Lea Kašpar, Mihael Šutalo, Andrea Razum

Ines Gledić
Contact: ines.gledic@zagimun.org

Born in 1986 in Croatia, Ines is student at Zagreb law faculty. Besides college, debate determined her student period of life. After participating in a lot of national and international tournaments, two world championships, two european championships, it has became more visible to her what young people can do in life for themselves but also for the rest of the world, if only they direct their capacities and qualities in the right direction. Her last year 's MUN experience has shown that even strongly, it is going to be a true honor to be a part of the organization of this conference.

“I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.”, E. B. White

Luka Čolić
Contact: lukacolic@hotmail.com

Luka is fourth year student at Law Faculty at University of Zagreb. After participating in numerous sessions of European Youth Parliament, ZAGIMUN 2007 was his first MUN expirience. This year, he will take position of a Fundraising manager , and with the rest of the EXCOM, try that all the participants expirience the best conference ever! Looking foward seeing you all in Zagreb!

“As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.”, Henry David Thoreau

Miroslav Vučković
Contact: mvuckovic87@yahoo.com

Miroslav is about to finish his business studies at the University of Zagreb, majoring in Analysis and Business Planning. Besides business, he is also a passionate student of Chinese language. He spent one year on an exchange at the National University of Singapore in 2008/2009. After being part of the logistics team during ZAGIMUN 2007 and participating in GIMUN 2008, Miroslav decided to take the responsibility of recruitment in this year’s conference.

“When you want something, the entire universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”, Paulo Coelho

Petra Siketić
Contact: petrasiketic@gmail.com

Petra was born in 1984 in Zagreb and she is about to finish her studies on the Faculty of Law at the University of Zagreb. Besides her studies, she enjoys many other important and not so important things, such as debate, Italian, art, theate... After falling in love at first sight with MUN, on the last Zagimun, she decided to dedicate this season to recruitment. She is impressed over and over again how dedication to the greater goals can bring us all together.

“Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.”, Albert Einstein

Ivana Grbavac
Contact: ivanagrbavaccro@yahoo.com

Ivana was born in 1987 and is the youngest member of the ZAGIMUN executive committee this year. She is currently a fourth year student at the University of Zagreb Business School majoring in Business Analysis and Planning. Driven by her ambition and curiosity, she studied abroad at the National University of Singapore Business School in 2009 and has participated in many international conferences and competitions. She has been active in the NGO sector for a few years now and has organized various projects and conferences prior to deciding to become a part of the ZAGIMUN team. Her greatest passion is travelling so if she is not out of the country, you can find her running around and planning something new.

“Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Smell the rain and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential and fight for your dreams.”, Ashley Smith

Agnes Venema
Agnes completed her Bachelor degree in Liberal Arts majoring in International Law and International Relations with honours at the International Honours College of the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands. During her studies she also opted for studying a semester abroad, which took her to Brno, Czech Republic.
Agnes has extensive experience with participating in as well as organizing MUN conferences. In recent years, Agnes held a number of positions, ranging from the position of treasurer at the 2005 UNISUN conference to first chair of ECOSOC at UNISCA 2006, after which she was appointed Deputy Secretary-General the subsequent year. Recently she participated in the first edition of SOFIMUN 2008 as chair of the Human Rights Council. She was one of the chairs of the Economic and Social Council at GIMUN 2008 and has chaired the Security Council at MILMUN 2008. She will also chair the Special Committee at the first edition of LEBIMUN, in Beirut, Lebanon, coming July.
Her first experience with ZAGIMUN was when she was asked to be one of the chairs of the Human Rights Council at the first edition in 2007. Last year she came back representing the Russian Federation on the Security Council. This year she’s thrilled to be back as one of the Secretary Generals of ZAGIMUN 2009
Agnes has been working for UNPO – Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization – as Program Coordinator UN, which has provided her with the opportunity to participate and lobby at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on behalf of the members of the UNPO, as well as assisting them in lobbying efforts with European Parliamentarians in Brussels.

Kaspar Paur
Born and raised in a little village close to Zurich, he decided in 2006 to exchange cows and farms with the "Jet d'Eau" and "Palais the Nations" and he is studying International Relations at the University of Geneva. In 2008, After participating in various Model United Nations around Europe, he became the President of GIMUN (Geneva International MUN), as well as EMUNNET (European MUN Network). He had the pleasure to participate in the first two editions of the ZAGIMUN both as delegate and chairperson and he is very much looking forward to his Co-Secretary General position in ZAGIMUN 2009!

Paola Ivanova
Born in 1983 in Sofia, Bulgaria, Paola is currently doing a Doctorate of media and communications at the University of Sofia, Bulgaria. She also holds Master’s degree on South Slavic studies and graduated the National Lyceum for Ancient Languages and Cultures. Part of her MA studies, she spent as а scholarship student of the University of Zagreb, Croatia and the University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, giving her the unique opportunity to live in Zagreb and Sarajevo.
After 8 years as an international journalist and editor, now Paola is a Public Relations manager in a communication group company. Committed to the NGO sector, she is president of the SOFIMUN International Foundation and is a Secretary General of the Rotaract Club Sofia International – Rotary Youth. Fluent in English, Croatian, Serbian, currently Paola works on heightening the level of her Russian and is learning Italian.
Paola considers the year 2007 as corner-stone in her life – in October 2007 she felt for the first time the well known Model UN virus during the first ZAGIMUN. So far, she has participated both as chairperson and delegate in several Model UN conferences, such as ZAGIMUN 2007 and 2008, UNISCA 2009 (University of Amsterdam International Model UN conference), where she was granted the best delegate award; Mostar International Model United Nations (MOSTIMUN 2009), Thessaloniki Model UN 2008, plus few other national Model UN conferences in Bulgaria. Paola is also the proud founder and organizer of the Sofia International Model United Nations conference (SOFIMUN).

“It's funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they'll do practically anything you want them to.”, J.D. Salinger, "Catcher in the rye"

Hans Lenders
Hans was born and raised the Netherlands in 1984. He graduated last January with a Master´s degree in Environmental Policy from Wageningen University in the Netherlands. Currently he is orientating on his future career but determined to make a contribution to the pressing issues of our time.
Hans is passionate about MUN´s as a way to meet interesting new people, discuss international politics, take a different perspective and above all, have a genuine good time. It was a small business card given to him on an MUN like conference that opened up the world of MUNing. Having been to BIMUN in 2007 he went to MILMUN, SOFIMUN, ZAGIMUN and again to BIMUN as a delegate in various committees representing among others the UK, Russian Federation, Iran and Peru.
He was rewarded a best delegate award being the UK in the HRC at SOFIMUN 2008, followed by another best delegate award at ZAGIMUN 2008 for being, once again, the UK in the Security Council. In January 2009 has chaired the Security Council at UNISCA (The University of Amsterdam MUN). In July Hans will be a chair of the Disarmament and International Security Committee at second edition of Sofia International Model United Nations in Bulgaria.
Living by the phrase ´C´est la lvie´ he is often perceived as a rather serious person with a good sense of humour. He enjoys a good conversation as well as a proper party. He has passion for travelling and enjoys the good things in life to the fullest. While having the privilege to be a chair of the Zagimun 2009 Security Council together with Paola he is looking forward to make this an outstanding committee and have an unforgettable time together!

“To know when to be generous and when firm—that is wisdom.”, Elbert Hubbard

Koosje Spitz
Dear ZAGIMUNners,
My interest in International relations and Development cooperation started already at a young age. Due to the work of my parents I visited many countries throughout my childhood, though I spent most of my years in the Netherlands. I studied History in the Netherlands and partly in Iceland. Fascinated by the concept of Model United Nations I became active in The European Model United Nations (TEIMUN). In July 2007 I was chosen as chairman of the Board of Directors of the foundation. The TEIMUN 2008 conference was a big success. Over 200 students from 75 different nationalities came to The Hague to participate in this international event. Currently I am doing my Master degree in World Heritage Studies at the BTU Cottbus, where I combine my two passions; heritage and international relations.

Anna Sheliubskaya
Anna is a fourth year student at Moscow State University of International Relations, School of International Economic Relations specializing in trade and commerce. Besides economics she studies Spanish and Italian.
She has been involved in MUN activities for four years now, chairing, organizing, being a delegate. All together Anna has participate at about 20 MUN conference both in Russia and abroad. Moreover she is a member of secretariat team of Moscow International MUN which is a part of United Nation Association of Russia.
Apart from being keen on UN activities, she is a passionate photographer and traveller.

“Everything will turn out right, the world is built on that.”, M.Bulgakov

Paul Friedrich
Paul Friedrich was born in Graz Austria, where he studied law and economics. Currently he's enrolled at the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna, doing International Relations. He also spent a year at the Cuenca campus of the Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, in Spain. He was part of the journalists' team at ZAGIMUN 2008, which he enjoyed greatly even though it proved not to be as relaxing a position as he had hoped it would be. He frequently makes oblique and rarely understood references to either Monty Pythons or Franz Kafka, who was also a trained lawyer. Generally he thinks it's odd to talk about oneself in the third person.

"l'Enfer, c'est les autres", Jean-Paul Sartre