Shik’MUN’22: Summer Edition: 26th and 27th April 2022
The Shikshantar Model United Nations Conference or shik’MUN has been the perfect platform to debate pertinent world issues for over 8 years now.
The Shik’MUN 2022 Summer Edition was the first offline conference after a 2-year long hiatus owing to the pandemic. Unsurprisingly thus, the participation numbers were record-breaking. 195 students from classes IX-XII participated as delegates, journalists, photographers, caricaturists and members of the Organising Committee and the Executive Board. Jahnavi Manglik (Class XII) and Udham Singh (Class XII) undertook the roles of Secretary-General and Director-General respectively. They dutifully handled various departments such as delegate affairs, logistics and communications and served as ceremonial speakers in the opening and closing ceremonies.
In total, 6 committees were simulated. The agendas, Executive Board members and awards are as follows:
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Executive Board
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Awards
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General Assembly: Korean Crisis: Nuclear Threat Posed by Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
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Chairperson: Dia Aggarwal
Vice-Chairperson: Angad Singh Kahlon
Vice-Chairperson: Keahan Madan
Rapporteur: Nandini Vats
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Best Delegate: Saranya Kapoor as DPRK
High Commendations: Priyaan Singh as USA
Pranay Kriplani as Pakistan
Special Mention: Mannat Singh as China
Prisha Mishra as UK
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Security Council: Emergency Meeting: Deliberation on the Russian invasion of Ukraine
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Chairperson: Aryan Chauhan
Vice-Chairperson: Brinda Agarwal
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Best Delegate: Kushagra Vashisht as USA
High Commendation: Sara Pant as Russia
Special Mention: Rishabh Aggarwal as Ukraine
Aarav Sinha as DPRK
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Human Rights Council: 2021–2022 Belarus–European Union Border Crisis?
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Chairperson: Aadit Seth
Chairperson: Angad Singh
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Best Delegates: Atharv Mehta as Israel
Ruhin Gulati as Poland
High Commendations: Raghav Joshi as UK
Vrinda Deshmukh as El Salvador
Special Mention: Anahita Singh Madan as Belarus
Suryansh Tripathi as Jordan
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Indian Cabinet Classified
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Chairperson: Jyotsna Sharma
Chairperson: Mehul Singla
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Best Delegate: Vivaan Majumdar as Director of IB
High Commendation: Sanidhya Kapoor as Chief of RAW
Special Mention: Arjun Ghosh as Defence Minister, Adyan Chaturvedu as Chief of MARCOS
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White House Situation Room
1. Withdrawal of the US Military from Afghanistan
2. The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan
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Chairperson: Devrath Singh Bisht
Vice-Chairperson: Ishaan Vohra
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Best Delegate: Natasha Lakkaraju as White House Chief of Staff
High Commendation: Arjun Ramachandran as Joint Chiefs of Staff
Special Mention: Nikita Chakrabarty as Deputy Director of CIA
Vairaj Singh as Director of CIA
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International Press
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Head of International Press and Head of Caricatures: Avi Kumar
Head of Journalism: Kaashvi Piplani
Head of Photography: Shriyans Goel
Head of Design: Eshanika Narayan
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Journalism
Best Journalist: Aanya Sharma
High Commendation: Sara Patel
Special Mention: Mallika Gera
Caricatures
Best Caricaturist: Anuska Tomar
High Commendation: Tarini U Neeal
Special Mention: Myra Talwar
Photography
Best Photographer: Shashwat Singh
High Commendation: Kaustav Mehta
Special Mention: Harnoor Kaur
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Shik’MUN 2022 lives on through the comprehensive newsletter made by the hardworking International Press team. Honouring tradition, the newsletter this year also comprised ‘The Unmod’: a creative section for poems, out-of-the-box articles and memes!
Undoubtedly, The conference was a success. It was an ideal learning experience for first-timers and seasoned debaters alike.
