian Greer; Isaac Gray; Ashley Dawson; Nicole Power; Natalie MacDonald; Lauren Baldwin; Casey Babb; Heather Campbell; Chelsea Wight; Kayla McIntyre; Kenneth Butterworth; Lois Punshon; and Martijn Dadema, the First Secretary for Political Affairs, Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United Nations.
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