Secretary General
Mathis Yang, Class of 2026
Deputy Secretary General
Ethan Chow, Class of 2026
Honorable directors, distinguished delegates, student officers, and guests!
My name is Ethan Chow and I am a rising senior at SAS pudong. I am so excited to serve as a member of the executive branch of the SHASMUN XIII secretariat team. This coming year will be my 4th in MUN and I look forward to sharing my expereinces with you, hopefully inspiring in each of you a passion and love for MUN.
At the risk of seeming naive or overly sentimental, I think MUN is more than simply a place for nerdy students to talk and debate, It is a representation of diverse ideas and the competition between which, gleans the best solution. In MUN nothing else matters, only your ideas and the ways in which you present them. My many years in MUN have granted me a clearer, more nuanced understanding of the world; oppertunitites to express and hone my ideasl and a great many dear friends who I would be lesser without.
SHASMUN XIII I hope, represents to you the same excitement and oppertunity that it does for me. My peers and I have have done our utmost to make this experience as rewarding and exciting as possible.
I greatly look forward to meeting everyone come spring.
Deputy Secretary General
James Yin, Class of 2026
Honourable directors, distinguished delegates, student officers, and guests!
My name is James Yin, and it is my honour to serve as a member of the executive branch of the SHASMUN XIII secretariat team. As a rising senior, although I only have around 3 and a half years of MUN experience, I am nonetheless excited to serve as a member of the SHASMUN XIII secretariat team, and to further my interest in politics and current affairs.
I have always believed that MUN is one of the few environments in which students can geek out, whether it be in roleplaying historical figures in crisis or using rhetoric to attempt to convince the human rights council that you care about human rights as the delegate of the DPRK. MUN for me was a way to deepen and further pursue my interest in politics, and a great way to further my speaking and orating skills. Every conference reminds me that MUN serves to train the next generation of diplomats and leaders.
In the bustling metropolis that is Shanghai, a rare blend of the antiquity of European-style buildings on the bund and the modernity of skyscrapers just across the Huangpu river, I hope that SHASMUN XIII serves as a way to create valuable opportunities for learning and to connect with others. If this is your first conference, I hope that this conference will ignite a passion for the humanities that hopefully never extinguishes.
See you all in spring!