MUNAUK Wins First Place at BUMUN

Our AUK delegates, representing various countries from around the world, went to the Bahrain University's Model United Nations Conference (BUMUN), and competed against fourteen other universities in parliamentary debate and negotiation. Issues discussed ranged from nuclear terrorism and non-proliferation in the International Atomic and Energy Agency Committee to the degree of acceptable intervention for humanitarian purposes, HIV / AIDs prevention, and the increase of the use of bio-fuels in the General Assembly Committee.


AUK delegates in Bahrain

Despite there being over 200 students at BUMUN, AUK stood out and made a positive impression. Fahad Mohammed, representing Norway, won the General Assembly's First Place "Diplomacy Award" for passing his resolution on a crisis situation involving North Korea testing a missile off the coast of Japan, for leading debate on all issues, and for his exceptional diplomatic negotiating skills. Fahad Al-Tukhaim, representing South Korea on the IAEA, single-handedly got North Korea to disarm its nuclear program, passed a resolution, and got several clauses and amendments passed.

Also in the General Assembly, Bader Al-Shammaa, representing South Korea, maintained a strong stance against North Korea, while Abdul Aziz Al-Adwani, representing Cyprus, brought forward key networking skills to unite the delegations during unmoderated caucuses. Abdulla Al-Shanfa, representing the Seychelles in the General Assembly, researched critical information to put forward when the crisis situation involving North Korea occurred.

AUK received certificate awards for the participation of all MUNAUK delegates, and has been invited to return to Bahrain for its 2007 BUMUN conference, once again to be hosted by the President of the General Organization for Youth and Sports (GOYS), Shaikh Fawaz bin Muhammed bin Khalifa Al-Khalifa.

AUK was mentioned twice in the Gulf Daily News and the students of MUNAUK gave two television interviews to a local Arabic Bahraini news station.

MUNAUK would like to thank the American University of Kuwait for believing in the team and for giving MUNAUK the opportunity to make a successful international academic impact.

Released by the PR & Marketing Department on 12th December, 2006