TIQVAMUN, Israel’s second oldest MUN conference, was hosted by the Chen Young Ambassadors School at Thursday, May 23. This year the conference brought together 150 students from over a dozen schools and cities for a full day of Model UN at the UIBE-ISRAEL China International University in Petah Tiqva. The students competed in six committees ranging from beginners (Human Rights Council; UN Environment Programme) to intermediate (UN Development Programme) to advanced (African Union, and 9/11 two-cabinet crisis).
After a full day of the conference, the awards were announced: In HRC, Maya Kessel (Hadassim), Shachar Cohen (Hadassim) and Maya Sinclair (Yachad) were Outstanding Delegates, while Guy Regev (Atid Lod) was Best Delegate. In UNEP, Yuval Prusak (Misgav), Hili Michaeli (Atid Lod), and Yarden Indursky (Meitarim Ra’anana) were Outstanding Delegate, while Omer Attia (Hadassim) was Best Delegate. In UNDP, Amir Liba (Shoham), Hadar Rosenfeld (Atid Lod), and Naya Sagiv (Atid Lod) were Outstanding Delegate, and Rotem Weiss (Branco Weiss Rabin Keshet Mazkeret Batya) was the Best Delegate.
In the advanced committees, in the African Union Tzlil Israeli (Atid Lod) and Gilad Revel (Branco Weiss Mazkeret Batya) were Outstanding Delegates, and Alon Rozenson (Shoham high school) Best Delegate. In the US Cabinet, Roy Bernstein (Atid Lod) and Nika Berditchevsky (Debate for Peace) were Outstanding Delegates, and Alma Ben Avraham (Shoham) was Best Delegate. In the Taliban-Al Qaeda cabinet, Rotem Tsadok (Branco Weiss) and Ziv Maman (Shoham) were Outstanding Delegate, and Ward Uweis (Debate for Peace) was Best Delegate.
Director of the Young Ambassadors School, Sharon Seiden Volcani, congratulated the students who organized and participated in the conference, and said that the conference instilled values of democracy, diplomacy, problem-solving, debate, civil discourse, and negotiation skills to the participants. TIQVAMUN IX’s Secretariat included Maya Avraham (Secretary General), Yaniv Becker (USG), Eve Burde, Amichai Kremer, Shani Eigerman, and Ella Fishler. Thanks to the US Embassy for its support of the conference, and of MUN in Israel.
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