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Emma Noradounkian

Emma is a second-year undergraduate student majoring in Political Science and minoring in History who still can’t seem to decide whether she feels more Armenian or more Italian to this day. As a reporter dedicated to unearthing social justice issues, Emma continues to be fascinated by the effects of mass media on domestic and international politics.

Destroying the Memory of a people: ISIS’ Cultural Genocide on Religious Minorities

Emma Noradounkian Apr 8, 2015

The Mosul Public Library and Museum, home to statues and artefacts dating back to the ancient Assyrian and Akkadian empires; the ancient capitals of the Assyrian empire, Nineveh and Khorsabad; the ancient Assyrian cities of Nimrud and…
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“Lyin’ Brian:” A Case for Ethical Journalism

Emma Noradounkian Mar 9, 2015

In the midst of the on-going Brian Williams controversy, some journalists, columnists and editors such as Robert Wright of The New Republic Magazine, Joe Klein from TIME magazine, and Ryan Holiday of The New York Observer newspaper, to name…
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“We continue to bleed red, blue, and orange:” The costs of the denial of the Armenian Genocide

Emma Noradounkian Feb 14, 2015

Though Polish Jewish lawyer and drafter of the 1948 United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (CPPCG) Raphael Lemkin officially coined the term “genocide” in 1944, there can be no doubt that the…
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Closing ceremony- Three cheers to McMUN2015

Emma Noradounkian Jan 26, 2015

“I think it’s fair to say that we had a good time this weekend, whether it was debating in a committee or whether it was dancing at McParté. I think the best way to sum up this weekend is by saying three cheers to McGill,” said Ameya…
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The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)- In the pursuit of safe nuclear energy

Emma Noradounkian Jan 25, 2015

After three full days of debating on their draft resolutions for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) - an international organization aimed at promoting the peaceful use of nuclear energy and deterring its military use - on January…
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International Criminal Court (ICC)

Emma Noradounkian Jan 24, 2015

On January 23rd, Committee Chair Richad Hirani and Vice-Chairs Dina Eraksan, Praniet Chopra, and Yifan Liu oversaw the first day of the International Criminal Court Committee, the only McMUN mock trial committee. The committee, consisting…
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Head Delegate Cocktail

Emma Noradounkian Jan 23, 2015

Within the first half hour of the Head Delegate Cocktail on January 22, delegates were slowly trickling in and getting drinks to cool down and mingle with other school representatives, after a busy few hours, starting at the opening…
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Global Leadership Forum

Emma Noradounkian Jan 23, 2015

On January 22, McMUN hosted its second annual Global Leadership Forum (GLF), which was sponsored by the Institute for the Study of International Development and featured McGill’s Professor Mark Brawley as its moderator as well as three…
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