第４回ジャパンメトロポリタン模擬国連大会

Japan Metropolitan Model UN(JMMUN)

開催日 2018 年 2月 10日(土)～11日(日)

会場 洗足学園中学高等学校

主催 JMMUN Committee at Senzoku Gakuen

(教員代表 Grant Wales)

ジャパンメトロポリタン模擬国連大会(JMMUN)は洗足学園で開催される中高生向けの会議

で、洗足学の模擬国連部の生徒がスタッフとして運営します。

本大会には 4つの委員会が設置されています。昨年度は 22校、総勢約 270名の教職員と

生徒の皆様にご参加いただきました。日本国内ではまだあまり模擬国連の活動は盛んでは

ありませんが、参加者の皆様に本大会を通して模擬国連に興味を持っていただくとともに、

国際情勢について理解を深めることを通して、参加生徒が一体となって様々な視点から物

事を見る力を養えていけたらと思っています。

会議（委員会）トピック

上級者会議

トピック： Poverty in Developed countries 「先進国での貧困とその解決に向けて」

委員会： ECOSOC 国連総合経済社会理事会

中級者会議

トピック： Combatting bio-terrorism 「バイオテロの防止と国家の安全」

委員会： UNODA 軍縮部

初級者会議①

トピック： Net neutrality and National Security 「ネットワークの中立性と国家安全」

委員会： SOCHUM 国連総合社会・人道・文化委員会

初級者会議②

トピック： Improving access to Sustainable and Renewable energy 「再生可能エネルギーの利用改善」

委員会： UNEP 国連環境計画

日程

2018年 2月 10日 8:30－ 9:30 登録 9:40－ 10:20 開会式

10:30－ 12:30 各会議のセッション

12:30－ 13:30 昼食

13:40－ 15:40 各会議のセッション

15:40－ 16:00 休憩

16:00－ 17:30 各会議のセッション

17:30－ 18:00 フィードバック・解散

2018年 2月 11日 9:30－ 12:30 各会議のセッション

12:30－ 13:30 昼食

13:30－ 15:00 各会議のセッション

15:10－ 15:50 閉会式

16:00－ 17:00 交流会

参加費 生徒一人 500 円

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・11月 18日（土）13:30より本大会に向けて、初心者向けの講習会を本学園にて行います。

模擬国連に参加したことがない方やまだ自信がない方は、万障お繰り合わせのうえ、是非

ご出席ください。

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問い合わせ先

洗足学園中学高等学校

Grant Wales (洗足学園中学高等学校教諭)

美濃口 美和(洗足学園中学高等学校教諭)

住所 神奈川県川崎市高津区久本２－３－１

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JMMUN TIMES

Volume 1 On The Spot Reporting for JMMUN January 10-11, 2017

Japan Metropolitan Model United Nations (JMMUN) was held at Senzoku Gakuen on

February 11th and 12th, 2017. Over 300 students and advisers participated, some coming

from as far as Hiroshima and Kyoto. The heated discussion that took place in the three

committees provided a great chance to share various new ideas on many issues.

UN Information Director Inspires Students

Kaoru Nemoto, Director of the United Nations

Information Centre, gave the keynote speech of this year’s

JMMUN, inspiring delegates with her personal success

story and her message of the importance of SDGs.

Before joining the UN, Ms. Nemoto previously

worked as the UN High Commissioner for Refugees

(UNHCR), formerly headed by Sadako Ogata. Beginning

her career as TV Asahi announcer in 1986, she

encountered many roadblocks along the way. One of these

was her Kansai accent. “When I started working I thought,

‘This is not the job for me.’ I’m from Kobe and I thought,

‘Maybe it is better for me to work as a news reporter

covering stories.” When she made the transition to

reporter, Ms. Nemoto was the first woman in Japan to

cover national politics. While working as a reporter,

however, she came to the realization that she needed to

sharpen her journalistic skills and left Japan to study

international refugee law at Columbia University. This

was the start of her relationship with the United Nation.

She interned at the UNHCR office and, using her

professional skills gained through her experience in

journalism, she moved into an active role in the UN

Information Center.

Ms. Nemoto’s account was an ideal message for

JMMUN

delegates,

many of

whom

would

like to be

diplomats

in the

future.

She also

provided

advice for

all of

those who

desire make a difference in the lives of people in the

world who are trying to overcome poverty and those who

wish to make life better for future generations.

President’s Opening Speech The 2017 JMMUN kicked off with a speech by

Conference Secretary General, Arisa Kawano. She talked

about the importance of delegates pushing themselves to

know more about the world through MUN and being

willing to think about possible solutions to the world’s

problems.

She also mentioned how it is often said that high

school students are indifferent to politics and international

affairs.

For Japanese high school students, Kawano pointed out,

many problems dealt with by the UN seem as if they are

occurring in a completely different world. However,

according to Kawano, problems cannot be ignored simply

because they are occurring somewhere outside of one’s

community. She additionally stated that precisely by

broadening our views while we are young, we can actually

influence the world in the future.

She emphasized the importance of debating while

stepping into the shoes of actual victims of incidents, be

they bombings victims in Syria, victims of terrorist attacks,

or individuals silenced by censorship.

Last but not least: the most important thing is to not

look at this conference as an end to your MUN journey, but

a beginning. As Kawano said, even after JMMUN ends, the

problems that must be solved in the world do not.

Advanced committee: Disarmament and International Security Committee Topic: Combatting Radicalization in the Internet Age

The Disarmament and International

Security Committee topic tackled issues

regarding the internet and how to fight

radicalization and terrorism resulting

from it.

The main question asked was, “How

can we combat online radicalization

while ensuring freedom of speech?”

Although it is a human right, freedom of

speech is assigned a different value

depending on the country. The crucial

point is where to draw the line

internationally, despite the line differing

in each region. Many key topics were beautifully

covered throughout the two days in the

DISEC committee. Education for the

youth, freedom of speech, and

surveillance on the internet were some

of the hot topics discussed in the

moderated caucuses. Near the start, a speech in a

moderated caucus was made by Sana

Komatsu, delegate of Pakistan: “This

delegation strongly believes that

immediate action must be taken with

programmes which are long-lived.”

This single quotation sums up one of

the most important issues seen

throughout this committee. There were two groups of

countries: pro-education and pro-

surveillance. Education is a long-term

process that must be handled carefully.

Therefore, in the case of nations that

have fallen victim to terrorist activities,

and also for those with strong

government control within their

borders, education is not the highest

priority. These nations stated that

short-term solutions, such as

surveillance and shutting down

websites are better. However, as the

delegate of Pakistan mentioned,

sustainability is also important. Instant

results may be what we want, but what

we truly need is long-term progress

from the roots, preferably through

educational means.

There were three main working

papers. The draft resolution submitted

by Iraq (sponsored by Brazil, Denmark,

France, and Iran) prioritized surveillance, a short-term solution.

The resolution submitted by India

prioritized international cooperation on

the focus of freedom of speech. The last

resolution submitted by the UK

prioritized the long-term goal: education

to combat radicalization.

Delegate Interview Iran: Kento Yamada (Kaijo Junior High School)

I am working with Iran, Egypt, Denmark, etc. Those

countries agree that we should prioritize surveillance and

watching over the internet over education, because that

would take a long time to take effect. [Iran’s stance] Iran is

close to not having any internet, because the internet is not

the world-wide web, it has its own controlled internet by

the Iranian government. So Iran would want to do

surveillance and censorship as much as possible, but we do

need to cooperate with other nations, so we are cooperating

as much as we could.

India: Sayo Ishihara (Koka Gakuen) India’s stance is that we have to prioritize the freedom

of speech. Our main goal is to enhance media literacy

among the public. We are working with countries such as

Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, and Morocco.

We all prioritize freedom of speech and not censorship. I

can understand that many European countries would want

to combat radicalization, since they had to take in a lot of

refugees. As the delegate of India we cannot, but I

personally really understand why they want to do that.

Intermediate committee: United Nations Educational Scientific Cultural Organization Topic: Journalistic Integrity and Government Transparency

Freedom and the accuracy of the

reports by the media are influenced

heavily by the political system and the

citizens. UNESCO, a committee

founded to “build peace in the minds

of men and women,” requires

delegates to empower citizens and

look into what approach would best

suit not only their own country but all

nations.

“Motion to open debate.” The

debate started with countries raising

their placards to earn a spot on the

speaker’s list, the Netherlands leading

off. With none of the motions passing,

the first session closed with Iraq‘s

opening speech. Dwayne King, the adviser of

Junior and Senior High School of

Kougakuin University, gave his

thoughts on the opening session. “The

students are spreading their wings

before they begin to fly,” King said.

Mr. King pointed out that the opening

few hours gave the delegates a chance

to gain confidence in their public

speaking. “Each delegate should speak

a little bit louder though,” claimed

Satoru Morikawa, the adviser of Keika

Gakuen Girls School. In the sessions after lunch, some of

the delegates lived up to these advisers’

expectations. Starting with a

moderated caucus on the topic of an

Open Government Partnership

(explained below), delegates became

confident enough to delve further into

this issue and its subtopics thanks to an

exchange of ideas during lunch. A

fifteen-minute unmoderated caucus

followed this, and Guatemala, the

proposer of the previous moderated

caucus, took the lead in creating a bloc

with countries participating in the

Open Government Partnership. Open Government Partnership

(OGP) is an international platform for

domestic reformers committed to

making their governments more

transparent to citizens. Launched in

2011, 75 countries have participated in

developing and implementing open

government reforms. From lack of

moderated caucuses on other sub

topics not related to OGP, countries

against government transparency (due

to concerns of terrorism, religion, and

political secrecy) had difficulty in

forming blocs. With Russia leading the

way, many countries came together to

create an organization that goes

against OGP, their primary aim being

the prevention of the other bloc from

passing their resolutions. “Russia’s ideas were a bit

ambiguous. I had trouble following

them,” said one delegate, who wished

to remain anonymous. However,

Russia’s actions clearly had a major

impact on the flow of event in the

committee. The second session consisted of

four moderated caucuses and two

unmoderated caucuses; despite the use

of Japanese in unmoderated caucuses,

active debate and sharing of each

nation’s ideas meant the committee

was moving on to the next stage of

combining ideas together for a realistic

solution, beneficial to the international

community.

In the third session, the movement

of the blocs started to change

dramatically. The bloc consisting of

OGP participating countries including

Guatemala, Australia, France and the

Netherlands were assertively

correcting ideas from different

countries and had their working papers

mostly finished by the time of the last

unmoderated caucus of the day. They

were ready to move on to

strengthening and specifying the

content and persuading other nations

to increase the number of sponsors. On

the other side, the largest bloc not

belonging to OGP started to separate

by regions. Headed by Finland and

Iceland, Northern European nations

formed a bloc putting emphasis on the

freedom of speech. Aiming to promote

government transparency and the

accuracy of the media, they claimed

the importance of debating on the

education system and legislation as

well.

“Although Iceland is mainly

supportive of OGP’s idea, I cannot

make the decision yet,” the delegate of

Iceland’s said about his decision not to

join the OGP block. The Middle

Eastern countries, such as Azerbaijan

and the Maldives, were vehemently

against these two blocs, mainly

because of religion. They stated their

desire for the gradual implementation

of government transparency.

Concerned at the dangerous situations

faced by many journalists,

representatives from the Middle

Eastern nations asserted that

journalists should be kept under

government control. With Laos at the

center, socialist countries and nations

under authoritarian regimes aimed to

strengthen censorship and make a

more sophisticated national security

system. “We differ from the Middle

Eastern countries in how we want to

treat journalists; we are against

protecting and rather want to punish

them,” said the delegate of Laos.

Although some countries seemed

unable to decide on a bloc, each bloc

started writing working papers to make

their resolution pass on the second day.

The second day started with the

chair calling attention to the formation

of blocs; “You do not need to be in the

bloc that your region/ally is in… try

and pull out nations from other blocs

and persuade them why they should

join your bloc instead.” The breakups

of blocs on the first day obstructed the

committee from going into

amendments in the first session;

extension of moderated caucuses were

repeatedly made. The chairs gave out

brownies for Valentine, and the

delegates appreciated them with smiles

on their faces. “Chair’s the best!,” said

one delegate. The two sessions

focused on making amendments to

seek the best solution

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Beginners Committee: United Nations High Commissioners of

Refugees

Topic: The Syrian Refugees Crisis 1)Respect for the Human Rights of

Refugees Many Syrian refugees have fled

from their country by taking a

dangerous route to other countries

because of the conflict. They have

been forced to live in countries with a

different culture and language and are

suffering from numerous violations of

human rights. As a short term means

for protecting such refugees, the

following points were adopted:

establishing the evacuation routes

which protect refugees, providing

transportation to countries accepting

refugees, ending the conflicts which

are the source of the refugee crisis, and

the eradication of antigovernment

forces such as ISIS. Italy has

mentioned: “By securing and

spreading the evacuation route, we

want to lessen the countries’ burden

and we are thinking that this is not

where countries should intervene but

what the UN organization should do.”

Proposals which considered the

refugees’ situation were given as a

long-term solution; education for

supporting refugees to acquire the

language of the countries they fled to,

giving a guidance for employment,

supporting them to be able to

contribute to the society as a national

in the new address in the end. The

delegation of Germany mentioned in

her bloc “There are many wealthy

countries so we would like to contrive

in order to not make the refugees feel

isolated by providing programs that

will make them fit to the new countries

and the help from the educators. We

would also like to support the

accepting countries before and after

they accept the refugees”. Lithuania

representing the same bloc showed a

state of cooperation by mentioning

“We are regarding education as the

most important thing. We are thinking

of dispatching educators when sending

refugees to countries other than

Europe. Also, by the cooperation from

Switzerland where it is a multilingual

country and Spain, we can earn high-

leveled educator and support refugees

to become independent in the new

country”. There was an epoch-making

concrete plan which was to carry out

an internet education for reduction of

expenses in education. This impressed

how much the discussion was

thoroughly worked out. Moreover, a

very discreet solution was shown

which was to bring in therapy for

refugees in order to reduce mental

burdens.

2) Human Rights for the Accepting

Countries Countries which are accepting

refugees is mainly developing

countries and such countries have

enough land to provide but has a

difficulty in providing funds and

lifelines. In the present situation,

certain developing countries are

undertaking most of the burden in

refugee influx. To improve this

situation, two solutions have been

proposed: establish an evacuation

route which disperses the flow of the

refugees and to ask for financial aid

from wealthy countries. Poland

mentioned that “the countries who

want to accept countries but are unable

to support and the countries that do not

have land but can support financially

can cooperate”. Additionally,

Indonesia has mentioned that by

“supporting countries that cannot

accept refugees because of certain

circumstances of infrastructure and

technology, we can turn them into an

acceptable country. ” Examining the

refugees to predict the danger of the

terrorist hidden in the refugees was an

idea which shows how realistic and

developed the debate was. Somalia

stated an original position as a country

of the African continent: “There are

many refugees in Africa too, so based

on that, we would like to accept the

Syrian refugees but also develop

together.”

3) Financial Support by the

Developed Countries This comes under the developed

countries which are unable to accept

refugees because of geographical

conditions such as being far from

Syria or having limited land, but still

want to offer financial support.

According to the delegates cooperative

stance, they reached an agreement to

lessen the burden of the accepting

countries by giving funds, technology,

and education. Not only wealthy

countries sending funds but the

propagating of agricultural technology,

aid in building factories, and the

improvement of infrastructure will

make refugees become independent--

this was a solution which was

negotiated in detail. As Albania has

stated, “There are differences between

countries, such as how positively they

are acting towards accepting refugees.

Therefore, we would like to divide the

burden so that all the countries have

the same amount of burden.”

Overall, even though there were

lots of people who were beginners in

the Model United Nations, there were

many scenes where delegates were

speaking up and debating actively.

However, there were times when the

conference went off topic. The

delegates were eager to merge and

focused on gathering cooperative

countries rather than solving the

problem posed by the topic. There

were some room for improvement, but

surprisingly the delegates had greatly

improved on the second day of the

conference. They had definitely

become more eager to use English in

their speeches and conversations, and

it allowed the whole committee to

make progress throughout this MUN.

1) 難民の人権の尊重

紛争により自国を離れ、危険なルート

を通り異文化の国々で住むことを強

いられたシリア難民は数々の人権侵

害を被っているのが現状です。そんな

難民の人権を守るための短期的な手

段として難民の要望を反映した避難

ルートの確立、受け入れ国までの移

動手段の提供を挙げた。イタリアは

「難民が発生している場所から受け

入れ国までの避難ルートを確保し広

げることで一国への負担の軽減させ

たい、国が介入するのではなく国連

の組織がやることだと考えている」と

述べました。更に難民発生の根源で

ある紛争の廃止、ISIS などの反政府

組織の撲滅なども掲げられました。ま

た、長期的な策としては難民の移転し

た国での新たな言語習得を支える教

育や、雇用へ導き、最終的には移転

先の国民として社会に貢献できるた

めのサポートなど難民の立場を配慮

した案が出されていました。ドイツは、

自分のブロックでは「裕福な国が多い

ので、受け入れ国の支援、受け入れ

た後のサポート、自国に統合するプロ

グラムと教育者の協力で難民に疎外

感を感じさせない工夫をしていきたい」

と話していました。（マッキン瑠奈 三

輪田学園高校）同じくブロックを代表

していたリトアニアも「教育を重視する

方針で、ヨーロッパ以外の国に難民を

送る際に教育者を派遣する、またスイ

スとスペインにいる能力の高い教育

者の協力を得て、その地での自立を

支援したい」と示し、連携のとれてい

る様子でした。（木村優希、並木真衣

東京女学館）。教育の経費削減のた

めにインターネット教育を実施すると

いう画期的な具体策もあり、よく練り

上げられた議論であるように感じられ

ました。さらに、難民の精神的負担を

減らすためにセラピーを導入するとい

う、大変思慮深い案が提示されました。

2)受け入れ国の人権 難民の受け入れ国とは主に発展途上

国で、提供できる土地はあるものの

資金やライフラインの提供が難しい国

のことです。現状として、一部の発展

途上国が難民流入の大半の負担を

請け負ってしまっています。この状況

を改善するため、難民の流れを分散

させる避難ルートをつくる、裕福な国

に経済支援を求めるという解決案に

至りました。ポーランドは、「受け入れ

たいけど支援ができない国と支援が

できるが土地が無く受け入れられな

い国の利害が一致しているので、そ

こで協力をする方針」であるとした。

（一色竜一郎 逗子開成）さらに、イン

ドネシアは「事情があって受け入れら

れない国に対して技術やインフラによ

って受け入れられる国へ変えていき

たい。」（浅野学園 松田健志）また、

入国する多くの難民の中に潜むテロ

リストのリスクを予知し、判別するた

めの検査を行うというアイデアもあり、

現実的かつ発展したディベートが見

受けられたと感じます。アフリカのグ

ループをまとめていたソマリアは「アフ

リカにも数多く難民が存在しているの

で、それも踏まえ、シリア難民を受け

入れるだけでなく、共に成長していく

仲になりたい」とアフリカ大陸独自の

見解を示しました。（金子哲平 逗子

開成） 3) 先進国による経済的支援

先進国で、シリアから遠いなど地理的

条件が揃わなかったり、提供できる土

地は無いといった理由ため、難民を

自国に受け入れがたいが経済的支

援が可能な国にあたります。難民が

移住した発展途上国に資金、技術、

教育などを送り届けることで受け入れ

国の負担を減らす合意に、各国の協

力姿勢によって至りました。資金を裕

福な国が送るだけでなく、農業技術の

普及や工場の建設の手助け、そして

インフラの整備を行うことによって難

民が最終的に自立して生活が営める

対策が入念に講じられました。アルバ

ニアが言ったように、「国ごとに難民を

受け入れるのにどのぐらい寛容かが

違う。私たちは、負担を公平に国ごと

に分けるべきだと思う。」という考え方

もあります。（菊田隆一郎 逗子開成）

最後に、今回の模擬国連は初めて

だという参加者も多かったのですが、

積極的に発言し意見を交わす光景が

見受けられ、満足のいくディベートが

できました。トピックの解決よりもレゾ

リューションを通すために協力国を集

めることに集中し議論の主旨から外

れることもあったため、今後の改善の

余地もありましたが、二日目は皆の

意見がまとまっており、英語をより積

極的に使っている参加者もいたため

全体を通して成長することできた模擬

国連だったと感じています。本当にお

疲れさまでした。

Chair Interviews 1. How did you prepare for JMMUN?

Arisa Kawano:

We took over half a year to prepare for

this. We also had to keep up with the

topic even after finishing the

background guides. We made a whole

document on the different countries

perspectives. This is not just about

MUN. I think we all learned how to

manage an event, and I learned a lot

about how to manage a large number

of people.

Risa Sugimoto:

The hard part about the research was

the fact that we had to find information

from all sorts of areas. Since our

language is limited, our research also

had limitations.

Larissa Tolentino:

We had to be up to date with the topic

for preparation, but the hardest part

was logistics, really. Delegates

becoming double delegations, triple

delegations--those little adjustments at

the last minute were really tough.

Haruko Okada:

We have written the background guide

and have been researching about our

topic ever since. Also, it is my first

time chairing so we had a lot of

practice session where I got the chance

to chair at the daily school mun

meeting/simulation. We have read

every single position paper and

anticipated what kind of solution the

delegates were going to come up with.

We also gave feedback to these

delegates so that their discussion

would go in the direction we want it to.

Anna Nambu:

As of the last 2 months, I have been

checking news updates everyday so i

know the topic accurately, and so that

I can better guide the committee

during the conference. I have also been

reading and responding to position

papers, and going over logistics.

Getting ready for MUN is a very long

process and involves hard work, but

the end product is always worth every

moment of preparation and sleepless

nights spent.

Mire Yajima:

It was my first time chairing the

conference, but I took time imagining

how the flow would go in order to

fully support my seniors throughout

the conference.

Erina Takato:

For the beginners committee the chairs

have set the topic to a rather

understandable topic to deepen the

discussion. We have researched about

the current situation in Syria in depth.

Sara Yamamoto:

Summer and autumn 2017 consisted of

writing the study guide and

researching general information about

the topic. We used winter break to

read everyone's position papers and

give the delegates feedback and advice.

During the last month, we reviewed

procedure, practiced chairing and had

rehearsals to fully prepare ourselves

for this MUN.

Sana Komatsu:

It is my first time to participate in

MUN as a chair so I am filling my

head with the procedure. I researched

various countries so that I can discuss

about the problem from many points

of view which was the thing I have not

done when I was a delegate, only

researching my own country.

Hana Yajima:

As a chair, I prepared for this

conference by getting to know each

country’s bloc positions and other

current situations and by also thinking

about the possible resolutions in

advance. I found it very challenging,

but it was really fun!

2. How do you want this conference to go?

Arisa Kawano: I want it to be able to cater to a lot of

different kinds of people. Last year we

focused a lot on the beginners. This

year we wanted to focus on higher

level students as well as beginners.

There needs to be a platform for

MUNers who are advanced in their

skill and English level to be able to

debate in all English in Japan. Risa Sugimoto: For this JMMUN, all the committees

are handling very current topics. I

think that it would be great if delegates

are able to get a deeper understanding

of the topic at hand and become

interested in it. Also, getting new

friends from different schools is an

incredible experience. Larissa Tolentino:

I want everyone to be able to feel like

they walked away from this inspired

by so many amazing people. Haruko Okada: I want this conference to be a stepping

stone for those who is inexperienced at

MUN. I want more and more Japanese

students to gain knowledge about

problems occurring in the current

world and be passionate about it. Mire Yajima: Since it is the last year doing it with

my seniors, I want the conference to

be better than the last time, reflecting

from the mistakes that has been

brought up. Erina Takato: JMMUN started three years ago with

only two other schools coming from

outside. Now here we are with many

schools coming from as far as

Hiroshima. It would be great if each

and every one of you would learn

something through MUN and more

enjoy it. Sara Yamamoto: My goal as a chair in the beginners

committee is to get everyone to realize

the joy of MUN. MUN isn't just about

having great English or public

speaking skills. MUN is fun - from

learning about different countries, to

negotiating and working together with

people you met that day, and to simply

getting to know and becoming friends

with great people. Sana Komatsu: I haven't had a conference without any

regret but I felt really honored to be

able to participate every time I went to

MUN. I hope the students who

participated in this JMMUN would

feel the same as I did. Hana Yajima:

Once again, procedure is an important

matter in MUN especially for

beginners. So, I think we need to make

sure that we would provide them a

clear explanation about the flow of the

discussion.

Awards UNHCR (Begginers)

Best Delegate

Saudi Arabia Taiga Nakayama (Asano Gakuen)

Kazuki Nishimoto (Asano Gakuen)

Shinnosuke Mochimata (Asano Gakuen)

Honorable Mention

Albania Ryuichiro Kikuta (Zushi Kaisei)

Azerbijan Ryo Kanda (Asano Gakuen)

Syria Piano Endo (Senzoku Gakuen)

Indonesia Takeshi Natsuda (Asano Gakuen)

Best Position Paper

Mongolia Tsubasa Atsushi (Kamakura Gakuen)

UNESCO (Intermediate)

Best Delegate

Laos Daiki Ito (Asano Gakuen)

Honorable Mention

Australia Shikoh Hirabayashi (Seiko Gakuen)

Tomoya Kuwahara (Seiko Gakuen)

Guatemala Yui Iwasa (Senzoku Gakuen)

Fumika Akagi (Senzoku Gakuen)

Best Position Paper

Finland Zen Tamura (Keio SFC)

Yukarino Ishimoto (Keio SFC)

DISEC (Advanced)

Best Delegate

Iran Kento Yamada (Kaijyo Gakuen)

Honorable Mention

Iraq Eiichiro Kuno (Kogyokusha)

Shunsuke Sugihara (Kogyokusha)

Morocco Hana Miura (Senzoku Gakuen)

Best Position Paper

Kuwait Saki Iwata (Doshisha

International)

JMMUN 2017

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