ISQ hosted its third Model United Nations event. During the event, Middle and High School students were put to the test while discussing current global issues within different committees. Students were given a forum to hone their skills in negotiation, diplomacy, critical thinking, public speaking, writing, and research throughout this model. Model United Nations serves as one of the best opportunities for students to push themselves outside of their comfort zone and to learn how to speak up for the things that they believe in. This ISQ model featured important topics such as eugenics, PTSD in veterans, gender inequality, and the end of oil hegemony. Many ISQ students demonstrated their skill and preparation at the event and were rewarded when accepting awards in their respective committees.
The following is a list of all the students who received recognition in the form of awards. In the committee UN Women Valentina Aguilar Suarez was awarded the prize of Honorable Delegate; in General Assembly Alvaro Corona won Best Delegate and Brianna Stewart won Outstanding Delegate; in the World Health Organization committee Natapong Lindqvist won Honorable Delegate and Ingrid Coronel took home the prize for Honorable Chair; in ECOSOC Maria Fernanda Snyder won Best Delegate and Bernardo Fechter won Outstanding Delegate; in ACNUR, our first committee to be held entirely in French, Raphaelle Miot won Outstanding Delegate while former student Pablo Rostro Hinojosa took home Best Chair out of all other committees; in Security Council Axel López won Best Delegate; in the Crisis committee Ivana Islas Pineda won Honorable Delegate; in OEA Abraham Fournier won Outstanding Delegate.
A special congratulations goes out to the members of the Secretariat, for all their hard work and dedication for ensuring the success of this year’s MUN. Below are the names and positions held by each of the 2020 Secretariat members:
Secretary General: Melissa Jiménez
Director General: Natalia Jiménez Labora
Secretary for Logistics: Rodrigo Valdivia
Secretary for Communication: Marcela Echevarria
Secretary for Information: Paloma Garza
Secretary for UN Committees: Paula Camacho
Secretary for Special Committees: Anthony Issa
Event Manager: Natalia Echevarria
Hospitality Manager: Ana-Sophia Redstone
Undersecretary for General Assembly: Arianna Snyder
Undersecretary for Security Council: Claudio Ortiz
Undersecretary for Human Rights: Ivan Cisneros
Undersecretary for UN Women: Natalia Morán
Undersecretary for ECOSOC: Sebastián Hernández
Undersecretary for Information: Andrea Leal
Undersecretary for Logistics: Samantha Zúñiga
MUN Officer: Valeria Patjane
Finally, thank you to all the ISQ staff for all the time spent supporting students during this process. Thank you also to any and all students who gave their support during the MUN, we appreciate all your help and effort, and to Luis Javier Hernández from 11thA that was our special photographer.
