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MUN THIMUN SINGAPORE 2021

THIMUN HAGUETHIMUN HAGUE THIMUN Singapore 2021, was the second THIMUN virtual conference that took
place from the 15th to the 19th November. It follows the THIMUN procedure, the
same as DAIMUN, and is the second most prestigious THIMUN conference in the
world. ICSE students from Standard 9A taking part in this MUN included Aditya
Ramanathan, Saachi Gupta, Kiara Maniar, Harshvardhaan Jhaveri, Tanisha Joshi
and Shiv Kini.
Singapore THIMUN brought delegates across the world together to discuss
matters of global importance from addressing climate change on the development
of urban to the question of the cancellation of governmental debt and come up
with practical solutions for them.
Six delegates representing Dhirubhai Ambani International School were divided
into 3 committees; Environment Committee, Human Rights Council and
Economic Committee in double delegations Saachi Gupta and Shiv Kini in EC,
Aditya Ramanathan and Tanisha Joshi in EVC, Harshvardhaan Jhaveri and Kiara
Maniar in HRC.
Over the course of five days, each committee debated two agendas and passed
suitable resolutions. All the delegates represented the Republic of Senegal in their
respective committees. The sessions were held over a Zoom call with all
communication between delegates regarding chits, resolutions and amendments taking place using the THIMUN webapp.
Between 20th and 23rd January, 12 students from DAIS 'measures to protect oceans from overexploitation' to ' To ease communication between the co- delegates, they were permitted to attend the conference from school which allowed for far better
participated in THIMUN Hague. (9 as delegates and three as combatting organised crime in urban areas.' The conference gave collaboration with each of them.
student officers). us an enriching experience as the delegates were from several
different cultures and communities, which allowed us to gain Day 3 – (17th November)
Over three days, we were part of several committees: ECOSOC, several new ideas on global affairs. In addition to this, the
ECONOMIC COMMITTEE, ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE, conference contained thousands of delegates, which allowed us On Day 3, the delegates debated upon
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE, INTERNATIONAL SECURITY the resolutions for the first agenda. The
to test our MUNning skills against some of the best MUNners in
COMMITTEE, SECURITY COUNCIL, YOUTH AND HEALTH the world. While the conference was online, all of us made sure delegates debated over the resolutions
COMMITTEE, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, to seize this opportunity as this was something we all had worked that had been prepared the previous day,
POLITICAL COMMITTEE and the LEGAL AND FINANCE towards for several years, making this seem like a culmination of with critics questioning their feasibility
COMMITTEE. In these committees, we represented the country and detailing while supporters delivered
all the other MUNs we had been through. Overall, all of us felt
of Uganda. Over the days, we delved into several MUN related fulfilled after attending this conference due to its prestige and its heartfelt speeches, pleading delegates to
activities such as lobbying; this was incredibly enlightening as rigour. This was an experience we all believed would shape a vote in favour. The delegates debated
THIMUN Hague is an international conference, allowing us to large part of our MUNning journey as we got to experience a over amendments. Ultimately, all of the
absorb a plethora of different ideas and perspectives. In the resolutions and amendments submitted
conference which is one of if not the most prestigious THIMUN
remaining days, we got to debate on various topics ranging from by DAIS students passed.
conference. - Dhruv Bhatia, IBDP Grade 11
Day 4 – (18th November)
Day 4 of the conference marked the
THIMUN Hague, which took place in the beginning of this beginning of the discussion of the second
agenda in each of the committees. The
year, was an incredibly enriching experience for me. As a
delegates were requested to move into
part of the Youth and Health committee, I learnt a lot about breakout rooms of their selected
the pertinent global issues such female Genital mutilation Day 1 – (15th November) subtopics to commence lobbying much
and the prevalent youth unemployment. Personally, like the second day. The process was now repeated with delegates
Each committee held its own preparation meeting, during which the
I thoroughly enjoyed debate on measures to prevent delegates were introduced to their student officers and briefed on fighting to be crowned main submitter of the newly made draft
resolutions, from which the DAIS students managed to emerge
female genital mutilation because of the plethora of the upcoming five days, including the code of conduct, dress code victorious - all the delegations from school managed to attain main
creative solutions curated as a means to resolves the requirements, how to write resolutions, the process of lobbying on submitters in their respective committees.
degrading practice. Furthermore, what I loved most about an online platform, and the web app's functionality.
Day 5 – (19th November)
the THIMUN was the constructive way in which delegates This was followed by the opening ceremony.
The last day of committee marked the passing of all the resolutions
approached resolutions and debate time. There were a
Day 2 – (16th November) presented by the delegates of Senegal in our committees. Intense
myriad of amendments discussed to enhance and improve debate over both amendments and the resolutions as a whole was
Day 2 began with all delegates giving their policy statements on their
resolution. Additionally, everyone got a chance to shine entertained, with amendments being thrown out or praised and
respective first agendas. They were then divided into breakout
in the conference. Recognition and participation was incorporated into the final resolution. The committees of EVC and
rooms for their respective subtopics where the lobbying process HRC passed 3 out of 3 resolutions presented that day, while EC
always at its peak, allow everyone to grasp diverse opinions
commenced. Delegates got to interact with students from other passed 2 out of the 3. The last session ended with the committees
and put themselves out there. schools, adding pre-prepared clauses and newly made clauses alike voting on the superlative game of “who’s most likely to...”
to a document which, after being thoroughly refined, and formed a
This was followed by the closing ceremony where the delegates of
Overall, THIMUN Hague was an incredible experience for draft resolution. The draft resolution was later submitted to the Senegal were mentioned in EC, EVC and HRC. All in all, the
me. Not only did I learn a lot but I also made tons of new Approval Panel. Most of the delegates were able to attain main delegates from DAIS greatly benefitted from this conference, and
submitter on their draft resolutions for the first agenda.
friends who are just as passionate about MUN! enjoyed the enriching experience. - Aditya Ramanathan,
- Diya Shah, IBDP Grade 11 Day 2 ended with all students looking forward to debating upon Saachi Gupta, Tanisha Joshi - ICSE Grade 9 A
resolutions the next day.
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