This blog has been exceptionally challenging but amazing for me. This two-year CAS journey has led me to explore many new and familiar activities. I have seen myself grow, learn, experience, and give to my host country; Sri Lanka. This journey taught me how to tackle being online and maintaining my engagement in Creativity, Activity,…
Category: COMUN
Colombo Operated Model United Nations 2022
This moment feels unreal to me, the fact the conference is over. I have spent eleven months on it and it’s time when I write this blog. COMUN was a surreal expeirence. I remember sitting in a room with Ms. McQuillan and Dr. Lundin saying, I want to make this conference the best we have…
Colombo Operated Model United Nations 2022 – Practice debate 2
Practice debate 2 The second practice debate was a better experience than the first PD. This was because we were more organized and on time. There were fruitful discussions and many of them led to delegates debating for hours on end. One of them was the Earth Mineral trade in the Fourth General Assembly. [LO6…
COMUN Practice Debate One
In the past few months, I and my COMUN EXCO have been working towards this year’s conference. The first Practice Debate happened on 6th February 2022 where the delegates were online and the EXCO and admins were present physically at the OSC campus. There were a lot of logistical details that were taken care of…
The United Nations Day 2021 – CAS Project!
On October 15th, I as the Secretary-General of COMUN 2022 conducted the United Nations Day in collaboration with this years’ Head of Projects Saesha Sampat. We planned and orchestrated this event with the help of Dr. Lundin, Ms. McQuillan, and Mr. Lockwood. [LO3 & LO4] We were still in lockdown during this period of time…
Reminiscing and Starting Over – COMUN 2022
On April 1st, I sat for one of the most important interviews I ever have. One that I have looked forward to for 3 years now. I have always wanted to be Secretary General of a conference as I have been into MUN since 2017. It has always been a dream and now, finally I…
The Journey of COMUN 2021
The COMUN journey this year has been exceptional. I am proud, satisfied and truly happy with the experiences I gained and how I saw myself and others grow mentally through this years conference. This conference could not have been possible without the support of our Secretary General of COMUN 2021- Anargi Jayakody and COMUN Faculty…
COMUN and the first Practice Debate!
Leading up to the PD, we had our weekly Tuesday meetings regularly so that we could brief the EXCO as well as practice chairing with them so that they were familiar with procedures of their committees. We had multiple events before we had the first practice debate such as the Delegate workshop, Faculty Advisors meeting…
COMUN EXCO First Meeting
This meeting was an amazing start to COMUN 2021. The EXCO this year are a bunch of very talented and considerate leaders. They have all worked really hard to be where they are and they deserve it. In this EXCO meeting, we discussed protocol, basic agendas and most importantly we got to know each other….
COMUN and the first debate!
Today, we debated on the legalization of abortion and I was chairing. Some very intersting points were brought forwards by countries like France, the UK, and the USA. This debate was fruitful and successful. As the chair, I had the responsibility to correct the delegates where they were wrong and help them improve their speaker’s…