Law College Dehradun, Faculty of Uttaranchal University organized the fourth edition of National Model United Nations LCDMUN 4.0 and had a fabulous opening on 23 April 2022 in which the chief guest was Mrs Ritu Khanduri Bhushan, 6th speaker and 1st woman speaker of Uttarakhand legislative assembly. The event began with the felicitation of the guest by the hon’ble Chancellor Shri. Jitender Joshi followed by the lighting of the lamp.
At the outset, Prof (Dr) Rajesh Bahuguna, Pro Vice-Chancellor& Dean of Law College Dehradun gave a warm welcome to the gathering and threw light on the tradition of the National Youth Parliament and its impact on the young lawyers. This was followed by the address of Vice-Chancellor, Prof (Dr) Dharam Buddhi, who extended his appreciation to the team YPS of Law College, for their unquenching enthusiasm in organizing such tremendous events which call for lot of teamwork and persistence.
The chief guest in her address being a proficient speaker left the hall in awe of her inspiring journey to being the first woman speaker, she also vividly mentioned how being a teacher for many years shaped her personality and moreover, and she learned a ton from her students, her bright and fierce aura left the Swami Vivekananda hall mesmerized. Following this, the event was declared open by the secretary-general miss Saakshi Suneja (President) Youth Parliament Society.
Traditionally, the national event (LCDMUN) stretches to 2 days in which the committees discuss the agendas thoroughly, in-depth and with great zeal to come up with amicable solutions to the problems that are being faced in the name of various institutions and standing up to the tradition; the LCDMUN 4.0stretched for a total of 2days, 23 and24 of April 2022 respectively.
Over 150 participants from across the span of our country participated in this event and helped in making this event a success.
This event hosted 5 committees namely:
1 United Nations General Assembly (Unga)
2 United Nations Security Council (Unsc)
3 All India Political Party Meet (Aippm)
4 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly (Ukla)
5 International/Indian Press
The event had four sessions for all the committees and the agendas being:
United Nations General Assembly: Decoding the Pegasus disruption in the state of art cyber warfare arsenal: A global technological affront.
United Nations Security Council: Rethinking the role-playing by UNSC in efficaciously addressing precipitating global crisis in the face of Afghanistan and Ukrainian cul de sac.
All India Political Party’s Meet: Deliberation on Genocides and their effect on the citizens of the nation vis-à-vis the Need for Rehabilitation Policy for Kashmiri Pandits.
State Legislative Assembly of Uttarakhand: Preserving the spirit of Uttrakhandiyat: The emergent need of Bhoo Kanoon in the teeth of Population displacement.
International/Indian Press:
-Reporters
-Photographers
All the four sessions which followed for two days resulted in intense discussion on the given agendas and the executive board was rather dumbstruck at the talent they were facing, and had a tough time in choosing the winner.
The valedictory ceremony was chaired by our guest of honor, Director, Student Affairs and IT services of Uttaranchal University, Dr Abhishek Joshi followed by the address of Dean Law College Dehradun and Pro Vice-Chancellor of Uttaranchal University (Prof) Dr Rajesh Bahuguna. Eventually, the results were declared by the Executive Board Members of each of the committees.
WINNERS LIST:
UNGA: Best Delegate: Israel
High Commendation: USA
Special Mention: India
Rising UU Munner: Ukraine
Honorable Mention: United Kingdom, Japan, Switzerland
UNSC: Best Delegate: Russian Federation
High Commendation: Ukraine
Special Mention: France
Rising UU Munner: Brazil
Verbal Mention: UAE
AIPPM: Best Delegate: Bhagwant Mann
1st High Commendation: Arvind Kejriwal
2nd High Commendation: Narendra Modi
1st Special Mention: S. Jaishankar
2nd Special Mention: ManojJha
3rd Special Mention: Dharmendra Pradhan 4th Special Mention: Amit Shah
5th Special Mention: Ravi Shankar Prasad
6thSpecial Mention: M.K. Stalin
Rising UU Munner: Anupriya Patel
1st Hon’ble Mention: J Sai Deepak
2nd Hon’ble Mention: Virendra Kumar
3rd Hon’ble Mention: Sonia Gandhi
4th Hon’ble Mention: Manoj Sinha
5th Hon’ble Mention: Sachin Pilot
6th Hon’ble Mention: Jamyang
7th Hon’ble Mention: Mehbooba Mufti
8th Hon’ble Mention: Prabhuram Chaudhari
9th Hon’ble Mention: T Raja Singh
10th Hon’ble Mention: P. Chidambaram
11th Hon’ble Mention: Chirag Paswan
12th Hon’ble Mention: Rajnath Singh
UKLA: Best Delegate: SarwatKareen Ansari
High Commendation: Pushkar Singh Dhami
Special Mention: Pritam Singh
Rising UU Munner: Rahendra Bhandari
Honourable Mention: Umesh Kumar
Verbal Mention: Harish Chand Dhami
Verbal Mention(2): Manoj Tiwari
INTERNATIONAL/INDIAN PRESS:
Best photographer: Kartikey Kumar Gautam Best reporter: Lisha Angral.
BEST DELEGATION: DIS Riverside campus