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Exploring this year's theme: 75 Years of Diplomacy, Dialogue, and Development: Sustaining the Spirit of the United Nations,

Santa Clara University’s Model United Nations SRO and Political Science 116A/B class participated in the 75th Session of the Model United Nations Far West Conference held April 17-22, with over 300 students and 15 universities and colleges attending. This year, the conference was held at the San Francisco Marriott Hotel in Burlingame, California, and covered issues such as “Achieving Gender Equality and the Empowerment of All Women and Girls,” “The Responsibility to Protect (R2P) and Preventing Atrocities,” and “Displaced Children and the Right to Education,” among others. SCU represented Argentina, Panama, Poland, and Saudi Arabia. Noted students included Itay Volk, who co-chaired the United Nations Human Rights Council; Rachel Alonzo '28 (Political Science, Economics), who was selected by her peers as her committee’s Rapporteur, the delegate selected to report on her committee’s outcomes and achievements; and Jade Haddad '26 (Political Science, Philosophy), who, along with her fellow United Nations Security Council members, was awarded the “Mike McBride Outstanding Resolution Certificate.” In addition to these achievements, SCU’s Poland delegation was well received for its firm positions against the Russian delegation.