PIMUN 2023

Topic

L'avenir du patrimoine universel face aux défis contemporains

About the committee

Créée le 16 novembre 1945 à Londres, l’Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’Éducation, la Science et la Culture est une institution spécialisée internationale qui agit pour le maintien de la paix et de la sécurité à travers l’éducation, la science et la culture. Pour atteindre ses objectifs, l’UNESCO mène des programmes et des projets divers, et l’on retient particulièrement la préservation du patrimoine culturel, le soutien à la recherche et à l’innovation, l’inclusion sociale ou la liberté d’expression. Le siège de l’UNESCO est situé dans le 7e arrondissement de Paris et la Directrice Générale est Audrey Azoulay.

Chairs

• Maralmaa Natsag
• Quentin Lhoumeau

Countries

Topic

Providing guidelines to ensure safety to political prisoners

About the committee

The Human Rights Council is an inter-governmental body within the United Nations system made up of 47 States responsible for the promotion and protection of all human rights around the globe. The UNHRC meets at the UN Office of Geneva and discusses a variety of human rights issues, including but not limited to discrimination, freedom of expression and assembly, the rights of minorities, the rights of women and children, the rights of refugees and migrants, and the rights of people living in occupied territories. Additionally, the UNHRC also examines specific human rights situations in countries around the world, and may take action to address human rights abuses. This year’s committee will deal with the issue of the status of political prisoners.

Chairs

• Diahara Myriam Diarra
• Oluwatobi Ayodele

Countries

Topic

Ensuring security in Europe's Mediterranean borders regarding future migration waves

About the committee

The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation was established on the 4th of April 1949 through ratification of the Washington Treaty. At the dawn of the Cold War, its 12 founding members conceptualized the organization as a shield to the growing influence of the Soviets. NATO nowadays counts 30 members (28 European and 2 North-American), but also formed several partnerships with Asian, North-African and Oceanian States. The Organisation’s singularity lies in its mutual defense clause, making NATO one of the largest collective security structures in the world.

Chairs

• Imanol Olite Crisol
• Cèlia Burrel

Countries

Topic

Reforming the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action

About the committee

The United Nation Security Council is one of the six principal organs of the United States. It is charged with ensuring international peace and security. Its power includes establishing peacekeeping operations, enacting international sanctions, and authorizing military action. Created after World War II in order to maintain world peace, the UNSC is the only UN body with the authority to issue binding resolutions on member states. The United Nation Security Council consists of fifteen members, of which five are permanent and have the power of veto : China, France, the United Kingdom, the United States and Russia. The joint comprehensive plan of action will be at the heart of debates. This agreement on the Iranian nuclear program reached in Vienna raises several types of questions.

Chairs

• Aya Serragui
• Vincent Savary-Jackson

Countries

Topic

Reviewing the concept of the Use of Force

About the committee

The International Court of Justice, judiciary organ of the United Nations, existed prior to 1949 under the name “Permanent Court of Justice”, and was attached to the League of Nations founded in 1919. By ratifying the UN Charter, member States automatically join the ICJ. Several other international jurisdictions, such as the International Criminal Court (ICC) or the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) also exist, but the IJC’s legal decisions hold a strong moral authority, and thus are considered as a reliable source of international law.

Chairs

• Lucas Liard
• Léa Herin

Countries

Topic

Discussing a new Montego Bay Convention

About the committee

A COP, of “Conference of the parties”, is a yearly dialogue platform allowing governmental, entrepreneurial and civil society representatives to meet and produce policies on a specific topic, often linked to climate change and the ways to protect ecosystems. In 1997, the first COP organized in Kyoto gave birth to the Kyoto Protocol, a ground-breaking treaty that for the first imposed greenhouse gas emissions restriction to the signatories. The latest COP of November 2022 took place in Sharm-el Sheikh (Egypt), and saw the constitution of funds aimed at supporting the victims of climate disasters.

Chairs

• Ármin Kovács
• Vita Soldatkina

Countries

Topic

The challenges of a common European defense, a step towards a European army

About the committee

The 1951 Treaty of Paris gave birth to the European Union. Originally named the “European Coal and Steel Community” (ECSC), its original aim was to facilitate coal and steel exchanges between its 6 founding members (France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg). Progressively, the Community’s scope of action was broadened, as its members became more and more integrated within it: common external duties, common currency, freedom of circulation for people and goods, European civility and right to vote, etc. It now also covers cultural, defense and security policies.

Chairs

• Eva Ferrer Corral
• Manuel Campos Lago

Countries

Topic

Fighting piracy in Somalia

About the committee

The United Nations Security Council is one of the six principal UN organs. It is composed of 15 members, of which 5 are permanent members (United States, Great Britain, France, Russia and China) and 10 are non-permanent, holding a two-years mandate. The cardinal mission of the UNSC is to “maintain international peace and security”, a mission it strives to achieve through its non-coercive and coercive decision power - the UNSC being the only able to authorize the use of force on the international arena (sending of Blue Helmets, peace-enforcement by an intergovernmental intervention, and so on). Apport from their inherent moral power, and in contrast with the General Assembly’s decisions, its resolutions also hold a bounding value.

Chairs

• Clara Borie-Bioulès
• Ashima Jha

Countries

Topic

Reviewing the conception of peacekeeping

About the committee

The General Assembly of the United Nations (UNGA) reunites representatives of all UN member States. It holds yearly sessions, beginning and closing every year in September. The UNGA comprises many subsidiary organs (30 committees, 6 commissions, and more), such as DISEC, ECOFIN and SPECPOL. The scope of action of the General Assembly is remarkably large: it discusses topics such as economic and social matters, adhesions, disarmament, and any topic that the current world dynamics may bring into the GA’s dialogue arena. Representatives at the GA, however, do not hold the power to authorize the use of force, which only the members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) detain. Lastly, the GA’s founding principle is that of the equality between member States: one State has one vote, no matter the size of its territory, its political or economical power.

Chairs

• Charlotte Valot
• Ahsya Devinka
• Riccardo Bignucolo

Countries

Topic

Concilier le fonctionnement de l'État avec les volontés indépendantistes françaises

About the committee

SPECPOL est l'abréviation anglaise du Comité Spécial des Questions Politiques et de Décolonisation. Il s’agit de la quatrième Commission de l’Assemblée Générale des Nations Unies, chargée de traiter des questions relatives aux territoires non autonomes et à la décolonisation, ainsi qu’en matière des droits de l’Homme sur ces territoires. Créée en 1946 lors de la première session de l’Assemblée Générale de l’ONU. Cette commission se réunit chaque année généralement entre septembre et décembre, mais peut également être amenée à se réunir en session extraordinaire.

Countries

Topic

Avoiding Africa's debt hegemony while ensuring the continent's development

About the committee

Created in the aftermath of the great depression as one of the key elements of the Bretton Woods Agreement of 1944, IMF’s initial purpose was to monitor exchange rates and lend reserve currencies to nations with balance-of-payments deficits. Now receiving money from the 190 member states, the IMF creates a common pool from which countries can borrow when they fall into financial difficulty. The conditions to lending aren’t simple: built on a complex system of quotas and Special Drawing Rights, IMF helps correct balance of payments deficits, by advising countries on which policies to implement to ensure stability and growth in the long run, while also correcting underlying problems. Remember, regular country checks and risk surveillance are also a necessary part of the IMF’s functions to prevent poverty and follow the sustainable development goals.

Chairs

• Asimina Antoniou
• Federico Gomez

Countries

Topic

Congrès de Vienne 1814-1815

About the committee

Le Congrès de Vienne s’est tenu de septembre 1814 à juin 1815 et à réuni les principales puissances européennes autour d’une série de négociations diplomatiques à Vienne. Pour beaucoup d’historiens, le Congrès de Vienne représente le premier Sommet diplomatique mondial. Avec pour objectif de redessiner les frontières européennes et de réorganiser l’Europe après les défaites de Napoléon Bonaparte et la chute de son empire, les puissances européennes ont établi un nouvel ordre international grâce à la signature du Traité de Vienne qui permet de maintenir la paix pendant plusieurs décennies.

Chairs

• louise beauvois
• Charles Jeanne

Countries

Topic

Drawing out a comprehensive response plan to the Venezuela's migration crisis

About the committee

The United Nations High Commission for Refugees serves as a guardian of the 1951 Geneva Convention, to ensure that the rights of all refugees are respected and protected. This includes providing protection, shelter, health, education, to refugees, and most of all a voice powerful enough to shed light on all international violations of the convention. UNHCR is governed by the UN General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council, while the UNHCR Executive Committee, consisting of representatives from UN Member States or members of any of the specialized agencies, approves the agency's annual programmes and the corresponding budget. The High Commissioner, Filippo Grandi, appointed by the UN GA, reports annually to ECOSOC and the GA on the work of UNHCR.

Chairs

• Eléonore Novario
• Donovan Mueller

Countries

Topic

Syrian civil war

About the committee

The 2023 PIMUN Crisis is going to challenge all the knowledge and skills you have learned in MUNs. You will have to be creative, audacious and unconventional. You are going to face military and diplomatic crises and will have to solve humanitarian and economic disasters by all means necessary (including kidnapping, assassinations, spying…) Our crisis will take place during the Syrian civil war in a hybrid crisis/wargame format. We will start with the Rebels offensive against Aleppo. The city was the former economic capital and second largest city of Syria. The Rebels Factions quickly seized the eastern districts, but failed to take the whole city. For four years, Aleppo was divided between its western part, held by the regime, and its eastern part, controlled by the opposition. But, the battle of Aleppo is just the beginning. You will have the opportunity to explore other possibilities on Syrian soil.

Chair

• Niv Yanir

Countries

Topic

Syrian civil war

About the committee

The 2023 PIMUN Crisis is going to challenge all the knowledge and skills you have learned in MUNs. You will have to be creative, audacious and unconventional. You are going to face military and diplomatic crises and will have to solve humanitarian and economic disasters by all means necessary (including kidnapping, assassinations, spying…) Our crisis will take place during the Syrian civil war in a hybrid crisis/wargame format. We will start with the Rebels offensive against Aleppo. The city was the former economic capital and second largest city of Syria. The Rebels Factions quickly seized the eastern districts, but failed to take the whole city. For four years, Aleppo was divided between its western part, held by the regime, and its eastern part, controlled by the opposition. But, the battle of Aleppo is just the beginning. You will have the opportunity to explore other possibilities on Syrian soil.

Chair

• Artus Hegesippe-Lapierre

Countries

Topic

Syrian civil war

About the committee

The 2023 PIMUN Crisis is going to challenge all the knowledge and skills you have learned in MUNs. You will have to be creative, audacious and unconventional. You are going to face military and diplomatic crises and will have to solve humanitarian and economic disasters by all means necessary (including kidnapping, assassinations, spying…) Our crisis will take place during the Syrian civil war in a hybrid crisis/wargame format. We will start with the Rebels offensive against Aleppo. The city was the former economic capital and second largest city of Syria. The Rebels Factions quickly seized the eastern districts, but failed to take the whole city. For four years, Aleppo was divided between its western part, held by the regime, and its eastern part, controlled by the opposition. But, the battle of Aleppo is just the beginning. You will have the opportunity to explore other possibilities on Syrian soil.

Chair

• Benjamin Regis

Countries

Topic

Syrian civil war

About the committee

The 2023 PIMUN Crisis is going to challenge all the knowledge and skills you have learned in MUNs. You will have to be creative, audacious and unconventional. You are going to face military and diplomatic crises and will have to solve humanitarian and economic disasters by all means necessary (including kidnapping, assassinations, spying…) Our crisis will take place during the Syrian civil war in a hybrid crisis/wargame format. We will start with the Rebels offensive against Aleppo. The city was the former economic capital and second largest city of Syria. The Rebels Factions quickly seized the eastern districts, but failed to take the whole city. For four years, Aleppo was divided between its western part, held by the regime, and its eastern part, controlled by the opposition. But, the battle of Aleppo is just the beginning. You will have the opportunity to explore other possibilities on Syrian soil.

Chair

• Philippe Dejardin

Countries

Topic

Finding pathways to restore political stability in Venezuela

About the committee

The Organization of American States, or OAS, with, as member states, all independent states in the Americas, is an international organization of regional and continental reach, that focuses on reinforcing security, democracy, peace, the respect of human rights, and on enabling a sustainable social and economic development for its members. Among all its organs, the General Assembly consists of the delegations of all member states and meets up once a year or on extraordinary occasions to decide and vote. The Permanent Council, the other main political body of the OAS, meets regularly and is composed of ambassadors appointed by the member states, and is tasked with implementing effectively and diplomatically the decisions of the other bodies, mainly the GA’s. La Organización de los Estados Americanos, u OEA, formada por todos los Estados independientes de América, es una organización internacional de ámbito regional y continental creada con la intención de consolidar la paz, la seguridad, la democracia, promover los derechos humanos, y finalmente garantizar un desarrollo social y económico sostenible. De sus órganos, cabe destacar la Asamblea General, compuesta por las delegaciones de todos los Estados Miembros que se reúnen anualmente y en ocasiones extraordinarias, y quienes tienen derecho a hacerse representar y a emitir su voto; así como el Consejo Permanente, que celebra con más frecuencia sesiones y se encarga de implementar de manera efectiva y pacífica las decisiones de la Asamblea General.

Chairs

• Dimitra Kornezou
• Charles Rognon

Countries

About the committee

The Press Corps Committee this year is part of the Interconnected committee. This is why most of the delegates will do their reporter’s job covering the UNHCR and the OEA/OAS committee. The chairs would like to have some other delegates reporting what happens in other committees to have the best overview of what will be going on during the 2023 PIMUN edition. Pluralism and freedom of speech are essential for a democracy to exist and this is the spirit the press corps committee seeks to follow.

Chairs

• Baptiste Dervaux
• Harshita Gupta

Countries

About the committee

The All Star committee is a special expert committee put together by our team. In this committee your MUN abilities will be extremely challenged. You will get to know your country only 3 day before the beginning of debate, 2 days before we will announce the committee in which you will debate, but the topic will only be revealed during PIMUN's opening ceremony. Do you feel like you can do it ? Are you up for the challenge and test your debating abilities ? Then sign up for our All Star committee now

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