“Holding nuclear weap-

on is a threat and when

you hold threat you

will face threat” said

Canada in its speech in

the General assembly in

the SNS Model United

Nations on March 27.

The statement was

made following the

delegate of United

Kingdom’s stance that

nuclear missions must

be used only for devel-

opment of human kind

and not for its destruc-

tion. Thus the council

was all set to discuss on

the armament race and

its effects on world

peace and security with

special emphasis on

Nuclear Weapon Prolif-

eration.

Talking about the ne-

cessity of nuclear weap-

ons invoked a series of

allegations between the

Democratic People’s

Republic of Korea

(DPRK) and the Unit-

ed States of America

and its allies. United

States claimed to have

nuclear plants only for

powering purposes and

also to protect its inter-

ests from threats posed

by the DPRK. It made

allegations that DPRK

will be the reason for a

Third world war if it

ever happens. “DPRK

is just trying to bring

out the truth about the

USA and if that pushes

the world to a state of

war, that will be the

only way by which

DPRK can be blamed

for it” replied the dele-

gate of DPRK. Canada

which desperately sup-

ported the United

States of America in-

sisted that DPRK

should dismantle its

nuclear missions and

sign the Non- Prolifera-

tion Theory (NPT).

The delegate of Italy

urged DPRK to stop

threatening the USA

with their nuclear

weapons. It suggested

that no country should

deploy nuclear missiles

in foreign lands. How-

ever, he had to face the

delegate of Israel who

questioned regarding

the 70 US TNW’s

(Tactical Nuclear

Weapon) deployed in

Italy. “Be the change

you want to see” he

quoted Gandhiji in the

council to the delegate

of Italy. The delegate

of India however said

that countries, be it

three-letter abbreviated

or four-letter abbrevi-

ated, must dismantle

their aggression rather

than dismantling their

weapons. This com-

ment was countered by

the delegate of DPRK.

He said India must

have better job to do

than counting the let-

ters in a country’s ab-

breviation.

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Inside Story 2

UNSC Crisis 2

UNGA Crisis 3

Armament Vs Dis-

armament 4

Military intervention

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ISIS may have a point 5

General Assembly

talks... 6

UN Security Council

Speaks 7

Why delegate , why? 8

We are nothing less! 8

IP awards 9

Dine and Dance 9

Over a cup of tea with

the chair 10

What would Dhivya

and Selena do? 11

Because I am Selena 11

INSIDE THIS

ISSUE:

“Holding nuclear

weapon is a

threat and when

you hold threat

you will face

threat”

SHRINITHI MAHENDRAN

The slow kick off took to

major turn of events

with the bombardment

of crisis falling upon the

delegates. With the US

embassy in Germany

attacked by ISIS, things

went haywire.

Delegates kept “trying”

to come up with valid

solutions to satisfying

the most dangerous ter-

rorist organization in the

world. While a few coun-

tries talked of negotiat-

ing with ISIS, countries

like USA, UK, Israel

and Philippines were

taking a bold move in

making a military inter-

vention in order to save

the ambassadors and

diplomats who were held

hostage at the embassy.

Japan came up with

rather creative solutions

to use the multi-wave

oscillator that agitates

the minds and helps lose

all senses of conscious-

ness, using it as ad-

vantage, Japan suggest-

ed the rescue operation

and capturing the ISIS

terrorists.

Before the crisis could be

resolved, Iraqi govern-

ment was airlifted out of

Baghdad due to an emi-

nent attack by the ISIS

and imposed a no fly

zone and was claimed

incapable of fighting the

ISIS.

While the world was

going chaotic, the Japa-

nese and the American

ambassadors were be-

headed on a live feed.

DPRK offered nuclear

weapons to the ISIS

along with a list of de-

mands. The ISIS recip-

rocated the demands

which included around

11 Billion dollars, per-

manent membership in

the UNSC, a nuclear

warhead and in turn was

reportedly offered chem-

ical weaponry for a prize

of 7.5 Billion dollars by

the Syrian Arab Repub-

lic.

Humanitarian aspects

were nowhere to be seen

in the council apart from

the mentions from the

delegates of USA, UK

and Israel. The resolu-

tion that was poorly

constructed had a vague

economic aspect and

paid no heed to the mili-

tary or humanitarian

aspect of the ISIS crisis.

The Resolution was ve-

toed by the USA and

UK due to its lack in

vision and poor con-

struction as the resolu-

tion barely addressed

the crisis, let alone pro-

vide comprehensive so-

lutions within the time-

line of the crisis.

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Crisis! Say what!

The Resolution was

vetoed by the USA and

UK due to its lack in

vision and poor

construction

PR ESS EXPR ESS

As reported by journalist HARIKA REDDY, it rains of crisis in

UNSC.

Crisis

VO L UME 1, ISSUE 1

The council did not take

any direction until Day

2 when a crisis update

came from the secretary

general. A US B-52

Bomber flying a simu-

lated sortee over Asia

accidentally dropped

three B 83 nuclear

bombs (1.2 megaton)

owing to a malfunction-

ing bomb bay door. The

sortee took place in

south Asia. Eventually

one of the bombs had an

Israeli flag painted on it

and was found in Bhu-

tan. The second bomb

was found in the north-

western part of Pakistan

which is run by Paksita-

ni Tribes and an area

rumoured to house the

Afghan Talibans. The

world was jeopardized

when the nuclear war-

head on the bomb went

missing. “…the war

head on the bomb had

been skillfully removed”

was the message. The

danger of it being in the

hands of Talibans shook

the council and the focus

of the argument turned

on the USA. While the

delegate of United

States reinstated its

stand on the “accident”,

other countries ques-

tioned it. Meanwhile,

there was also a leak

from an USA army per-

sonnel that the opera-

tion was a simulation of

a pincer movement at-

tack on China. Paksitan

refused to allow any in-

vestigation on theirs

lands by the Interna-

tional Atomic Energy

Agency (IAEA) on

grounds of soverignity.

Few hours later a ship

with a North Korean

crew was intercepted by

a USA navy ship and

was believed to have the

missing war head. It had

left the port of Karachi

and was heading to-

wards DPRK. Following

which DPRK was urged

to sign the NPT and

disclose matters on their

nuclear missiles.

“DPRK will maintain

opacity for its security

and privacy, it shall not

sign the NPT and will

never be an ally of the

United States of Ameri-

ca” said the delegate.

While Bhutan peacefully

returned the war head

that landed on their ter-

ritory, the Pakistani

ambassador was ex-

pelled from the USA by

Barack Obama in pro-

test of the countries act

to steal US warhead and

the third war head was

found in Bangladesh and

they refused to return it.

However they disman-

tled it and sent a photo

to the UN and one of the

parts held the Israeli

symbol on it.

Situation tensed up as a

war talk was posed be-

tween the DPRK and

the US. The delegate of

USA confirmed to the

council over a press con-

ference that the B-52

Bomber was a part of a

nuclear deal between

Israel and USA. It also

stated that there is no

relevance between the

flights that were en-

gaged on a simulation of

pincer attack on china as

a part of a military drill

and the bomber that

malfunctioned. The cap-

tain of the DPRK ship

which was held for in-

vestigation by the USA

passed away. The USA

claimed it was due to

natural causes but the

whole world suspected

it. “…killed due to tor-

ture” said the delegate

of DPRK and a war ten-

sion prevailed through-

out.

The council directed

itself to peace by voting

(by majority of 40 votes)

on a resolution submit-

ted by the delegate of

Italy which emphasized

on the creation of an

International Peace day,

on which nations will

give away a proportion-

ate number of arms. The

resolution also instruct-

ed the IAEA to investi-

gate the involvement of

countries in nuclear

weapons.

(with inputs from

Reporter MRINAAL

TOMAAR)

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Crisis on Board at UNGA

The world was

jeopardized when the

nuclear warhead on the

bomb went missing.

SHRINITHI MAHENDRAN

Crisis

Delegate of Israel

Delegate of US

Delegate of Italy

Delegate of DPRK

Vice Chair of GA

We are smart, yet weak. Being the

smartest creatures, we’ve developed

numerous weapons capable of mass de-

struction. And the sole reason to do so

is the fact that we feel insecure of our

very own species.

Each and every nation today wants to

be more powerful than the others. Eve-

ry nation is insecure of its neighbors.

Every nation desires to boast of its huge

military strength and nuclear power.

And all of this has led to what we call as

the Arms Race.

The arms race began way back in the

1900s between the German and British

Naval forces. It is generally referred to

as a competition between two or more

parties to have the best armed forces.

In today’s world, non -state actors like

ISIS are also seen as active participants

of this race. The armament race does

not limit itself to military troops. It

rather extends to Biological and chemi-

cal weapons as well. De facto, Biological

weapons can cause a much larger im-

pact at a slower rate.

The arms race is a result of mixed feel-

ings of envy and insecurity among na-

tions. Piling up of weapons, at first,

seems to be very lucrative and satisfying.

But later, this becomes a source of poor

relations and sore talks between coun-

tries. And hence, disarmament is the only

solution.

But at a time, when non state actors like

Al-Qaeda and ISIS are gearing them-

selves up with weapons, pleads of various

peace-loving nations to create a better

world by disarmament seem to be ridicu-

lous. According to the resolution passed

by the GA first committee on Sunday,

every year on the International Peace

day, every nation would dismantle a pro-

portionate amount of its weapons. Now,

this resolution does little with disarma-

ment. En plus, what’s the guarantee that

along with nations, non-state actors

would dismantle their arms as well?

The only solution to curb the arms race

problem is that countries should indeed

retain a bit of arms. Also, clearance over

matters like possession of nuclear weap-

ons will create space for more diplomatic

talks amongst nations. All of these com-

piled with mutual understanding and

giving up of envious mind-sets can indeed

lead to a peaceful and united world.

The concept of national sovereignty has long been the chief legal and political obsta-

cle to military intervention in pursuit of humanitarian objectives. The existence of

examples where security was established by nonviolent means shows that the belief in

military protection is more ideology than reality. There is a logic of violence, a logic

that says that force is the ultimate means. But there is another logic that of non vio-

lence and this is superior because it contains a vision of a common future for all those

in conflict.

A new project trying to realise this alternative logic is the international NGO Nonvio-

lent Peace force (NP). NP is aiming to create an international civilian “peace army”.

Its goal is to prevent death and destruction and protect human rights, creating the

space needed for local groups to struggle in a peaceful way, enter into dialogue and

seek a peaceful resolution.The major goal of this project is to reduce violence to in-

crease the safety of civilians. Conflicts are not only inevitable, but they can be posi-

tive if they arise from attempts to end oppression and injustice.

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Armament Vs Disarmament

Military intervention and peace?

But at a time, when non

state actors like Al-Qaeda

and ISIS are gearing

themselves up with

weapons, pleads of

various peace-loving

nations to create a better

world by disarmament

seem to be ridiculous.

PR ESS EXPR ESS Editorial

MRINAAL TOMAAR

HARIKA REDDY

The principle of

sovereignty was

established in modern

times with the Treaty of

Westphalia of 1648.

VO L UME 1, ISSUE 1

When it comes to the Islamic State, the extrem-

ist group that has seized large swaths of Iraq and

Syria using horrifying tactics, there is no short-

age of speculation about its history and ambi-

tions. But not all the claims about the organiza-

tion now targeted by the U.S. hold up.

The group's objective is described as "the estab-

lishment of a worldwide Caliphate, reflected in

frequent media reports by means of images of the

world united under an ISIS banner.”

But are they really that shallow?

If one has to understand the Islamic State, first

thing to know is that they are not crazy. Murder-

ous adherents to a violent medieval ideology,

sure. But not insane! ISIS and its predecessor

group, al-Qaeda in Iraq, have had one clear goal,

and ISIS developed strategies for accomplishing

it. Its tactics have evolved over the course of

time in response to military defeats (as in 2008 in

Iraq) and new opportunities (the Syrian civil

war).

Next aspect to consider is that religion is no long-

er their driving force, it is politics that run the

show. Both Syria and Iraq have Shia govern-

ments. Sunni Muslims aren't well-represented in

either system, and are often actively repressed.

Legitimate dissent is often met with violence. It

is understandable why Sunnis feel oppressed and

out of options. Some seem to be willing to wait to

see if life gets any better under their fellow Sun-

nis. ISIS, for its part, appears to be attempting

to exploit this concern. That's why it's set up

community, child-care, and medical services in

some of the Sunni communities it controls. That

doesn't mean ISIS is morally better than

Assad or Maliki! Their group is still hyper-

violent and genocidal. It's just that outreach

to Sunnis is part of their politico-military

strategy.

Another key factor is that ISIS and Al-

Qaeda are competitors and not allies. It is a

well established fact that ISIS used to be Al-

Qaeda in Iraq until they split up in Febru-

ary 2014. ISIS was considered too violent for

al-Qaeda. Here, we are not making a point

but differentiating one group from another,

and their fight to constantly be on the top.

Their core principals might be the same but

the methods of implementation are clearly

not. When ISIS executed American journal-

ist James Foley and put the video on

YouTube, or when it declared its intention

to wipe out Iraq's Christians and Yazidis, it's

not doing it just because they can, although

among individual militants indulging a sick

desire is certainly part of it. At a broader

level, this part of ISIS's plan to beat al-

Qaeda and spread the ISIS brand globally.

The fact that Isis - the Islamic State in Iraq

and the Levant, which has now changed its

name to the Islamic State - claims that it

wants to restore an early type of Islam, leads

many of us to see it as trying to bring about

a reversion to mediaeval values. So there is

that! This is precisely what ISIS wants.

Maybe they did have a point all along.

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ISIS may have a point

But are they really that

shallow?

If one has to understand

the Islamic State, first

thing to know is that

they are not crazy.

Editorial

Excavating the undiscovered side of ISIS —HARIKA REDDY

Image Source : Internet

USA

Will you consider

signing a START

treaty to bring down

nuclear troops to ze-

ro?

All countries have

troops and so the USA

also needs them. Bring-

ing the nuclear troops

down would be taken

into consideration but

not down to zero.

You broke into Paki-

stan to capture Bin

Laden, why would you

not intervene with

military forces in

Bangladesh to get

your weapon back?

Al-Qaida posed huge

threat to the United

States after we saw what

happened in the 9/11

attack. Pakistan pro-

tected Bin Laden and we

were left with no choice

but to break in. But we

will resort to peaceful

talks with Bangladesh.

Our last resort will be to

acquire by military force

but we believe in negoti-

ating.

PAKISTAN

Is Pakistan scared to

allow investigations

by IAEA?

Not scared. We are only

trying to protect our

sovereignty. There is no

transparency on nuclear

troops held by other

countries, which is why

Pakistan will not allow

investigation.

ISRAEL

Now that the world

has seen a nuclear

weapon with a flag

painted on it, can we

take it as a sign for the

presence of nuclear

weapon in Israel? If

proven, will Israel

sign the NPT?

No, Israel does not hold

any nuclear weapon. We

do not indulge in any act

that is a threat to world

peace.

INDIA

Nuclear weapons are

in the hands of your

neighboring countries.

Are you not concerned

about your nation’s

security?

India has the potential

to face any crisis. We do

not fear.

AFGHANISTAN

Same question as In-

dia and do you think

the United States can

intervene in Bangla-

desh to get back the

nuclear weapon?

Afghanistan is con-

cerned not just about

itself but also about the

collateral damage these

weapons can cause to

the whole world. USA

can intervene in the best

interest of the world.

ITALY

Are you comfortable

that Bangladesh is not

returning the war

head? Will you sup-

port USA if the NATO

nations decide to do

so?

Bangladesh should dis-

mantle the war head

immediately and Italy

would like to insist on

the returning of the

weapon rather than sup-

port US’s military at-

tack. But Italy also is

bound by the NATO.

PALESTINE

What is your feeling

regarding the Israeli

flag painted on the

bomb?

Palestine feels threat-

ened and asks Israel to

reduce opacity on its

nuclear troops. It also

asks the council to sup-

port transparency.

PAGE 6

General Assembly talks...

“All countries have

troops and so the USA also needs them. Bringing the nuclear troops down would

be taken into consideration but

not down to zero.” - USA

PR ESS EXPR ESS Press Conference

Delegate of Afghanistan

Delegate of India

VO L UME 1, ISSUE 1

DPRK: Why don’t you stick to your stance during the council?

Our main aim world peace, we want a peaceful situation in the Middle East and

DPRK thinks USA is behind every problem in Middle East.

UK: What was your strategy plan after the distress call in Bhagdad?

We went on a full military assault launching 86th squad and SAS troops with

immediate effect and urge USA for military help.

USA: Why did you call Syrian government as illegitimate?

They are not co-operating with the UN followed by the violations since 1971.

They cannot protect their national borders neither can they fight back terrorist

attacks.

SYRIA: Why hasn’t Syria brought up its Human Rights issues in to con-

sideration?

Human Rights crisis has already been discussed and there is a lot of aid coming

from a number of countries. Moreover a long term solution to these issues would

be to be to curb the threat posed by ISIL and all other terrorist organizations.

The crisis at hand reiterated this and made it all the more important to discuss

other issues and implement solutions immediately.

IRAQ: What does the delegate have to say regarding the comments made

by Syria and DPRK?

*Diplomatic answers from Iraq* The calculated response by Syria and DPRK

were very sensible.

INDIA: What solutions did you suggest when the Indian Embassy was

seized in Baghdad?

The delegate suggested a military intervention and also suggested the super

powers to come up with a better strategy rather than negotiating with the ter-

rorists.

JAPAN: Japan’s solutions to the crisis went unheard in the council,

could you please shed some light on what your ideas were?

By analysing the current issue, it is only a matter of one nuclear warhead for

solving the crisis in Germany and Iraq. The committee is not aware of the usage

of the current nuclear interception technology. High frequency Active Auroral

Research project or HAARP is very effective in rendering the warhead useless.

It utilizes high frequency radiation that re-bounds the ionosphere and interacts

to stabilize the Uranium atom by stopping the neutron collisions. USA must be

aware of it.

PAGE 7

The UN Security Council speaks... “The committee is

not aware of the

usage of the current

nuclear interception

technology. High

frequency Active

Auroral Research

project or HAARP is

very effective in

rendering the

warhead useless.”

- Japan

Press Conference

Delegate of Syria

The delegate of USA

Being a first timer’s council the SNS UNGA did an amazing job. There was no trouble

making the delegates speak up. Of course there is big thanks to the Chair for inspiring

them, but the International Press cannot go without congratulating the delegates.

However some hilarious moments have to be recorded.

Where to begin? May be with the United States of America that took into serious

account a sarcastic comment made by a delegate that the USA is so careless a nuclear

bomb might drop on the council. She said her country would not do that because a

member of their nation is standing in the council. Yes delegate, we understand you

are precious to your nation!

But USA seemed so precious to the delegate of Canada as he tried desperately to pro-

tect its border relations by blindly supporting US’s cause. Well the friendship came to

a sad end when the delegate of USA crossed her limits by sending one too many chits

to the delegate of Canada. He refused to respond to any more chits from the delegate

of USA. This rash decision made by the delegate of Canada compelled the United

States of America to issue severe sanctions on Canada and also the country planned to

militarize all its boundaries with Canada. This was sent in writing to the IP. Why

delegate, why!?

India and Pakistan!!! “If India signs the NPT, Pakistan will sign” … (If brother

drinks the milk, I will also drink) and then a while later… “If India dismantles all its

nuclear weapons and then signs the NPT, Pakistan will also sign” Pakistan!!!!!! Please

tell us what this is all about.

Some slips of the tongue can prove very dangerous, like when the delegate of Israel

said that Israel is not a Non-Proliferation State. “Oh then are you telling us that Isra-

el is a proliferation state delegate?” asks the bewildered Chair. *Slip of the Tongue*

and *a cheesy smile* were the reply.

voice and stressing on

words that weren’t nec-

essary. The delegate of

USA on the other hand

holds the record of using

the words “you know” a

number of times and

also for hitting on the

IP.

Delegates of Japan and

Iraq kept bugging the

council with too much

information on the tech-

nicalities of the present

and older technologies.

UN Security Council

had its fair share of com-

ical incidents and dele-

gates.

While the Executive

Board was taking selfies

whenever possible, the

delegates kept making

lame comments during

their speeches in the

council, not to forget

their hilarious habits.

The delegate of UK kept

wasting his speech time

trying to modulate his

Delegate of Germany

said “DPRK is out of his

mind” during the coun-

cil while ROK said

“Don’t make the dele-

gates laugh by making

foolish decisions

DPRK!”.

This makes it evident as

to which country dele-

gate made the most ab-

surd of comments.

PAGE 8

Why delegate, why?

We are nothing less !!

PR ESS EXPR ESS Humour Space

SHRINITHI MAHENDRAN recollects moments of laughter...

Says HARIKA REDDY from UNSC

Canada refused to respond to any more

chits from the delegate of USA. This rash decision made by the delegate of Canada compelled the United States of America to issue

severe sanctions on Canada and also the country planned to militarize all its boundaries with

Canada.

VO L UME 1, ISSUE 1

Most clueless delegate – Netherlands

Most informed delegate – Iraq

Most sarcastic delegate – DPRK

Most diplomatic delegate – Serbia

Most chaotic delegate – Ireland

Most annoying delegate – India & Pakistan

The Manmohan Singh delegate – UAE

Most hyperactive delegate – USA

Best dressed delegate Boy – Switzerland

Best dressed delegate Girl – Austria

Cutest delegate Boy – Italy

Cutest delegate Girl – Turkey

Most participating delegate – Afghanistan

Committee Clown—Republic of Korea

Most annoying delegate—USA

Manmohan Singh award—Iraq

Best Dressed—Singapore and Iraq

Cutest Person in the council—Israel and the IP

Most Diplomatic Delegate—Syria

The Hyperactive/Talkative one—Israel

Most Informed delegate—Iraq and Japan

Most Arrogant delegate—UK

PAGE 9

Best of UNGA

And from the UNSC

IP Awards

With delicious dinner served for the delegates on 28th March, there was no full stop to

fun and interaction. The dinner had everything from gagman style dancing to group

selfies. It was such a beautiful moment of bonding for the council

members. While all loosened up to have fun, there was still a reporter

in the crowd looking around to make his report on the dinner! What a

fool! (He is also disappointed that he was denied his universal right to

a second helping of ice creams). How can anyone not mention the

plight of the girl who was thrown in the air by the Secretary General

and Organising Committee members? Well, it is when you get to see

the naughty hyperactive side of Sec Gen. Dhivya Ashok, whose hard-

working side was all that we saw until then. It was such a great night

of dance, fun, frolic and a sumptuous dinner.

Dine and Dance ! MRINAAL TOMAAR never steps out of his reporting shoes ...

How does it feel like to be the emergency fire fighter at MUNs?

<laughs> It is both a good and bad feeling. It is really a challenge because you come to an

MUN completely unprepared. And when you have to prepare as the committee proceeds, it

becomes little challenging.

Now that you have seen both the committees, which committee according to you needs a little

extra guidance?

Definitely GA needs more guidance as this committee is filled largely with first timers. The

Security Council has a lot of experienced delegates. It is just that they went through a small

hiccup yesterday. As far as the GA is concerned debate has never been an issue but the direc-

tion of debate is the only thing they need support with.

The UN is not being as useful as it theoretically should be. For example, there are a few resolu-

tions passed in the General Assembly, which when introduced in the Security Council, are vot-

ed out by the permanent members. So, what according to you is the major flaw and how can it

be dealt with?

The major flow is that UN is conceived to be an organisation which is aimed to protect peace

and security, unfortunately the UN ends up to be a stumbling bloc with a few pieces. I be-

lieve the archaic system which we have in the SC actually causes the suppression of many

voices by few. So, a veto power is seen as the biggest deterrent to achieve the goal of sustain-

able international peace and security.

Would you like to recall a ridiculous moment from your MUN jour-

ney?

Uhh, I'll recall a moment from this SNS MUN. I don't know if it

could be classified as ridiculous, it is from the SC. We were discuss-

ing the crisis and what happened was that ISIS had taken over the

US embassy in Germany and they have taken hold of three ambas-

sadors - Japanese, an American and an Israeli if am not wrong. A

delegate suggested installing a device which causes headache for

the ISIS <laughs>.

You prefer being an E.B member or a delegate?

Delegate...hands up.

And why is it so?

Well, you get to participate in debate. As an EB member, except

from this MUN where I have played an influential role in the de-

bate, I mostly do not take part in debates.

Is there any change you would like to see in the Indian MUN circuit?

Yeah, a few drawbacks. I think a little more respect. Organising Committee is required, and

the executive board is sometimes seen as royalty in an MUN.

Last question, do you have any advice for the first time MUN-ers?

One of the companies I really like is the Amazon and there is a saying that it is always day

one in Amazon. That applies to MUN-ers as well. The reason I say this is, after your fifth or

sixth MUN, there is a level of arrogance which sets in and which makes you feel like you

walk into an MUN and you are obliged to win an award. But when you are a first timer, you

put in an extra level of effort. You always try to compensate for that experience which you

don't have. So always immaterial of whether you are a first timer, or a second timer, or a

hundredth, just pretend as if you are a first timer.

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Over a cup of Tea with the Chair

PR ESS EXPR ESS Interview

MRINAAL TOMAAR shoots his questions ...

VO L UME 1, ISSUE 1

MUN in SNS started with me when I went to Kriya MUN in PSG

College of Technology for the first time. Being a relatively new

college, it was a little hard to introduce the concept called MUN in

SNS. But it all fell in place when the Deputy Secretary General,

Selena also wanted this to happen. We call ourselves Harvy and

Mike from the Suits. Like they say “What would Harvy do?” in

SNS it is “What would Dhivya and Selena do?”

Our committee was a very amateur committee. When it comes to

organizing a MUN, I was equally amateur. We called up so many

friends for advices. From the beginning everyone in my team

obeyed and were willing to do anything that was assigned for them.

In fact, towards the end they did more than what was asked out of

them.

On top of all the difficulties, we had some important last minute

back outs. Being a first timer’s council I did not want to compro-

mise on the Executive Board. The chair for the GA was actually

Ashwin Shanbag. The MUN was scheduled on Friday and he calls

me on Tuesday to tell me that he would not be able to make it. It

was a panic moment. I made over 60 calls to everyone I knew and

finally we settled on having a virtual Chair. Harish Vasudevan

agreed to preside the council on Skype from Sydney. Even at that

moment, Varun Hemachandran did not occur to my head. I called

him in the last minute and he just said mail me the details and ten

minutes later he said he will come.

Talking about the Chairs, I must say I owe the big success to

them. My only worry was to make sure people got out of the MUN

with a MUN hangover. Both the Chairs made it happen. Varun

won one too many hearts in the council. I personally take Ariya as

my inspiration for how one must research. Sanjana did a brilliant

job and Aishani was extremely sweet. She was sick and she still

made it to the council and did it for us.

The management was extremely supportive of the event. With no

sponsors and a high budget, we could not have made it if not for

their trust in us. I cannot go without thanking my college Chair-

man who is my personal and professional mentor. He built my

morale when I was down and made sure I did not fly off the han-

dle when I was high!

There are no words to describe how happy we are. Of course it is

sad that it came to an end, but a super grand end it was.

“People steal my lines, C’mon man!”

As spoken to the reporter Harika Reddy, The Deputy Secretary General of SNS

MUN 2015 Selena Josephine talks of her colourful journey through the MUN.

The hyperactive 2nd year ECE student is ambitious towards fashion designing and

singing. The one girl army who dreams of celebrating one of her birthday parties in

Disney land with Zac Effron as the chief guest. That’s what she said!

For a talkative person, Selena doesn’t talk much about her own self but will go on

about everyone and everything in the world. When asked on how it all started, she

paints a picture of her in Chennai playing with her nieces and nephews when she received a call from ‘Dhivya akka’.

Proposal accepted!

Going back a few weeks, she mentions randomly asking her Placement Training Head, Anitha Maám about conducting

a MUN in the college who in turn suggests she draft a formal proposal to the higher authorities.

Times like this, she looks up to one person “Dhivya akka” as she calls the Secretary General was at her internship at

ABB in Bangalore and was being terribly missed. Once done with the draft, her “Chetta” Sreeraj is kind enough to edit

the proposal.

*while yapping her way into the future, she corrects the spelling errors made by the reporter*

Selena, the perfectionist!

She vividly remembers her clamourous heart beating while mailing her well carved presentation to the Technical Di-

rector, Anitha Maám and her Dhivya akka.

Next thing she knew, she was giving a 28 slide presentation to the college Principal, Director, Technical director,

Deans and HoDs of all Departments. The rest she says was a smooth/bumpy ride. Dhivya played a major role in every

step and Selena claims herself to be the right hand of the Secretary General. Working around the clock helping the Sec

Gen, she learnt the ways in college and vital protocols to follow in order to organize a MUN.

They made sure everything went in as a written permission to the higher authorities to make things easier.

The rest for all we know is the outcome, a successful SNS MUN 2015.

Now she can get back to her classes, bug her professors and eat away the ears of her classmates.

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What would Dhivya and Selena do?

Because I am Selena

Interview

Secretary General talks to SHRINITHI MAHENDRAN ...

When the Secretary General of SNS MUN 2015 called me, I said I

may not be able to make it but after a brief pause I said “I’ll be

there”. Personal pressures and a fully loaded week of deadlines

were overrun by the passion for being IP in an MUN. The three

days rolled by in big speed and once again left me with the ‘MUN

hangover’ as the Secretary General calls it.

The first timer’s council at SNS dragged slow on day 1 but picked

up in great momentum from day 2. The newsletter has featured

reports on the council proceedings, research based editorials, inter-

views and awards. Such a grand piece of newsletter is a mirror

image of the successful maiden edition pulled off at SNS. Kudos to

the extremely efficient Organising Committee from the IP!

To my reporters, Harika Reddy and Mrinaal Tomar, it was such a

pleasure knowing these guys who flew from different parts of the

country. They worked so hard on all three days. There are no

words at all to honour Mrinaal’s involvement and Harika’s com-

mitment.

With this, I would like to thank Dhivya Ashok on a personal note

for inviting me.

— SHRINITHI MAHENDRAN

From the Editor’s desk

International Press

Head :

SHRINITHI MAHENDRAN

Reporters:

HARIKA REDDY

MRINAAL TOMAAR

Photographers:

SREEROOP

MOHAMMED ALI

ALWIN

SARATHRAJ