CISMUN III
The Concordian International School Model United Nations Conference or CISMUN for short has been running for three successful years.
For the uninitiated, MUN is the simulation of the activities of the United Nations, where students act as delegates, representing different countries, who seek to find political solutions to prevailing issues. This gives students a great opportunity to learn essential 21st century skills, such as research, critical thinking, and communication.
Regardless of what field of study you want to pursue, developing these skills means you can talk confidently in their subject area, feel a responsibility as a global citizen, and strive to understand differing perspectives.
CISMUN III on November 2nd-3rd, 2024, was the largest ever CISMUN with over 400 teachers and students descending onto the Concordian campus--it was also the first international one, with a school coming all the way from Taipei! The topics discussed during the committee sessions
ranged from combatting Hannibal as he invaded through the Alps in the Roman Senate Committee, to providing safe passage on trade chokepoints in ECOSOC, to tackling racism on the football pitch in FIFA.
It is a core belief of the organizing team that the format of MUN can be applied to differing contexts, whilst still maintaining the same core benefits.
CISMUN was (and continues to be) one of the first conferences of the academic year. As such, we strive to aid newer delegates in their pursuit of MUN. Having more direct engagement between student leaders and delegates, as well as our interactive roleplaying MUN-101 session were geared towards making MUN as accessible as possible.
Moreover, the conference raises money for the annual School Build. This year, we were able to raise 300,000 Baht. We would be remiss not to thank our wonderful sponsors, including the PTA, TopGolf, CPF, CP-ALL, CP-Meiji, Jele-Beautie, and Koh Kae for their wonderful support.
It is also important to mention that the conference would not be possible without the aid of the school administration and staff (particularly Khun Alisa), in giving their counsel and time.
In the next semester, the MUN club is attending many exciting conferences; THAIMUN at Brighton College Bangkok has record attendance this year (with schools coming from as far as Turkey); RISMUN is innovating with a Greek Assembly committee.
It is an exciting time in the MUN circuit. As for the conference, planning will soon start for CISMUN IV. We hope to collaborate with the upcoming 11th Graders in their effort to fundraise for school build.
I think CISMUN's core strength is in its clarity of purpose: a premier conference for new delegates that fundraises for School Build. We hope that vision will continue for future iterations of the conference.
Burger (G11) President
