UN High Commissioner for Refugees
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is a subsidiary body of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly which oversees the international protection of refugees, ensuring a better future for them. UNHCR works to seek permanent solutions by assisting governments and organisations in voluntary repatriation and assimilation.
OVERVIEW
The Question of Refugee Protection Policies
Delegates will be discussing the question of refugee protection policies. Due to reasons like persecution, war, climate change and many more, more than 108.4 million people around the world have been forced to flee their homes. Thus, during the council debates, delegates will be discussing the well-being of refugees, the integration of refugees and also collaboration between nations to work together to ensure the protection of refugees in the long-term.
Meet The Chairs
Tan Hong Yu
Hong Yu is a Sec 4 Humanities student who loves mint-choc chip ice cream and firmly believes in putting milk first. She enjoys reading and cycling, but in reality, most of her free time is spent mindlessly doomscrolling, oversleeping on “10min only” naps, and taking half an eternity to finish her food. Unlike her life, she hopes BYMUN will allow for time well spent with fellow delegates and chairs!
Karine Toh Yun Ying
Karine is a Sec 4 student at Nanyang Girls’ High School who makes her entire personality her CCA— lion dance! Besides constantly straining her back in the lion, she also enjoys straining her neck by carrying her 40-year-old Minolta film camera around, treating it better than her Trigonometry worksheets. When not attempting to complete her endless pile of math worksheets, Karine can be seen running away from all her problems, both figuratively and literally, at basically any time of day. After being dragged into the MUN circuit in 2022, Karine prides herself in never being in a council that had the words “UN” in it (till now that is) and constantly strives to inject life into herself during council sessions. Regardless, she looks forward to meeting all UNHCR delegates and hopes that they will have a fulfilling time in BYMUN 2024!
Glenys Lian Xing'En
Glenys is a JC1 student at Hwa Chong Instituition who enjoys any food with soup and would happily pick (the similar sounding foods) tonkatsu or tonkotsu ramen for any meal of the day. Although she has rather peculiar habits like nibbling on a bread right before an exam, visiting the toilet too frequently and starting on new shows without finishing the previous ones, most of the time you would catch her lying on the bed right before the exam with her eyes shut at 10.30pm but still claiming that she’s “thinking and memorising” (she swears it's true!). She also occupies her spare time with her obsession with characters like Loopy, Chiikawa, LinaBell and many more. Nevertheless, she hopes that BYMUN would be a fulfilling and enjoyable time where all of you would enjoy the debates and make friends along the way!