The 17th Session of the Sri Lanka Model United Nations (SLMUN 2024) Conference was held at the BMICH on the 17th and 18th of August 2024.

This year’s conference boasted over 1200 registrations from schools and colleges from all across the island. Their agenda involved several outreach workshops to numerous provinces, and partnering with various other MUN conferences, in addition to their conference competitions and partnerships.

CIS entered a diversified team of delegates, administrative staff and IPC members for this year’s conference. Ranging from Year 7 students to Year 13 school leavers, from novice delegates and administrative staff to seasoned MUNers, the entire delegation worked tirelessly throughout the summer holidays, researching foreign policy, brushing up on their talking points, practising rebuttals and polishing their counter-arguments. Their consistent determination and the winning attitude of the entire delegation was clear during their training sessions

Senior members of the CIS MUN Society took the reins and led all practices, making sure all delegates were thorough with their existing research and debating capabilities, while assuring new methods, novel skills and up-to-date foreign policies were meticulously learned.

The CIS delegation consisted of :

• YEAR 7 : ( Avic Godakanda, Nirav Tejwani, Dimittri Soosaipillai )
• YEAR 8 : ( Pranav Tejwani, Suhaarya Vithanage )
• YEAR 9 : ( Sharushan Dayapathy, Kiara Gunawardhene, Yusuf Cassim, Abdullah Imran)
• YEAR 10 : ( Anya Vithanage )
• YEAR 11 : ( Navik Weerawardana, Akein Bandara, Tavish Ramanayake, Prajiv Hidayashanker, Anisha Mahibalan, Nikhil Peiris)
• YEAR 12 : ( Girinaath Aravind, Thejanaa Jegajeevan, Ashveedha Jayasinghe )
• YEAR 13 : ( Thomas Easton )

The CIS IPC delegation consisted of :

• YEAR 10 : ( Anah Yehiya )
• YEAR 12 : ( Tashya Fernando, Jennelle Fernando, Jewin Yajanthiran, Jalana De Alwis )

The CIS Admins consisted of :

• YEAR 12 : ( Praneethgaran Sellvakumar, Sanuthi Dissanayake, Shenal Saparamadu, Danyaal Hashmi, Ambhiga Rajenthran, Harini Maheswaran )

AWARD WINNERS – CIS DELEGATES

The delegation from CIS performed exceptionally well, with several awards that highlighted their debating, teamwork and journalistic prowess

GENERAL ASSEMBLY 3 ( GA3 )

• AWARD : Honorary Mention
• DELEGATE : PRAJIV HIDAYASHANKER & NIRAV TEJWANI ( Ukraine )

• AWARD : Best Delegate
• DELEGATE : ANISHA MAHIBALAN & ANYA VITHANAGE (UK )

UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION ( UNESCO )

• AWARD : Higher Commendation
• DELEGATE : SHARUSHAN DAYAPATHY ( Ukraine )

COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN ( CSW )

• AWARD : Honorary Mention
• DELEGATE : ASHVEEDHA JAYASINGHE ( UK )

WORLD ANTI-DOPING AGENCY ( WADA )

• AWARD : Honorary Mention
• DELEGATE : GIRINAATH ARAVIND ( Germany )

INTERNATIONAL PRESS CORPS ( IPC )

• AWARD : Best News Agency
• DELEGATE : JENNELLE FERNANDO & JEWIN YAJANTHIRAN ( Xinhua News Agency )