Vietnamese Youth Model United Nations by Khanh Ton | July 2019

“It has been a wonderful journey and after my attendance at the National Model United Nations conference in Washington DC last November, I was incredibly inspired to recreate the same dynamic performing opportunity for students across Vietnam”. – Khanh

CRC Ambassador Khanh built a Model United Nations conference within her hometown in Vietman that aims to involve the local community. Khanh was promoted to the position of Deputy Secretary General of the VYMUN (Vietnamese Youth Model United Nations) conference of 2019. After being given these tools in Florida,

The opening ceremony of VYMUN 2019 took place on July 26, 2019. Lieutenant Colonel Le Ngoc Son from the Vietnamese military appeared as a guest. Participants included many young people from across the city of Hanoi and several other provinces and cities who shared their personal experiences about how they learned to better contribute to society through diplomacy. The Leon Charney Resolution Center sponsored the event and Director-General of the VYMUN and CRC Ambassador Khanh Ton gave a speech.
Click HERE to read Khahn Ton’s full speech.

"The four-day-three-night simulated conference at the Vietnamese Youth Model United Nations 2019 has officially concluded with a delightful Prom Night. Throughout this precious period of time, we have witnessed the serious yet exciting performance during the committee sessions as well as fruitful conversations and the stemming of many valuable friendships. A thank-you would never fully make up for the journey that our delegates and sponsors, like the Leon Charney Resolution Center, have embarked on with us and we are so happy to have shared this short yet meaningful occasion with you." — Khanh

The FAU Leon Charney Diplomacy Program Scholarship Recipient, Oct-Nov 2018

The Leon Charney Diplomacy Program welcomed CRC Ambassador Khanh Ton from Hue, Vietnam, a EMIS alumni to Florida Atlantic University. With other Charney Diplomacy Program students, she competed in the National Model United Nations (NMUN) simulation in Washington D.C in November, 2018 where they won first place out of all the contenders.

Khanh represented Denmark on the Economic & Social Council (ECOSOC), the two topics that are assigned to the committee are Increasing the Role of Civil Society in Sustainable Development and Natural Disasters and Climate Change. More than 1,000 college students from 100 universities will compete in NMUN-DC. The Leon Charney Diplomacy Program represented by seventy-four undergraduate students at Nationals, assigned to eight countries (Afghanistan, Belarus, Burundi, Cabo Verde, China, Denmark, Lebanon, and Syria).

And the CRC Ambassador, Khanh reported her experiences in the CRC monthly newsletter.

“We are delighted to have Khanh join the Charney Diplomacy Program this semester and confident that she will represent the Program and university well at Nationals.” — Jeffrey S. MortonDirector, Leon Charney Diplomacy Program

Click HERE to read Khahn Ton’s inspiration to start the VYMUN after the training at the FAU.

Project: Khanh built a Model UN conference within her hometown in Vietnam aiming to involve the local community.

Khanh is from Hue, Vietnam, and a 2018 graduate from EMIS. She was the 2018 scholarship recipient chosen to represent the CRC at Florida Atlantic University. With other Charney Diplomacy Program students, she competed in the National Model United Nations (NMUN) simulation in Washington D.C in November, 2018 where they won first place out of all the contenders.

“As an Ambassador of the Center myself, I hope to further its message of peace to this part of the world that is so near and dear to my heart”. – Khanh

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