Following Malta Model United Nations’ (MaltMUN) Annual General Meeting last Thursday 8th December at the Microsoft Innovation Centre, a new executive team has been elected.
Whilst having added a number of fresh faces to its team, a total of six previous executive members did not contest for this year’s election. The outoing executive members are Charlene Gauci, Luisa Cassar Pullicino, Stefania Degrabiele, Christopher Bergedahl and Francesca Ferrando.
It is noteworthy to mention that outgoing members Christopher Bergedahl and Francesca Ferrando were two of MaltMUN’s founding members. On the other hand, founding members James Camilleri, Warren Ciantar and Clara Chetcuti will maintain an executive role for this term.
Moving forward, MaltMUN’s 2016/17 Executive team is as follows:
- Clara Chetcuti – President
- Saman Bugeja – Vice President
- Jon Gudmundsson – Secretary General
- Patrick Farrugia – Financial Officer
- Melanie Bonnici Bennett – PRO
- Pamela Cann Rodgers – Conference Management Officer
- Sean Portelli – Events Officer
- Maria Ellul – Logistics Officer
- Neil Bugeja – Education Officer
- Sean Portelli – Social Policy Officer
- Yandrick Agius – Website Content Administrator
- James Camilleri – I.T. / Media Officer
- Warren Ciantar – Strategic Planning Officer
With regard to the organisation itself, it was founded on the 3rd of March 2013 and its mission statement is as follows:
The MaltMUN Society is an autonomous, international, non-profit organization committed to securing close ties among the most diverse of its members, investing in their personal development and nurturing leadership skills, whilst embracing the spirit of the United Nations throughout.
For more information about MaltMUN visit http://maltmun.org.mt/ or get in touch with the team on maltmunsociety@gmail.com.
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