Last week a group of 33 students of our Model United Nations chapter competed with students from neighboring schools in the first ever Independent League of Model United Nations of Puerto Rico, TDMUN VI, hosted by The TASIS School in Dorado. This was a virtual event. We had three students chairing, Sofía Corral (’23), Diego Saavedra (’21), and Carlos Unanue (’21), all of whom were commended for their excellent job as chairs. Our SJS MUN club president, José A. Rodríguez, was the MC during the waiting time for awards. We are very proud of all our competitors, who represented our school with poise.
These are delegates who competed in TDMUN VI:
Crisis: China and India Border Skirmishes - Chaired by Sofia Corral
Sri Lanka Cyrus Wunker & Adelaida Siaca Ortiz
North Korea Alia Marrero & Ela Faigenblat Best Delegation First place
Japan Viviana Pereyó & Zara Akram Written Mention
India Conrad Hamilton & Ricardo Ramos Written Mention
Bangladesh Francisco Valldejuly & Wyatt Wunker Oral Mention
Economic: 2008 Housing Crisis
Mary Bono Mack Mónica García
Rob Bishop Solomon Levis Distinguished Delegation Third place
Thomas H Allen Carlos F. Valldejuly Montilla & Mariana Bermúdez-Schell
Rodney Alexander Jose A. Rodríguez & Alfredo Cuprill
General Assembly: Maritime Human Trafficking
Compass Salomar Levis & Diego Nieves Pedraza Oral Mention
Belgium Luca La Rosa Cruz & Rafael Pagán
United Kingdom William Rex & Saleh Yassin
Norway Rafael Arrillaga & Diego Rivera
Historic Committee: Naval Occupation of Vieques/PR Committee - Chaired by Carlos Unanue
ATSDR Victoria Kaufer & Alexandra Sosa Outstanding Second Place
Junior Committee: Treatment of Aquatic Animals in Japan - Chaired by Diego Saavedra
Yukio Hatoyama Alejandro Madero & Rania Marrero Written Mention
National Institute Giovanni Dávila & Jerry Chen Written Mention
The Japan Times Jan Paul Van Noort Figueroa Written Mention
Paula DuPre Pesmen Tatiana Santiago Muñiz & Cecilia Rodríguez Lugo
Ms. Bea Ramírez Betances and Ms. Isabel Franqui are the SJS MUN co-moderators. The next competition will be on December 4th-5th and Saint John’s School will be the host.