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SISMUN 2019 Comes to a Close
February 4, 2019
Maya M., Editor
After a long day of debate and discussion, we have finally come to one of concluding points of the SISMUN conference; the creation and submission of resolutions. This is the reason for the...
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SIS Mini Mun
February 3, 2019
Emma V., Editor
The Mini MUN conference for 6th and 7th graders followed the theme of SISMUN: threats to democracy. The topic of Mini MUN was an invasion of our planet by aliens who look identical to humans, whose aim...
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Crisis in the WTO
February 1, 2019
The World Trade Organizations topic is “Neocolonialism through Trade Dependence”. Basically, they are talking about countries who exert indirect control over other countries by making them dependent...
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Hectic Debate Sparks in Disarmament Committee
February 1, 2019
The Disarmament Committee will be debating about the topic of “Development and proliferation of lethal autonomous weapons”. As with all the committees, they have a set of questions which they are...
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Crisis in the UN Women’s Committee
February 1, 2019
Milou V., Editor
A crisis has occurred in the UN Women's Committee! Angola has been appointed as being the president of UN Women, this is seen as being highly controversial because there is a lot of gender inequality in...
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SISMUN – Heated Discussions in the UN Women’s Committee
February 1, 2019
Milou V., Editor
The Quirky Quibbler was honoured to be able to sit in the conference, in this article we would like to give you an impression of what the discussions were like in the Women's Committee The...
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Reproductive Rights in Africa, a Burning Issue and How to Solve It

February 1, 2019 • No Comments

After a thorough discussion, the delegates in the Human Rights Council got time to come up with clauses they were going to introduce. After recess, the clauses have been presented and any issues that other countries have...

The Security Council – Abuse of Power

February 1, 2019 • No Comments

This year's topic for the Security Council is “Abuse of Power”. The questions this committee will be discussing includes: What is the link between corruption/abuse of power and international peace and security? How...

SIS MUN – UN Women’s Committee

Milou V., Editor

February 1, 2019 • No Comments

At this year's SIS-MUN the UN Women's Committee is discussing the position of women in politics and leadership positions. The committee is dedicated to the empowerment of women and strives for gender equality. The...

Human Rights Council

Zuzanna O., Editor

February 1, 2019 • No Comments

There are three founding pillars of the UN system: peace and security, human rights, and development. The Human Rights Council is of great importance as it's responsible for one of them - human rights. To find out more about...

Committee in Hiding

February 1, 2019 • No Comments

We are into the first hour of the conference, and things are already happening. The General Secretary and the Head Supervisor could not find the World Trade Organisation committee. They were not in their allocated room,...

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Reviews

The Book That Inspired Pirates of the Caribbean

David M., Editor

January 25, 2019 • No Comments

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson is book that truly lives up to the saying, “Often imitated, never bettered.” Here is a story that will forever be a ‘treasured’ literary classic. Many have tried to imitate...

“13 Ways to Screw Up a College Interview” as performed by 10th Grade

April 17, 2018

Best Asian Food in Stockholm at East

March 23, 2018

Scrumptious Sushi Just Around the Corner

December 8, 2017

Film review : Arrival

November 24, 2017

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SISMUN Day is Back!

February 1, 2019 • No Comments

Good morning everybody! Welcome back to the annual SISMUN of 2019. Today the Quirky Quibbler will be covering all of the happenings today! The topic of this year's MUN is "threats to democracy". Look forward...