MUN 2011: Diplomacy and Position Paper Awards
Houssam Hariri High School delegation has successfully participated in AL WALID-LAU-MUN, the sixth consecutive High School- Model United Nations Conference and the first Middle School Conference, which was held at the Lebanese American University in Beirut. Besides winning numerous awards- four Diplomacy Awards , Position Paper Award, and the second place in the MUN Competition on submitting a breath-taking piece of poetry - the delegates, who were representing China, have gained leadership skills and have become genuinely interested in creating a better United Nations, leading eventually to a more sustainable future.

“It was challenging yet enjoyable. We learned to compromise; we developed our public speaking skills and we learned about international conflicts,” said Wassim Slim, the delegate in the (WHO) The World Health Organization Committee.

“Although I felt at first that this award wasn’t enough, I eventually realized that the experience in itself was really amazing. Indeed, the fact that I was attending MUN was alone a situation which made me feel that I was on cloud nine…. I was really excited and happy to share my ideas with others and to defend the country I was representing, China, in every possible way,”said Karim Badr, the winner of a Diplomacy Award in the Middle school program.

“As a security council delegate, I gained great confidence and learnt so much from the experience,” said Saber Abdullah, the winner of SC Diplomacy Award. “The overall aim of my committee was to work together towards a common goal, towards a resolution.”


The MUN delegates for the year 2011:
High School
1-Wassim Sleem WHO
2- Bilal Mamlouk GAP
3- Ghida Akhdar GA1 Diplomacy Award
4- Ghina Danash GA2
5- Yara Kharroubi GA3
6- Saber Abdullah SC Diplomacy Award
7- Yara Khalifeh CSD
8- Yara Bou Salman UNEP
9- Sami Kalash UNDP
10-Haitham Soussi CCPCJ
11- Hadi Saleh FAO
12- Farah Darazi WFP
13- Nader El Solh UNHCR
14- Rani Hammoud UNCTAD
15- Rola Shayto ECOSOC
16- Ghina Saleh HRC Position Paper Award


Middle School
1- Karim Badr UNDP Diplomacy Award
2-Karim Kaddoura UNICEF
3-Samer Fakhri WFP Diplomacy Award
4-Malek Charif ILO

It is worth mentioning that Saber Abdullah and Ghida Akhdar, High-School Diplomacy Awards winners, were nominated to the New York Mock Simulation.