Helena Tadić
Secretary-General
Dear Directors, Student Officers, Admin, and Delegates of the VII ZYGMUN conference,
Welcome everyone to VII ZYGMUN! I am Helena, a senior at the American School of Warsaw, and I am proud to be serving as this year’s Secretary-General alongside my esteemed fellow Secretariat members. I have taken part in MUN for the past seven years, and am honoured to have assumed the role of delegate, Student Officer, and Secretariat member across 12+ conferences. This is my second year participating in ZYGMUN, having been the Security Council President in last year’s conference.
This year’s ZYGMUN conference is closely tied to a combination of SDGs 11 and 12, meaning we’re interested in your solutions toward cultivating sustainable communities through responsible practices.
Secretary-General
Dear Directors, Student Officers, Admin, and Delegates of the VII ZYGMUN conference,
Welcome everyone to VII ZYGMUN! I am Helena, a senior at the American School of Warsaw, and I am proud to be serving as this year’s Secretary-General alongside my esteemed fellow Secretariat members. I have taken part in MUN for the past seven years, and am honoured to have assumed the role of delegate, Student Officer, and Secretariat member across 12+ conferences. This is my second year participating in ZYGMUN, having been the Security Council President in last year’s conference.
This year’s ZYGMUN conference is closely tied to a combination of SDGs 11 and 12, meaning we’re interested in your solutions toward cultivating sustainable communities through responsible practices.
Kayleigh Isa
Deputy Secretary-General
Dear Directors, Student Officers, Admin, and Delegates of the VII ZYGMUN conference,
I sincerely welcome you all to the seventh annual Zygmunt Model United Nations conference! My name is Kayleigh Isa and I am currently in 12th grade at American School of Warsaw. This year, I am honored to serve as ZYGMUN’s Deputy Secretary-General in collaboration with my distinguished fellow Secretariat members. I have been a part of MUN for four years and have acted as a delegate, Student Officer, and Secretariat member in eight conferences. This year’s conference will mark my second time participating in ZYGMUN; last year, I served as the Chair of the Disarmament and International Security Committee, and am honored to have assumed a leadership role this year. I was born in Warsaw, Poland, though I have also lived in South Africa, Spain, Turkey, and the Philippines.
The overarching theme of VII ZYGMUN combines the United Nations’s 11th and 12th Sustainable Development Goals: “Cultivating Sustainable Communities Through Responsible Practices”. This theme has been carefully interwoven into every committee’s topics, thus ensuring that all debates taking place this year will be in pursuit of a prosperous future for us all.
I cannot wait to meet you all in March!
Deputy Secretary-General
Dear Directors, Student Officers, Admin, and Delegates of the VII ZYGMUN conference,
I sincerely welcome you all to the seventh annual Zygmunt Model United Nations conference! My name is Kayleigh Isa and I am currently in 12th grade at American School of Warsaw. This year, I am honored to serve as ZYGMUN’s Deputy Secretary-General in collaboration with my distinguished fellow Secretariat members. I have been a part of MUN for four years and have acted as a delegate, Student Officer, and Secretariat member in eight conferences. This year’s conference will mark my second time participating in ZYGMUN; last year, I served as the Chair of the Disarmament and International Security Committee, and am honored to have assumed a leadership role this year. I was born in Warsaw, Poland, though I have also lived in South Africa, Spain, Turkey, and the Philippines.
The overarching theme of VII ZYGMUN combines the United Nations’s 11th and 12th Sustainable Development Goals: “Cultivating Sustainable Communities Through Responsible Practices”. This theme has been carefully interwoven into every committee’s topics, thus ensuring that all debates taking place this year will be in pursuit of a prosperous future for us all.
I cannot wait to meet you all in March!
Karolina Kowalska
Co-President of the General Assembly
Dear Directors, Student Officers, Advisors, Admin, and Delegates of the VII Zygmunt Model UN Conference,
Welcome to the seventh annual Zygmunt Model United Nations! I am honored to be serving as the Co-President of the General Assembly in this year's iteration of ZYGMUN. I am 16 years old, and in the 11th grade at the American School of Warsaw. I am a year 1 IBDP student. I have been doing MUN for 2.5 years and in that time have attended 8 conferences, with this being my 9th. I’ve participated in two ZYGMUN conferences before: 2022 as a Student Officer, and 2023 as the Deputy Secretary-General. I'm from Poland, but I've also lived in Croatia, Bulgaria, England, Ukraine, and Egypt.
This year's conference theme is a combination of UN Sustainable Development Goals 11 and 12 – “Cultivating sustainable communities through responsible practices”. It is imperative that delegates both contribute as individuals but also collaborate and partner together during debates to come together and create solutions to address such a goal. This requires a myriad of skills, namely leadership, risk-taking, and problem-solving. The secretariat has high expectations for the delegates of VII ZYGMUN to put their all into debates this year – the future is in your hands!
I look forward to welcoming you to Warsaw and meeting you in the spring!
Co-President of the General Assembly
Dear Directors, Student Officers, Advisors, Admin, and Delegates of the VII Zygmunt Model UN Conference,
Welcome to the seventh annual Zygmunt Model United Nations! I am honored to be serving as the Co-President of the General Assembly in this year's iteration of ZYGMUN. I am 16 years old, and in the 11th grade at the American School of Warsaw. I am a year 1 IBDP student. I have been doing MUN for 2.5 years and in that time have attended 8 conferences, with this being my 9th. I’ve participated in two ZYGMUN conferences before: 2022 as a Student Officer, and 2023 as the Deputy Secretary-General. I'm from Poland, but I've also lived in Croatia, Bulgaria, England, Ukraine, and Egypt.
This year's conference theme is a combination of UN Sustainable Development Goals 11 and 12 – “Cultivating sustainable communities through responsible practices”. It is imperative that delegates both contribute as individuals but also collaborate and partner together during debates to come together and create solutions to address such a goal. This requires a myriad of skills, namely leadership, risk-taking, and problem-solving. The secretariat has high expectations for the delegates of VII ZYGMUN to put their all into debates this year – the future is in your hands!
I look forward to welcoming you to Warsaw and meeting you in the spring!
Mariia Lomachevska
Co-President of the General Assembly
Dear Directors, Student Officers, Admin, and Delegates of the VII ZYGMUN conference,
Welcome to the seventh iteration of the Zygmunt Model UN conference! My name is Mariia Lomachevska, and, this year, I am honored to be serving as one of the two Co-Presidents of the ZYGMUN General Assembly. I am 15 years old and in the 11th grade (IB Y1) at the American School of Warsaw.
This is my fourth year in MUN and third year participating in ZYGMUN. So far, I have attended eight conferences. I was born in Ukraine and I’ve also lived in Kazakhstan and Switzerland. I speak English and Russian fluently, and I am learning French, Polish, and Ukrainian.
This year's conference theme is a combination of UN Sustainable Development Goals 11 and 12 – “Cultivating sustainable communities through responsible practices”. The committees’ topics and debate will circle around this central theme. We hope that delegates come prepared to collaborate and debate innovative ideas during fruitful debate.
I am looking forward to seeing you all in March!
Co-President of the General Assembly
Dear Directors, Student Officers, Admin, and Delegates of the VII ZYGMUN conference,
Welcome to the seventh iteration of the Zygmunt Model UN conference! My name is Mariia Lomachevska, and, this year, I am honored to be serving as one of the two Co-Presidents of the ZYGMUN General Assembly. I am 15 years old and in the 11th grade (IB Y1) at the American School of Warsaw.
This is my fourth year in MUN and third year participating in ZYGMUN. So far, I have attended eight conferences. I was born in Ukraine and I’ve also lived in Kazakhstan and Switzerland. I speak English and Russian fluently, and I am learning French, Polish, and Ukrainian.
This year's conference theme is a combination of UN Sustainable Development Goals 11 and 12 – “Cultivating sustainable communities through responsible practices”. The committees’ topics and debate will circle around this central theme. We hope that delegates come prepared to collaborate and debate innovative ideas during fruitful debate.
I am looking forward to seeing you all in March!
Oktay Çakım
Head of Admin
Dear Directors, Student Officers, Advisors, Admin, and Delegates of the VII Zygmunt Model UN Conference,
Welcome to the seventh annual Zygmunt Model United Nations! I am honored to be serving as the Head of Admin in this year's iteration of ZYGMUN. I am 16 years old and I go to the American School of Warsaw. I am currently in the 11th grade or IBDP Year 1. I have been doing MUN for 4 years, and I have gone to many conferences, with this year's ZYGMUN being my 3rd time doing ZYGMUN. Before, I have served as the delegate of Germany in the Jr Committee, Prescient of the Disarmament Committee and last year, served as the president of the Historical Committee. I am Turkish and I have lived in Izmir for 12 years, before moving to Poland in 7th grade.
This year's conference theme is a combination of UN Sustainable Development Goals 11 and 12 – “Cultivating sustainable communities through responsible practices”, and therefore, it is advised that delegates come together and come up with ideas to achieve this goal. This will require a lot of collaboration as well as skill in considering the long lasting impacts of previous, current and future policies written in your resolutions.
We as the secretariat encourage you to engage in fruitful and constructive debate throughout this conference in order to bring about sustainable and innovative solutions to the problems being addressed in your committees. The secretariat has high expectations for the delegates of VII ZYGMUN to put their all into debates this year – the future is in your hands!
With that, I am looking forward to welcoming, helping and meeting all of you in March.
Head of Admin
Dear Directors, Student Officers, Advisors, Admin, and Delegates of the VII Zygmunt Model UN Conference,
Welcome to the seventh annual Zygmunt Model United Nations! I am honored to be serving as the Head of Admin in this year's iteration of ZYGMUN. I am 16 years old and I go to the American School of Warsaw. I am currently in the 11th grade or IBDP Year 1. I have been doing MUN for 4 years, and I have gone to many conferences, with this year's ZYGMUN being my 3rd time doing ZYGMUN. Before, I have served as the delegate of Germany in the Jr Committee, Prescient of the Disarmament Committee and last year, served as the president of the Historical Committee. I am Turkish and I have lived in Izmir for 12 years, before moving to Poland in 7th grade.
This year's conference theme is a combination of UN Sustainable Development Goals 11 and 12 – “Cultivating sustainable communities through responsible practices”, and therefore, it is advised that delegates come together and come up with ideas to achieve this goal. This will require a lot of collaboration as well as skill in considering the long lasting impacts of previous, current and future policies written in your resolutions.
We as the secretariat encourage you to engage in fruitful and constructive debate throughout this conference in order to bring about sustainable and innovative solutions to the problems being addressed in your committees. The secretariat has high expectations for the delegates of VII ZYGMUN to put their all into debates this year – the future is in your hands!
With that, I am looking forward to welcoming, helping and meeting all of you in March.