SJS Model United Nations Team Commended at TDMUN VI Event

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.  
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Saint John’s School

Saint John’s School is a non-profit, college preparatory, nonsectarian, coeducational day school founded in 1915. The school, located in a residential area of Condado, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, has an enrollment of over 800 students from pre pre-kinder to grade twelve. Instruction is mostly in English with the exception of language courses.