LyonMUN 2023

Topics

1. Rehabilitating Refugees in Host Countries
2. Ensuring the Safety of Asylum Seekers (UNHCR MUN Challenge Topic)

About the committee

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was created in 1950 to help and secure millions of refugees who had fled or lost their homes during WWII. Through decades, the UNHCR had intervened in conflict, natural disaster, political and humanitarian crises to lead and coordinate efforts to protect, find solutions for refugees and also ensure the application of the 1951 Refugee Convention. In recognition of his work, this UN Organ won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1954 and in 1981. For this 2023 edition, the LyonMUN will participate in the Model UN Refugee challenge organized by the UNHCR. On topics chosen by the agency, delegates will write a resolution, whoe be in competition with other conference’s resolutions for win awards and be shared with policymakers.

Chairs

• Vasiliki Papadimitriou
• Benevolence Mbano

Countries

Topic

Le procès d’Abdul-Malik Al-Houthi dans la guerre civile yéménite

About the committee

Ce comité ce destine à des délégués ayant des compétences et de l'expérience dans le domaine du droit. La Cour Pénale Internationale (CPI) est une juridiction permanente qui vise à punir les crimes les plus graves portant atteinte au droit humanitaire international. Créée par la convention de Rome le 17 juillet 1998, elle siège à La Haye. Les juges la composant sont au nombre de 18, pour un mandat de neuf ans. La CPI ne juge que les crimes contre l’humanité, les génocides, les crimes de guerre et les crimes d’agression. Cette année, le LyonMUN organisera une CPI avec un thème fictif !

Chairs

• Kate Fenton
• Lina Marzouk

Countries

Topics

1. Youth incarceration : improving conditions in youth detention centers & finding alternatives to reduce recidivism
2. Ensuring children's nutrition and development in regards to climate change

About the committee

The United Nations Children’s Fund, more commonly referred to as UNICEF, was established in the aftermath of World War II to help children whose lives and futures were at risk. With more than 75 years of activity today, this agency works in over 190 countries and territories to save children's lives, to defend their rights, and to help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence. Besides all the humanitarian and sanitary crises that touch upon children’s lives, climate change is also a direct threat to a child’s ability to survive, grow, and thrive. Even though children are the least responsible for climate change, they will still bear the greatest burden of its impact. This is the first time in history that a global generation of children will grow up in a world made far more dangerous and uncertain as a result of a changing climate and degraded environment. Hence, your duty as LyonMUN 2023 delegates will be to come up with recommendations and resolutions to build the future all the children deserve!

Chairs

• Mehdi Faiez
• Alexandra Moutropoulou

Countries

Topics

1. La prévention des risques sanitaires liés à l'anthropisation
2. Vulnérabilité et adaptation de la santé humaine face au changement climatique

About the committee

L’Organisation mondiale de la Santé (OMS) est l’institution spécialisée des Nations Unies pour la santé dans le monde. Constituée de 194 États Membres, elle agit partout sur la planète pour promouvoir le meilleur état de santé possible pour tout être humain, quels que soient sa race, sa religion, son genre, ses opinions politiques et sa situation économique ou sociale. La mission de l’OMS est de promouvoir la santé, de préserver la sécurité mondiale et de servir les populations vulnérables. L’accès à des soins de santé adaptés et économiquement abordables est un droit fondamental de la personne humaine et la couverture sanitaire universelle est un principe cardinal de l’action de l’OMS.

Chairs

• Benjamin Regis
• Eléonore Novario

Countries

Topics

1. Préserver les îles et littoraux face à la montée des eaux
2. Dénouer les conflits territoriaux en mer de Chine méridionale

About the committee

L'Association des nations de l'Asie du Sud-Est, ou ASEAN ; est un organisme de coopération économique, politique et culturel. Créé le 8 août 1967 par la signature de la déclaration de Bangkok, il regroupe aujourd’hui 10 États membres : Indonésie, Malaisie, Philippines, Singapour, Thaïlande, Brunei, Vietnam, Laos et la Birmanie. L’objet de ce comité régional est de favoriser la croissance dans les secteurs de l’agriculture, de l’industrie et du commerce. Il a également pour objet d’accélérer le progrès social et le développement culturel ainsi que l’assistance mutuelle sous forme d'installations, de formation et de recherche dans les domaines éducatif, professionnel, technique et administratif.

Chairs

• Egan Paquay
• Nadine Eklu

Countries

Topics

1. Optimizing preemptive control and legislation of ecological disasters
2. The development of eco-friendly AI technologies to prosecute crimes

About the committee

INTERPOL, also known as the International Criminal Police Organization, is considered as the interface connecting police forces worldwide in order to encourage collaboration among 195 member countries. The organization is based in our great city of Lyon, supervised by a General Secretariat and tackling the three priority fields - terrorism, organized and emerging crime and cybercrime. More concretely, INTERPOL would interfere if you were to be assaulted by a person from a different country. To do so, the organization provides many services to the different police authorities, such as information about proven criminals, aid regarding criminal investigations and even various training. It must be said that INTERPOL interveins both from the headquarters and on the field during missions.

Chairs

• Kara Djakou
• Priscilla Idro Tutua-Lelea

Countries

Topics

1. Climate change and security action plan of the Alliance
2. Enlarging NATO's framework for international security

About the committee

Created by the Washington Treaty on 4 april 1949, NATO is an intergovernmental military alliance between European and North American countries that collectively agree to mutual defense. Today, the alliance has 30 state members, through North America and Europe. The main principle is its principle of collective defense: an attack against one or several of its members is considered an attack against all (Article 5 of the Washington Treaty). The actions that NATO can take to ensure security at all levels include taking an active role in several crisis-management operations and missions, innovating and developing the means to respond to threats, or even cooperating with international operations to ensure the success of NATO-led operations and missions. Consensus between member states is needed to make decisions. NATO is not exclusively focused on direct security matters but also has a political, diplomatic and cultural dimension to it. NATO's functioning and operations are slightly different from most international organizations, since its decision-making process is essentially ruled by the principle of unanimous consensus. Consensus decision-making means that there is no voting at NATO. Instead, to pass a “NATO decision”, members are engaged in a continuous process of consultations, until an agreeable position is reached.

Chairs

• Daryl Tiglao
• Stefania Cioban - Stolz

Countries

Topics

1. Tax system and green transition among MERCOSUR states
2. Free commerce agreement between MERCOSUR and China

About the committee

El mercado común del Sur, comúnmente conocido como el Mercosur, es un acuerdo económico compartido por la mayor parte de los Estados de América Latina. Los cuatro países que lo iniciaron fueron Argentina, Brasil, Paraguay y Uruguay, y la idea que promovieron fue la creación de un mercado común para responder a la integración económica necesaria en la región. Este mercado común entró en vigor en 1994 y simboliza el movimiento del “regionalismo abierto” con el objetivo de hacer más atractiva Latinoamérica y liberalizar su mercado. El Mercosur tiene una verdadera estructura y favorece normas comerciales que benefician a los Estados miembros. Es por esta razón que el Mercosur es muy importante en una dinámica internacional de apertura y de relaciones internacionales cada vez más desarrolladas. The Southern Common Market, commonly known as Mercosur, is an economic agreement shared by most Latin American states. The four countries that initiated it were Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, and the idea they promoted was the creation of a common market to respond to the economic integration needed in the region. This common market came into force in 1994 and symbolizes the "open regionalism" movement with the aim of making Latin America more attractive and liberalizing its market. Mercosur has a real structure and favors trade rules that benefit the member states. It is for this reason that Mercosur is very important in an international dynamic of openness and increasingly developed international relations.

Chairs

• Manel Rault
• Elena Cisneros Cabrerizo

Countries

Topics

1. OPEC action plan in light of the upcoming COP28 in the UAE
2. Reforming OPEC’s requirements in light of a greener future

About the committee

For this committee, all speeches and oral procedures will be held in arabic. All written documents (working papers, draft resolution, MUNCommand ...) will be in english. منظمة الدول المصدرة للنفط (OPEP en francais) هي منظمة حكومية دولية من 13 دولة. تأسست المنظمة في بغداد عام 1960 بمبادرة رئيسية من فنزويلا. كان مقرها الرئيسي في جنيف حتى عام 1965، عندما تم نقلها إلى النمسا رغم أنها ليست دولة عضو في المنظمة. مهمتها الأساسية تختصر في "تنسيق السياسات النفطية للدول الأعضاء وتوحيدها، وضمان استقرار أسواق النفط، من أجل تأمين إمداد فعال واقتصادي ومنتظم للنفط من أجل المستهلكين، ودخل ثابت للمنتجين، ومردود رأس مال عادل لأولئك الذين يستثمرون في صناعة النفط." بحكم الواقع استحوذت الدول الأعضاء الثلاثة عشر اعتبارًا من سبتمبر 2018 على حوالي 44% من إنتاج النفط العالمي و81.5% من احتياطيات النفط «المؤكدة» في العالم، مما أعطى المنظمة تأثيرًا كبيرًا على أسعار النفط العالمية التي حددتها سابقًا ما تسمى «الأخوات السبع» وهي مجموعة شركات نفط متعددة الجنسيات. هل يستطيع هذا الكارتل الذي كان قوياً في يوم من الأيام أن ينجو من انفتاح سوق النفط أمام المنافسة اليوم؟ هل لا يزال هناك مستقبل واعي بيئيًا للمنظمة؟ The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries OPEC (OPEP en francais) is an intergovernmental organization of 13 countries. Initiated by Venezuela, the organization was founded in Baghdad in 1960. It was headquartered in Geneva until 1965, when it was moved to Austria, although it was not a member state of the organization. Its primary mission is to “coordinate and unify the petroleum policies of member states, and ensure the stability of oil markets, in order to secure an efficient, economic and regular supply of oil for consumers, a stable income for producers, and a fair return of capital for those who invest in the oil industry." That being said, the thirteen member states as of September 2018 accounted for about 44% of global oil production and 81.5% of the world's "proven" oil reserves, giving the organization a significant impact on the world oil prices that were previously set by the so-called group of multinational oil companies "Seven Sisters". Can this once powerful cartel institution survive the openness of the oil market to competition today? Is there still an environmentally conscious future for the organization?

Chairs

• Nour Milan
• mia azzi

Countries

Topics

1. The WMO and its programmes: securing a future for air quality
2. Improving WMO’s systems methods and diffusion to face data-related rising issues

About the committee

Created in 1950, the World Meteorological Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations with 193 member states and territories. Its authority concerns climate change and issues related to weather, climate and water. Its role is to oversee the regulation of meteorological measurements. Its role is to monitor and respond to climate change by enhancing sustainable development.

Chairs

• Mònica Roca Monell
• Diahara Myriam Diarra

Countries

Topic

Tensions dans le Golfe Persique

About the committee

Une simulation de gestion de crise est un exercice immersif de mise en situation ; à partir d’un scénario imaginant une situation de crise, vous devrez redoubler de créativité pour trouver des solutions aux problèmes qui vous sont posés tout en négociant avec les autres acteurs. Une simulation vous place dans une situation de stress mais c’est un exercice extrêmement stimulant de par son format qui demande une implication intense. A crisis committee is a decision making body that has more power than a traditional committee. Crisis committees produce action ! This means that the body has power unto itself that does not need to be granted by the obedience of its members. Groups that look like this include a cabinet, a royal court, a board of directors of a company, a rebel group, or really any small group which possesses political power.

Countries

Topic

La voie de de Malte : Grande Stratégie et combats en Méditerranée (1939 - 1944)

About the committee

Un wargame est un jeu de plateau ou les participants représentent, seuls ou en équipe, les généraux des armées en présence. Il faut alors se mettre à la place d’un chef militaire qui définit une stratégie pour l'ensemble de son armée, qui se coordonne avec ses alliés (s’il en a…), en bref, la recherche de la victoire dans la disposition des troupes. Une fois les combats engagés, il faut alors s’adapter à la réalité du front : quelles tactiques seront les meilleures pour obtenir la victoire dans le combat ? Percée, débordement ou pilonnage à distance de votre adversaire ? Les résolutions de vos choix, combats, questions feront l’objet de jet de dés qui permettent aux arbitres de décider si vous réussissez plus ou moins votre action. Le Wargame est une simulation de guerre, ainsi au-delà de la bataille et de la guerre en elle-même, il vous faudra prendre en compte et organiser votre logistique, renseignement, ravitaillement, conscription…

Countries

Topics

1. Limiting space debris by preventing arms race to space
2. Establishing long term peace in the Tigray region

About the committee

Instituted by Article 7 of the charter of United Nations, The Security Council of the United Nations is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations. Its task is the maintenance of international peace and security as defined by article 24. After the failure of the league of nations and the necessary of an concrete tool for provide peace and security in a new world order notably with the beginning of the bipolar world, dominated by USA and URSS.

Chairs

• Armand Avizanda Perelló-Santandreu
• Manon Ponsolle

Countries

About the committee

The individuals allocated to the IPC will represent different news agencies, each with different writing and reporting style. The reporters of the IPC will move from committee to committee, examining the decisions adopted by the delegates, do press conference to then report on the political developments. They will then have to draft short articles and interviews from the perspective of their allocated news agency.

Chair

• Marie-Sophie Boute

Countries