The 3rd AML MUN Annual Conference (22-23/02/2020) was successfully completed at the Anavryta Model Schools premises, in the urban forest area of Anavryta, Amaroussion, Athens, Greece (Syggrou urban grove). This year’s Special Conference topic on ‘Combating Human Trafficking’ captured the students’ attention and provoked fruitful deliberations among delegates as a very challenging global problem. In the two-day Conference, which is a simulation of the works of the United Nations, more than 400 students participated in the roles of Secretariat Members, Student Officers, Student Delegates, International Court of Justice Officers, and ICJ Judges/Advocates, representing 70 UN country-member states in various committees (General Assembly-GA, Non-GA, Security Council-SC, Crisis Committee, etc.).
The 3rd AML MUN Annual Conference, with the official Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs Approval Φ15.1/151455/Δ2, 30/09/2019, welcomed students from 37 State and Private Secondary Schools, from the Attica region as well as other regional areas in Greece (Students’ age range: 14-18 ys. old) with their School MUN Advisers. Additionally, AML Alumni comprised the AML MUN 2020 Organising Team due to their great MUN experience in the past years in Chairing as well as Secretariat positions. Anavryta Model Schools’ students also participated as volunteers in Security/Administration Staff, Press Team positions throughout the Conference; their assistance was indeed, invaluable!
Anavryta Model Lyceum being the first Model State School to support and host this unique educational activity for teenage students around Greece, from all educational backgrounds, since 2018, is extremely pleased with the Conference outcomes in terms of high quality debating, resolutions’ production, alliance building, team work, creative thinking and language skills performance among the participants, since the working language of the Conference is English.
We would like to express our sincere and heartfelt Thanks to our esteemed Key Note Speakers and Guests for their remarks and presence in this year’s AML MUN Conference:
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Niki Kerameos, Minister of Education and Religious Affairs
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Tonia Papatriantafyllou, National European Programmes’ Coordinator ERASMUS+ KA3 '' ACTive citizenship" & "Teachers4Europe", Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs
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Ms. Loukia Kefalogianni, Regional Vice-Governor, Northern Athens Sector
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Spyridon Blavoukos, Associate Professor, Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB), Researcher (ELIAMEP)
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Heracles Moskoff, Ph.D., National Rapporteur on THB, Ηellenic Republic, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Office of the National Rapporteur on Trafficking in Human Beings
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Dr Fiori A Zafeiropoulou, Advisor on Prevention of Trafficking in Human Beings in Supply Chains, Founder & CEO SOFFA- Social Fashion Factory
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Georgios Lioukas, Anavryta Schools’Alumni Representative
We would also like to express our appreciation and gratitude to the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (E.R.T.) for covering our official Opening Ceremony on Saturday February 22nd, 2020.
