Five Universitas Indonesia (UI) students gained achievement on The European International Model United Nations (TEIMUN) 2017 that was held in Den Haag, Netherlands.
For this event, UI sent Juan Octavian Daniel Sidauruk (Chemical Engineering 2013), Dominique Virgil (Law 2015), Nadifa Ramadhanty (International Relations 2015), Joviana Henza (Law 2016), and Fatih Angling Darmo (Management 2016)
The five students competed at four different UN Council, that were Security Council, Human Rights Council, General Assembly, and Historical Crisis Council.
In the event, UI delegation bearing the name of Indonesia nation by gaining 5 Best Delegates predicates (1st place) on each participated committee.
This proudly achievement also brought UI to be the general champion of this annual event.
One of delegation member, Juan Octavian Daniel said that this winning was reached by a very well 9 months preparation.
The preparation included selection, training and pre-competition session process that were very intensive.
This winning was getting more remarkable since the other fellow participants were student of bachelor and master degree who has knowledge on recent international issues and qualified public speaking skills.
TEIMUN is a United Nations trial simulation competition that has been held for 30 years in Europe.
TEIMUN is the oldest, most prestigious and one of the most famous MUN competition on World level that is participated by 300 students from about 70 countries.
Not only consisted of contest and competition, TEIMUN also hold various social activity such as Global Village and Social Events.
Participants were also able to participate in cultural excursion that visited several historical and tourist attraction object like Mauritshuis Museum, Madurodam, dan Peace Palace.
Moreover, participants also joined excursion to several PBB board and international law institutions that is located in Den Hag, like International Criminal Court (ICC), International Court of Justice (ICJ), and International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY).