Eight members delegation from Lahore School of Economics participated in the 20th Harvard World Model United Nations competition, held this year in Singapore marking the twentieth anniversary of the competition.
The Harvard World Model UN is a yearly event and is organized by Harvard in collaboration with a universities from a different country each year. This year’s competition featured 400 universities from over 65 countries across the globe.
The team from the Lahore School of Economics consisted of AbuBakr Hayat, Affan Khan Sherwani, Aimen Khalid Butt, Ahmed Shahnawaz, Farah Khalid Khan, Owais Rana, Saad Sohail and Umar Akram Sahi. The delegates from the Lahore School represented the Union of Comoros in major UN committees including the Disarmament and International Security Committee, The Special, Political and Decolonization Committee, The Social, Cultural and Humanitarian Committee and the Historical General Assembly.
All the delegations representing the Lahore School of Economics placed within the top 10 within their respective committees. The delegation of the Social, Cultural and Humanitarian Committee comprising of Aimen Khalid Butt and Saad Sohail also bagged the coveted Outstanding Diplomacy Award.