International Relations student receives an award

Cyprus International University (CIU) International Relations graduate student Aya Hussein Elfadil won two awards at the "Best Diplomats International Conference" held at Istanbul Windsor Hotel and Congress Center which aims to encourage aspiring premiers by offering them a platform to exhibit their speech and diplomatic skills. 

The conference is organized by Best Diplomats, a New York-based organization that organizes diplomatic simulations and annual conferences in five different cities including Istanbul, Dubai, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Sharm El Sheikh, with the aim to train future diplomats, encourage leadership and policy-making, and to provide the candidates with necessary skills in diplomacy.

At these conferences organized by the Best Diplomats organization, global issues are discussed to provide prospects to harness and advance opportunities for the Leaders of tomorrow. "Regulation of the Global Arms Trade" was discussed at the conference held in Turkey this year; the participants were requested to examine the issues within the scope of the Arms Trade Agreement and to propose a solution.

On the first day of the conference, academics, ambassadors and diplomats from Turkey, USA, Azerbaijan, Sudan, Angola, Sierra Leone, Montenegro and Trinidad guided the participants and made speeches and presentations on 'diplomacy and negotiations'.

Chair of CIU Department of International Relations Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sertaç Sonan shared the information that International Relations graduate student Aya Hussein Elfadil won the "Best Diplomatic Statement" for writing the best diplomatic text and the "Outstanding Diplomat" award for leading the negotiation sessions at the conference, where 210 participants from different age groups and nationalities were present. He expressed his happiness in his students’ having achieved such an outstanding result.