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“Ubi concordia, ibi Victoria” – Publius Syrus

Tharaka is currently employed as the Director for United Nations and International Affairs at the Secretariat for Coordinating Reconciliation Mechanisms (SCRM) where he serves in facilitating and building international support towards the Transitional Justice and Reconciliation Agenda of the Government of Sri Lanka. He also serves as a Visiting Lecturer to the Faculty of Arts and Faculty of Graduate Studies at the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka in addition to functioning as a part-time News Anchor. He is a graduate from the Monash University (Masters in Diplomacy and Trade) and University of Nottingham (BA International Business Management).

He has been an ardent MUNer from his high-school to university years, having participated in numerous MUN conferences all over the world and having won multiple Best Delegate, Best Speaker and Higher Commendations. He has also served as President Security Council and Head of Training at Colombo Operated Model United Nations; President Futuristic Security Council at the Sri Lanka Model United Nations; Head of Host Team and Director Training, Nottingham Model United Nations Association (NUMUNA), University of Nottingham, Malaysia Campus; and Secretary General of NUMUNA .

Tharaka looks forward to building a career as an international relations specialist with key emphasis on understanding on how political institutions, processes and public policies operate developing countries and post conflict nations.

Tharaka is a major cinephile and avid reader. He also enjoys watching and playing cricket and football—mostly watching though.

Sulaiman Rameez is the Chairperson of the International Youth Council in Sri Lanka (IYCSL). In 2015, he joined the Youth and Innovation wing of the United Nations Development Programme of Sri Lanka, becoming the youngest UN youth volunteer to join the ranks. He is current pursing his Attorneys at Law at Sri Lanka Law College. During his first year at Law College, Sulaiman placed #1 at the national round of the Brown Mosten Client Consultation Competition. He also won the Hulftsdorp Debating Championship with Shehara Herath making them Sri Lanka’s university debating champions for 2016. In 2017, Sulaiman returned to be a part of “Hulftsdorp Debates”, as chairperson. He themed the championship on the Global Goals for Sustainable Development. As the vice-president of Sri Lanka’s most inclusive MUN forum; National Youth Model United Nations, he is a strong advocate of diplomacy. He also served a one-year term as Secretary General of NYMUN in 2017. Prior to joining UNDP, he was elected as the District Interact Representative of Rotary District 3220, Sri Lanka and The Maldives, where he overlooked and administered 65 Interact clubs with a collective membership of over 2000 young people. In April 2018, he represented Sri Lanka with Shamilka Karunanayake at the Willem C. Vis Moot (East) Commercial Arbitration Moot in Hong Kong and ranked #6 of the 126 partaking teams. Earlier this year Sulaiman founded a Legal newsletter; “The Hulftsdorp Post”, where he currently serves as the Editor in Chief. Above all, he is an ardent environmentalist and is known to love the mountains of Sri Lanka.

Founder/President
NYMUN

USG of Public Relations

Sasmini Bandara is a final year student at Sri Lanka Law College, currently employed as a project manager at Venture Frontier Lanka. She is enthusiastic about the Public Relations, and has successfully provided her services in the area for the Hulftsdorp Debates 2017- 18, Victors Moot 2018, Hashtag Generation (Communications Assistant) and Rotaract District 3220 Sri Lanka and Maldives. She was also a participant at NYMUN 2016 and 2017 as a delegate of the European Council and UNHRC respectively and was selected as the best novice delegate for European Council in 2016.

Director of Finance

Ornella studied at Holy Family Convent and Elizabeth moir school where she was given the opportunity to attend 4 MUN conferences as a part of the school delegation. Her MUN experience doesn’t end there, she went on to be a vice chairperson of GA1 for SLMUN and was a part of Varsity MUN at Royal Institute and all three NYMUNs, being USG of Finane last year. She graduated with a degree in economics and management last year and her hobbies include singing which led her to join an independent choir ‘Resonance’. She now works at KPMG.

Director of Conference Protocol, Training and Admins

Currently studying Experimental Linguistics at University College London. Has been doing MUN and debating for five years. Other than current affairs, she’s interested in rowing, writing and poetry.

USG of Conference Protocol and Training

Minesh is currently doing a triple major in Computer Science, Philosophy, and English Writing with Honors at Thiel College in the States. He loves cooking, sculpting, writing, and small furry animals – dislikes snakes and writing brief descriptions of himself because he never knows what to say.

USG of Logistics and Outreach Coordination

Abdul Shiraz, currently studying psychology and working. Coaches football, speaks 6 languages. When it comes to getting something done, will make sure it happens at whatever cost.

USG of Registrations

Currently working as an Application Support Engineer at Vetstoria (Pvt)Ltd). He was the President of United Nations Human Rights Council in National Youth Model United Nations 2017 and also held the position of Assistant Secretary General for Finance same year.

USG of Finance

Ashqar who serves as the Under Secretary General for Finance, was with NYMUN since its first conference held in 2016. He was the Head of Finance during 2016 and the Director for Conference Management during 2017.
Ashqar is professionally a Chartered Accountant and work as a Management Consultant for one of the big four firms with a worldwide presence. He has been part of many youth movements and conferences in the country and internationally such as World Assembly of Youth in Malaysia, Future Leaders Dialogue in Colombo and TechCamp in Mumbai. Ashqar holds several management positions in other youth based organizations as well .