PROTOS. ARETE. KLEOS. From pioneering beginnings to unwavering excellence, forging a legacy that inspires generations of leaders. Maria's Model United Nations

From the Founder’s Desk

This famous quote of the great leader, I'm sure, resonates with all of us. History and the contemporary occurences are enough testimony to the power that this skill holds to shape and mould an idea into a concrete reality.

I feel a deep sense of fulfilment that we had, long back, decided to incorporate MUN into our curriculum. Today Maria's Model United Nations has shaped into a hallowed platform in the entire northeast.

I feel proud to find Marian delegations deliberating global issues at prestigious MUN conferences, including those hosted by Dhirubhai Ambani International School in Mumbai, The Doon School in Dehradun, CHEMUN in Chennai, St. Columba’s School, Pathways World School, and Harvard MUN, besides they being well equipped and powerful to vouch for individual representations in MUNs all across the nation having been imbibed skills at home ground. Experiences gathered in these MUNs provide the students with exposure to critically invest their ideas upon issues provoking the world and to international diplomacy simulations.

I am particularly glad and excited to see the MUN fraternity at Maria’s extending its reach to our junior school students through Intra MMUN. This would help them hone their skills at an impressionable age together with paving their ways towards intellectual engagement and diplomatic discourses.

The world today expects the youth to be adaptive, to brave challenges lurking in inconspicuous areas, with good judgement and decision with a bright analytical mind. The MUN platforms are the perfect spaces to sharpen these skills besides honing their aptitude for meaningful dialogues.

As in the previous years, let's make this edition of MUN a vibrant forum of ideas, discussions and arguments where conflicts are examined, solutions explored, and young minds come together to challenge the the chimera of the world that tries to threaten the core values of humanity.

Best wishes.

From the Principal’s Desk

The world we are living in has become increasingly complex, fractured, and volatile. We are bearing witness to shifting geopolitical fault lines—from escalating conflicts in the Middle East and the perilous tensions of the Iran–Israel–US matrix to sudden political upheavals like the violent ousting of heads of state. Emerging humanitarian crises such as the devastating outbreaks of Ebola threatening vulnerable populations across the DRC and South Sudan are making headlines leading to panic and anxiety.

Indeed the unpredictability of our times demands that diplomacy move beyond mere strategy and power play. It is imperative that our students learn to view international affairs through a profoundly humanitarian lens. As future leaders and global citizens, technical knowledge alone will not suffice; they must be equipped with empathy, critical inquiry, ethical conscience, and collaborative resolve. They must understand the human cost behind every policy, border dispute, and international sanction.

When Maria’s Public School pioneered the region’s first inter-school Model United Nations in 2015, our vision was to demystify diplomacy and introduce our young scholars to the art of global deliberation. Looking back at our journey since that inaugural session, fills me with immense pride to see how MMUN has grown into a vibrant crucible of intellect, empathy and leadership. Every edition surpasses the last, proving that when youth are given a voice, they rise to the occasion with remarkable maturity. I am proud of my organising team, students and faculty coordinators for their dedication and hard work, for looking into every detail to ensure seamless execution of the conference.