Daily Times

ISLAMABAD: The three-day Millennial Model United Nations – MMUN 2017 was officially declared open at the Roots Flagship Millennium Campus I/9-3, Islamabad and The Millennium University College TMUC Bahria Springs, Rawalpindi. More than 1,500 students from across Pakistan participated in this mega event. The MMUN 2017 is the outcome of the aspirant students of Roots Millennium Campus I-9/3, Islamabad.

The opening ceremony was presided over by Prof David Faulkner, founder CEO of Magna Carta College and Global Business School Oxford, founder and CEO Roots Millennium Schools and the Millennium University Colleges Chaudhry Faisal Mushtaq.

Prof David Faulkner in his speech to the delegates expressed his pleasure to witness the event and stressed that education was the best investment concerning the future of Pakistan.

He said that the youth was the strongest element in setting the image and status of any country and this was the time to pitch your country in the global arena.

MMUN is a platform where students learn to engage through meaningful dialogue regarding significant global and local issues and eventually form practical solutions to overcome them. This process not only increases their awareness regarding current affairs, international relations and their significance in the modern world. The event is an amalgamation of different cultures, mind set and delegates who travel nationwide to win a memorable experience. The culture of the Model United Nations Conferences has spread at a rapid pace throughout the world, and today, MUN is being taught as a course in some parts of the world. CEO Faisal Mushtaq said that the current focus of intellectuals of the world had shifted from specialized knowledge to a more holistic development of the individual. “Therefore, it is not only important for one to excel at what one does professionally, but also have the perspective and insight to be a responsible and more adequately; a global citizen,” he said.

:The talented students’ go through rigorous sessions of debates with their manqué mind set, speak to promote and support international cooperation to achieve development for all. The students serve as a valuable source of reference in translating global commitments into national policies. The importance of debate in this society is well understood, because in this era it is imperative to know how to coax and persuade people in order to get what you want,” he said.

The MMUN 2017, conference marked the opening of the inspiration for the youth to help shape the world based on justice, solidarity, liberty and peace for all.

Published in Daily Times, November 25^th 2017.