Concordia’s Model United Nations (CONMUN) has smashed its previous record of 28 awards, earned over a four-year period from 1998 to 2002, bringing home a total of 25 awards this academic year. And there may be more to come.
The student group participates in a number of UN simulation competitions, where delegates are assigned countries and placed in committees to debate and propose solutions to hypothetical political situations.
Last month, delegates from CONMUN won three awards at the Harvard World Model United Nations (HWMUN), held last month in Montreal. With more than 2,000 delegates, it's one of the largest, and most internationally diverse college-level Model UN conferences.
CONMUN sent 21 delegates and Concordians Laura Galvez and Eleni Gkesoura took away top awards for diplomacy, representing Colombia and the USSR respectively. Annelies Coessens and Adrianna Marrocco received a joint verbal commendation for their performance in the Special Political and Decolonization Committee.