- sg@munusal.org
Conrad Rein
Originating from former East Germany and involved with MUNUSAL since its birth, he has recently successfully completed his Master and is continuing his academic career with a PhD. He has gained a profound expertise in the international arena through work within the UN-framework in Brazil, Germany, Japan, South Africa and in the United States as well as at the Dayan Center in Israel. Moreover, through numerous Model United Nations conferences worldwide as well as work-related experiences in Germany and abroad. He is a strong advocate of freedom, human rights and peace.
Carl-Georg Plum
I was born and raised close to Duisburg, the very
west of Germany.
I study "Peace & Politics Studies" at
the University of Bradford, but thanks to the Erasmus
program I have the possibility to study for one
year in Salamanca.
Participating in BIMUN 2008 I caught the MUN Virus
and since then I have participated in various MUN's
around Europe.
When I'm not traveling, studying or enjoying Salamanca's
great nightlife, I like to read a book, watch a
movie, go running or to the gym.
"We are always getting ready to live, but
never living." (Ralph Waldo Emerson )
Dimiter Mandradjiev
Dimiter Mandradjiev is born in Sofia city, Bulgaria,
in FEB 1986 and a month later he moved to sunny
Cairo, Egypt for 3 years. His primary education
was in the UN's Baghdad International School
in Iraq.
He has an excellent bachelor degree in International
relations program from New Bulgarian University
in Sofia. On many occasions he was awarded with
scholarships for excellent grades. Now he's preparing
to obtain a Masters degree in International business.
One of Dimiter's main commitments is in trying
to build a better deal for Bulgarian citizens.
The membership in various organizations like
The Atlantic Club of Bulgaria, founder and chairman
of the national union "Treasure the Bulgarian
Heritage", co-founder and Executive director
of the SOFIMUN foundation are only part of his
activities related at NGO level. He tries to
make a difference in other organizations such
as being President of Rotaract Club Sofia International
(charitable activities). He also manages his
own communication group company SVETU Ltd.
Dimiter became addicted to MUNs in Vienna in
2007. Since then 3 ZAGIMUNs, THESSISMUN, UNISCA,
MOSTIMUN, NAPOMUN, BIMUN (Bonn) and other MUN
events - national and international - the aftermath
says: more than 10 MUNs and 5 times chairperson
and will chair another 2 MUNs. He feels the spirit
of MUNs defiantly coincide with his ideals to
make things better a problem solver.
- cumbre@munusal.org
Alain
Pescador
His name is Alain Pescador.
He was born in Durango, Mexico.
He completed his Bachelor of Arts with a double
honours major in Political Studies and History
from Trent University in Canada. In addition
to the requirements that he had to complete for
this degree, for two consecutive years he got
elected as the Public Relations Director of the
Latin American Student Association, where he
had the main responsibility of increasing the
awareness of the Latin American culture across
the university and the Canadian community.
He has been involved with the Model United Nations
project from a very young age. This gave him
the opportunity to participate as a delegate
in a good number of MUN’s across Mexico,
the United States and Europe.
After gaining a few years of experience, he became
the mentor of many middle school and high school
students that were interested in the project.
As a result of these efforts, he was elected
Secretary General in the first MUN hosted in
the city of Durango, Mexico. He has also been
chair at the Model NATO at the University of
Carlton in Ottawa and he was invited to participate
as a chair of the Human Rights Council at the
Milan Model United Nations (MILMUN).
He is currently doing a masters degree in Political
Science at the University of Salamanca. He truly
loves the city, its people, the culture, traditions
and of course it’s night life. Therefore,
he is very happy to welcome you guys to MUNUSAL
2010. He can assure you that
you will have an unforgettable experience and
he can’t wait to meet
everyone in person.
María
Llopis
My name is María Llopis and I come from Valencia (Spain). I graduated in Physiotherapy at the University Cardenal Herrera CEU in Valencia, and in Political Sciences at the University of Salamanca. Once I finished my Physiotherapy studies I decided to change my path and started studying Political Sciences in Valencia (Spain)a. After taking part in MUNUSAL 2008, I was so thrilled with the experience that I took the second most important decision of my academic life: moving to Salamanca in order to finish my Political Sciences studies. And that's how I got here.
I've always thought that University gives you many opportunities to find your future. These I found first with the university debates, a world to which I devoted an important part of my student life, organizing and taking part in many conferences and tournaments, like the Liga de Debate de Castilla y León, LIDECYL 2006. After that I heard about the MUN and I took part in the Iberoamerican Summit of MUNUSAL 08, where I received a best delegate award.
I was told that once you get into this world it is difficult to get out of it. For that reason I am pleasured and honoured to be summoned to [chair] at the Summit. One of those opportunities that I mentioned is without a doubt this luck of mine to share time with extraordinary people.
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL - ecosoc@munusal.org
Flavia
Dobre
Despite the fact that it killed the cat, curiosity
seems to be a state of mind she has not grown
out of upon leaving behind childhood. As curiosity
turned into a drive to know and understand everything,
Flavia is essentially a private-eye by day and
night, constantly investigating and piecing clues
together. It doesn’t surprise anyone that
jigsaw-puzzles, both literally and metaphorically
speaking, top the list of her preferred leisure
activities.
Flavia is keen on becoming involved in peacemaking,
specifically the socio-humanitarian branches
of peacebuilding and conflict mediation. To that
end, having received her BA in International
Relations and European Studies from the University
of Bucharest, Flavia is currently enrolled in
a master’s programme of Advanced International
Studies with the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna.
Throughout her time spent in undergraduate and
graduate studies, she attended MEU Strasbourg,
the Balkan Case Challenge, UBMUN, SiMUN and NapoMUN.
At present, she is delighted to have the opportunity
to chair ECOSOC at MUNUSAL 2010, as she has been
eternally fascinated by the UN and is always
eager to discover it in as many ways as possible.
Thomas Reese
Born and raised in Cologne, Germany, I am currently studying Politics at the University of Konstanz in the south of Germany. In 2009 I graduated in International Relations and Security Studies at the University of Bradford. Like many others I can say that my very first MUN got me hooked, since then I have enjoyed participating, advising, and working in the field of Model United Nations. I have heard many great stories about Salamanca and MUNUSAL and I am looking forward to seeing you all at MUNUSAL 2010.
- hrc@munusal.org
Paola V. Ivanova
Born in Sofia, Bulgaria, Paola is currently a
PhD candidate of Media Studies at the Sofia University.
She holds an MA in South Slavic studies from
the Sofia University and graduated the National
Lyceum for Ancient Languages and Cultures. During
her MA studies she was honored with scholarships
by the University of Zagreb, Croatia and the
University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
both providing her with the unique chance to
live in Sarajevo and Zagreb.
After working for several years as an international
desk journalist and editor, now Paola is a Public
Relations manager in a communication group company.
Remaining strongly committed to the UN, she is
the president of the SOFIMUN International Foundation-
governing body of the Bulgarian international
MUN, SOFIMUN, as well as an international organization
of young leaders, working to promote the UN ideas. Another
of her important activities is the Rotaract Club
Sofia International – Rotary Youth, to
which she’s a Secretary General.
Fluent in English, Croatian, Bosnian, Serbian,
with descent knowledge of Russian, currently
Paola meets the challenge of learning new languages.
Forever in loved with the unique atmosphere and
all fantastic moments of a Model UN, Paola exercises
her MUN passion on several international conferences
- as a chair of GIMUN 2010 (Geneva, Switzerland),
ZAGIMUN 2009 (Zagreb, Croatia), NAPOMUN 2009
(Cluj-Napoca, Romania), MOSTIMUN (Mostar, Bosnia
and Herzegovina) and as delegate on ZAGIMUN 2007
and 2008, UNISCA 2009 (University of Amsterdam,
best delegate award), THESSISMUN (Thessaloniki,
Greece), as well as few national MUNs in Sofia.
She’s also the proud founder and organizer
of the SOFIMUN Conference of Sofia, Bulgaria.
While doing all those MUNs, Paola has the opportunity
to meet lots of great friends and remarkable
people. Big part of the MUNUSAL 2010 Secretariat
are among those persons and she’s thrilled
to work with them once again.
Having chaired different UN bodies, Paola is
now happy to be back to her favorite one, the
Human Rights Council, looking very much forward
to meet all delegates and have hot debates and
great fun all together.
Omar El-Helw
Born 23 years ago on hot day of May and raised in the great city of Cairo
capital of Egypt, with Palestinian spirit and environment, due to his blood
and family origins.
Omar was graduated from Cape Breton University in Nova Scotia, Canada with
Bachelor of Business & Technology in 2008. He realized his field is not the
best to fit him after 3 years of studying, therefore, his clear interest in
negotiation, conflict resolution and political science led him to graduate
from Georgetown University from it's summer school held in Crete, Greece
(International Institute for Political and Economic Institute) with Bachelor
of Political Science in 2008. He also was participant, facilitator,
organizer and observer in a number of conflict resolution, peace and
decision-making workshops, small modules of United Nations, problem-solving
and mediation cases in his home college in Cairo. He also gained second
place with SIFE coordination team with his college mates. First MUN
appearance was at first version of Zagreb Model United Nations back in 2007.
- sc@munusal.org
Alexandra
Matei
Alexandra describes herself as a summer-girl
trapped in a mountain-city 800 km away from her
hometown-Galati, Romania. 3 years back she
had no single clue about where life will take
her; she only knew that if the world needs a
change, then she has to be part of that change.
So, she ended up studying Political Science at
Babyes-Bolyai University which was not a strategic
rational choice, but pure attraction. Because
one thing leads to another, she felt for the
MUN virus in a blink of an eye once she took
the floor at SiMUN 2008. Her MUN experience,
after participating at SOFIMUN and ZAGIMUN, culminated
in organizing NapoMUN 2009 which she can proudly
say “it’s her baby”.
Dedicated to her dreams, Alexandra is passionate
about international relations, ethnopolitics,
multiculturalism, human rights as well as security
studies. She also identifies herself as a promoter
of intercultural dialogue bearing in mind the
need of understanding and helping the others.
Following a carrer-path in diplomacy, she finds
essential to never stop pursuing your dreams
and strive for a more peaceful global community.
“Twenty years from now you will be more
disappointed by the things that you didn't do
than by the ones you did . So throw off the bowlines.
Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade
winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” Mark
Twain
Diego Senoner
Born and raised in Italy, he studied Peace and
Politics at the University of Bradford as well
as International Studies at the University of
Salamanca. He participated at various international
conferences and Model United Nations raising
his awareness of problems affecting the world
and the coming generations. He has lived in places
all over the world, until recently in New Delhi
and is fluent in several languages.
- unpc@munusal.org
Yves-laurent is a Congolese ( R.D.C.) born in Belgium where he begun to study Political Sciences and Literature at Catholic University of Louvain-La-Neuve where he was an elected delegate of the general assembly of the students.
Then he came to Spain to learn Spanish and study Journalism at the Pontificia University of Salamanca where he is allready studying. He speaks French, Spanish and English fluently and he has basics knowledges of Dutch and Italian.
He can be defined as a humanist communicator because he believes that the understanding of the human being comes through communication. He firmly believes in life experience, since it can contributes to ourselves much more than we actually think.
He had his fisrt experience of MUNUSAL last year as journalist in “The Globe”.
He learned a lot from those four days and now it is for he a pleasure being the editor in chief of MUNUSAL 2010.
“Don't worry, be happy” (Bobby McFerrin) This is the way he sees life because it's the best way to enjoy the good opportunities that it offers you.
