We are back at Townshend from a successful Model United Nations (MUN) trip in Athens! Our MUN team had a blast and our Townshend students gained a great opportunity and a wonderful experience that helped develop their leadership, public-speaking, research, and writing skills. They came away from the conference with new ideas, skills and friends from all over the world. There were 800 students participating from 37 schools including international schools from Egypt, Turkey, Latvia, Norway, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Cyprus, Azerbaijan, Spain, Croatia, and Greece. Students even had the opportunity to meet Jan Bondy, Ambassador of the Czech Republic to the Hellenic Republic along with other world affairs professionals.
Townshend’s MUN student delegates represented the delegations from Canada, lead by student ambassador Payton Goodred and Luxembourg, lead by MUN President and student ambassador Lina Mollaian. Below is a list of our student delegates and their committee from each delegation:
Canada Delegation
Aidan Campbell, Disarmament Committee
Karen Sereshgi, Social Humanitarian Committee
Arman Khorram, Political Committee
Payton Goodred, Legal Committee (Student Ambassador)
Rose Castro, Environmental Committee
Daniel Williams, Special Conference on Children’s Rights in the 21st Century
Luxembourg Delegation
Kiel Minervino, Disarmament Committee
Lina Mollaian, Social Humanitarian Committee (Student Ambassador and MUN President)
Kathrin Alber, Political Committee
Gabriella Annells, Legal Committee
Tamara Duncan, Environmental Committee
Christian Alber, Special Conference on Children’s Rights in the 21st Century
Despite being our first conference, students were engaged and active participants. Our Townshend students came prepared for the conference, each with 3 to 4 policy statements and resolutions in hand to present th