Two day Model United Nations begins at CMS Students hold meaningful discussion on global problems


 

Lucknow, April 29 : A two day Model United Nations (MUN) Conference was organized at City Montessori School, Aliganj Campus I starting here today. Chief Guest, Mr Justice Ashok Kumar, Judge, Allahabad High Court and President, UP State Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission inaugurated the event by lighting the lamp of justice and peace. Several distinguished personalities like Mr Rajendra Kumar, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, Mr Priyamwad Yadav, IRS, Assistant Commissioner, Income Tax, New Delhi and other invited guests graced the occasion with their benign presence. It may be mentioned that the Model United Nations is a replica of the actual General Assembly of the United Nations. Herein, representatives of various countries gather together on a global platform and throw forth their views regarding the world’s problems followed by a healthy discussion and suggestion of peaceful solutions to these. This year, there are around 550 students from Lucknow, Dehradun, Mussoorie, Varanasi, Prayagraj, Chandigarh and other major cities participating in this Model United Nations. The MUN aims at promoting the universal values of World Unity and World Peace and encouraging the total personality development of the students.  

        Inaugurating the two day Model United Nations at CMS, The Chief Guest Mr Justice Ashok Kumar said that the Conference was a most outstanding and innovative initiative of CMS aimed at bringing out the best in children and giving them useful knowledge about the world and its problems for which the City Montessori School deserves a lot of praise. Students here are developing a strong character and great personality whilst interacting with students of other schools and colleges and discussing important issues that the world is dealing with. Welcoming the Chief Guest, the CMS Founder, Dr Jagdish Gandhi said that the students are getting enlightened and developing their communication skills and knowledge of world affairs. In future they will become world citizens and can take well informed decisions as global leaders.CMS President and MD Prof. Geeta Gandhi Kingdon said that in the wake of the forthcoming Summit of the Future 2024, wherein the United Nations has promised to announce the review of the UN Charter, this MUN assumes special significance in strengthening students' belief that they have a role to play in making the world reach an agreement for building a global structure capable of solving the supranational problems of climate change, global health and military insecurity that the world is currently facing.

        The students participating in the Model United Nations delivered their thoughts with conviction and self-confidence. They proved that they are not only aware of the current world scenario but also have effective solutions to counteract these global problems in a peaceful manner. In the nature of the UN General Assembly, Committees were formed at this conference based on the challenging global issues that the countries are currently facing. Students presented their views on different topics representing their country’s specific problems and devising solutions for these problems on a global scale. 

 

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