UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE

2017 MODEL UNITED NATIONS

UT MUN REVIEW
UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE | MODEL UNITED NATIONS

UT MUN
12 -14 MAY | STUDENT DEBATING EVENT
UTWENTE | ENSCHEDE, THE NETHERLANDS

www.su.utwente.nl/en/ut-mun

Bastille BA323, University of Twente

ut-mun@union.utwente.nl
 This booklet captures each committee’s journey throughout the three days of the
UT MUN. We hope with this booklet you can look back on your experience with
nostalgia and humour.

Special thanks to the authors of this booklet:

Meilani Halim
Jip Lukkien
Martijn van Dorp

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CONTENTS

3 OPENING CEREMONY

4 SECURITY COUNCIL

8 GENERAL ASSEMBLY

11 DISEC

15 SPECPOL 

18 ECOSOC

22 D&C

25 CLOSING CEREMONY
 OPENING
CEREMONY

“You hear all these buzzwords around campus:

internationalization, globalization, high tech human touch, social
technical problems. Combine all these buzzwords into one event
and you have the UT MUN.”
- Jasper ten Napel
Communication and Internationalization
Student Union

“Debating is about making an impact; it's about fighting and

having disagreements to eventually come to an agreement. A
good debate always ends with a beer and a handshake.”
- Mike Verkouter
Start-up Ambassador
Novel-T

“Have a voice, make a change. This is not a slogan. This is

something you really can do.”
- Elise de Groote
Director General
UT MUN

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 SECURITY COUNCIL
TOPIC: SOUTH SUDAN WAR

MADIS LEMSALU CHRISTIAN BOLOLOI

Chair Co-Chair

DELEGATES

ALINA KLEHR ELISABETTA GATTI

Bolivia Sweden

ERWIN KEMPER HANNAH KUHN

Russian Federation United Arab Emirates

JEREMIAS WENZEL JESSE KALANGE

China Egypt

MAARTEN BONNEMA MORITZ ROUX

South Sudan Italy

RICK FEIJEN RUTGER HAAN

United Kingdom United States of America

SARAH FORSTER WYTZE HAAN

Sudan France

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       There is no doubt about the diligent
adherence to procedure and professionalism
displayed by the Security Council committee.
This can be attributed not only to the dedicated
delegates, but also to the strict supervision of
the Co-Chair Christian Bololoi and Chair Madis
Lemsalu – who ruled, as one delegate put it,
“with a fist of iron and a tie of wood.” Indeed,
his firmness was seen upon multiple occasions
throughout the event; most notably during one
instance when, upon asking permission to visit
the restroom, he ruthlessly ordered the
delegate of Sweden to “sit the fuck down.”
       In truth, the committee was off to a rough
start, as some delegates had failed to prepare
their position on the topic. Regardless, they
powered through; and by the next you would
not have been able to tell that this debate was
merely a simulation. The delegates were in fact
so serious about their roles that South Sudan’s
punishment of singing “I Will Survive” for over-
use of personal pronouns was not appreciated.
The delegates’ sobriety is applauded however,
as discussing the topic of the South Sudan civil
war is indeed no laughing matter.
       Despite the gravity of the debates, there
were still a number of notable moments;
namely South Sudan blaming other delegates of
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using “alternative facts,” when accused of
corruption and inability to maintain a
government and military forces. Italy seemed to
have a distorted concept of the value of money,
as he once asked the World Bank for unlimited
funds. On another occasion he even demanded
helicopter transport to resolve his tardiness
issues, arguing that the 15 Euro participation fee
should have provided a large enough budget to
fulfill such a request. Russia adamantly spread
Communism with every note, and demonstrated
the truth behind the South Sudanese weapons
embargo in an Oscar-worthy performance in
which he pulled a smuggled banana out of his
pocket and aimed it directly at the delegate of
South Sudan.
       After hour upon hour of heated debate and
tactful scheming, the committee pushed their
conflicts aside to put forward a resolution. Yet,
amidst the joy and relief upon the resolution’s
passing, a crisis was sprung on the already
spent committee: after multiple failed attempts,
North Korea had a successful missile launch
testing, putting countries such as the USA in
imminent threat of attack. Despite the intense
time pressure, the committee powered through
the crisis and commendably passed a resolution
in merely 60 minutes.
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 GENERAL ASSEMBLY
TOPIC I: SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN CONFLICT ZONES
TOPIC II: ULTERIOR MOTIVES OF FOREIGN AID

FLORIAN KLEINHOVEN DIDRE SCHUTTE

Chair Co-Chair

DELEGATES
ANNA SCHMITZ ARIANE LUESSEN
Rwanda United States of America

ESTER SMIT GIULIA MESTROVIC

South Sudan The Netherlands

JASMIN SCHMITZ KATARINA BOTTA

Saudi Arabia Peru

LORINA WHITTAKER LOTTE TURKSTRA

Russia Côte d'Ivoire

MARTINE WIJNSTRA MILENA NIEHAUS

India Congo

PIER TABAK RIK SEELEN

Canada Syrian Arab Republic

RUBEN ROESSINK SANNE ZWART

Germany Finland

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Tensions started
high as the General
Assembly committee
gathered for the first time on
Friday morning. Many struggled to
find their voice and fight for their
positions on the prevention of
violence in conflict zones. After a stern
word from the chair however, the
delegates dove into their research and
eventually got the ball rolling.
       Come Saturday morning, the delegates had
done their homework and managed to pass a
respectable resolution with plenty of time to
spare. The calm of the first day was indeed
short lived, as the storm was unleashed on the
remaining two days of debating. China showed
no remorse when proudly stating “I am a
woman, and I agree women are less than men”
when discussing the treatment and rights of
women. Needless to say, a 15-minute ban from
the committee (without electronic devices)
shortly ensued for the use of personal
pronouns. Tut tut China.
       The delegates continued to become more
outspoken as an unexpected crisis evolved. As a
spokesperson barged into the room explaining
the nature of the crisis, a fellow delegate was
interrupted and stopped in her line of thought.
Outrage filled the room as her fellow
committee members felt the crisis outburst was
rude and unnecessary.
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      Despite the brief moment of unity in the
room, opinions were quickly divided as the crisis
situation unfolded. The world’s average age was
too high – something that must be put right. The
Russian federation, spearheading an anti-
homosexual campaign (or ‘AH!’ for short)
blamed the age increase on the
homosexual community due to lower birth
rates. South Sudan, Syria and Saudi Arabia,
amongst others, were clear supports of this
motive. Notes flew around the room as alliances
were formed. When discussing what to do with
the so-called ‘problem of homosexuals’ one
delegate responded with “we hang them. Oh,
flogging works fine as well.” Notes such as these
escalated throughout the room, as certain
delegates had clearly left their chill at the door
that day.
       Whilst many delegates fought for their
beliefs with strong argumentation and
convincing statistics, the delegate of Syria must
be mentioned for his valour attempts. Quoting
the Quran in many of his arguments, Syria was
forced to apologize many times for forcing his
beliefs on the committee. Sanctions such as
dancing to ‘apple-pen’ and short bans from the
committee came down hard on Syria as he
continued to quote the Quran to prove that
homosexuality is indeed a mental illness. This
was supported by South Sudan who confidently
stood up and exclaimed: “There is nothing
wrong with homosexuals… apart from the fact
they are all mentally ill.” USA was not happy with
this remark and threats to cut aid, and impose
travel bans to certain countries were thrown
around the room. The tension could have been
cut with a knife.
        Despite the hot headed debates and rather
questionable notes, GA put on a great show.
The crisis was described as ‘difficult’ in an interview
with the delegate of Syria, due to the contrasting
opinions in the room. With a grin however, he quickly
added: “It did however generate some furious debating.
Great fun.” Working together, and making some major
compromises, this committee managed to successfully
pass all their resolutions. The crisis was also solved with
great professionalism – especially when discussing
methods of increasing the world’s ‘baby-making
capacity’. Passed resolutions, a solved crisis and some
very heated debates – GA definitely had a full house!

“Three words to sum up the weekend? Boring, but fun. The days are long and
it is tiring to get up early, but the event is actually less serious than expected.
I enjoyed being the delegate of Syria, because I just oppose everyone. No one
really likes Syria which  is really fun but also a challenge, for example when
saying women don’t deserve rights.”
- Rik Seelens
Syria

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 DISEC
TOPIC I: MILITARY DRONES
TOPIC II: FINANCING TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS
LUUK BUUNK VARUN SUDHAKAR
Chair Co-Chair

DELEGATES
ANNE MOSSINK ANNE-FLEUR KARSSING
Lebanon Pakistan

CARITHEA RICHARDS CARLMAYKEL ORMAN

Iran Afghanistan

DAVID VAN DE FLIERT EGOR TAMARIN

Switzerland China

JAKOB MARTIN JURRIAN VELDHUIZEN

Nigeria India

KOEN TEN VERGERT LUKA SCULAC

Saudi Arabia Indonesia

RENS DOMMERHOLT ROELOF VELTHUIJS

United States of America Somalia

TILL SCHOLSSTEIN TILL HEITMANN

Turkey United Kingdom
WOUT OP'T ENDE
Russia
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Resolutions, pizza and a lost astronaut.
Friday, the committee of Disarmament and
International Security kicked off with a bunch of
enthusiastic delegates and two curious chairs.
As opposed to other committees and the chair’s
predictions, the DISEC delegates went in from
the start as a pack of hungry hyenas. Within the
first few hours, the shots-fired tally surpassed
every Wild West movie, just by the verbal
harassment of the delegate of Turkey. Although
the tensions were pretty high at certain points,
all delegates displayed great knowledge for the
rules and norms and barely any mistakes were
made. Despite the tensions, there was still room
for lightheartedness, displayed by the great
amount of banter among the delegates and
notes expressing love and a story about a lost
Nigerian astronaut. After debating about the
financing of terrorist organizations, the day was
concluded with the announcement of the topic
of Saturday, which would be drones.
But the chairs had something else in mind…
Saturday afternoon Jort stormed in to the
surprise of many delegates with a crisis that
would change their lives. Although the crisis,
which basically was total escalation in Syria,
nearly incited World War III, the main topic was
pizza. Why pizza you ask? In a collaboration
between the Russian Federation and the United
States of America, the idea was to split Syria.
This even went as far as the delegation of
Somalia making a map that literally sliced up
Syria. Meanwhile, the delegation of Nigeria
delivered an amazing speech about how he
could not get over the fact that there were
Nigerian immigrants on the Swiss borders. 
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Although it was not really impactful, it most
definitely was memorable. In the end, to great
joy of the newly-introduced delegation of Syria,
the pizza-plan did not go through and the
committee voted for another resolution.
The last day can be concluded as one big
resolution fest. After a rather calm morning
session, the delegates went completely
overboard with the resolutions, in particular
when it was decided that the national the
anthem of the United States should be changed
into an anthem that represents all minorities in
the country. This would have been done by
means of adding Chinese proverbs, the lyrics to
“Despacito” and many other texts into the mix.
Since miracles still exist, the resolution passed
along with one that was about disarming the
entire planet, to guarantee peace. Also, the
committee was reminded that the Nigerian
astronaut was still missing.
With that, the three-day rollercoaster ride that
was DISEC was concluded by a speech from the
chair in which he announced the winners and
thanked the organization. All in all, the weekend
was a lot of fun for the delegates, the chairs
and especially for the journalism team.
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“I am very disappointed that the other

delegates have disregarded the issue of
Boko Haram. We are spending too much
time discussing how to fight terrorist
groups such as ISIS, because they are
failing to realize all terrorist groups work
together! To get to ISIS we must first deal
with Boko Haram!”

- Jakob Martin
Nigeria

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 From: Nigeria

To: Switzerland

Dear Beneficiary,
I am Dr. Bakare Tunde, the cousin of Nigerian Astronaut, Air Force Major Abacha Tunde. He was
the first African in space when he made a secret flight to the Salyut 6 space station in 1979. He was
on later Soviet space flight Soyuz T-16Z to the secret Soviet military space station Salyut 8T in 1989.
He was stranded there in 1990 when the Soviet Union was dissolved. His other Soviet crew
members returned to Earth on the Soyuz T-16Z, but his place was taken up by cargo. There have
been occasional Progrez supply flights to keep him going since that time. He is in good humor, but
wants to come home.
In the 38 years since he has been on the station, he has accumulated flight pay and interest
amounting to almost $15,000,000 USD. This is held in a trust at the Lagos National Savings and
Trust Association. If we can obtain access to this money we can place a down payment with the
Russian Space Authorities for a Soyuz return flight to bring him back to Earth. I am told this will
cost $3,000,000 USD. In order to access this trust fund we need your assistance.
Consequently, my colleagues and I are willing to transfer the total amount to your account or
subsequent disbursement, since we as civil servants are prohibited by the Code of Conduct
Bureau (Civil Service Laws) from opening and/or operating foreign accounts in our names.
Needless to say, the trust reposed on you at this juncture is enormous. In return, we have agreed
to offer you 20% of the transferred sum, while 10% shall be set aside for incidental expenses
(internal and external) between the parties in the course of the transaction. You will be mandated
to remit the balance of 70% to other accounts in due course.

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 SPECPOL
TOPIC I: SPACE DEBRIS - CLEANING AND LIMITING
TOPIC II: ATOMIC RADIATION AND NUCLEAR ENERGY
JARMO KIKSTRA AMBER SCHEELE
Chair Co-Chair

DELEGATES

ANDREI GEORGESCU CELESTINE LAWRENCE

Hungary Iran

CHAM BUSTRAAN DIEUDONNEE MUHOZA

China United Arab Emirates

ENRICO BERTOLOTTI JAKOB TEICHMANN

South Africa Russia

SHIHO ARAI TOM GROENWOLD

United Kingdom Italy

VALENTIN SCHLAFFER XAVIER BOEKHOUDT

Israel Republic of Korea

BOB STEENMEIJER
France

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       It is safe to say that the majority of the to research Nuclear Waste Storage Facilities
dancing that occurred during the UT MUN globally.
happened not during the after party but rather        Though there was not previously a large
in the SPECPOL committee. On Friday the degree of discord among delegates of the
delegate of Israel humoured the committee committee, they were quick to point the finger
with his glamorous rendition of a Katy Perry at China after the crisis revealed that the ISS
song, after using personal pronouns one too had been severely damaged by space debris
many times. This (un)fortunately failed to teach belonging to a government-owned Chinese
the committee a lesson, as the following day telecom satellite. While China urged other
the delegate of China was also reprimanded for countries not to assume fault, suspicions
using personal pronouns; and hence remained that the incident was secretly
performed a spirited dance to “Everyone Loves orchestrated. China was not the only delegate
Kung-Fu Fighting.” Surprisingly, the delegate of under fire, however, as Israel also had his turn
China remained unphased by this humiliation in the blaze when all members of the
and expressed his gratitude for this committee were forced to hand in their
preservation of the Chinese culture. South phones thanks to him. All was forgiven in the
Korea, whose appetite for entertainment was end though, as the committee commendably
seemingly still unsatisfied, later requested the passed their third resolution which addressed
delegate of USA to dance the Gangnam Style the pressing matter of surviving
upon allegations of not paying attention. astronaut/cosmonauts/spationaut retrieval
       How any progress was made amidst this and ISS repair.
barrage of musical numbers remains a
mystery. Whilst constructing a plan for cleaning
and limiting space debris, the formerly absent
delegate of USA less-than-subtly barged into
the room, loudly announcing that “USA is now
present.” The delegate then proceeded to lobby
against regulations for private space
companies, despite admitting that it “does not
take as much responsibility for space debris as
[it] probably should,” as it apparently “has
more pressing issues.” Nevertheless, a
resolution managed to be passed, which
creatively proposed a space project credit
system with the intention of limiting the
number of satellites in orbit. The committee
also succeeded in passing a resolution for long
term radioactive waste management,
highlighting the creation of an International
Scientific Board
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 “This has been interesting and fun on a personal level to look into
the political stances of Korea. This is my first time experiencing an
MUN, and I’ve realised the bureaucracy takes a long time.”

- Xavier Boekhoudt
Republic of Korea

“We are a small committee, so we got to know each other quite fast.
Aside from that, I got to perform for the committee not one but two
times, first by singing to Katy Perry, then by re-enacting the flying scene
from Titanic.”
- Valentin Schlaffer
Israel

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 ECOSOC
TOPIC I: REGULATING THE TRADE OF COMMODITIES
TOPIC II: PREVENTING TAX EVASION AND REDUCING TAX HAVENS
QUINTON DENMAN TAMMY CHONG
Chair Co-Chair

DELEGATES

ANDRE GAVILLON DAN IONITA

China Malaysia

DOMINIQUE GEISSLER FERDIN ARSOSKI

Turkey Luxembourg

GAIA POMETTO LUKAS STOFFERS

Malta India

MARILEN JAHNKE SANDER BOXEBELD

Mexico Russia

TATEVIQUE MINASIAN TERESA SINCLAIR

Switzerland United States of America

ZOE FLOGERA
Brazil

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       The Economic and Social Council certainly
found their feet during this year’s UN meeting.
The weekend started off with some protocol
confusion. Not a moment after the first
resolution had been passed; delegates were
raising their placards suggesting amendments
to be made to the already passed resolution.
Some helpful clarification from the Chair soon
cleared the air and the committee was ready to
tackle the world. Quite literally, as it later
turned out.
       The ECOSOC committee showed pure
passion when fighting for their resolutions and
opinions. This excitement was well managed
however, by the very capable chairs sitting at
the front of the room.  Sanctioned were dealt
out to the committee like an episode of Oprah.
Pictures were drawn, songs were sung and
dances were performed. Delegates even had to
act out famous movie scenes for causing
disruptions to the natural flow of the debate.
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These delegates were not handled with care
by any means, but it sure paid off. Respect for
one another was unanimous in the room – a
great way to start any debate.
      A dramatic entrance to the room disturbed
the on-going debates about dumping, as a
crisis was unveiled. A meteorite, made of raw
materials with an estimated value of
$900billion, was soon to hit the earth in a part
of the Ocean outside of every nation’s
jurisdiction. This was the tinder the committee
needed to unleash the fire on their tongues.
      Controversy and creativity filled the room
as each delegate pitched their idea of what to
do with the imminent collision between sea
and cash. Delegates such as the USA and
Brazil jumped at the opportunity to claim the
largest cuts of the fireball treasure. Others
suggested preventing the collision from taking
place at all – a creative, but perhaps not very
achievable solution. Other still remained true
to their morals and suggested splitting the
values equally across all nations.
       Tensions rose as opinions clashed
between the delegates. Malaysia remained
forceful at one point even saying “Brazil, you
are wasting my time.”
       No such debate can run smoothly
however when so much is at stake. Many
insults were thrown around the room, and
flaws in argumentation eagerly pointed out.
Even a discussion regarding the difference
between an asteroid and a meteorite was
enough to fuel more heated arguments as
one delegate exclaimed “if Brazil is looking for
an asteroid, they can go to space and get it.”
        The Economic and Social Council certainly
found their feet during this year’s UN meeting.
The weekend started off with some protocol
confusion. Not a moment after the first
resolution had been passed; delegates were
raising their placards suggesting amendments
to be made to the already passed resolution.
Some helpful clarification from the Chair soon
cleared the air and the committee was ready to
tackle the world. Quite literally, as it later
turned out.
       The ECOSOC committee showed pure
passion when fighting for their resolutions and
opinions. This excitement was well managed
however, by the very capable chairs sitting at
the front of the room.  Sanctioned were dealt
out to the committee like an episode of Oprah.
Pictures were drawn, songs were sung and
   dances were on
   Munching performed. Delegates
a controversial even had
sandwich of to
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jam, the scenes
chair of thefor causing
committee
disruptions
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Denman natural flow
expressed of the debate.
his gratitude to
the committee for their thrilling debates and
said he particularly enjoyed handing out
punishments to misbehaving delegates. Many
members of the ECOSOC committee enjoyed
seeing their fellow delegates come out of their
shell and fight for their beliefs. It was certainly
a sight to behold, seeing all the committee
members form alliances against the delegate
of the USA, who kept her ground and bravely
fought for her beliefs.
       The committee passed all of their
resolutions with resounding success, and can
certainly be proud of their achievements. At
the very least, they can be proud of the raw
talent they exhibited when being forced to
draw, sing, dance and tell jokes. Hats off, what
a show!

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 D&C
TOPIC I: THE GLOBAL OPIOID PROBLEM
TOPIC II: REHABILITATION WITHIN PRISONS WORLDWIDE
PEDRO ARIAS VANESSA SANTOS
Chair Co-Chair

DELEGATES

ANNE-LOU SCHOLTEN CLAUDIUS QUINTUS

United Kingdom Japan

HAVVA TODUK JAN ORESKY

France Lao People’s Democratic Republic

JASMIJN KOL KATHARINA SCHMITZ

Columbia Russia

LAURENZ VAN DER WAL MARIE MIDDELSTORB

Saudi Arabia United States of America

MARINA KONRAD ROUVEN TSCHERSICH

Myanmar Canada

VERA KORBLET
Norway

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       The D&C committee kicked off the event
with a resonating burp released by the Most
Honorable Hokage Super Sayan Utmost
Merciful Senpai Chair Supreme. Aside from
discussing the caucasianization of Donald
Trump and establishing that it is difficult to
pronounce Laos, this committee actually did
have something of value to show from the
three days of debate. Beginning with
discussion of the global opioid crisis, the floor
was relatively divided between two extremes:
with Canada viewing drug users as harmless
to society and seeking to soften drug use
penalties on one hand, and Saudi Arabia
pushing for harsh punishments – based on
the morals and ideology derived from the holy
Al Quran – on the other. In fact, the delegate
of Saudi Arabia stuck so firmly and adamantly
to its extremist ideologies that one couldn’t
quite tell whether it was all just a facade or
not.
       Despite the division on the floor, the
committee managed to devise a resolution
that called for the regulation of opioid
production and trade, and the combat of
traffickers. Having successfully passed their
first resolution, the committee proceeded to
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deliberate upon the issue of rehabilitation
within prisons. Whilst discussing a solution for
overcrowded prisons and the mixing of petty
and severe criminals, Japan made a subtle jab
at Columbia by suggesting that “people would
not commit petty crimes if everyone were shy
like Japan, rather than the emotional South
America.” Saudi Arabia, as always, had a
quality suggestion, claiming that “the death
penalty is an easy way to solve over-
population in prisons.”
       As the day wore on, however, the
committee showed subtle signs of boredom
and fatigue. Suddenly a wild crisis appeared,
and it’s super effective! El Chupacabra, a new,
synthetic, highly-addictive alternative to
cocaine, had seeped through the streets of
Columbia, with threat of leaking into other
countries. All pressure suddenly fell on the
delegate of Columbia, and the delegates
scrambled to take command of the situation.
Despite it being Columbia’s fault that other
nations were now at risk of being infected
with such a toxic drug, all countries showed
their support for Columbia in tackling the
production and sale of the drug, and a
resolution was effectively passed.
 “It’s been really enjoyable, although quite hard. I honestly can’t
choose the best part.”
- Laurens van der Wal
Saudi Arabia

“I love the crisis! Although a lot of pressure falls

on me, the delegate of Columbia, I think it’s
really great and keeps things exciting!” 

- Jasmijn Kol
Columbia

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 CLOSING CEREMONY

SECURITY COUNCIL GENERAL ASSEMBLY

WYTZE HAAN ARIANE LUESSEN

Best Delegate Best Delegate

MAARTEN BONNEMA ESTHER SMIT

Honourable Mention Honourable Mention

JEREMIAS WENZEL RIK SEELEN

Special Mention Special Mention

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RENS DOMMERHOLT
Best Delegate

DAVID VAN DE FLIERT

Honourable Mention

EGOR TAMARIN
Special Mention

SPECPOL ECOSOC

JAKOB TEICHMANN DAN IONITA

Best Delegate Best Delegate

CHAM BUSTRAAN TERICA SINCLAIR

Honourable Mention Honourable Mention

CELESTINE LAWRENCE ZOE FLOGERA

Special Mention Special Mention

D&C

CLAUDIUS QUINTUS
Best Delegate

LAURENS VAN DER WAL

Honourable Mention

MARINA KONRAD
Special Mention

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