In the wee hours of Thursday, Jan 28, the IRC’s Conferences Team traveled to Montreal, Canada for the McGill Model United Nations Assembly (McMUN 2010). After a weekend of intense debate (and after losing their voices screaming the Fight Song after watching the Duke game during a lunch break!) the Hoyas emerged victorious yet again, claiming the Best Large Delegation award.

Bearing the blue UN peacekeepers’ helmet as a token of their victory, the team of 45 returned to the Hilltop after an arduous 14-hour busride.

Here is the awards break-down:

Best Delegates
Anupam Chakravarty (SFS ‘10) – Kenya – United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
Peter Nesbitt (SFS ‘11) – President Felipe Calderon – Mexican Drug War
Jessie Robbins (SFS ‘12) and Boris Zikratov (SFS ‘10) – Russia – World Health Organization
Jagmeet Singh (SFS ‘12) – Spokesman Eid Kabalu – Moro Islamic Liberation Front
Drew Peterson (SFS ‘10) – Prime Minister David Lloyd George of the UK – Paris Peace Talks, 1919
Jasdeep Singh (SFS ‘10) – General Irshad Ahmad Khan – Pakistani Cabinet, Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
Guillermo Nemirovsky (SFS ‘10) – Mexico – G20 Summit

Outstanding Delegates
Jenny Jun (SFS ‘12) and Brian Sergi (SFS ‘12) – Kenya – World Health Organization
Alyxie Harrick (SFS ‘12) – Slovenia – World Trade Organization
Rachel Braun (SFS ‘12) – Russia – United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee
Arun Avva (SFS ‘12) – Kenya – United Nations Industrial Development Organization
Sam Biesaida (MSB ‘12) – Russia – United Nations Security Council
Michael Lopesciolo (SFS ‘13) – Russia – United Nations Environmental Programme
Jeanette Bayoumi (SFS ‘12) and Dane Shikman (SFS ‘13) – Kenya – First Committee of the UN General Assembly: Disarmament and International Security
Grant Gibson (SFS ‘12) – Minister of Finance Nathaniel Barnes – Liberian Cabinet, 2003
George Birman (SFS ‘10) – Brazil – G20 Summit

Book Awards
Nicholas Bellomy (SFS ‘13) and Rajan Narang (COL ‘12) – Russia – First Committee of the UN General Assembly: Disarmament and International Security
Yasin Yaqubie (COL ‘11) – Spain – World Trade Organization
Christina Politi (SFS ‘10) – Spain – United Nations Environmental Programme
Eitan Paul (SFS ‘12) – Russia (Observer) – Organization of the Islamic Conference

Verbal Commendations
Doug Wolff (SFS ‘12) – Russia – United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development

Comments are closed.