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Magnify: Examining Overlooked Crises
ADDRESS OF THE SECRETARY GENERAL
It is my utmost pleasure to welcome
you to the Japan Metropolitan Model
United Nations (JMMUN) Conference2024.
I would ﬁrst like to thank all of thedelegates and advisors for traveling to
Senzoku Gakuen to participate in thisconference. To the delegates who haveexperienced
our
past
JMMUN
conferences, we are more than happy
to welcome you back. Moreover, as weare able to have this conferencecompletely in-person for the ﬁrst timein two years, I hope that delegates will
be able to take this opportunity toengage in conversations with otherdelegates in and out of committee,
and deepen their knowledge ofinternational relations.
This year’s theme “Magnify: Examining
Overlooked Crises” focuses thisconference on international problems
that remain unsolved due to a lack of
discussion.
Last September, I had the opportunity
to participate in an international
competition for lifesaving, a new andgrowing sport developed to test theagility of lifeguards.

In the training camps that I attended,
my coaches constantly reminded me
to be keen of my surroundings. This
was not only for the sake of myperformance in competition, but also
my performance when fulﬁlling myduties as a lifeguard. When guarding
the beaches, the key to saving lives isto recognize the premonitions andrisks of water-related accidents and to
take action. When these signs areoverlooked or put aside, a person canbe drowned out by waves in an instant,leading to a preventable death.
Similarly, temporarily putting aside or
overlooking a problem could result init being drowned out by waves ofinternational crises.
The current news focuses on thePalestine Israel conﬂict, a crisis inneed of immediate settlement.
But let us not forget, the Syrian civil
war, which led to millions of refugees
in need of a home; the Taliban
takeover of Afghanistan which led to
the violation of human rights; theMyanmar military coup which led tothe deterioration of a democracy; allof
theirpremonitions
were

overlooked, and even after the
expansion of the problem, were neversolved and were drowned out by thenext international crisis.
As a delegate, it is your job to not only
do what is best for your country, butalso compromise and do what is bestfor the world. In the following twodays, you may represent an unfamiliar
country, or you may advocate forsomething that contradicts yourpersonal opinions. However, throughresearch and debate, I sincerely hopethat you will be able to understand thebeliefs and philosophies of yourcountry, and broaden your perspective
to solve these overlooked issues.

Risako Tomita
SECRETARY-GENERAL

Japan Metropolitan Model United
Nations 2024

No Cutting Corners in Ensuring a Biodiverse World:
A Diplomat's Guide to a Greener Planet and an International Career
JAKA MIKLAVČIČ, DEPUTY HEAD OF MISSION FOR THE EMBASSY OF THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA
thirty years after his ﬁrst visit. He hadpromised himself at that time that hewould “one day return back” and now
he has fulﬁlled that promise. In his
current position, he is sharing
Slovenia’s message and once again
preparing for Slovenia’s participationin Expo 2025 in Osaka.

“But you have so much wood,” hewas told.
“We have, yes, but we won’t cut,” heresponded.
“Why not?” he was asked.
“We are not doing it to satisfy our
economic interest, but to protect
nature.”Exuding a deep commitment tocountry and to nature, Jaka Miklavčič,
Deputy Head of Mission for the
Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia,delivered an uplifting keynote addressthat promoted a vision for biodiverse
economic principles championed by a
new nation in the center of Europe—
Slovenia.
In his speech, Mr. Miklavčič lauded
students for participating in the
search for knowledge and ideas. He
described the inspiration to discard
earlier dreams of being a doctor forthe challenge of being a diplomat—thefoundingofSloveniaasanindependent state in 1991. Only a highschool student at the time, he saw anopportunity to represent this new
country, his country, abroad, aprofessional future that matched hisdesire to travel, talk to people, andﬁnd solutions to global problems.
Years of study and hard work later, he
now enjoys the opportunity to visit
many countries and “do something formy country and the world.” In thatvein, he provided a glimpse into his
work as a diplomat and as arepresentative of his country, detailing
how Slovenia see itself as the “green
heart of Europe,” where a vision of
biodiversity being more than just abyword has taken root, a pointemphasized throughout his address
and an accompanying video heshowed.
At the beginning of his keynote
address, Mr. Miklavčič spent a few
minutes recounting his diplomatic
career. Japan represents his sixth
posting on behalf of his government.
He has served in ﬁve countries over
his twenty ﬁve years with the Ministryof Foreign Affairs. His ﬁrst post was in
Serbia right after the war in
Yugoslavia. He lived in Belgrade during
his time there. His most recent post
was in the United Arab Emirates,
where he dealt with economic issues
and helped coordinate Slovenia’s
participation in Expo 202 in Dubai. He
described how thrilled he was to beposted in Japan, coming full circle

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He described the core of his work as
building relationships, both politicaland economical, between countries aswell as offering consular services to
Slovenia’s living abroad—more than
100 Slovenias are currently living inJapan. Promoting friendly and close
relations crosses many endeavors,
according to Mr. Miklavčič. In his ﬁrst
year in Japan, Mr. Miklavčič hasparticipated in the opening of a
Slovenian company in Japan, attended
a basketball match between Slovenia(home of star professional basketball
player Luka Dončić) and Japan, andjoined efforts to discuss sustainability
at educational institutions, such as
Meiji University.
Located in central Europe withaccess to the Adriatic Sea, Slovenia
serves as “the crossroads of theMediterranean,” according to Mr.
Miklavčič. He noted how Slovenia is ayoung
country,
havinggainedindependence
in1991.
Slovenia
formally joined the UN in 1992 and theEuropean Union in 2004. Slovenia’s
population of 2 million people iscomparable to Nagoya and its 20,000
kilometers of landmass is roughly
equivalent to Shikoku Island. Perhaps,
its youth and size contributes to
Slovenia's progressive policies, whichwere the core subject of Mr.
Miklavčič’s address.
“How we are keeping our country
clean,” forms a central thought ofSlovenian society, according to Mr.
Miklavčič, who spoke at length about
Slovenia’s approach to promoting
biodiversity.
Slovenia
has
anexceptionally rich natural environment
with biodiversity in both ecosystems
and individual plant and animal
species. Forests cover 65 percent of
the country’s landmass with theremaining area divided primarily
between agriculture (27.5 percent),
urban sites (4.6), and rivers and lakes(0.4 percent). The nation has protected40.5 percent of its land (8,210km) landand 11km of its sea. Slovenia is home tothe only protected pre primeval
wooded area in Europe. The nation’scommitment to biodiversity extends
to all wildlife. All wild species of plants,
animals, and fungi are protected bylaw, which prohibits damage ordeliberate
destruction
without
justiﬁcation. The nation has 60
protected habitats, including coastaland salt tolerant (20 percent); forested(18.3 percent); and grassland (18.3
percent) habitats. In total, 447 speciesof protected animals live in Slovenia,
54 percent being birds and 9.8 percent
being mammals. When asked during
question time what Slovenia does toprevent poaching of plants or animals,
Mr. Miklavčič acted as if he had notheard the word before playfully
deadpanning that Slovenia does nothave poaching because “the farmers
are always watching” the land.
One delegate asked for advice on
how to balance the competing forcesof
economicdevelopment
andenvironmental
protection.
Mr.
Miklavčič ﬁrst acknowledged thatenvironmental protection must be the
top priority. However, he added that,in addition to protecting nature, it was
important to promote clean energy
and clean economies. In this regard,
he offered Slovenia as an example of
how to balance ecological andeconomic interests. Slovenia has a lotof rivers, so it gets a lot of energy fromhydroelectric power. He suggested
that each country examine its own
needs and natural environment anddiscover its own path to sustainability,
making the necessary investments. He
admitted that such investments are aﬁnancial burden, one that requires
economies to support the end goal.
But he adds that there will be no needto discuss endangered species or ourown survival if we make it a priority.
When asked by a delegate if we can
combinegreen
andeconomicinterests, he responded by saying thatthe answer was in the question:“Protecting nature and economy haveto work hand-and-hand.”He closed with the sincere hope that
other countries could see Slovenia as
an example to follow. He reiterated an

idea central to Slovenia’s approach to
the natural world: “People are living
beings and cannot survive without
nature. Our very lives depend on it.”
Whether we consider nature as oursource of food, medicine, raw material,
protection
fromdroughts
orlandslides, we cannot take nature for
granted. His sentiment was echoed in
the
video
describing
Slovenia’scommitment to “live hand and handwith these riches” provided by nature.
During question time, Mr. Miklavčič
illustrated the depth of Slovenia’scommitment to a biodiverse economy
through recounting a conversation
over Slovenian wood exports. After
describing Slovenia’s forested land, he
was asked if he would be open toexporting some of Slovenia’s vast
woodland. To this question, Mr.
Miklavčič responded that he couldn’t
because the quotas for the next ten
years had already been sold.
“But you have so much wood,” hewas told.
“We have, yes, but we won’t cut,” heresponded.
“Why not?” he was asked.
“We are not doing it to satisfy our
economic interest, but to protect
nature.”In advocating a nature-ﬁrst
approach to business, perhaps thisyoung nation can teach the world avaluable lesson, a lesson that thewhole biosphere can beneﬁt from.

By JMMUN Press

Mr. Jaka Miklavčič is the Minister Plenipotentiary and Deputy Head of the Embassy of the
Republic of Slovenia in Tokyo. For over twenty years, he has dedicated his professional life tointernational relations. His professional experience spans the full spectrum of diplomatic work:
multilateral (NATO, UN), bilateral (Serbia, Montenegro, Austria, India, UAE), consular (Turkey,
Hungary, Serbia, BiH, Egypt, India, UAE), and international relations in culture and public
diplomacy (support and organization of EXPO 2020 in Dubai, UAE). He is proﬁcient inlanguages, as he speaks English, German, Serbian, Spanish, Arabic, and is currently learning
Japanese. Mr. Miklavčič has also been a part of the Lion’s Club since 1999, an international
nongovernmental organization dedicated to volunteering and providing for the world in need.

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FAO (Beginner 1)

Combating the Food Crisis
By Riko Komiyama, Nana Adachi, and Hana
Ishimura
Globally, countries waste 40 percent of foodproduction, while 820 million people suffer fromhunger every night. The disconnect between
production and starvation has vexed the international
community for years. In this committee, countries
gather in hope of ﬁnally ﬁnding a complete solution
to this ongoing problem.
The committee started off smoothly, with allcountries agreeing on the importance of tackling thefood crisis. Countries such as Pakistan emphasized
the importance of ﬁnding different approaches toagriculture, while Switzerland stressed theimportance of aiding food-insecure countries. With
each country expressing their stances
enthusiastically, the committee seemed to take agood ﬁrst step. However, as the conference reachedthe later phase of Day One, fractures in approaches
advocated by committee members became apparent.
Portugal formed a bloc with countries sufferingfrom and passionate about climate change. Sweden’s
bloc, made out mainly of developing countries,
focused on the development of technology. Poland,
working with countries holding refugee problems,
wished to solve conﬂicts as a ﬁrst step. Switzerland
worked with both developing and developed
countries, emphasizing the importance of ﬁnancial
and humanitarian aids. Brazil, recognizing its positiveeffects, promoted the “Zero Hunger Challenge”.
Although countries need to work together to solve
issues, the committee broke into many small groups.
As a result, the committee faced difﬁculties coming toagreements on motions, with six motions in a row
failing to receive enough votes. With each country’s
strong passion for their stance, the room erupted into
many high-level debates of persuasion.
Unfortunately, Poland’s resolution draft was not
accepted, leaving Portugal, Sweden, and Switzerland’s
drafts for ﬁnal consideration. During the
Two-For-Two-Against speeches, Poland’s bloc spoke
passionately on the importance of solving conﬂicts.
The conference ended with all three resolutions
passing. It is our hope that effective measures aretaken soon to ﬁnally solve the food crisis.

BEGINNERS 1

Shreya Prasad & Angelina Ito(DENMARK)UIA International School of Tokyo
Why did you start MUN?
We’re one of the later starters in our school. We
saw other students around us join MUN and they
thought it was very helpful. We wanted to workwith other countries and collaborate and meet
new people.
What’s attractive about your country?
Denmark is one of the countries that does
sustainable agriculture. Denmark works with the
WFP to offer ﬁnancial and humanitarian aid.
Is there anything you discovered in yourresearch that surprised you?
Denmark produces more food than actuallyneeded, which surprised me a lot.

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UNEP (Beginner 2)

programs to support their goal. The last resolution,
led by Botswana, presented diverse countermeasures
such as funding and conserving endangered species.
In the end, all three resolutions passed.

Tackling the Loss of Biodiversity

By Rinko Koyama, Koyuki Sogabe, Ema Ito, Haruka
Miyama and Hinako Ohbatake
The natural world is a wonderful tapestry of life,
teeming with species that inhabit every nook andcranny of the planet, and each species plays a crucialrole in maintaining ecological balance andcontributing to the sustainability of life on Earth.
Delegates present for the UNEP committee meeting
understood the weight of this responsibility as they
considered the loss of biodiversity and the serious
consequences for human health when ecosystemservices are no longer sufﬁcient to meet society's
demands.
Over the two-day conference, deforestation,poaching, ecotourism, and protected areas
responding to biodiversity loss, were discussed.
The ﬁrst day started off with delegates outlining thecurrent situation and problems in their opening
speeches. In the moderated caucus, multiple
countries argued for protected areas and ecotourism.
During the unmoderated caucus, three major blocs
formed. One bloc, led by the Republic of Finland,
focused on the use of AI, the establishment of a trust
fund for protected areas, and support for the use of
the ecosystem investments in future projects.
Another bloc, led by Botswana, pressed the necessity
to protect agriculture and crop industries while they
advocated for developed countries to provide
assistance to developing countries to increase
renewable energy and reduce waste from various
human activities.
One of the blocs led by Madagascar set their goal tocreate a cycle of correct knowledge on nature
conservation to inform people about ecosystem
protection to minimize negative impacts on
ecosystems and expand areas of conserved nature.
On the second day, blocs worked to ﬁnish resolution
papers while they acquired signatories.
The ﬁrst resolution presented by the United Statesof America pressed the usage of AI to aid growth andcalled upon international cooperation within thescientiﬁc community to come up with more speciﬁc
solutions. The second resolution submitted by
Madagascar addressed the need to raise awarenessthrough education, while introducing speciﬁc

BEGINNERS 2

Elizabeth Maloy(KENYA)Saint Ignatius College Prep
What interests you about MUN?
That I can interact with people from different
countries.

What was a memorable scene during today’s
conference?
Being able to celebrate my birthday with receiving aﬂower from the fundraising project.

BEGINNERS 2

Kenta Tani
(SLOVENIA)

Tokyo Metropolitan Kokusai High School
What interests you about MUN?
I am interested in politics and debate.
MUN provides me with a chance to meet people anddebate on actual life threats that may become
relevant to my career in the future

How do you plan on using your skills gained
from MUN in the future?
The most interesting part was about how strangers
who never met before formed committees based
upon their opinions and wrote their resolutions
without much hesitation.
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UNODC (Intermediate 1)

Reinventing International Drug Policies
By Shizuna Kano, Karin Furumoto, Remi Tamoto,
Chise Noguchi

Numerous countries recognize the severity of theissue of illegal drug use among its citizens. The
consumption of illegal drugs has increased rapidly,with the number of drug users rising up to 296
million in 2021, and a 23% increase compared to thelast decade. Over the two-day conference, sixty
countries gathered to discuss new policy approaches
to curtail drug trafﬁcking, with several solutions suchas the enforcing of border controls and educating
young children and adults about the long-term
effects of drugs.
On the ﬁrst day, the delegates engaged in lively
communication as they formed alliances and blocs
through multiple unmoderated caucuses while
discussing the illegal activities of drug use. During thesecond UNMOD, there was a heated exchange
between Ireland and China as they argued about theirrespective stances. While China wished to apply strictlaws against the use of drugs, Ireland expressed their
desire to implement softer laws to educate people toreduce the amount of illegal drug consumption.
Russia, seeing merit to both sides of this discussion,
worked hard to create a “win-win” situation that had
both strict and soft laws with the solution of imposing
border control. The two countries soon came up withthe solution of enforcing border control andimplementing strict laws against drug consumption.
The second day started off with a twenty-minute
UNMOD, where each bloc ﬁnalized their stances andresumed their work on the resolutions. In the end,
four resolutions were submitted each discussing
solutions in ﬁelds such as education, regulation, andborder control.

Intermediate 1

Jihoo Hurr
(CHINA)

Westfields International School
What was your ﬁrst MUN experience like?
Last year in Fukuoka, Japan was my ﬁrst experience. It
carried over to JMMUN but I still do not know what I am
doing, and I guess confusion is an easy answer.

Why did you start MUN?

My MUN advisor at school invited me to join the MUNteam telling me that I would be suited for it. So I decided tojoin for that school year and continued the following year.

INTERMEDIATE 1

Misaki Tomiyama and Emma Ichimura(Ireland)

Shibuya Makuhari Junior and Senior High School
Did anything you discovered in researching yourcountry surprise you?
Misaki: The impact of drugs for the younger population.
Emma: It is hard to imagine the problem of drugs in our
everyday lives and I was able to imagine what it’s like to bea person living in a country with drugs.

Would you like to visit your country?

Misaki: Why wouldn’t we?
Misaki: [This Committee’s topic] is not a topic that leaves anice impression of [Ireland] but that’s not the whole pictureof this nation.
Emma: Doing MUN, everytime there is a new country so it’svery interesting and I really want to go there too.

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HRC (Intermediate 2)

ended successfully.

Freedom of Speech in the Digital Age

By Sari Kanazawa, Yui Baba, Aoba Murakami,
Lira Masuda, Maho Yamada
The penetration of the internet has led to the outbreak ofan unprecedented number of disruptions and disorders
throughout society. Freedom of speech—long cherished asa fundamental right throughout much of the world, has
encountered crucial challenges on an international scalethat needed to be combatted. Against this backdrop, the
Human Rights Council (HRC) gathered to discuss andproduce a profound impact on the topic of addressing
freedom of speech in the digital age. Over the two-day
conference, 59 countries engaged in deep deliberations on
the subject, identifying steps that could be taken to beneﬁtsociety.
The conference began with countries introducing theirstances on the issue. A multitude of countries indicated thesigniﬁcance of securing individual rights. Such views werepassionately expressed by Polynesia during a rousing
opening speech, designating social security as the focal
point of the conference.
Through the cycles of moderated (MOD) andunmoderated (UNMOD) caucuses, delegates seemed to begratiﬁed by comparable stances by other countries.
Through layered discussion, four blocs visible on the ﬁrst
two UNMODs became three blocs, proceeding thedelegates to the creation of the resolution papers. Whilst
blocs had details corresponding to each other, theysucceeded in distinguishing their stances. Implementationof media literacy through education was one factor thatinterested the delegates; on the contrary, the use of AI wasa topic that the delegates conﬂicted upon.
The HRC committee resumed the second day with a time
limit of 2 hours for the submission of the resolution paper.
Delegates engaged in ﬁnalizing the resolution papers, andin total of three resolution papers were turned into thechairs. The ﬁrst resolution with Croatia being the main
submitter considered NGOs to be a contributing factor forthis issue, in addition to providing education about
detecting misinformation and disinformation and deﬁning
the international deﬁnition of freedom of speech as critical.
The second resolution, having been signed by DPRK,
Uzbekistan, Cuba, Russian Federation and many others,
emphasized artiﬁcial intelligence and the establishment of a
Human Rights Council sub-committee on this topic. The
ﬁnal resolution was turned in with the USA being the main
submitter, which sought to raise awareness of human rights
on social media through the construction of educational
institutions and the promotion of this issue on a section of
the United Nations Human Rights Council website.
With respect to the delegates and chairs, the conference

INTERMEDIATE 2

Anna Maria Haaf

(UNITED STATES OF AMERICA)

Saint Ignatius College Prep

What is your country’s appealing point?
The United States of America is willing to help
countries both developing and developed.

Why did you decide to participate in
JMMUN?
It was a recommendation from my school, and I
thought it would be great to experience Model
United Nations in a foreign country as well asinteracting with people all over Japan.

INTERMEDIATE 2

Josie Stoltz(UZBEKISTAN)

Saint Ignatius College Prep
What topic do you want to do for next year’s
JMMUN?
UNDP. It is my favorite committee, and there aremany conversations that can be expanded.
How long do you think you will survive in azombie apocalypse?
I think I would be scared, and turn into a zombie very
quickly.

ECOSOC (Advanced)
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Integrating Redistribution in a
Globalized Economy

By Haruka Nishimitsu, Maho Kaneko, Mio Hirooka,
Miu Someya
At any moment, a crisis of such magnitude that inﬂuences
every other issue to overshadow may occur, applying
tremendous pressure on delegates to respond quickly anddecisively. During the two-day conference of the Economic
and Social Council (ECOSOC), the discussion of economic
redistribution would have to be set aside as an intergalactic
challenge to reset the committee's priorities.
On the ﬁrst day, the conference started with severaldelegates outlining their economic situation and stances intheir opening speeches. The majority of the countries
concurred with the opinion that global cooperation andprogressive taxation is necessary. Several MODs took place,during which delegates held intense debates. Many
countries recognized the need to invest in infrastructureand education in order to fabricate economic equality.
When Malawi took the ﬂoor, their delegate claimed thatinstead of redistributing, accumulating money from thebottom is essential in order to build a sustainable economy.
Their imposing proposal drew the committee's attention,
where delegates erupted into cheers and applause.
Just as delegates began to formulate ideas and blocs,
roughly halfway through the 50 minute UNMOD, thesecretaries general of JMMUN stormed into the conference
room and announced that a crisis had broken out. Video
from a breaking news story revealed that the space probe
Voyager 1 had crashed back on Earth (in Luxembourg) witha warning message from outer space: “They have found you.
Do not contact us again. They will attack in 300 years.”
Every single delegate attending was required to express
their opinions on how to handle this existential threat tohumanity in a 30 second speech. Ukraine’s passionate
speech, suggesting to use USA’s superior military forces,
made many delegates exclaim in agreement. Overall, somecountries suggested negotiating for peace as the bestsolution, while other countries claimed negotiation is
impossible without knowledge of the aliens.
The committee eventually concluded that ﬁrst andforemost, understanding the alien’s military potential was
the most important as well as gathering resources andpreparing for attack, in order to minimize possible damage.
After the sudden crisis had settled, two resolutions were
submitted. The committee resumed the original topic on
the solutions of redistribution in a globalized economy.
It is not an exaggeration to say that this conference was amemorable one for all participants involved. Delegates wereforced to act swiftly and learn about confronting issues inreal time. It is without a doubt that the JMMUN 2024
conference was, indeed, a cosmic success.

ADVANCED

Sophia Siok & Tyler Shaver(JAPAN & MALAWI)Saint Ignatius College Prep
Why did you choose to participate in
JMMUN?
Sophia: I am from the US and had never visited Japan until
now. I really like MUN in general and I actually competed ina conference in Germany. I wanted to see how MUN is indifferent countries.

What global issue interests you?

Sophia: One of the issues I am most passionate about isequitable access to resources for all citizens. Instead of
focusing on world-wide problems, I feel a deeper
connection to ﬁnding sustainable ways for all people tohave access to fundamental rights such as water. I
participated in internships providing sustainable ways toensure fundamental rights for all.

What was the most challenging MUN
conference you have attended?

Tyler: There are two MUNs I have participated before thatstand out to me. The ﬁrst one is the one I participated in at
Georgetown. I found this MUN very challenging due to theﬁerce competition I had with other delegates. The
conference was held from the morning to night which ate
up my stamina as well. The second MUN I found the mostchallenging is the one I participated in at Washington
University. This was very challenging because I was left
clueless on the topic of the conference until the actual dayof the MUN. However Tyler mentioned that
“This was the most rewarding MUN I have ever attended
because I won!”

Would you survive a zombie apocalypse? If
you think so, how?
Yes. I will deﬁnitely survive. I can use my tools andweapons, and my eyes to identify trustworthy companions.
But, it might be hard for me to stay away from the female
zombies as they have the tendency to ﬂirt with me. I think I
have to put my focus on scattering and escaping from thefemale zombies because they can follow me wherever I go.

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Morning:Midnight:“because i feel like i can take on the world”-Ruriko Sakamoto“Because it's time that I’m allowed to do anything as
much as i want ( recently I’ve been obsessed withcrocheting!!)” -Sashu Komoto

Afternoon:“I get to party alone in the kitchen because myparents won't be awake :D” -Mari Kimura“The sun makes me feel sleepy and that’s
comfortable” -Rio Nishigaki“Because I am unconscious” -Matthias Arnold

Evening:“The color of the sky is pretty and the mood is quiet
and relaxing.” -Emma Ichimura

What three items would you take to a desert island?
1. A house ﬁlled with living essentials
2. A boat
3. A magical sword!

I don't need three. I will take Taylor Swiftwith me.
“I don't think I'll even have to go to the desert but
even if I went, her bodyguards can come pick us up.”
-Rio Yamaoka“To build my own empire.”-Mira Niiyama

1. Arnold Schwarzenegger
2. All of the material in the internetarchive on a 17 TB usb from alibaba
3. A duck

1. A helicopter
2. A week's worth of food
3. A helicopter pilot“Food so I can survive and the helicopter and pilot
so that I can get out of there.”-Riya

Arnold does all the work while I play games and lookat the duck
-Riley Keith9have attended many cultural events here in
Japan and I will do more since I want tounderstand Japanese tradition and history
better.

What is something about yourcountry that you would likedelegates or the general public toknow?
Green is an important color for Slovenia in many
ways. It represents the land of forests -Morethan 60% of Slovenia is covered with forest,
making it the third most forested country inEurope, and one of the greenest in the world.
Slovenians like to say that they are as busy as
bees. Slovenia is the most passionate beekeeping
country in Europe (it has almost ﬁve beekeepers
per 1,000 people). With Slovenia’s initiative, theUnited Nations proclaimed 20 May as World Bee
Day, a day for raising awareness of theextraordinary role bees play in the survival of
humankind.
Slovenia is famous for its beautiful lakes, rivers
or streams made of crystal clear water, andthose water sources can be nearly 30.000 km.
Slovenia has amended its constitution to makeaccess to drinkable water, which is afundamental right for all citizens

What advice do you have forstudents who want to be diplomats
or have a career in international
relations?
To become a diplomat, you have to have interestin history, domestic, foreign and security
politics. In addition to an interest ininternational relations, the diplomatic profession
requires good psychophysical capabilities andthe ability to communicate clearly in a few
foreign languages. A diplomat must develop skills
for a tolerant intercultural dialogue, adaptability,
must have negotiation skills, sufﬁcient
self-conﬁdence, communicativeness, analyticalthinking and most importantly, the ability toforesee events and processes in a country andinternational communities.

How do you like living in Japan?
Have you gotten comfortable withJapanese culture?
I enjoy my stay in Japan. I feel like being at home.
The beautiful nature and the friendliness of its
people have given me positive energy. When I
visited Japan for the ﬁrst time was in the early
90's as an exchange student. Already at thattime, I have decided to return someday back toJapan as a visitor. Now it is my privilege to beable to work and to represent Slovenia in Japan.
Modesty, politeness and social harmony arecharacteristics of the rich Japanese culture. I

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FAO (Beginner 1)

UNEP (Beginner 2)

Best Delegate:

Julie Watanabe
Tanush Das(Switzerland)

Best Delegate:

Jayden Toji
(Finland)Honorable Mention:

Savir Bhaiya(Poland)

Honorable
Mention:Isabella Casciola(Madagascar)

Diplomatic

DiplomaticCommendation:

Jun Kang
Sentaro Masuda(Democratic Republic ofCongo)

Commendation:

Aaron Sen
(Algeria)

Best Position Paper:

Gargi Gundlapalli(United States of America)

Best Position
Paper:UNODC (Intermediate 1)

Sonia Mishra(Afghanistan)

HRC (Intermediate 2)

Best Delegate:

Misaki Tomiyama
Emma Ichimura(Ireland)Best Delegate:

Haruka Nagata
Ruriko Sakamoto(Croatia)

Honorable Mention:

Morgan Coolidge
Eloise Seymour(Bulgaria)

Honorable
Mention:Anna Maria Haaf
(United States of America)
Josephine Stoltz(Uzbekistan)

Maeve McGill
Rosemary Hicks(Yemen)

Diplomatic

Ashley Iwanaga(Cabo Verde)

DiplomaticCommendation
Best Position Paper:

Commendation

Umarbek Bakhodirjonov
Nay Lin Oo(Sweden)Best Position
Paper:ECOSOC (Advanced)
Best Delegate:

Taisei Morioka
Miyu Nakata(Luxembourg)

Outstanding

Junta Abe
Hironobu Ozeki(United States of America)
Matthew Erlec(Qatar)Delegate:

Best Position Paper:

Dylan Javeri(France)

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Aviral Agarwal(Georgia)

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Executive Committee
SECRETARY GENERAL: Risako Tomita

DEPUTY-SECRETARY GENERAL: Karen Takeuchi

LEAD ADVISOR: Grant WalesJMMUN Chairs
Advanced

Intermediate 1

Intermediate 2

Beginner 1

Beginner 2

Aoi Nakaata,

Ayako Irita,

Aya Hashimoto,

Hideka Haga,

Saki Shigeno,

DIRECTOR

CO-DIRECTOR

DIRECTORDIRECTORDIRECTOR

Mizuki Hayakawa
Luli Naruse

Karin Kanazawa,

Saki Jodai
Risa Miki
Kaori Sugizaki
Nao Kudo

Yuriko Hayakawa
Hinako Tazoe
Niina Nakamura
Ayumi Kasai

Marion Itakura
Momona Miwa
Reina Otsu
Rina Shimada

CO-DIRECTOR

Shiori Kato(Sky Kanthatham)Press Team
Director: Sky Kanthatham
Deputy-Director: Natsuki Fukami
Press Team: Riko Komiyama, Hinako Ohbatake,
Lisa Okuno, Yui Baba, Sari Kanazawa, Rinko
Koyama, Koyuki Sogabe, Chise Noguchi, Mio
Hirooka, Miu Someya, Maho Kaneko, Remi Tamoto,
Aoba Murakami, Hana Ishimura, Lira Masuda, Karin
Furumoto, Haruka Nishimitsu, Nana Adachi,
Haruka Miyama, Shizuna Kano, Emma Ito, Maho
YamadaAdvisor: Chad Fasca

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