With the results of the last Model UN conference in Philadelphia, Langley students have yet again beaten TJ at their own game, placing third at the Ivy League Model United Nations Conference 29.

The students even were able to win some of the most prestigious awards at the conference that is considered this year’s national high school Model UN championship.

Along with numerous individual awards, the team won Best Delegate (gavel), Outstanding Delegate, Honorable Mention, and Verbal Commendation. “It was a great experience, especially because of how well the team did. Beating TJ was also pretty fun,” Audrey Fahlberg, a freshmen member of the team said. However, this was not the first triumph against our formidable rival TJ.

Ms. Busath said, “By placing third we continued our streak over Thomas Jefferson and beat Model UN Powerhouses, West Windsor-Plaisboro High School South, West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, and Gulf Coast High School.”With this victory, the Model UN team proved that Langley can beat TJ on not only the basketball courts, but academic
conferences as well.Here is a list of all individual awards won by Langley students:Pakistani Cabinet: Mujtaba Wani – Best Delegate

United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD): Hoonie Kim – Best Delegate

Ad-Hoc Committee of the Secretary-General: Greg Adams – Outstanding Delegate (Gavel) (this committee just has three outstanding delegates rather than a best delegate, so Greg totally co-won)

International Maritime Organization: Jiho Kim – Outstanding Delegate

United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC): Julia Pennington and Danny Asztalos – Outstanding Delegation

Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural (SOCHUM): Shivali Marwaha and Andrew Rifken – Outstanding Delegation

United Nations Security Council: Cynthia Ding – Honorable Delegate

The World Bank: Jenna Smith – Honorable Delegate

United Nations Industrial Development Organization: Cameron Davis – Honorable Delegate

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO): Mike Gannon – Honorable Delegate

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Executive Committee (UNHCR): Natalie Fahlberg and Rachel Stone – Honorable Delegation

International Internet Security Consortium: Brendan M. – Verbal Commendation

Economic and Financial (ECOFIN): Grace Sununu – Verbal Commendation

Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ): Caroline Mannon and Alisha Luthra – Verbal Commendation

Special Political and Decolonization (SPECPOL): Sean Gordon and Julie Kim – Verbal Commendation

Special Political and Decolonization (SPECPOL): Katherine Cassidy and Ameen Al-Dalli – Verbal Commendation

Disarmament and International Security (DISEC): Sahar Ghamary and Sam Ashtar – Verbal Commendation