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Round Table on Islamic State in Russian language by Vladivostok MUNRFE Club
On November, 10, Vladivostok MUNRFE Club launched the project “Round Table” in Russian language with the support from International Relations Department, Oriental Institute – School of Regional and International Studies, Far Eastern Federal University. Last semester the “Round Table” was devoted to the “Situation in Ukraine”, while this time Coordinators Ms. Victoria Yavorskaya and Ms. Ksenia Bogdanova introduced a very crucial issue to discuss: “Islamic State of Iraq and Syria”.
The first week of the project included 2 lectures given by the scholars from International Relations Department, Oriental Institute – School of Regional and International Studies, Far Eastern Federal University. The first lecture “World terrorist organizations” by Prof. Andrey V. Gubin, PhD, and the second one “Terrorist organization “Islamic State” by Prof. Ivan N. Zolotukhin, PhD, totally gathered more than 100 active participants.
The preparation for debates started during the second week of the project. All registered participants were assigned to submit an essay explaining the policy of the chosen state in order to boost their understanding of the issue. The lecture about the UN Security Council and its rules of procedure was delivered by Mr. Vitaliy E. Savenkov, MUNRFE Director-General, and Ms. Olga Kuzmina, former President of Vladivostok MUNRFE Club. Moreover, there was a training conducted on improving negotiation and public speaking skills by Ms. Ksenia O. Shevtsova, MUNRFE Executive Director. Finally, in the end of the week Ms. Olga V. Katina, Secretary-General of the Annual MUNRFE Conference 2014, presided a training debate simulation.
The Round Table was conducted on November, 29, simulating the UN Security Council. All the delegations consisted of 2 people in order to let more students to participate in the debate session. The session was presided by Mr. Andrey I. Kozinets, Assistant Professor at International Relations Department, FEFU, as the President and Ms. Olga Kuzmina as a flanking officer. In the end of 5-hour productive debate session participants managed to submit a draft resolution, which was highly evaluated by the Presidents. The Best Delegates of the Round Table, chosen by peer voting, became a delegate of the USA Mr. Alexey Stanonis, who was granted waived participation in the Annual MUNRFE Conference 2014. In turn, Ms. Valeria Shishikina, a delegate of the UK, who has submitted the best essay in course of preparation process, was awarded with an exclusive MUNRFE souvenir.
This multidimensional Project gave an opportunity to students from FEFU, VSUES and schools of Vladivostok to take part in MUNRFE activities, not being the part of the Organization. Moreover, during the project Club members had a great chance to have a debate practice before upcoming Annual Conference. Considering the “Round Table” as a significant success, Vladivostok Club hopes that this concept will be applied in all MUNRFE Clubs in future.
