THE SISMUN CHRONICLES

1. THE SISMUN CHRONICLES Website: www.sisindia.net The School's Favorite Newspaper Since: 2010 SISMUN 2014 SUCCESS STORY Singapore International School and the delegates of SISMUN 2014 were graced by the presence of the esteemed guest Anil Kapoor. A famous name not only in Bollywood but also across the globe, this star needs no introduction. The Head of school, Mrs. SharoneeMullick, in front of an extremely excited audience filled with'jhakaas'fans felicitated him and welcomed him to SISMUN 2014. Mr. Anil Kapoor shared his life experience, his early days in the film industry and spoke about the importance of education and resilience. On questioning Mr. Kapoor on the importance of the film industry as a platform for raising social awareness, he stated, “Today, films have a greater reach and a wider audience than ever before, this has created a platform so very vital for the promotion of social Causes. Globalization has made the world smaller; today what happens in South Africa has an impact on Philippines. Internationalism and globalization have instilled a conscious within every individual to be the best they can not only for themselves but also for the greater good.” The delegates were very grateful for the privilege of having an experienced and intellectual person a conducting an interactive session with them. After two days of fun-Mun and healthy debate, SISMUN 2014 came to an even exciting end. The chief guests, Mr. Tushar Gandhi; the great grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and (Dr.) Father FazerMascarenhas, principal of St. Xavier's Collage Mumbai, honored Singapore international school and the delegates of SISMUN 2014 with their esteemed presence. While Mr. Gandhi shared with us some of the lesser-known but extremely inspiring stories of The Mahatma and the importance of 'servants ' and not just 'leaders', Father Frazer spoke about some immensely important qualities of a successful person such as compassion and commitment. Another highly experienced theater persona, and an important advisor to the several agencies of United Nations; Mr. Pranab Mukherjee gave a speech on the true meaning and significance of MUNing. It was truly a privilege to have these highly experienced guests at SISMUN 2014.

2. A Singapore International School student, Karl Anish Louis gave an excellent start to the closing experience by giving a mesmerizing performance. He played the guitar on the song 'clarity'. Following this, several students performed a dance fusion of contemporary, semi-classical and jazz on the song 'Skyfall' by Adele. And, finally the much awaited award ceremony began! The esteemed chief guests awarded delegates for their active participation and contribution. Awards were presented for the following categories: Best Delegate, Outstanding Delegate, and Honorable Mention for each committee. The Photojournalism journalism contest consisting of photo-essays and videos, which was judged by Mr. Raj Kumar Hirani, had awards for the following categories: under 16 and under 18. Finally, the most awaited awards of SISMUN 2014, the largest delegation, most outstanding delegation and the best delegation award where given out to S.M. Shetty International School, DhirubhaiAmbani International School and Singapore International School respectively. At this high note, SISMUN 2014 came to an end!

3. UNGA United Nations General Assembly World Water Resources Exploited Full Membership of Palestine & Somaliland Questioned The committee comparatively progressed much vigorously today. It continued to confront the issue of the corporate takeover of the world's water resources.The delegates came up with intelligent ideas, such as, the formation of a UN affiliated body to keep a check on other corporate bodies. However, the committee soon had to deal with the sudden crisis that needed urgent action. The crisis stated that the Prime minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, got kidnapped by an ambush attack on his convey travelling to Jerusalem. The leader of Hamas stated that if Palestinian rights were not given, the future for the Zionists would be bleak. Many delegates such as the delegates of Israel, Palestine and Germany came up with brilliant solutions for the crisis. While a few came up with hilarious suggestions! Despite the crisis, the delegate of Israel very confidently said, “We didn't bow down to them (Palestine) before, we won't bow down to them today”. This interesting statement triggered intense debate in the committee. Another witty statement made by the delegate of Palestine, that further fuelled debate in the committee was, "We will help Israel free their Prime Minister only if they agree to the terms and conditions that we put forth considering their breach of international law due to capturing of the Gaza script , the west back and east Jerusalem". After a short heated discussion, the delegate of Germany challenged the delegate of Palestine resulting in a very humorous and witty debate. On the question of the full membership of Palestine as a member state, the delegate of Palestine said, "We've been denied the basic rights of existence from all Israelis around the world. They also demanded a road that cuts through Palestine in order to protect Israeli safeguards. Our land has been completely taken away" To this, the delegate of Germany replied, "You'll never had a nation then why do you'll claim land?" The delegate of Palestine then mocked the delegate of Germany when he said, "We belong in that territory. The Israelis have no justification of being a territory except for a 2000 year old rock that probably got destroyed and doesn't even exist."

4. This was followed up by another humorous statement, "The UN recognizes Israel as a nation and it doesn't recognize you (Palestine)." This back and forth between the two delegates continued until the time for the challenge elapsed. All this heated discussion resulted in the UNGA being a very lively, funny and witty committee. There was definitely a distinct improvement in the committee today. - RoshnitBhumra UNU United Nations University Franchising Of Simulated UN procedures to profit making agencies The first session of the UNU started off on a good note with the introduction and passing of two motions. Despite a few absentees, the session went very smoothly and many delegates stood up to speak without any reluctance. The committee introduced a crisis that the Republic of Korea was invading the South China Sea, which belongs to Japan. The delegate of Japan stated that if the Republic of Korea argues with Japan regarding this issue, they would cut off all the relations with them. Several heated discussions took place as the delegates tried to come up with solutions. The delegates proposed moderated caucuses for topics such as possibilities of was between China and Japan and involvement of Republic of Korea in that war. The Delegate of Australia gave a very controversial speech, which offended countries like UK and Japan. This session was much better than the previous sessions because of the enthusiasm of the delegates. The chair personally stood out of his way to explain to the delegates the concept of a working paper after this motion was passed. This motion, created an edgy discussion between the delegates who were divided into two groups of allies. One group consisted of Republic of Korea, USA, Germany, Italy, Australia and Brazil and the other group comprised of Iran, Russia, Japan, United Kingdom and France. The head chair told them to come up with hilarious names for their working paper. The titles suggested were 'Miley Cyrus' and 'What The Chink'. The working paper was successfully passed and the chair of this committee was pleased with the work of his delegates. Though a resolution was not passed as of yet, the chair had high hopes for his committee members. Upon interviewing a first time Mun-ner I found out that both the chairs had led the delegates well and she learned a lot in these two days. SISMUN was a rewarding experience for all delegates of this committee. - PRATHA BHATIA Press Team SISMUN 2014 Head Of Press:RiyaAwtaney|Editor-In-Chief:MeghaThakker, VrishankMenon| Head Of Photography:DhruvThakker, Raya Mohan

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