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LUMS hosts its 13th LUMUN Conference

Lahore, 26th December, 2016: The Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Pakistan’s leading higher education institute, hosted its 13th LUMUN (LUMS Model United Nations) Conference on December 26, 2016. The event saw 900+ attendees spread across 115 delegations from all over Pakistan, making LUMUN ’17 a huge success.

Model United Nations (MUN) is an educational simulation and academic competition organised annually by LUMS. The objective is for students to learn more about diplomacy, international relations, and the United Nations itself. Delegates spent their days attending committee sessions, with networking breaks in the Delegates’ Lounge, while the evenings were spent attending a variety of social events.

The conference started off with an opening ceremony welcoming all the delegates to the thirteenth edition of the prestigious five-day LUMUN Conference. The panel of guest speakers included Syed Iqbal Raza, Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General as Chief Guest, Pro-Chancellor Syed Babar Ali as Guest of Honour, Vice Chancellor Prof. S. Sohail H. Naqvi, Ambassador Iqbal Ahmad Khan, and Ambassador Azmat Hassan.

The opening ceremony was followed by five days of rigorous debates, fun activities, and a series of highly informative seminars, which included esteemed ambassadors and famous celebrities as guests.

The official closing ceremony took place on the final day of the conference, following the last committee session with Mr. Douglas Higgins, the senior-most UN representative and Head of UNICEF in Punjab, as the Chief Guest. The winners of Outstanding Diplomacy and Honourable Mention Awards in each committee were also announced on the occasion. The Conference closed with the announcement of the winning delegations as this year, there was a clear tie between Nixor College and The Lyceum School.
About LUMS:
The Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) is a world class academic institution, established in 1985. The Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) is a world class academic institution with a proud history of achievement, and ambitious plans for the future. The idea of establishing the university took root in the mind of Syed Babar Ali, Pro Chancellor, LUMS who is the guiding spirit behind the university. With his resilient efforts and patronage of the business community, academia and representatives of the government, started the establishment of what was to become one of the leading universities of South Asia. LUMS is operating four schools – The Suleman Dawood School of Business, Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering and Shaikh Ahmad Hassan School of Law. Since its inception, LUMS has strived to achieve the aim of imparting world class education while encouraging research and intellectual growth in the country. As a result, LUMS has played a key role in setting high standards of academics and producing professionals who can compete with counterparts from any university across the world.

 

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