MUNUC Liveblog: The Most Emotional Closing Ceremonies Ever

by KFC on February 7, 2011 · 6 comments

This is what Model UN is about.

It’s about rewarding those who have made a difference, reflecting on how the experience has changed one’s life for the better, and thanking friends who have made this journey memorable.

The three videos below from MUNUC Closing Ceremonies — which was quite possibly one of the most emotional closing ceremonies ever — exemplify the above and are truly worth watching:

Video #1: Secretary-General Reece Trevor explains the purpose of awards at MUNUC

Video #2: Secretary-General Reece Trevor reads a note from a delegate who had cried tears of joy because this was her fourth and final MUNUC

Video #3: Undersecretary-General Andrew O’Shaughnessy tears up — as did everyone else in the room — as he thanks his friend, Secretary-General Reece Trevor, for his service to MUNUC

Congratulations to all the delegates and MUNUC staff on a wonderful conference!

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Delegates receiving awards at MUNUC Closing Ceremonies

Editor’s Note: MUNUC does not give best school awards, but they usually post up a list of all award winners. We will link to that document as soon as it gets published. In the meantime, we noted that the following countries had more than a few award winners: Seychelles (Mira Costa High School), Russian Federation, Bahrain, France, Chile, and China.

R. Timberlake

Our school earned the following awards at MUNUC this past weekend. 10 outstanding, 10 honorable mention, 2 Verbal. The nations we represented were Seychelles, Estonia and Bahrain. The conference as a whole was enjoyable. Much of what Mr Trevor said we apply to our program. Topic knowledge, national policy and quality research are the fundamentals all good delegates need. If simulations are to be a learning tool these are the fundamentals.
KFC

Mr. Timberlake,

I’m glad to hear your students enjoyed the conference and congrats on Mira Costa’s success!

By the way, two of your students were interviewed for the SOCHUM committee feature: http://bestdelegate.com/munuc-liveblog-feature-on-sochum-getting-women-involved-in-politics/
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Jim Woodbury

On behalf of my school, Cambridge-Isanti High School. I would like to thank the staff of MUNUC for an excellence conference. We are proud of our performance as the Russian Federation, Bolivia, and the Postmaster General in the Canadian Cabinet. I would agree with Mr. Trevor and Mr. Timberlake comments. We believe that leadership and problem-solving will make the world better and there is no better place to start to demostrate those skills than at MUNUC. We are already looking forward to next year’s conference.
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