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Tribune News Network
Doha
Following the success of last year's Model United Nations (MUN) conference, the Executive Team of the MUN Club at the International School of London (ISL) Qatar hosted the successful and productive fourth annual ISLMUN Conference.
With the common theme of International Partnership for Global Advancement, high school students from international schools around Doha engaged in dynamic, diplomatic and professional debate, finding solutions to problems and concerns facing the international community.
With the theme reflecting the growing importance of international co-operation in facilitating effective peace-building, development and security in an increasingly globalised world, delegates discussed various issues. These issues range from the protection of the rights of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, countering transnational threats of organised crime to international peace and security and devising measures to regulate the role, which private military contractors play in armed conflict worldwide, amongst others.
Over 150 delegates attended the conference from the International School of London Qatar, Birla Public School, Doha College, English Modern School, Middle East International School, The Next Generation School, Pakistan International School and SEK International School. Debate in the Security, Human Rights and Economic and Social Councils, as well as the First Committee of the General Assembly, reflected the students' excellent awareness of the international political scene and the mechanisms developed to facilitate international co-operation. For the first time, the ISLMUN International Court of Justice was in session, allowing delegates to explore the legal aspects of the United Nations.
