The delegation members represented the Independent State of Samoa in the General Assembly Fifth Committee, Organization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and the United Nations Population Fund discussing the following agenda items: Strengthening Compliance and Accountability in Field Missions with Special Regard to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse Cases, The Complete Eradication of Chemical Weapons, and Sexual and Reproductive Health in Humanitarian Response.
The trip was marked with a wide range of visits to various institutions by the delegation that includes briefings in the World Bank Office in Moscow by the World Bank Consultant Ms. Larisa Fugol, in UN Information Centre in Moscow (UNIC) by UNIC National Information Officer Mr. Vladimir S. Pavinskiy, in the Permanent Mission of Samoa to the UN by the Permanent Representative H.E. Mr. Aliioaiga Feturi Elisaia, in the United Nations Children’s Fund by the Senior Evaluation Specialist of UNICEF Evaluation Office Ms. Ada Ocampo-Cabos, in the World Bank Headquarters in Washington DC by the Coordinator of the World Bank in Russia program Ms. Dorota A. Nowak and in New York University by NYU Department of Anthropology Associate Chair Prof. Bruce Grant.
MUNRFE would like to express its appreciation to all those who helped the delegation with its preparation and contributed to the overall success namely Mr. Vitaly Savenkov, Mr. Jesse Thomas, Ms. Elena Kiseleva, Ms. Ksenia Shevtsova, Ms. Anna Timokhina and Ms. Aleksandra Kosyreva. Moreover, we would like to thank Vladivostok Club for hosting NMUN 2018 delegation training week and its members for attending the training debates of the team.
It is necessary to mention that this year for the fifth time in a row MUNRFE receives delegation awards at the National Model UN in New York. Hereby, the Organization would like to sincerely congratulate the delegation with high-level performance at the hugest Model UN conference in the world and wishes our future delegations to continue the tradition of bright performance at the international conferences!