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CILA 2018

Passionate, determined, and devoted; words that have long characterized the Model
United Nations Club at Saint Thomas. The year that would ultimately change the course
of our school’s reputation was 2014 when the administration, wanting an extra edge
towards the competitivity and status of Saint Thomas, hired our coach Tania Borges,
thus beginning our journey. The school’s journey with MUN starts with Conferencia
Internacional de Las Américas, popularly known as CILA. The newly-fledged team, with
dedication and support, managed to bring home several prizes including Best School for
that first conference.

Since then, Saint Thomas has managed to position itself as one of the best in the
country in terms of MUN.

CILA is the most prominent youth gathering on worldwide issues in Latin America and
the Caribbean. For many years, the event has been organized by the Asociación
Dominicana de las Naciones Unidas (ANU-RD), in association with the Fundacion
Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE), the Global Foundation for Democracy
and Development (GFDD) and the Mexican civil society organization Globalmuners.
Currently, Saint Thomas has participated for five consecutive years, in which the
original team expanded and reduced in multiple occasions, but never losing the
tenacity that characterized it.

The conference’s 14th edition was held from Sunday, October 21 to Thursday, October
25, 2018, at the Convention Center of the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Punta Cana, in
the Dominican Republic with the participation of many of the country’s most well-known
academic institutions such as Saint Thomas, Puntacana International, and Babeque
Secundaria.

CILA 2018 served as a gathering point for more than 500 students looking to address
crucial global challenges, develop their negotiation skills, and show off the fruits of their
hard work. The event simulated 10 committees, 1 for middle schoolers, 1 for college
students, and the remaining 8 for high schoolers.

Saint Thomas was represented by a group of 30 students from 6 th to 12th grade which
participated in 8 committees, including the Security Council, the International Court of
Justice, and the Commission on the Status of Women.

The team brought home 7 individual awards in 6 of the committees:

The school’s dedication and hard work paid off, allowing the school to take the
Institución Distinguida award in the large schools category.
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CILA Article
What is CILA? What is model united nations?

The international conference of the Americas (CILA) is the biggest model of the united
nations (MUN) in all of latin america. An MUN is an educational and cultural event in
which young people who participate, as well as being trained on international policy
issues and on the functioning of the United Nations, acquire a global vision of the world
in which they develop their lives. Students represent delegates from different countries
and participate in debates and negotiations in which they deal with topics that
correspond to the work programs of the different organs and commissions of the United
Nations. This years’ commissions included

the an academic event for young people from all around the world to discuss worldwide
controversial issues of the moment and formulate their own solutions for these

Gender equality is one of the seventeen Sustainable Development goals which seek to
eradicate poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity. All this under the principles
of universality, indivisibility and inclusion. These are used by all the countries in the
world to maintain peace and harmony among themselves. Gender equality is about
giving women the same rights as men. This years theme at CILA 2018 was about it,
where Saint Thomas School students participated in the event where each of them
would represent a country. The event was held at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in
Punta Cana. From October 21 to 25, students attend to this encounter to acquire
knowledge and experience, to face the challenge of surpassing themselves and develop
better as a person. Why does gender equality focuses more on women? Because they are
the one who are facing society, they are the ones who are being discriminated, the ones
that need help. It focuses on giving women equal right in every aspect in life such as
economically, socially and politically.
As for the committees and themes, Saint Thomas School was included in the following:
1.- First commission of the general assembly: Disarmament and
international security (AG1)
● The illicit trade in small arms and light weapons in all its aspects.
● Advances in the field of information and telecommunications
2.- Commission on the status of women (CSW)
● The empowerment of women and their link to sustainable development
● systems of social protection, access to public services and sustainable
infrastructure for gender equality and the empowerment of women.
3.- Regional Conference on Population and Development of Latin America
and the Caribbean
● Pending challenges for the advancement in the implementation of the
Montevideo consensus on population and development.
● Institutionality for the full integration of the population and its dynamic in
sustainable development with equality and respect for human rights.
4.-International Court of Justice
● De que se trata

The theme in CILA 2018 was about gender equality. Gender equality is one of the seventeen
Sustainable Development goals which seek to eradicate poverty, protect the planet and ensure
prosperity. All this under the principles of universality, indivisibility and inclusion. These are used
by all the countries in the world to maintain peace and harmony among themselves. Gender
equality is about giving women the same rights as men. Why does gender equality focuses
more on women? Because they are the one who are facing society, they are the ones who are
being discriminated, the ones that need help. It focuses on giving women equal right in every
aspect in life such as economically, socially and politically.

Saint Thomas School students participated in the event where each of them would represent a
country. The event was held at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Punta Cana. The occasion was
from October 21 - 25. Students go to this encounter to acquire knowledge and experience, to
face the challenge of surpassing themselves and develop better as a person.
Halloween Frolic
Halloween at Saint Thomas School is one of the most popular festivities to celebrate. Preschool
and Elementary get to dress up in costumes of all kinds, and the preschool even went trick or
treating! Even though the upperclassmen didn’t get to trick or treat, candy was still found in
every corner. We may not get cold wind anytime of the year, but you could truly feel halloween
in the air that day.

Every class from ninth through twelfth grade had activities going on to spread their halloween
spirit. Ninth grade had their first activity as a class, a spooky photo booth stand! Tenth grade,
had sweet stand and cotton candy bar. Eleventh grade had face painting and candy jar raffle
that they had going on for a week. And last but not least, the twelfth graders and a bake sale
and a nacho sale at the movies.

A movie night was hosted at the school in which included 3 movie showings, one for the little
kids (kinder) in which they watched monsters inc. The second round of movies was for middle
school, with Hotel Transylvania. And for the last round of movies, middle school and high school
had the opportunity to watch, a quiet place. Meanwhile all this movie productions were on, the
classes with activities were promoting their stands.
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