Some 350 students from 10 private schools discussed serious political, social and environmental issues of the world at the first Model UN Conference 2012 hosted by the MES Indian School yesterday.
Students from seven Indian schools and three international schools took part in the event. The participants, divided into various committees discussed 16 topics at the mock assembly such as reforming the UN, post-conflict reconstruction in Libya, Eurozone debt crisis, waste management system and bio-diversity. A number of senior diplomats and other dignitaries also attended the event. T P Sreenivasan, former Indian ambassador to the UN delivered, the key-note address.
The guests included Keejing Chung, Korean ambassador to Qatar, Lucas Kyprianou, assistant to the ambassador of Cyprus, EU Presidency, Lesteris, attaché, embassy of Greece, P S Sasikumar, deputy chief of mission, Indian embassy, Jayant Kumaragi, attaché at Sri Lankan embassy and R Seetharaman, Group CEO, Doha Bank, among others.The Peninsula
