Jumeira Baccalaureate School students taking centre stage at THIMUN, Doha

Debating solutions, problem solving, collaboration, lobbying are just some of the features of the Model

United Nations (MUN) movement, and all were recently on show at The Hague International Model

United Nations in Qatar (THIMUN Qatar).

There is a very strong MUN group at JBS, who meet every week under the watchful eyes of Mr. Robert

Godel, our school Librarian, and Mr. Dan Housley, who teaches History in the secondary school, and for

the second year, the school sent a strong team to Doha at the end of January to take part. Like all Model

UN events, the THIMUN conference brings students together from around the world to learn and share

ideas from a diverse set of experiences and backgrounds. The event enables students to develop their

diplomatic and debating skills while role-playing the representative of a country’s delegation, and the

JBS team took full advantage of what was on offer.Mr. Andrew Homden; Principal said “It’s wonderful to

see such a strong school team at this latest MUN session in Qatar.

I know how keen our delegates were to take part, and this year the school was represented both by

more experienced participants as well as students taking part for the first time, who gained really

valuable experience while soaking up the atmosphere”

The JBS students who attended (Kimberlee Brinkman, Beth Shepard, Carlee Shepard, Laith Fraijat, Parsa

Lalianpour, Fadhel Al Mazrouei, Moaza Al Mazrouei, Ali Ibrahem, Hessa Al Qassim, Noora AlQassim,

Tareq Abbasi, Zeyad Abbasi and Christina Avello) were representing Rwanda and Afghanistan, while

debating issues related to sustainable development. There were a wide variety of committees that

students can participate in, including the Security Council, for which Kim Brinkman and Carlee Shepard

had the honour of being selected.

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