Diplomacy dies in debt: the united nations democracy fund, 2005

Co-Chair: Moira Christ

C-chair: Ashley Sorato

About the Chair:

Moira Christ is a member of the class of 2026 studying International Politics, German, and African Studies. She is unbelievably excited to meet you all and chair Diplomacy Dies in Debt: United Nations Democracy Fund, 2005. Moira has been involved with Georgetown MUN since stepping foot on campus, staffing both NCSC and NCSC’s sister conference NAIMUN each year (always in GAs!). Outside of MUN, Moira is president of Georgetown Students Advancing Food Equity, a Georgetown club dedicated to reducing food insecurity in the Georgetown community. She also works as a writing consultant at the Georgetown Writing Center, is an editorial assistant for the Conflict and Security section of the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, and is a member of Delta Phi Epsilon Foreign Service Sorority. She studied abroad in Germany through the US State Department’s CBYX program, as well as other study abroad programs in Tanzania and Ghana and will literally never stop talking about her experiences abroad. Moira interned for a women’s rights NGO in Tanzania in summer 2023 and will be interning at the US Department of State in summer 2024. You can typically find her buying her third coffee of the day at Tatte or exploring new DC restaurants with her friends. She can’t wait to watch you all navigate through diplomatic tensions and explore the nexus of democratization and power-hungry actors this NCSC!

About the Chair:

Ashley Sorato is a member of the class of 2027 studying Global Business and Chinese. She is originally from Massachusetts, but unfortunately calls Florida home (yikes). She is excited to chair Diplomacy Dies in Debt: United Nations Democracy Fund, 2005, and share her passion for public speaking, diplomacy, international affairs, and NCSC. She is especially excited to see familiar faces from the collegiate circuit in this committee and hopes they see her aside from a competitive nature. Ashley has competed with the Georgetown Model UN team for about a year (and refuses to do a non-GA committee) and has traveled to conferences like BarMUN, UNCMUNC, McMUN, and ChoMUN (maybe you have seen her in one of your committees!). She is also dedicating her time to Georgetown’s high school conference, NAIMUN, serving as the Director of “The Highest of Steaks: JBS S.A. Board of Directors, 2017” contemporary crisis committee at NAIMUN LXI and Under-Secretary-General of Contemporary Crisis for NAIMUN LXII (she’s still fully devoted to GAs, don’t worry). Outside of MUN, Ashley is the Deputy Chair of the School of Foreign Service’s Community Engagement committee, teaching local high schools about current events and international affairs. She also founded the Georgetown chapter of Kappa Alpha Pi Pre-Law professional fraternity and works at the campus gym (talk to her about the gym, she’s a certified gym rat). Some fun facts about Ashley are that she can speak 5 languages, LOVES to listen to music, and is proud of her Brazilian heritage. Ashley hopes that delegates will learn more about UNDEF’s values, considering how long it has been misused in the collegiate circuit, and that everyone steers the committee in the right direction to establish an effective UNDEF for democratization efforts worldwide. Reach out if you have any questions!