Newton Model United Nations is simulation activity in which students practice international diplomacy following Model UN rules of procedure that will take place on April 13th and 14th, 2019, at Newton College.
NewMUN is an opportunity for students to debate the most pressing issues of the day and to draft innovative, creative solutions. Delegates will develop several skills throughout this process, including but not limited to: public speaking, negotiation, teamwork, leadership, and policy crafting.
Throughout the two days of the conference, 250 high school students will be deliberating on issues adapted from the agenda of the United Nations and its partner regional bodies, centred around our 2019 theme of "Forming Responsible leaders".
Santiago Bustamante is a student from Colombia in the IB Diploma Programme at Newton College who plans to study Political Science.
He has been heavily involved in Model United Nations since he joined the Newton MUN team for Villa Maria MUN 2015. At Newton, he served as a member of the Secretariat, Deputy Secretary-General in 2017 and Secretary General in 2018. As Secretary-General this year, he has taken part in training the school MUN club which is led by faculty and students. He has won six Best Delegate Awards, two Outstanding Delegate awards, and four Honourable mentions in his career as a delegate.
Santiago is convinced that MUN is the first step for a revolutionary attitude to change the world for the better. He believes that what we apply in MUN needs to be applied in the real world.
In his free, when he is not focusing on MUN, he enjoys playing golf on an international level and he enjoys the social life. He is thrilled to serve as Secretary-General this year and to welcome you to Newton MUN 2019.
Santiago Ortiz is a Peruvian student currently in our IB Diploma Programme at Newton College who plans to study Economics.
He has prominently taken part in Model United Nations since he joined the Newton MUN team in San Silvestre MUN 2015. In 2017, he joined the Secretariat as an executive, and then in 2018, he became Deputy Secretary General. Santiago has taken part in over 15 conferences throughout his MUN career, even having had the opportunity to attend Harvard MUN twice.
Santiago is very keen on using MUN as a means of exploring leadership. Confidence, speaking skill, and negotiating skills are among the qualities he has seen develop among all members of the Newton MUN team.
In his free time, he enjoys listening to music, playing the guitar, and arguing about controversial topics.
Carlos Urrunaga is from Spain and currently in our IB Programme at Newton College. He plans on studying Biochemistry.
He has been heavily involved in Model United Nations since he joined the Newton MUN team for Markham MUN 2016. At Newton, he has been serving as an executive of the secretariat since 2018. Carlos has had the opportunity of attending Harvard MUN and has been able to attain a variety of awards, including but not limited to; one Best Delegate, four Outstanding Delegates, and two Honourable Mentions.
Carlos sees MUN as a means of understanding a broader picture of the world and society. Through seeing his friends become more well-rounded people in MUN, he believes in the power knowledge regarding the world’s actual working, and how this knowledge brings power to the people who hold it. But more importantly he believes in taking advantage of these opportunities and challenging himself towards being a better individual.
In his free time, Carlos enjoys practicing Table Tennis at a national level and thoroughly loves to leisurely read a book along with a nice cup of coffee in the afternoon. He is also involved in training both, the Spanish and English debate teams at Newton.
Ainhoa Ceballos is a Form V student at Newton College. As of now, she plans to study either economics or business.
She has loved MUN ever since she joined the club in 2016, now having attended to more than 10 conferences, some of them being MarkhamMUN,VCSPMUN, VMMUN and CambridgeMUN . As an executive of the Secretariat since 2018, she enjoys directing and attending sessions in school as well as being able to expand her knowledge of the world’s most important and perhaps controversial issues and raising awareness towards change. She won the best delegate award in Sansil Mun along with her double delegate Isabela García and as well an Outstanding Delegate award in Cambridge Mun 2018. It’s worth saying that she loves attending SOCHUM committees, one of which she has been entrusted to direct as a Chair for Newmun 2019.
Ainhoa believes that MUN is an opportunity for growth and development. Aimed at forming her as a well-rounded and responsible leader; one who is conscious about our society´s real issues. She believes being able to express herself, negotiate, network, and treat others with diplomacy is key for future situations in life beyond school. This is preparation for the real word. It is the precise mixture of the remarkable skills gained and the knowledge on world issues, through political, social, and economical lenses that makes MUN so dynamic, engaging and interesting.
In her free time, Ainhoa loves listening to music, and playing guitar. She also loves to practice sports such as biking, swimming, and playing tennis.
Juan Pablo Muñoz is a 2nd year IB Diploma Programme student at Newton College from Chile who plans on studying Law and later applying to the Diplomatic Academy.
He has been heavily involved in Model United Nations since he joined the MUN team for HBMUN 2016. He first joined the Secretariat in 2018 taking a supportive role in logistics. He has participated in over 17 conferences and won his first award at his second conference, CarMUN 2016, that being Best Delegate and has continued to win awards since then.
Juan Pablo believes that MUN is a performance, a show in which skills that are usually not developed in a regular school experience shine. MUN grants opportunities for sharpening abilities that can truly change the world under the right conditions.
In his free time not head deep in MUN, he passionately participates in debate in which he has represented Peru at the Harvard Debate Tournament in 2018 and currently helps in the training of both the Spanish and English Newton Debate teams.
Diego Meza is a graduated Peruvian native student at Newton College, he finished the IB Diploma in 2018 and plans to study Economics.
He has been heavily involved in Model United Nations since he joined the Newton MUN club for LiMUN 2015. At Newton, he has been serving as an executive of the Secretariat since 2018. Diego has participated in more than 10 conferences throughout his MUN career, he has also participated in international conferences like Harvard MUN in 2018 and he will also participate in Harvard 2019. The committees that he most like are Security Council and DISEC.
Diego considers that MUN is a representation of the world and real politics, considering the importance of negotiating and reaching agreements. In addition, MUN helps people develop different skills, like public speaking, leadership, among others. He considers that these factors are the ones that make MUN unique and very interesting.
In his free time, Diego enjoys playing basketball, he used to play for the Newton team and he is currently playing in club. He also likes to read about the current political and economic situations around the world.
Isabela García is a Form V Peruvian native student and an Executive member of the MUN Team at Newton College. She plans on studying either Political Sciences or Music.
She joined Newton’s MUN team in 2017, her first conference being MarkhamMUN in 2017, and she has loved it ever since. She never gets tired of going to the sessions and learning more as each day passes. She has been to several conferences like VMMUN, MarkhamMun and SansilMun. She won best delegate along with her double delegate Ainhoa Ceballos in SanSilMUN 2018 as well as obtaining an Outstanding Delegate award in CambridgeMUN 2018. Her favourite committee is SOCHUM, since she likes to solve and address the social and humanitarian sides of issues.
Isabela believes MUN is a preparation for the real world. It is a warm up for the kinds of things everybody encounters in their future. For example, networking with hard-to-talk-to people and making them understand and approve your point of view while reaching a consensus. She believes it is extremely useful to learn negotiation and be to able it to future situations. These are the factors that make MUN so interesting.
In her free time, Isabela likes to sing, dance and play instruments such as the violin, guitar and piano. She is also working on her songwriting and planning for future concerts.
