By Jaideep Singh, THIMUN Qatar Executive Team member The UN, with a vision to achieve a more sustainable future and a better world by the year 2030, has established the 17 Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs). Out of these, I personally believe that SDG 3- Good Health and Well Being- isSigue leyendo “Aware Youth for a Healthier Future”
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CHEMUN rocks their SDG Outreach
CHEMUN is a THIMUN-affiliated conference run each year in Chennai, India. They have embraced the SDGs and MUN Impact with gusto! They share some great observations about MUN Impact, the SDGs, and adding more action and activism to their annual conference. Why did your MUN club choose this particular SDG to focus on? Was itSigue leyendo “CHEMUN rocks their SDG Outreach”
TASMUN 2018 & The Sustainable Development Goals
By: Si Yun Ee, Delegate at Taipei American School and MUN Impact Staff Writer In April 2018, I had the honor of serving as TASMUN’s (Taipei American School Model United Nations) Secretary-General. The ninth annual TASMUN took on a very experiential, bold, and unique approach to Model United Nations (MUN) to say the least.Sigue leyendo “TASMUN 2018 & The Sustainable Development Goals”
History made at UNODC’s E4J MUN Workshop
MUN conference managers, educators, academics and UN field officers gathered at the United Nations in Vienna this past May and held a series of conversations that had never before taken place. There was a palpable sense of history being made. We had been invited to participate in UNODC’s Education for Justice MUN workshop where weSigue leyendo “History made at UNODC’s E4J MUN Workshop”
HELA supports UNODC Mandates with biggest conference to date
In August, Hope for Education and Leadership in Afghanistan (HELA) hosted their largest MUN conference to date. Over 400 delegates participated in a two day conference, focusing primarily on UNODC mandate topics. We caught up with Sulaiman Sulaimankhil, Co-Founder of HELA, to get an update on the conference. (HELA was founded by MUN delegates, whoSigue leyendo “HELA supports UNODC Mandates with biggest conference to date”
SDG1: Helping to End Poverty by Colegio Ayalde
By the Colegio Ayalde MUN Club Colegio Ayalde is located near Bilbao in the Basque Country, Spain. The students have been participating in MUN conferences since 2014 and organised their first conference, MUN Bilbao, in January 2017. The MUN activity here at Ayalde has grown from an original five students to over seventy participating now.Sigue leyendo “SDG1: Helping to End Poverty by Colegio Ayalde”
Distant elites, the Goals, and the future of MUN
By Lisa Martin __________________________________________________________________________ In March, I found my way to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. I came on a mission-to find an emerging MUN Club to collaborate with and bring to THIMUN Qatar 2019. Lebawi Academy’s new MUN program had huge aspirations, and I wanted to meet the MUN Director and their students. The Lebawi Academy MUNSigue leyendo “Distant elites, the Goals, and the future of MUN”
Taipei American School Girl Up Leadership Summit II
By Janice Yang, Annabel Uhlman, Vivian Wang, Niralee Shah MUN Impact Press Writer: Si Yun Ee On April 7, 2018, the Girl Up Club in Taipei American School (TAS) hosted our second annual Leadership Summit. Our high school club is registered as a chapter of Girl Up which operates under the umbrella of theSigue leyendo “Taipei American School Girl Up Leadership Summit II”
A MAD Idea in support of SDG4
By Shane Hynes, Student, St Andrews, Dublin __________________________________________________________________________ Every year the THIMUN Qatar Peace and Service Award’ is given to a student deemed to have done outstanding humanitarian work in their community. MUN Directors attending the conference are asked to nominate one of their students for the award, and then the best student/delegate is unanimously chosen.Sigue leyendo “A MAD Idea in support of SDG4”
EDEN Hope in Motion and the SDG Inventory in action
By Albert Oliva, MUN Impact Press Writer and SDG Innovator ____________________________________________________________________________ The SDG Inventory is a newly established tool from MUN Impact which aims to raise awareness of the Sustainable Development Goals. You might wonder that everybody in our modern and industrialized world is fully aware of the 2030 agenda and that when setting andSigue leyendo “EDEN Hope in Motion and the SDG Inventory in action”