42nd RRSIMUN Conference
Over the first few days of our October Half Term break, the School became an international conference centre, where 650 guests were warmly welcomed by our Student Secretariat team, led by Jasmine Rihal, Finlay Fowler, Emily Hayden de Carbonnières and Max Cufley. With pupils and staff coming from 33 different schools in the UK, Ireland, Japan, Norway, Greece, France, Spain, Romania, Italy, Germany and California, our conference truly is an international event.
Pupils debated in ten different committees on world issues such as the question of the threat from Artificial Intelligence, the question of State election interference, the question of money laundering, the question of fair and equitable preparation for the next global pandemic, the question of violence against women, the question of universal healthcare, the question of free and fair elections, the question of freedom of the press, the question of the impact of global warming, or the question of rebuilding Gaza amongst many other important topics.
Whether first-time or more experienced delegates, Joseph Venkatasami, Keira Rudich-Goodbody, Manha Chaudhry, Archer Stephen, Zachary Devlin, Kenneth Peskett, Ollie Bennett, Maanik Manchanda, Ehaan Nadeem, Kira Diakiv, Lauren Hunton, Hillie Stubbs, Phoenix Wu, Dominique Shved, Rayhaan Kufuor-Gray and Thalia Jinadu embraced this great experience and debated with panache in their respective committees. Tahnee Dione and Lauren Silvera worked hard as judges in the International Court of Justice, running alongside our debates.
Our Press Team, led by Katja Windle and Elspeth Gardiner, produced four fantastic editions of our MUN newspaper, The Delegate. The Media Team, headed by Ella Redman and Lara Davis, was equally busy with the running of MUN’s Got Talent, the filming of the General Assembly and ceremonies, the Royal Russell game show night and many other aspects of the conference. Abraham Kawa, Rohan Phillpot, Marcus Leung, Isaac Hayden, Izzy Jones, Winnie Wang and Emilie Marshall-Tate successfully chaired their committees. As for our Senior officers, they have shown once again the School at its best, with Emma Portman and Doris Vucinic presiding over the Security Council, Raashmi Niranjan, Zoë Spellings and Uliana Tokolova, our Presidents of the General Assembly and last but not least, our Secretary General, Johan Prinsloo. They led the conference with maturity, professionalism, warmth and kindness.
Congratulations to all who took part and supported this fantastic event.
