GENEVA INTERNATIONAL MODEL UNITED NATIONS
THE DELEGATION SESSIONS
At our weekly meetings, delegates apply the UN's official rules of procedure to debate the semester's topic in English, the official debate language, representing their assigned country's position. This makes the delegation one of the best opportunities to improve your public speaking skills.
Each semester, delegates choose a topic within a UN body to debate. Based on this topic, the Heads of Delegation provide a study guide to prepare the delegates. Delegates are then assigned a country, whose official position they will represent throughout the semester, based on the study guide and their own additional research. Stepping into another country's shoes and defending its position is a great way to broaden your own perspective and learn to look at global issues from a different angle. Ahead of the first debate session, each delegate submits a position paper outlining their country's position and their goals for the committee.
MUN EVENTS
Throughout the semester, delegates have further opportunities to keep improving, such as the UN Day, where delegates get to debate inside the official UN building in Geneva.
In the spring semester, delegates have the opportunity to take part in the delegation trip, where they are free to choose which MUN conference to attend. In recent years, the delegation has traveled to conferences such as those in Copenhagen and Barcelona. The trip is partially funded by the university and is an amazing experience.Depending on interest, there is also the possibility of additional trips already in the autumn semester. For example, last year the delegation took part in SGMUN in St. Gallen.
WHY JOIN DELEGATION?
In all, the GIMUN delegation is both an extension and an application of your academic studies, while also being an amazing social circle of passionate students. Joining the delegation is joining the worldwide MUN community as well as the local GIMUN community. Both bring together like-minded people from all over the world, connected by a shared curiosity for global affairs.
Over the past years, the delegation has tackled a wide range of topics and committees, from the weaponization of biology and chemistry at UNODA, to combating narco-terrorism at UNODC, to the historical Korean Crisis of 1950 to 1953 at the UN Security Council.
If you are interested in being a part of our delegation, or have questions, send an email to: