THE FIRST EDITION

St. Julian’s Model United Nations

Thank you so much!

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Letter from the Secretary General

Dear Delegates and Esteemed Guests,

It is with great pride that the St. Julian’s MUN Club presents the first ever upper school Model United Nations chapter at St. Julian’s School: SJSMUN. As secretary general I am honoured to invite you to our school to explore the issues of our world and develop the minds of those who will find and implement the solutions.

The Model United Nations Club at St. Julian’s has existed since 1994. Today, it is a student led group which meets weekly to debate what our future should look like. It is from these meetings that the team and I have arrived at the issues we feel are most important and relevant to our generation of thinkers. Across the four committees of the General Assembly, Human Rights Council, Security Council and International Court of Justice, we cover conflicts which now we can only watch and regret from afar, to issues of censorship that can be encountered in our day to day lives on social media.

We look forward to seeing you here on December 6th and 7th of 2024.

John Reis

Secretary-General

St. Julians Model United Nations

Guest Speaker

Kjell E. Lauvik - Hostage Negotiation Specialist

With over 30 years of experience spanning Military Special Forces, counter-terrorism, and private security, Dr. Lauvik has dedicated his career to negotiating resolutions to high stakes crises. As former Chief of Security Operations for the UNHCR, he served 20 years with the United Nations, including as a Hostage Negotiator and trainer, applying expertise in conflict zones across 65 countries.

Trained by New Scotland Yard’s Hostage Crisis Team and holding a PhD in Conflict Resolution, Dr. Lauvik combines operational excellence with strategic knowledge. His work includes negotiating child abduction recovery missions in volatile environments. As our SJSMUN Guest Speaker, Dr. Lauvik can give us a snapshot of what professional crisis negotiation looks like.