On May 19th and 20th, Herricks High School hosted its annual Model United Nations Conference, HMUNC XVIII. Over 200 delegates attended, including 80 foreign delegates from six different schools: Manhasset, Uniondale, Portledge, Half Hollow Hills, Garden City, and South Hills Academy from California. This year's conferences revolved around the theme “Power of the Voice,” which emphasizes the importance of using your voice to raise awareness and advocacy. The committees for HMUNC XVIII were chaired by our own Herricks Model UN veterans, who wrote extensive background guides on a variety of topics. Discussions within ranged from a new Ice Spice drug in the UNODC committee to playing superheros that solve the debate about the Sokovia Accords in the Marvel committee. Each of our eight committees prioritized our delegates' voices and the ways in which they can use it as a tool to stand up for what they believe in. While we believe all of our delegates should receive an award for their commitments, these select few received awards for their outstanding achievements during the conference. 

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Interpol:
Best Delegate: Domenic Cercone 
Outstanding Delegate: Sophia Kiosses
Honorable Mention: Remi Pai
Best Position Paper: Polina Solodukhina

ICJ:
Best Delegate: Sonali Patel
Outstanding Delegate: Dora Zhang
Honorable Mention: Hannah Pak
Best Position Paper: Farhan Ishraq
ASEAN: 
Best Delegate: Colin Hairabedian
Outstanding Delegate: Armaan Vaswani
Honorable Mention: Ashley Shiu
Best Position Paper: Jacob Kim

UNODC:
Best Delegate: Eliana Linder
Outstanding Delegate: Ava Sobel
Honorable Mention: Peter Martelli
Best Position Paper: Cole Sanveren

Cold War
Best Delegate: Loic Hairabedian
Outstanding Delegate: Sharath Venkatesan
Honorable Mention: Risha Kaur
Best Position Paper: Thomas Gaudio

NY Disaster
Best Delegate: Liliana Espinal
Outstanding Delegate: William Conkling
Honorable Mention: Rue Xue Jiang
Best Position Paper: Reece Rene
National Crime Syndicate
Best Delegate: Ellie Wu
Outstanding Delegate: Max Mendolsohn
Honorable Mention: Destini Barrow
Best Position Paper: Heemali Patel

Avengers
Best Delegate: Avi Ratra
Outstanding Delegate: Costa Zografos
Honorable Mention: Vidhi Shah
Best Position Paper: Brandon Tran

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