Merry Christmas! Seasons Greetings from the Press Team!! PRESS DIRECTOR Sharika Jain
Deputy Press Director Urvashi Mishra
IT and Design Head Keshav Khanna
Deputy IT Head Kanishk Godha
Head Artist Shrestha Bajaj
Head Photographer Parth Seth
Dep. Photography Head Shivam Gadia
The Press Director writes... Bonjour NMMUNners! This last one month has been really busy for all of us; the press has no doubts on it. With many dedicated delegates sending us messages about how wonderfully awesome the three days were for them… or taking the time out of their post- MUN sickness to vote and give us their feedback. But now it’s time to wrap up, pick those last remaining placards and display those inspirational quotes and smile again like all of us did in the pictures that were clicked. Our closing ceremony was of course made with the right amount of every social ingredient; we had happy cheers, sudden and dramatic reactions to awards (we all know who they were…), awe-worthy speeches, amazing band performance and the best of all… a warm sunset to end with. NMMUN’s motto was to “Inspire more, dream ahead, learn humility, and be the change that you perceive.” And each one of us during those three days made a
start to this journey where we became determined to help the people around us by our viewpoints mixed in to the people’s ideas. Delegates, congratulations!! Many of you have achieved to bring about your country’s stand so thoughtfully, that the real diplomats sitting in the UN Headquarters at New York would be extremely proud of us. Everyone, be it the secretariat members, the delegates, the administrative staff, has inspired the MUNners yet to come, we have let our minds soar into the darkness of the agenda to find the small light of hope for the people in the world we call home to dream about getting their rights, their homes, and their access to knowledge. In all fairness it is true that without your controversial statements (and sometimes the politically correct ones as well), our press corps would have not cherished this experience that we penned down for The MUNugget. With this said, We welcome you to the final leg of the NMMUN 2013 experience!!!
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The Security Council Head: Aryaan Z. Khan VP: Yash Agarwal Guest Head: Harshit Sharma I arrived in the Security Council while searching my mind in retrospection of the last two days. I imagined a serious set of delegates, completely organized in their task. To say I was dismayed is an understatement. Well it was my fault, I overexpected things, and they are after all like us. The usual aloofness greeted me here as well. The council was not a chaos but the delegates looked blank. Precise instructions were required before they actually proceeded. But nonetheless, they came back in rhythm. The council was struggling throughout morning to draft a resolution out of the working paper. They had an innate love for un-moderated caucus in the morning. The delegate of Czech Republic attempted to listen to songs during the caucus, only to be almost strangled by the vice president. Delegate of Turkey sounded like a toddler and acted a tiny bit like one as well. The un-moderated caucus was not definitely in accordance to the MUN Guidelines. Somehow it always ended with a demand for an extension. Syria was the only one who seemed to know what he was doing, he was composed and rational. Surprise!! The vice chair looked tired and vexed with the delegates. He actually had to tell the
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delegates what to do and what not to do in an un-moderated caucus. And the guest chair was absent despite a few fleeting visits. After I got over the hyper demeanor of the vice chair, I actually took notice of his carefree nature. He did attempt to become authoritative for the sake of responsibility, I’ll give him that. But the arrival Of VP of ICJ further enhanced his persona. They kept riling each other up. The delegates finally began a serious discussion .Although Russian federation was still chewing continuously and the VP was misusing the microphone. After the cancellation of the tea break and seizing of a few phones, the delegates came back to track. However, aggressive or not, he does lack civic sense, be it his courtesy or clothing. I think the delegates in Security Council would understand because there are better ways to express that you are warm and do not require the air conditioner, than lifting your upper and trying to show our warmer. The experience in SC was the best; they are an engaging crowd even if they are slightly out of bounds. But the Security Council was the place where I had the most fun. The VP did tell me that this stuff is outrageous but I think that I caught the true spirit of the NMMUN Security Council.
General Assembly Head: Parakhh Sahal VP(s): Sheetabh Bhargava Saumya Sharma
The committee of General Assembly was an irony. Tongue-tied while discovering remedies and jabbering gibberish (off topic) to each other. The executive board was biased towards the ICJ .No other n and the secretariat members were recognized other than that of ICJ.The vice president was the last one to be interested in the debate, he was busy going through the nostalgia of the **social** last night. 2 resolutions clearly failed due to unacceptable format. However the 3rd resolution proposed by Canada was propitious on all grounds and was efficiently passed. The delegates of Egypt, Iran, Ethiopia and Belgium were the centre of attraction. They were barred every now and then. With the entry of the Guest Delegates (one of them being sc gen) the monotonous and boring atmosphere of gc took of twist. Loud bangs on the table expressed gratitude to the guest Delegate. A subtle point of personal privilege was entertained when the delegate of Belgium accused his co-delegate of bullying him supported by tears, to which the committee replied with a **awww** in chorus. The committee was so lethargic during the last 2 sessions that their tea break had to be barred: P North Korea was so absent minded that she was sighted holding her pluck card upside down. The delegate of Cuba was busy trying to take into count that who the admirer was sending her a rose. The delegate of Brazil behaved like a super energetic particle making dizzy and mocking faces, and hopping here and there. The delegate of Israel and Greece were so obbsesed with Sub Surfers and Temple run that they couldn't get off it during the committee sessions. Brazil chit to the vice chair stating" MEET me in the lunch! Your curiosity will be satisfied! You know who I am!
:) This was very captive for him. The deputy head of admin and vice president could always be seen posing for pictures and pesterizing the cameraman. The delegate of Canada belonged to the same species. The delegates grew exhausted and were on the verge of starvation as their lunch was also suspended. The delegates went out with the point of personal privilege and came up with biscuits and toffees hidden in their pockets. And finally the committee passed the resolution hurriedly and the comities was adjourned.
Disarmament and International Security Council
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committee session had to start, but guess what, who's missing? Our very own President!! Maybe she was too busy getting ready. The vice president was left with no option but to start the session without the presence of the president. The roll call began and soon a moderated caucus began on the topic ' Why did USE declare war on China' (as they were discussing the emergency). Earnest debates modulated the room's ambience. There were delegates who were busy defending, accusing or proving their points. And here the president enters at 8:30. (Too early hun?). She didn’t bother apologizing to the committee but instead engrossed herself into getting her pictures clicked. Well moving on, it has been 3 days since NMMUN has begun and still the delegate of Iraq isn't sure whether his point is a point of order or a point of personal privilege. (No worries, he'll surely cram it up till the next MUN). And then came in the 5th update which shook nearly everybody in the committee. CHINA ATTACKED USA BY DRONE STRIKES!! This update made the delegates more and more aggressive. Poor delegate of China, she is pretty much accusing God for making this happen only to her. Or maybe she was just preparing for the elucidations she owed to the other delegates. The president and the vice president, both were honestly just speechless with the way the delegates debated. And one
more updates: China bombarded USA by the MQ SUPERNOVA drone, which is probably the most dangerous drone in the world. They used Mr. Karem's help to design this dangerous drone and China warned USA that WHITE HOUSE might be next! (Careful there Delegate.) Whoa... This update left the delegates numb. After a complete second passed, some started banging the tables; others looked just too traumatised to say anything. The delegate of USA was utterly tensed and couldn't stop giving China disgusting looks. The debate turned out to be very zealous. Sentimental statements were given by the delegate of Somalia. The delegates couldn't resist accusing the countries that had bombed USA but they were then reminded by the chair that they have to find a solution and prepare a resolution for the emergency. Soon the delegates were divided into groups to make the working papers. The president was much tensed as a lot of work was piled on with little time remaining! Both the working papers were being discussed with a lot of deliberation. The delegates very intelligently analysed each and every point and then sanctioned it. Well, as both the working papers had more or less the same points the delegates requested to collaborate the two. Next as very little time was left, the chair asked the delegates to divide themselves into two groups so that one could prepare the resolution for the emergency and the other for the main topic as they were short of time (smart work chair). Both the resolutions were discussed and eventually passed! WOOHOO! After so much of hard work, the delegates went to fill up their tummies and then energized themselves for the closing ceremony and the wonderful awards that were coming their way! With this, the NMMUN’13 came to an end.
Economic and Social Council #nmmun section The social night. n all d fun part in ecosoc! When we had d catwalk session D gossip box chits Accusing usa an irrelevant mod caucus
The First Time India spoke in ECOSOC. And the President’s Expression is Funny. Like-"You got anything better?"J
Dhawal Jain’s catwalk n d press conference
Ummmm mine was wen dhawal Jain did catwalk n d most amazing part wen v read gossip box
When pranav asked china to shout i love my country people
(Go play catch someday…Practice makes a man perfect after all) During the discussions, the vice president passed chilly in the morning Day 3 for this funny comments and the guest delegate of China committee was full of heated debate and last minute power boosters. Many delegates (aka the VP) broke the microphone while becoming restless as he was not being recognized. The walked in with their files and laptops as if delegation of Japan put forward some points which they were all about business, while our President looked like he was on the verge to left the delegation of USA with no words to support race against time for his committee whereas its statements. (Countries fighting against USA, well that’s news…) The delegation of China called the chirpy VP was shuffling between the superior officials of the US the most powerful handling his dear delegates and being a people on the blue planet. Delegation of US said to guest delegate himself. the committee that-" US does not want to rule the Turbulent and extemporaneous debates world , it wants to lead it....!!" (Comments like this due to mind boggling updates on the may become costly… Just warning…) emergency after every some time and When the council had a sight of delegates with delegates coming up with considerable solutions was the essence of the economic wrinkles on their forehead, there seemed to be a completion of highest number of roses within the and social council. (Ideally it should be of committee between the delegation of Pakistan, every committee) As the guest president entered the committee, the vice president Brazil and the President. Who won, if you ask... greeted her by a drama queen tantrum-" youYou'll find out soon… didn't wish me on my birthday!!" (VP, we still hoped that you’d treat your delegates at The day was filled with enthusiasm, fortuitous and unpropitious events for the UN, and some mirthful least, if not the press) The delegate of Ghana was "Dancing" with comments, like a wholesome drama. And it surely will always hold an exceptional part in the memory the microphone during the un-moderate caucus. (Delegate will you be featuring in lane of the delegates when the look back with nostalgia... the future seasons of Dancing with the Stars??) Acknowledging the points put by a delegation, the president threw a candy and the throw was the "Worst"' throw possible…
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Head: Yatharth Jain VP: Prakhar Agrawal Avani Khandelwal The third day commenced very smoothly. The delegates seemed to be fully-primed for the day. It started with the discussion on the working papers of the emergency. The President appreciated the thorough debate. The delgate of USA was always after Article 51. ( I guess he learnt something by heart for the forst time.) After the undiluted discussion, the second working paper passed. The committee went for an unmoderated caucus to prepare the resolution. Some (in fact many..) of the delegates were getting their photographs clicked during the time. Delegate of China was always seen to be lost in his own thoughts. The delegate of Spain was barred as he was interfering in the matters of the resolution dispensably and pestering the other delegates.!! The delegate was barred for SEVENTEEN times!!! ( yes exactly 17!!) Delegate of India conveyed such resplendent points that he was offered the complete bowl of candies...and when candies came to an end he was given roses!! Candies were falling short in this committee!! :D After the tea break, the resolution was presented in the committee! ! The resolution of Congo and USA consisted of some mistakes. Thay contradicted tje point which they wanted to write. (OH GODD!! HOW CAN SOMEONE BE SO CARELESS???)
But then the second exquisite resolution was prepared with all the amendments!! Later PORNOGRAPHY became the focus and a resolution was to be made. Delegate of Iran understood pornography as prostitution!!! (Can anyone believe this bitter truth?). Delegates used their gadgets while the unmoderated caucus took place. The committee was too lucky and blessed to have fun-loving president and vice presidents!!!! The day was quite memorable one and it will be I the future for all the delegates!! :)
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International Court of Justice
Head: Shishir Singhal VP: Vrinda Sharma and Saihsha Sharma Guest Chair: Kirtikar Sukul
The press conference was a breather to me in members and asked the justice to accompany him my day in ICJ, Surprisingly this committee to the social. He had to have water before he while otherwise dull was very forthcoming in actually he did it but Venezuela did agree, so good this session. The first Inquiry, the date for for you president socials, was not answered. They took time China was asked about her secret admirer, she people though the council Of US was very smiled and flustered but she herself knew nothing vocal about boundaries that the press was about it. Mr. Anonymous come out, a lot of us are suggesting. interested. Although China did say that the one The Justice of Iraq did not understand the word child policy in her country was bad. Well a ‘Burka’ for quite a long time but when he did, comment did say that why would one want a he just stuttered, perhaps flabbergasted. Even cricket team? for the comparison to the modern female attire, The vice chair from Security Council read an the Justice did not sprout any laughter, And I excerpt from his article about the vice chair of ICJ for one can guarantee that he was not merely although whatever happened in the auto remained composed. there, the mood became sentimental for a bit. Next the delegate of France stood up and was The Council of US was asked about the shutdown asked about the LGBT system in France. She in his country and how was he surviving. He finally relented and claimed that a lesbian is a accepted that US was utilizing the free time to girl who likes girls. Well, oh my gosh, I never propagate population increase so as to leave knew that merely appreciating a fellow female China behind in the race, also free time tends to could make the girls transgendered. lead to exhaustion. US, Make sure you don’t doze Next the president of IC J went down on his in the middle of proceeding from the lack of sleep. knees again on the insistence of the secretariat Mexico had a hard time because of a tie and UK was asked to pick a guy and dance, the council from Syria, her initial choice was overruled Russian federation was asked about an exotic dance but he actually knew anything about it. None of us did but most would like to find it. Russia, information would be appreciated. But Russian federation unlike his predecessors ,was happy to obliged the press and dedicate a song to the Justice Of UK. She repaid by singing a devotional song to a brother along the press head. Hard luck , Russia. The Council Of Syria was asked to profess his affection for the vice- chair by repeating some cheesy lines which he did with great zeal. The emotion behind it thought was a bit of mouthful. One of the vice chairs was proclaimed the Hitler of the committee and the conference summed up with a dance of the vice chair and the head of Photography. The conference served as a reminder to have fun even in crisis, to find little reasons to laugh out loud and towards the end, the main purpose of a MUN, to increase Familiarity and promote fraternity.
Lok Sabha The honorable chair, the deputy chair and the fellow delegates were so excited for the last day that they had missed last night’s sleep!The committee seemed to be very heavy-eyed early morning. Perhaps reminicent of yesterdays delegate dance and dinner. The president gave 15 minutes to the committee to address the delegates. Being kind-hearted as he is, he gave them 15 more minutes. The discussion started among the two different parties, the Congress and the BJP, as usual. There was too much of hustle-bustle in the committee. The President roamed freely hither tither, out of the committee.The committee was still not in order. The delegates changed their places.the session started. The blood in the veins of the delegates was burning hot. They debated, contradicted and questioned each other so well which was really commendable.The delegates genuinely surprised me with their change. Some of the delegates were barred again and again for disturbing the committee. The hustle and bustle still didn’t seem to end in the Lok Sabha, which was pretty routine for the committee. The ratteling effect of the emergencies was still visible.
After all the debating, the press and admin gave Lok Sabha some private time to discuss it confidential issues. It continued for the entire day.At the end of the day, the delegates are told to make a bill and present it in front of the committee the next day!! The day ended with vigorous debates and disputes. Looking forward for more but sadly, the NMMUN had come to an end.
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Pranay Mundra My favorite memory was the emergency when the most talkative USA and CHINA had nothing to say and also when the whole committee including Dushaynt Bhaiya and Pranav bhaiya went against USA.... Divisht Singhi When wr had d entertainment session we had this mimicking session Where our delegate P.chidambram and I had been doing totally extraordinary mimicry Of different actors and neta! And of course lok Sabha’s debate Shagun Salecha We loved clickin pics and it was a very learning session and having fun altogether Drishti Dimple Premprakashi #NMMUN '13 was one of my favorite memories. Even though I'm physically in school, I know my head and heart are still at the MUN. It has been an unforgettable experience and I shall cherish this moment for the rest of my life. The secretariat was very cooperative and ready to help 24x7. I feel like I have evolved more as a MUNner and also I have gained more confidence. The Social was amazing! Danced till I lost my energy! Wish I could go back! I loved it! I made friends and interacted with many people and of course, how can I forget the Honorable Mention?! Never expected to win one but oh well Also, I still have the badge kept safe right where I can see it. I will miss this -General Assembly, Delegation of Australia Shocked EB and again this incident involve the emergency, the delegate of USA and the guest chair of SC. The SSL had begun and USA gave their name to speak. The speech began blah blah he went on, and meanwhile, Guest Chair ji was cleaning his specs. "If Taliban continues to bomb us, we will make sure that Taliban is wiped off the
face of the earth", said USA. That shocked the chair and cracked us up. The Guest Chair quickly put on his glasses in utter shock and said, "What?!?!", in the most hilarious way possible. The delegate of USA repeated and the whole committee cracked up. I don't really remember what the chair replied then but that incident was just hilarious. Anonymous The emergency was being discussed and USA was apparently asking for funds. The guest Chair of SC was present there. It was hilarious at first to know that USA was asking for funds but then we went along with it. So the EB was asking delegates who were willing to provide financial help. My friend and I raised our placard. Then the chair of SC said, "Delegates, please, only provide help if it doesn't go against your foreign policy!". And I was like, Foreign policy? What foreign policy?! And this is what I wrote to my codelegate/friend Mehul Agarwal When the delegate of USA told that USA likes giving pleasure to other countries, everyone’s cat walk at the last & lots more.. Meha Kaul For the smartest I'll say you and Ria Golecha. And for the most handsome, I'd name the VP of my committee. Can't really think of anyone generally so I'll just say the delegate of UK from my committee. Rishabh Kala The entertainment session in Lok Sabha. And the delegate dance! Press What was so hot about the delegate of Pakistan from ecosoc? Rishabh Kala What is so NOT hot about her??
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Press Team EDITOR Siddhant Agarwal Navya Jain
REPORTERS Mitali Somani Rupika Hurket Nistha Goyal Ananya Jain Surabhi Katyal Satvik Bhati
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ICJ-my best memory is the entertainment session we use to have in between of some serious issues and off course the press conference.. Ah... It was great too! Anyways thank you people for making MUN'13 great
Yash Patni When LK. adavni speak he dance at that time... That was the funniest movement of mun.. Sonia Gandhi Debate
Kunal Dugar "The MUN experience is so enriching and holistic that you get to discover various sides of people" - By the Syrian Council "And we (Syria) were not happy with the Justices judgment. They needed to be have a more rational and practical approach towards solving an international crisis" (OFFICIAL STATEMENT)
Divya Rajvanshi Vaibhav Raj Sharma Dhruv Agarwal Puru Surekha
IT TEAM Bibudh Khadka
PRESS ADMIN Radhika Sharma
Barney’s legendary Suits! Male Secretariat: Anuj Rara Male Delegate: Aditya Sharma Female Secretariat: Divya Sethi Female Delegate: Meha Kaul But technically everyone’s dresses were Legen- wait for it- Dary!! Legendary!!
Award Ceremony The Best of NMMUN… “Drum roll please!!!!” Like every year’s closing we have 2013’s “Best of…” moments. If you’ve made the list well the press congratulates you and if you are the aspiring ones who would of course plan on making it to next year’s list then we send you an All the Best!!! First of all the Formal Highlights… Best Delegate of NMMUN: The Counsel of United States of America of the International Court of Justice (Mehul Patni and Yutika Pilania) Best President: President of the Disarmament and International Security Committee (Ria Golecha) Best Vice President: Vice President of Human Rights Commission (Prakhar Agarwal) Best Committee: International Court of Justice Best Administrative Staff Member: Staff Member of DISEC (Rijul Chordia) Most Dedicated Secretariat Members: Head of Charge D’Affaires (Divya Sethi) and Head of IT team (Keshav Khanna) CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! And now the Press awards and Superlatives… The Superlatives are for the committee’s overall performance in the press conferences… Spiciest and Most Dramatic Conference: The Security Council (the waltz and its chemistry… OMG!) Most Fashionable Conference: The GA Main Commission (delegates knew their style quotient very well) Table Turning Conference: The DISEC (a conference where the press was asked questions instead) Lengthiest Conference: The ECOSOC (it soon became endless…) Sweetest and Sporting Conference: The HRC (we are still saying awwh….) Funniest and Deadly Conference: The ICJ (many stories were revealed… That’s all we’ll say…) Quick Wit Conference: The Lok Sabha (delegates had answers to almost everything we’d say…) The Highest Number of Roses: Delegate of Brazil of the ECOSOC (Sakshi Santhani) Delegates, this one month we had a special contest where most of you voted for the Smartest Secretariat Members… And the results are in… Smartest Secretariat Member (Male) First Place: Pranav Nagar (President of ECOSOC) Second Place: Dushyant S. Gupta (Vice-President of ECOSOC) Third Place: Chiraag Bhawnani (Vice-President of DISEC) Smartest Secretariat Member (Female) First Position: Sharika Jain (Deputy Secretary General) Second Position: Saumya Sharma (Vice-President of GA) Divya Sethi (Head of CDA) Urvashi Mishra (Deputy Press Director)