35 of the IRC members traveled to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania this past weekend to participate in UPMUNC 2009, taking home the award of Best Large Delegation for the first time in two years. This was truly a team effort, given that 8 team members were awarded with Best Delegate and Georgetown was recognized on every single committee on which it was represented. Given the tremendous quality of the other teams at the conference and possibly the most difficult level of competition of any conference attended by Georgetown, this was an impressive feat.

Georgetown won the following individual awards:

Best Delegation:
-Emily Bertsche (SFS ‘12): Russian Federation – UN Human Rights Committee
-Sam Biesiada (MSB ‘12): Russian Federation – Ad-Hoc Committee of the Secretary-General (Summit on North Korea)
-Anupam Chakravarty (SFS ‘10) and Jasdeep Singh (SFS ‘10): Russian Federation – DISEC
-Grant Gibson (SFS ‘12): Anthony Eden (United Kingdom) – Origins of the Second World War
-Gilbert Glickstein (SFS ‘11): Estonia – UNESCO
-Eitan Paul (SFS ‘12): Minister of Health and Medical Education – Iranian Council of Ministers
-Drew Peterson (SFS ‘10): Russian Federation – United Nations Security Council

Outstanding Delegation:
-Rachel Braun (SFS ‘12): Russian Federation – SOCHUM
-Rebecca English (SFS ‘11): Russian Federation – UNICEF
-Michael Karno (SFS ‘10): Russian Federation – World Trade Organization

Honorable Mentions:
-Arun Avva (SFS ‘12): Russian Federation – UNESCO
-Brandon Butterworth (SFS ‘11) and Jagmeet Singh (SFS ‘12): Russian Federation – SPECPOL
-Amy Fenstermacher (FLL ‘11): Pavel Dybenko – Bolshevik Revolution of 1917

Verbal Commendations:
-Paul Capp (SFS ‘13): Quo Tai-Chi (Republic of China) – Origins of the Second World War
-Dalton Dwyer (SFS ‘11): Honduras – Organization of American States
-Anca Huser (Exchange ‘10) and Rajan Narang (SFS ‘12): Estonia – DISEC
-Michael Lopesciolo (SFS ‘13) and Dane Shikman (SFS ‘13): Estonia – World Health Organization

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