Welcome! GIMUN is a fully student run Non Governmental Organisation in Special Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council. Our goal is to promote the principles and ideals of the United Nations through educative events. Our core event is the Annual MUN Conference, but we also organise a whole range of other activities throughout the year.
In the channel below you will always find the most important updates about past and upcoming events, as well as information about open positions, deadlines and other important news.
New Board 2011 Elected
During the 11th ordinary General Assembly of the GIMUN association, last Friday, the following candidates have been elected for the board:
- Caroline Renold (President)
- Alexandre Steullet (Secretary-General)
- Carla Niediek (Secretary-General)
- Hanna Krasmann (Public Relations)
- Tara Misra (Finance and Fundraising)
Attached you can find the new statutes, including the changes made, and the minutes of the 11th ordinary General Assembly.
GIMUN-IFIL study trip to New York
*Text from http://ifil.ch/index.php?page=1666. Please use the IFIL website to register.
UNO New York 3rd - 10th of July 2010
Millennium Development Goals
"With only five years left until the 2015 deadline to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on world leaders to attend a summit in New York on 20-22 September 2010 to boost progress towards the MDGs." read more …
11th Ordinary General Assembly to take place on 21st of May
Dear members, alumni, and soon to be members,
The 11th General Assembly of the GIMUN association will take place on Friday 21st of May 2010 at 18:00 at S1, Villa Barton. There are a couple of questions we would like to clarify for the good functioning of the meeting.
Who is member, and who can become a member? read more …
Call for applications: Board 2010/11
The application process for the new Board (10/11) of the GIMUN association is now open. The available positions are:
- President
- Public Relations Coordinator
- Secretary-General (x2)
- Treasurer
If you are interested in one of the positions within the departments, please let us know, so that we can transfer your contact details to the new board.
In order to apply please submit the following documents to board [at] gimun [dot] org until Friday 16th of April 2010, specifying the position you apply for in the subject: read more …
US Chapter events 5th and 19th of March
In the past month, there have been two events organised by the GIMUN US Chapter in New York. On the 5th, mainly students from NYU visited to UN for an info session on how to start a career at the United Nations. On the 19th, the representatives from our US chapter visited the Security Council session on "Central African Region – Impact of illicit arms trafficking on peace and security".
Both events have been a great success and we hope to be able to organise more similar events in the future. Attached you can find the full report.
Perspectives - Daily Newspaper Geneva International Model United Nations 2010
Find editions 3 - 6 of Perspectives in the attachement.
Study Guides and Rules of Procedure uploaded
Dear all,
Please note that from now on all study guides (french/english) are available as attachments on the respective commitee pages. Furthermore we updated this year's rules of procedure.
Last update before coming to the 2010 GIMUN Conference
This post should help you to find all the necessary information before coming to the 2010 edition of the GIMUN conference, assuming that you have been accepted.
In general you will find all relevant information in the preparation section on the website. This includes descriptions of the location, accomodation, guides to do research, preparations for the academic content of week, and our new Rules of Procedure, including an explanatory note. read more …
MUNUSAL team visits New York
In February 2010 a delegation from MUNUSAL, the University of Salamanca’s Model United Nations, and one of our EMUNNET partners, took part at the HNMUN (Harvard National Model UN). After this, the delegation spent a week in NY. read more …
Registration for the 2010 MUN Conference open
Dear all,
The registration for the 2010 conference is now officially open. The registration period concerns those wishing to participate as delegates or journalists.
As for the delegates and journalists, they can choose between six councils: read more …
