Royal Russell pupils attended the 30th edition of the Haileybury Model United Nations Conference. After the opening ceremony and a lobbying session on Friday evening, our pupils took part in a range of debates in their respective committees until Sunday afternoon before the final General Assembly and closing ceremony. Throughout the two days of debates, all delegates took the floor, either to make a speech or a Point of Information on a range of topics such as The Question of strengthening global efforts to combat nuclear smuggling, The Question of eco-terrorism, The Question of debt-trap diplomacy, The Question of forced marriage, The Question of freedom of speech in conflict zones, The Question of the Security of Critical International Network Infrastructure or The Question of politically motivated arrests arranged for prisoner swaps amongst other global pressing issues. Logan Hatchwell-Wray made an impressive 16 Points of Information and 2 speeches in the Environment and Ecology Committee as well as submitting two resolutions and an amendment. Johan Prinsloo was equally highly involved in the Security Council with a staggering 25 Points of Information, 7 speeches, 2 resolutions and 14 amendments submitted. Well done to Marcus Leung who made 4 speeches, 5 Points of Information and submitted a resolution and 5 amendments, whilst Thomas Grehan made one speech, 7 Points of Information and submitted 3 amendments. All our delegates made the most of this experience and worked collaboratively and supportively. Zoë Spellings and Rohan Phillpot were absolutely exemplar in their positions as Chairs in the Economic and Social and Human Rights Committees, displaying true professionalism. Well done to all our delegates, representing Pakistan (Ehaan Nadeem, Johan Prinsloo, Logan Hatchwell-Wray, Thomas Grehan, Jamie McDowall and Marcus Leung) and The Netherlands (Oliver Bennett, the Ambassador, Zakariya Ali-Hughes, Dominique Shved, Joseph Venkatasami and William Watford). Our delegates’ hard work and involvement led to a fantastically successful conclusion with several awards being given: Congratulations to Johan Prinsloo and Logan Hatchwell-Wray who received the Highly Commended Delegate Award, to Marcus Leung who received the most prestigious Award for Distinguished Delegate for the second consecutive year and to the Delegation of Pakistan for receiving the Distinguished Delegation Award, the highest prize, collected by Ehaan Nadeem, their Ambassador.
