AKA, Hyderabad Students Win Model UN Delegate Awards

Aga Khan Academy, Hyderabad students represented the school at the Model United Nations (MUN) organised by Oakridge International School, Hyderabad from 26–28 September 2014 and managed to mark their presence by winning accolades.

The purpose of MUN is for students to achieve a real world understanding not only of the United Nations (UN), but also of important global concerns. This is done through an interactive approach in which students engage with global challenges through debate in the actual format of the real UN; through this process, students are encouraged to think creatively with an international outlook towards problem-solving.

The conference consisted of various committees, such as the Security Council, the HRC, DISEC, ECOSOC, UNESCO and WHO, to name a few. There was also a subsidiary body which acted as media (Press Corps) covering the discussions and debates of the conference and publishing their reports in a daily newsletter. The students of the Aga Khan Academy, Hyderabad represented the countries of Iraq, Latvia and Jordan within their respective committees.

The AKA, Hyderabad delegates actively participated and debated within their committees, winning the following awards:

1. Sufyaan Dayani  (Best delegate DISEC)
2. Aaliq Sitafalwala  (Outstanding Delegate HRC)
3. Sahil Charanya  (Outstanding Delegate HRC)
4. Aman Merchant  (Honourable Mention ECOSOC)
5. Binoy Pattharwala  (Honourable Mention UNESCO)
6. Asad Boghani  (Verbal Mention HRC)
7. Khushboo Shah  (Verbal Mention WHO)
8. Nikita Madhani  (Honourable Mention IP)

The Aga Khan Academy, Hyderabad is soon to host it’s second MUN this year in November.

By Rajesh Kayiprath
Teacher – Individuals and Societies