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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