Rosary Sisters' High School Third Annual Model United Nations
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Dear MUN Directors, Advisors, Delegates, and Fellow Officers, We are extremely delighted that you accepted our invitation to attend Rosary Sisters’ High School third annual conference- ROSMUN 2016. This year, a great number of schools have registered to partake in arrangements for these sessions. Also, we would like to deliver ROSMUN; delegates from schools from Jerusalem, Bethlehem, a special thank you to our own MUN Director Ms. Samar Sabat for Beit Jala, Beit Sahour, Nazareth, Amman, Aqaba, and Gaza will supervising and helping us in the entire procedure trusting that be debating issues on the agenda of the seven committees of ROSMUN 2016 will beneficially affect every one of its participants. ROSMUN. Meet our SG Alma Abu leil We have concurred that the topic of ROSMUN 2016 is Democracy It gives me great honor and pleasure to serve as and Human Rights, as these two interconnected concepts the Secretary General of ROSMUN 2016. So far, constitute the leading light towards development, peace and I’ve attended many local and international MUN security. conferences which promoted my self-confidence and esteem and created the personality I was We trust that deliberations and suggestions will lead up to hesitant to reveal several years ago. MUN is by resolutions which would demonstrate feasible answers for the far the best experience I’ve had. When I hear world´s most complex challenges. the word MUN, I feel hope, optimism and I We wish all of you a remarkable MUN experience see individuals who are willing to change this world into a better Earnestly, place, and youth creating the best out of everything. I have the ROSMUN Team urge to change this world into a better place where human rights are promoted, life necessities are ensured and development is Rosary Sisters’ High School Third Annual Model sustained. Apart from the MUN, I sing in a choir, I am a ballet dancer and a guitar United Nations Conference-ROSMUN 2016 player who finds her true self in music and arts. For new participants, The choice to hold the third annual Model United Nations don’t be scared or afraid to raise your placards and speak your was based on the achievement and impressive results of the opinions; MUN is all about exchanging ideas and thoughts so don’t first and the second annual conferences. Arrangements for be shy to approach the podium and speak up. I have a feeling that the conference incorporated several phases of choosing the ROSMUN 2016 will be extraordinary with you participants taking theme and accordingly choosing the issues on the agenda of part in it. Make it remarkable, make it unique. each committee. When the agenda items were accessible, Alma Abuleil, the Secretary General of ROSMUN 2016. forms were sent to schools and the procedure of choosing the Student Officers began. We are genuinely honored to have such competent Chairs who will guarantee a fruitful and memorable Meet our Chairs ROSMUN experience. Disarmament Committee Training Sessions Nour Safadi During the long days of summer, we kept our MUN beginners occupied with our very first organized three-day Rosary Sisters´ I’m Nour Safadi; a student at Rosary Sisters’ High High School Model United Nations Summer Camp. Participants School. learned about the fundamentals of MUN, and the key steps they As an individual, I’ve always loved to have to take to successfully attend an MUN conference. During involve myself in several activities, courses, the preparations for our conference, we took after our tradition competitions and events; nevertheless, MUN of organizing training sessions for delegates attending ROSMUN has always been on the top of my priorities’ list. 2016, in addition to sessions held during school afternoons and This is why I’m extremely honored to serve weekends. as the chair of Disarmament Committee in ROSMUN 2016. It will be my fourth chairing experience. I’ve Certainly, we didn’t forget the new delegates from other schools; attended several MUN conferences nationally and internationally, we held training sessions in which the delegates were given an which made me comprehend that MUN isn’t only about the country introduction to the main idea of Model United Nations. Delegates you’re representing or its policy, but also about expanding your were extremely enthusiastic to take in more about the MUN and competence to express your notions, speaking up for yourself and about ROSMUN. The Team introduced our rules of procedure, defending your perspectives in all situations. flow of debate, code of conduct, as well as the issues; starting off Finally, I wish that all of you would take the chance to cross the with the steps of composing a resolution and finishing with the bridge of your inner-limitation in this conference, and make sure dress code. We ensured that everything was thorough and clear that you leave your outstanding touch in ROSMUN 2016 to make it with the goal of helping them make ROSMUN 2016 a fruitful a life-lasting memory that will accompany each one of us in their conference. journey of success. Moreover, we held Chairs´ workshops for new chairs in which Mohammad Taqatqah our assigned chairs got the chance to practice chairing committee My name is Mohammad Taqatqah. I´m 18 sessions, extend their insight about the issues on their agendas, years old, a senior at the Jerusalem School of as well as ensuring they have the correct knowledge of our Bethlehem. To get straight to the main point, the procedure. most important thing to know about me is that I admire food. If you love food I will absolutely be We want to thank each school for attending our training sessions friends with you, and if you don´t(which I don´t and for their participation and enthusiasm for ROSMUN, as have any idea why you don´t) we will have a hard well as ROSMUN Executive Team for their diligent work on time together. Simply, without food I´m nothing, I went to 3 Model United Nations conferences and this will be my first experience as a chair. just a moving body without a soul. Regarding MUN, it´s the best And as Harriet Tubman said, “Every great dream begins with a thing that ever happened to me! I have attended 6 conferences so dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, far. However, ROSMUN has been the best out of all of them. For me, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the the meaning of perfection I solving world conflicts, exploring new world.” ideas, meeting amazing people, and acting like a true politician. I believe that the greatest dream is making the world a better Since this will be my final conference, I am confident as chair that place, and the dreamer can be any one of us, the one who it will be best and the most successful committee. DISARMAMENT possesses the strength, the patience and the passion that are COMMITTEE LET US SHOW THEM WHO THE BEST IS! needed in order to make that change in the world. I am confident that this experience will be as exciting for you as Raghad Dweik it is for me. My name is Raghad Dweik. I will be chairing the Disarmament Committee at ROSMUN 2016. I am Rani Gerges currently in grade 11 and I attend Rosary Sisters’ Hello, I’m Rani Gerges, I’m 16 years old and High School. I enjoy reading, swimming, dancing I attend Talitha Kumi School in Beit-Jala. It and baking. Due to my curiosity and wide is an honor to be participating in ROSMUN range of interests, I am always looking for new 2016 conference and I’m more honored to opportunities that will expand my horizon, add be chairing the Human Rights Committee. to my achievements and, most importantly my In MUN I live unforgettable moments and personal growth. Therefore, I joined the MUN meet a lot of new friends which encouraged club last year and instantly fell in love with it. I had the privilege to me to attend more conferences throughout attend many MUN conferences that taught me about global issues, my life as a student. Apart from MUN, I spend most of my time broadened my acceptance for different views and beliefs, and gave doing sports; either playing football or training calisthenics. me confidence and maturity that will benefit me on the long run. I I’m looking forward to meeting all delegates in my committee believe ROSMUN 2016 will be one of the most amazing and fruitful and in other committees if I had the chance. I hope this year’s experiences I’ll be encountering this year, and I trust it will be the conference will be an unforgettable one. same for you! Economic and Social Council Human Rights Committee Sireen Hamed Lynne Hazboun Dear Delegates, I΄m Lynne Hazboun, a 16-year-old student at My name is Sireen Hamed, a 17-year-old Rosary Sisters´ High School. My hobbies are, student from Nazareth, and I attend St. but not limited to: Dancing, playing the piano, Joseph Seminary and High School. One of reading, writing and attending MUN conferences. my favorite hobbies is reading. I started Being a member in the MUN helped me improve my MUN journey three years ago, and I both my personality and self-confidence. have participated in 5 conferences so far as It definitely increased my knowledge, a delegate and ROSMUN 2016 will be my ambitions and curiosity. Model United Nations sixth conference, but the first one as a chair conferences show us what it is like to be in a place where our in the great Economic and Social Council! In November 2015, I was elected to serve as the Secretary General different backgrounds do not matter.