Paris International Model United Nations

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Paris International Model United Nations
AbbreviationPIMUN
Formation2008
TypeNGO
PurposeEducation
Location
Official language
English, French
Secretary General
Vincent Rastetter
Main organ
Secretariat
Website www.pimun.fr

The Paris International Model United Nations (PIMUN) is an annual model United Nations (MUN) conference taking place in Paris, France. It is run by the students of 11 Parisian universities belonging to the Paris Intercollegiate United Nations Committee (CINUP). [1] While PIMUN organizers indicate that it was formed in 2011, [2] some evidence links its foundation to 2008, making it the oldest MUN conference in France. The participants of the conference are university students looking to debate and negotiate about international affairs and diplomacy.

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History

The origins of PIMUN can be traced back to Sciences Po MUN 2007, the first documented instance of a model United Nations conference in France. [3] Held at Sciences Po in Paris in February 2007, the first conference simulated four committees. [4] After the 2007 conference, in an interview given to the student newspaper of the university, the Secretary General of the conference first referred to the upcoming 2008 edition as the Paris International Model United Nations. [5] The conference was held under the name of PIMUN at Sciences Po in 2008, [5] 2009, [6] 2010, [7] [8] and 2011. [9] Officially, the conference claims to have existed since 2011. [2]

In 2012, the organizing team was enlarged to students from the Pantheon-Sorbonne University, and the Panthéon-Assas University, and the conference was hosted at the UNESCO headquarters. [10] [11] In 2013, students from HEC Paris, the Ecole polytechnique, the ENS, INALCO, ESCP Europe and ESSEC Business School joined the organizing team. [12] Students from the American University of Paris were first reported as organizers of PIMUN in 2014. [13] Student organizations from the American University of Paris, Paris Dauphine University, ILERI, IRIS Sup', Institut Catholique de Paris, and Paris Nanterre University have later integrated the board that oversees PIMUN, whereas the MUN student organisations from HEC Paris, ESCP Europe, and ESSEC Business School are no longer part of the organizers. [14]

Structure and conference

PIMUN primarily simulates committees of the United Nations. Similar to other conferences in Europe and in the world, it features the subcommittees of the United Nations General Assembly, the United Nations Security Council, ECOSOC committees and other agencies or institutions belonging to the United Nations family. PIMUN has in the past also simulated intergovernmental organizations and other regional bodies, such as the African Union, the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, and the Organization of American States. In these bodies, participants represent the diplomats of a member state.

PIMUN currently uses the Interconnectivity system for some of its committees. Interconnectivity enables committees and delegates to interact with each other during the simulation, thus creating a more dynamic environment than standard committees, which generally operate autonomously and independently from each other. [15] While participants to interconnectivity committees still simulate being diplomats, others may also embody journalists.

The conference also features crisis committees, which are a more dynamic part of model United Nations. Instead of embodying diplomats and writing resolutions like in classic MUN committees, Crisis delegates embody fictional or nonfictional characters and enjoy special portfolio powers, which they can use as they wish throughout the evolving crisis. The conference has featured joint crisis committees, where several committees are in conflict with each other, since at least 2017. [16]

The conference generally lasts three days, and has been held in May since 2011.

PIMUN Conferences

SessionYearDatesLocationSecretary General
NameUniversityGuest Speakers
12008February 27–29 [17] Sciences Po Tarik Peudon-Bellalou Sciences Po
22009February 16–18 [18] Sciences Po Raphaël Chauvelot-Rattier Sciences Po
32010April 27–30 Sciences Po Simon Pallhuber [19] Sciences Po Richard Descoings [20]
42011May 30 - June 1 Sciences Po Sciences Po
52012May 18–20 Sciences Po (opening) [21]

UNESCO

Rémi Rivoal [21] Sciences Po Gérard Araud [12]
62013May 31 - June 2 [22] Sciences Po

UNESCO (closing)

Romane Viennet [23] Sciences Po Bertrand Badie

Rachad Ahmed Saleh Farah [20]

72014May 22–25 University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne

UNESCO (closing) [24]

Gaële Bacqué Sciences Po Jean-Marc Bonnisseau

Bernard Miyet

Philippe Cantraine [25]

82015May 28–31 University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne [26]

UNESCO (closing) [27]

Hana Hudak [28] University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle
92016May 24–28 OECD (opening) [29]

University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne

William Thay University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne Gabriela Ramos [30]

Gilles Boeuf [30]

Denis Mercier [31] [32]

102017May 31 - June 5 [33] Sciences Po [33]

Palais des Congrès (closing)

Farshid Farouk Sciences Po Miguel Ángel Moratinos [34]
112018May 24–27 Sciences Po [35]

Institut Catholique de Paris [35]

American Graduate School in Paris [36]

Marguerite Lassalle Institut Catholique de Paris Bernard Miyet [37]
122019May 30 - June 2 Paris Dauphine University (opening)

University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne

Victor Gaonach IRIS Sup' Jean-Marc de La Sablière [38]
132021June 1st -4th Paris Dauphine University Georgina Lukovic Institut Catholique de Paris
142023May 31st - June 3rd Sorbonne Nouvelle University Paris 3 Hugo Berny Sorbonne Nouvelle University Paris 3 Anne-Claire Legendre
152024June 7th - June 11thVincent Rastetter University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne

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