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SUNCITY INTRA MUN 2020- THE ONLINE CONFERENCE CELEBRATING 5 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE!

The Suncity Intra Model United Nations conference was held on the 31^st October and 1^st November, 2020. Like all things this year, the event was a virtual one. The Secretariat, comprising students of grade XI were instrumental in putting the event together. Like the previous four conferences, this fifth one too was a complete student-led initiative. 

Work on the conference began in the month of September with the finalising of the Organising Committee and the various position holders. It was decided that the Executive Board members would be grade 12 students of our school and/or our alumni. From finalising committees and agendas to publicising the event via Instagram to designing the online presence (https://smun2020.weebly.com) the students worked tirelessly. We were overwhelmed with the number of delegates who registered for the event. 

Between finalising the allocation and the main event, training sessions were organised for the newcomers as well as seasoned delegates. The day prior to the event, there was a general buzz about it that was palpable. The conference began with the Opening ceremony. Messages from Director Rupa Chakravarty and Principal Sandeepa Rai added the right amount of confidence to the butterflies in the stomach. Committees proceeded smoothly under the able guidance of the experienced Executive Board members. It was a pleasure to have two of our alums, Vedaant Shahani and Bhavyam Dutt co-chair a committee. These two showed exemplary patience while handling students of grades 7 & 8. They hand held the delegates and took them through each step patiently, correcting their mistakes gently and applauding their successes with much fanfare. 

The Historic Security Council witnessed a lot of drama as it was a continuous crisis committee organised around the Indo-Pak war of 1971. Lok Sabha debated at length the constitutional and legal validity of the CAA. The General Assembly, by far the biggest committee debated transnational organised crimes with special emphasis on drug trafficking in the golden crescent. The most interesting committee of the conference was undoubtedly the one that simulated the British East India Committee Congregation to discuss the Sepoy Muting of 1857. It was heartening to hear the impassioned speeches of mostly 7^th and 8^th graders. The IT and International Press worked through the two days to run operations smoothly and to cover everything being debated. 

The two days provided huge learnings to all those involved in it- from the organisers to the participants. The event ended with the closing ceremony where the awards were declared a promise made to return next year- with a bigger and better conference.