MEDAC student gets Honorary Consular Corps Award

Photo: (left to right) Mrs. Hilda Ellul Mercer (Vice Dean of the HCC); Mr Nicholas Vella (recipient of the 2023-2024 Honorary Consular Corps Award); H.E. Dr Myriam Spiteri Debono;  Prof. Inġ. Joseph Buhagiar (Dean of the HCC ); and Prof. Stephen Calleya (MEDAC Director). Photo: James Bianchi.

On behalf of the Council of the Honorary Consular Corps of Malta, H.E. Dr Myriam Spiteri Debono presented the 2023-2024 Honorary Consular Corps Award to Mr Nicholas Vella, a University of Malta student of the Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies (MEDAC) for obtaining the highest grade in the thesis component of the M.A. in Diplomatic Studies course. His dissertation was titled, An Analysis of Poland's Foreign Policy towards EU-Ukraine Relations 2014-2023. The Honorary Consular Corps Award is bestowed annually to the top student at the Academy and is viewed as the contribution of the association towards the development of professional diplomats.