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THIMUN Singapore MUN Award Winners
THIMUN Singapore, one of the premiere international MUNs offered by the THIMUN Foundation was an insightful learning
experience. The Chairs, Presidents and Deputy Chairs contributed to an atmosphere of mutual exchange of ideas, opinions and ABMUN
beliefs. Delegates were encouraged to debate and deliberate at all moments, be it amendments, resolutions or through bloc
politics. The opportunity for developing crucial real-world skills such as public speaking, critical thinking and decisiveness with the Best Delegate
overall online experience was extremely enriching for all involved. The international implementation of a dedicated Web-App made Ojas Bajaj - Cold War Summit
the entire 5-day conference efficient, with a multitude of Outstanding Delegate
resources effectively collated in a single location, easing Hridank Garodia - DISEC
the processes for lobbying, viewing resolutions and
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sending in amendments. Perhaps most of all, THIMUN was
Yash Muthalia - Futuristic United Nations Office
made successful by the presence of delegates from several on Outer Space Affairs
ethnic and national backgrounds, leading to a wide variety
Aanya Shah - Special Economic Crisis Summit
of perspectives presented and broadening the world view
of all involved. It was truly liberating to interact with Saachi Gupta - ECOFIN
several individuals with unique, diverse upbringings and Verbal Mention
thought processes, fostering a sense of international- Ishaan Surve - ECOFIN
mindedness.
Param Davda and Aditya Ankhad, IGCSE Grade 10
CMUN
Junior DAIMUN Outstanding Delegate
1. Dhruv Kapadia Legal Committee
Over the 16th and 17th of September, 128 2. Naiessha Nayyar Legal Committee
students of Grades 7 and 8 participated in
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Junior DAIMUN, exposing them to the world of
MUN and Press in preparation for the 1. Arhaan Desai Futuristic African Union, 2029
upcoming DAIMUN 2022 conference. The 2. Tejas Chakrabarti Pakistan National Assembly
conference was run by the leadership team of
DAIMUN 2022 and welcomed more than 100
delegates. Three committees were in
session over the course of the conference: SpringMUN
the Commission on Sustainable
Development, the Disarmament and
International Security Committee, and the
Human Rights Council. These committees
tackled global issues such as the question
of the social crises in the Horn of Africa
(CSD), measures to prevent corporate
human rights abuses (HRC),
and curbing the increase in excessive military expenditure
(DISEC). Delegates worked together to vote on resolutions, a
few of which passed successfully! The Press team at Junior
DAIMUN 2022 comprised of four main departments: writing,
illustration, layout, as well as videography and photography.
They worked to release two issues of the Junior Daily MUNtra
as well as a compelling after movie made by the videography Honourable Mention Best Young Delegate Outstanding Delegate
and photography department that beautifully summed up the Aryana Barai - Russia UNHRC Tiana Dalal - Delegate of Venezuela DISEC Arjun Kulshreshtha - India DISEC
success of Junior DAIMUN 2022! Tithi Agrawal - South Africa UNHRC Pratham Jalan - Co-delegate of Switzerland Bose Sullivan Kaikini - Timothy Gribben - SFA
Shruti Swamy - CTC Delegate of Israel
SISMUN
Best Delegate Outstanding Delegate
Anoushka Tandon - Merchant of Venice Riddimma Sampat and Tisha Chadda - Merchant of Venice
Agastyaa Goradia - UNGA Aanya Shah - UNGA
Aditya Padgaonkar and Naiessha Nayyar - Rushaan Agarwal and Atishaya Gupta - Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
UNHRC and UNHCR Hrishita Shah - NATO
Sachchit Jha and Ayaan Shah - Lok Sabha and Special Mention
Rajya Sabha Tithi Agrawal and Ishaan Surve - UNHCR and UNHRC
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