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Day 2: 9 June 2011 Layout by Toh Zi Ken IMUN Day 3: Parade of Na1ons and Closing Ceremony The delicate sounds of a piano playing the melodious tune of “Just the Way You Are” greeted the delegates as they entered the hall. The scinFllaFng lights flashed in various colors around the hall, dazzling them with its sheer intensity. It was the Parade of NaFons, where delegates came together to showcase their understanding of the countries they had represented. Delegates modeled costumes of various countries, struOng down the stage. The delegates were judged based on 4 criteria ‐ creaFvity, originality, poise and relevance. There were two categories for the parade ‐ the TradiFonal Category and the Fusion Category. The winners of the TradiFonal Round were KaFe Kwang from CHIJTP and Leong Yuan Jia from SMSS. The winners of the Modern Fusion Round were Tan Min from NHHS and Satya Prafful from ACS(Independent) .All good things must come to an end. The closing ceremony was pervaded with mixed feelings that of relief and melancholy for the final end to this Fring but enriching experience. CerFficates were given to the best delegates of the various councils, and everyone cheered enthusiasFcally in commendaFon of the effort that these speakers had put in towards this IMUNC. The closing speech by the Secretary‐ General, Colin Wu, summarizes the closing ceremony best: ‘IMUNC began with a bang, and it ends now with yet another bang.’ IMUNC was a Fme for friendships to be formed, romance to blossom and memories to be created. We would like to thank all of the delegates for their insighculness and their responsiveness, while hoping that everyone received a greater understanding of humanity.

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Page 1: IMUN Day 3: Parade of Naons and Closing Ceremony · proposed, was for Germany and Ireland to “take charge of the sheep that might have suffered throughout the course of the war

Day2:9June2011

LayoutbyTohZiKen

IMUNDay3:ParadeofNa1onsandClosingCeremonyThedelicatesoundsofapianoplayingthemelodioustuneof“JusttheWayYouAre”greetedthedelegatesastheyenteredthehall.ThescinFllaFnglightsflashedinvariouscolorsaroundthehall,dazzlingthemwithitssheerintensity.ItwastheParadeofNaFons,wheredelegatescametogethertoshowcasetheirunderstandingofthecountriestheyhadrepresented.

Delegatesmodeledcostumesofvariouscountries,struOngdownthestage.Thedelegateswerejudgedbasedon4criteria‐creaFvity,originality,poiseandrelevance.Thereweretwocategoriesfortheparade‐theTradiFonalCategoryandtheFusionCategory.ThewinnersoftheTradiFonalRoundwereKaFeKwangfromCHIJTPandLeongYuanJiafromSMSS.ThewinnersoftheModernFusionRoundwereTanMinfromNHHSandSatyaPraffulfromACS(Independent)

.Allgoodthingsmustcometoanend.TheclosingceremonywaspervadedwithmixedfeelingsthatofreliefandmelancholyforthefinalendtothisFringbutenrichingexperience.CerFficatesweregiventothebestdelegatesofthevariouscouncils,andeveryonecheeredenthusiasFcallyincommendaFonoftheeffortthatthesespeakershadputintowardsthisIMUNC.TheclosingspeechbytheSecretary‐General,ColinWu,summarizestheclosingceremonybest:‘IMUNCbeganwithabang,anditendsnowwithyetanotherbang.’IMUNCwasaFmeforfriendshipstobeformed,romancetoblossomandmemoriestobecreated.Wewouldliketothankallofthedelegatesfortheirinsighculnessandtheirresponsiveness,whilehopingthateveryonereceivedagreaterunderstandingofhumanity.

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Interna1onalCourtofJus1ce

TheICJhasdiscussedingreatdetailonthetopicofthebombardmentoftheislandofYeonpyeong–withtheapplicantoftheRepublicofKoreaandthedefendanttheDemocraFcPeople’sRepublicofKorea‐andvigorousdebateensued.

TheadvocatesofbothsidesdeliveredlengthypresentaFonsofevidences,whichwereobservedwithmuchinterestbytheJusFcesoftheCourt,especiallytheDPRK’sevidencefiles.

EyewitnesseswerepresentedinCourt,includingaSouthKoreanresidentonYeonpyeong,aNorthKoreansoldierallegedlyacFngagainstorders,andaNorthKoreanspywhichseemed…quiteunsureofwhathe’dbeendoing–confusingleaveswithfeathersforone,butprobablywithonly2½years’experience,whatcouldoneexpect?

SFll,giventheJusFces’relentlesspursuitofthetruth,anyjudgmenttheypasswouldsurelybewell‐thoughtoutandbalanced.

ArabLeague

ThelastdayofArabLeaguesessionstartedoffwithadrajresoluFononthecrisisissuecrajedbycombiningthedrajresoluFonsofthedelegatesofEgypt,IraqandLibyaoverthepreviousnightbyourkind‐heartedChairandDeputyPermanentSecretary,whichreceivedthesupportoftherestofthecouncilandwaspassedswijly.

Thecounciltookamoreseriousapproachincomparisontoyesterday’slightheartedatmosphere,probablybecausethedelegateswereeagertopasstheresoluFons.AjerseveralamendmentstotheresoluFonontheprimaryissue,theresoluFonwaspassedtoo.

Onalighternote,muchnotepassingwasseengoingonbetweenthedelegateofSaudiArabiaandKuwait,withoursecuriFesaccidentally(wewonder..)passingthemtothewrongdelegatescreaFngmuchchaosatsomepointsofthedebate.

QuoteoftheDay(QOTD):“giveacamelaninchandit’lltakeamileinyourtent”‐delegateofUAE

ParisPeaceConference

Paris,1919–DebateopenedtodayonthetopicoftheformaFonofaninternaFonalsecurityorganizaFon.Thereweremanyideasastowhattonameit,chiefamongthemwasthe“JusFceLeague”asproposedbyYugoslavia.TheissueofdefiningtheroleofthisorganizaFoncameintodebatelater.Amongthoseproposed,wasforGermanyandIrelandto“takechargeofthesheepthatmighthavesufferedthroughoutthecourseofthewar.CatholicsheepshallobtainmoreconcernthanothersandJewishsheepshallbeexterminated.”Notonlyweresheepaconcern,billygoatswerealsobroughtup,havingpridedthemonbeingextremelyusefulinchargingintobedroomsandprevenFnginappropriatebehavior.InaddiFontobeingsympatheFc,certainworldleaderswerealsovain.CzechoslovakiainparFcularthoughthehada“gorgeousass”ascitedinanotehehadpassedtoCanada.Andwhatdoworldleadersdoforfun?Theyinventnewgamessuchas‘Idon’tspy’ascreaFvelyinventedbythedelegateoftheUSAandIreland.Thiswasextremelysurprisingconsideringthelowlevelofself‐esteemexperiencedbytheUSAwhichwasevidentwhenhesentanotetothechairasking“doyouhateme?”Onalastnote,GermanythoughttheSecretary‐general,Collin,lookedparFcularlyappealinginpink.Thisthusconcludesthelastdayofdebate.

DISEC

Alldelegatesagreedastotheurgencyofthesecondissue,theillicittraffickingofweapons.ThecouncilwassplitbyseveralissuessuchastheneedforbodyscannersattravelcheckpointsandtheeffecFvenessoflegalizingandregulaFngthetradeofsmallarmsversusablanketban.Thecouncilwasmomentarilyinterruptedbyaholdupbythemafiaboss,whothreatenedtoexecutedelegatesifaresoluFontolimittheillicittraffickingwaspassed.Healsoremindeddelegatesastotheimportanceoftheweaponstradeinbringingincometoitsworkers.However,thedelegatesignoredthewarningandconFnuedonfearlessly.Thecouncilwaseventuallysplitintotwoblocs,eachofwhichhadwrinenandwantedtosubmitajointresoluFontoformamorecomprehensivesoluFon.

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JointCrisisCommiBee:WestBerlinCabinetOnthe28thofJune,duetothenewcrisisoftheragingepidemicthathasengulfedthewholeworldexceptforDenmarkwhichistheonlycountrythathasthecure,theAlliedforceswereinamadrushtogetDenmarkoveronoursidesothatourtroopscouldberestoredtoitsoriginalcapabilityanddefendtheAlliedterritoriesagainsttheUSSRtroopsinEastBerlin.WealsohadtogetmorealliesonoursidetomakeanformaldeclaraFonofwartotheUSSR.ThealliedforcessoongotdesperateanddecidedtoextractthecureforcefullyfromadenmarkscienFst.Ajermuchtortureby3soldiers,weobtainedthecure'singredientlistandstartedthesynthesisofthisdrug.Duringthemiddleofthesessionhowever,GeneralLuciusDubignonClayofUSAwaskidnapped.ThecommiteethendecidedtosenttheCIAtoinvesFgatethisincidentandproceededontomaketheoffenseanddefenseplan.WealsohadCanada,Sweden,Norway,Spain,Austria,VaFcan,Hungary,Sweden,NorwayandItalyasourallies.Ontheotherside,EastGermanymadeallianceswithPoland,CzechoslovkiaandDenmark.AjersendinginourfinaldeclaraFonofwarandoffenseplan,thingsgotveryinteresFngwhentheWestBerlincommiteecameintoourroomtodiscusstheissuefurther.

Editor’snote:WeregrettosaythatwehaveyettoreceiveapressreportfromtheEastBerlinCabinet

NATO

Day3wasanevenculconclusionofthecheerfulaggluFnaFonwithintheNATOcounciloverthecourseofthisconference.WiththespeedysubmissionofacommuniquéontheissuethatwillnotbemenFonedotherthanthefactthatithadtodowithnuclearwar,definitelynotbecausethiswritercannotrecallwhattheissuewas,itseemedperFnenttovisittheissueoftheRe‐evaluaFonoftheTalibanasaTerroristOrganisaFon.ConvincingargumentsweremadebythenumerousspeakerswhowerenotrestrictedtomerelydelegatesbutalsothechairsandadelegateoftheGreatDemocraFcPeople’sRepublicofKorea(GDPRK)whohasbeenmasqueradingasasecuritary.WiththisshockingrevelaFon,whatfollowednextlejthiswriterreeling.TheothersecuritaryadminedtobeingadelegateofMars!Yes,readers,wehavehadcontactwithextra‐terrestriallife‐formsinNATO.

ThespeakersagreedthattheGDPRK,TalibanandotherterroristorganisaFonsshouldnolongerbeknownasterrorists,butPeace‐and‐Fun‐Lovers.ThesegroupsshouldalsonotonlybeincludedbutshouldtakeovertheUnitedNaFons.Toquotethedeputychair,“Moreviolence,please!Morefireandexplosions!”Inothernews,thedelegateofBelgiumconductedanimpromptuEnglishlessontoeducateallthedelegatesontheirspelling.And,therewasaconFnuaFonofthescandalspreeofDay2withaquotefromthedelegateofCanada,“thisdelegateofCanadaapologisesforthenervousbreakdownofthedelegateofGermany”.PerhapstherehasbeenonetoomanyunmoderatedcaucusesspentbetweenthedelegatesofCanadaandGermany?TheconferencewasconcludedwiththepassingoftheTalibancommuniqué,there‐assassinaFonoftheghost‐delegateofAmerica,hisroyalspookinesshimself.Thechairswerealsoassassinated,unfortunately.Allinall,thedelegateofGuyshawouldliketothankalldelegates,securitariesandchairsofiMUNConference2011NATOCouncilforalltherandomness,insanity,andenthusiasmshown.Thishastrulybeenagreathonouraswellasamemorableexperience.Peaceout!

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DAY3PHOTOHIGHLIGHTS!

SPECPOLheadchair’sa@emptatbeingcool

ThreecheersforourwonderfulpoliCcalactorsformakingIMUNsoentertaining!!

Be@erlevelofdebateaswitnessedbymostchairs!

ThedelegatesoftheUNHumanRightsCouncil