ILYMUNews 2014: Issue 3

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ILYMUNews, THE INTERNATIONAL LYON MODEL UNITED NATIONS 2014

DAY 3: THE END


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Its the last day of ILYMUN and although most would be depressed, the Press Team isnt saying

goodbye just yet. In the next week(s), make sure you check our Facebook and Twitter pages for

more videos, photos, and the !nal post-issue!

Michael Greenberg and Lyn Morgans speech in the UNDP committee was the last of ILYMUNs

invited guest speakers; in this issue weve interviewed them both on their presented crisis

situation and their thoughts on the ILYMUN project. In this issue you can also !nd out more on

the Historical Security Council, one of ILYMUN's newest features, an overview of Day 2s Party at

the Pop, as well as coverage of ILYMUN 2014s Closing Ceremony. What makes this conference

special is not only the intense level of debating that goes on but also the incredible social

experience that it allows us - in this issue we hear what you think in our feature article 'Your

ILYMUN'.

This issue will most likely be up tomorrow, when ILYMUN 2014 is over. We wanted to take this

opportunity to say that we hope everyone involved has enjoyed these last three days as much aswe have.

We hope to see you soon!

Asha ZAHARUDIN

Angelica LARNER

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LETTER FROM THE EDITORS


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On Friday evening, the Social Events Team organised a party for ILYMUNs student participants,

the teachers involved, and everyone hosting MUN students. The Team worked very hard to

organise this memorable evening for all to enjoy! They were able to reserve The Pop, a bar located

in the heart of Lyon by the riverside. After a long day of hard work, from the admins to the

secretary generals, the night was a time for everyone to relax and spend an enjoyable time

together.

With all of these people invited, the atmosphere was great and everyone was having fun.

The Social Events Team hired a professional DJ for the night, as CSIs very own Elliot had been

busy all afternoon DJ-ing ILYMUNs silent disco.

There was a slight miscommunication as to when the party would end: most thought it would end

at 11 pm, when in fact the venue itself closed at this time. This meant that the party ended at

around 10:45 pm, which was a little earlier than expected for most partygoers. To signal the end

of the night, the DJ had played Happy Ending by Mika. Afterwards, many students lingered

around in small groups of friends, ending the evening on a cool note.

Gabriella BOFFY

Photos by Esteban PERRIN

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PARTY AT THE POP


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Andrea Dalle Ave, an athlete, winner of the bronze medal in long jump at

the recent World Championships, and student in law at the University of

South Africa from Johannesburg, Gauteng in South Africa has agreed to

answer a few of our questions concerning Africa and MUN. In this

interview he shares some of the insight gained in his travels across the

world, including to the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

- Could you describe what a typical day foryou would be like?

A typical day here in South Africa I feel would

be really similar to that of a day in any

European country. My day consists of training

twice a day, working a job and studying, all of

that jam-packed into one day. If I were

younger I would obviously go to school and

then do extracurriculars. Otherwise if I were

older I would simply go to my job and provide

for my family.

- What is the most recurrent, or original

stereotype that you have had to deal with in

living in Africa?

It varies depending on where I am or who I am

speaking to but I would say the stereotype

that comes up the most frequently is people

not believing that Im from Africa simply

because Im white. Another one would be that

we all live with the animals in the wild.

- Is there, in your opinion, a single united

African culture, or is that simply a Eurocentric

myth?

That is unquestionably a myth, for example in

my country there are 11 o"cial languages and

with each language comes its own culture. Of

course there are some things in each culture

which overlap, but there is de!nitely not a

single united African culture.

- In your travels toEurope have you

n o t i c e d a n y

particular cultural

di#erences with your

own life?

I de!nitely think that

the UN needs to give

more !nancial aid to

countries stricken

with poverty or with particularly prevalent

health issues, especially those concerning the

children of Africa. There are millions dying in

Africa from malaria, AIDs and so forth, and

sadly many of those children are the children

of Africa, the future of this beautiful continent.

Politically in Africa , its always complicated to

establish change because in each country

there are di#erent customs and cultures.

What might sound absolutely terrible to one

person, will sound perfectly normal or

ordinary to another. But I certainly think that

all African countries should adopt a fair

democratic way of ruling, and without

corruption. And if the UN has the possibility to

help with these issues and resolve them in

any way they should not think twice about it.

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ANDREA IN AFRICA


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- Had you ever heard of MUN? Is it a popular

activity in South Africa (or is there a similar

one with which you could compare it)?

No I had never heard of it until it was

mentioned to me by Marie. Im not saying it

doesnt exist here because there are a lot ofdebating classes or clubs and such, but I

personally had never heard of it.

- Do you think that the African theme of

ILYMUN is an e"cient way of raising

awareness on both the issues that Africa faces

but also the many opportunities that

characterize the continent?

Yes I think it could be e#ective in that sense,anything that raises that kind of awareness is

a great thing. You only need to touch one

person and that person can make the world

of di#erence.

Marie LABROSSE

Photos by Lotta

VELIN

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The third committee has faced a little

confusion while debating the question Should

the African Union become the United States

of Africa? Despite its many advantages such asthe reinforcement of trade between the

countries, the majority of the delegates were

against it. Two delegations have stood out:

Tunisia and the republic of Congo. Tunisia

was strictly opposed to the creation of the

United States of Africa and instead favoured

instating a model similar to the European

Union. The federal state system would not

only weaken the countrys economy but also

would face many di"culties due to the

cultural and linguistic diversity. Sharing the

same opinion, the Republic of Congo believes

in the creation of a territorial system that

would regroup several countries (four to six).

This will allow the various nations to remain

independent. Moreover, they stand !rm that

education should be the !rst problem tackled

as it would guarantee better paying jobs in the

future for the new generation and lead to an

economic boost. However, a minority of

countries, like Zimbabwe, are for the creation

of the United States of Africa.

Carla CELLUPICA and Clea MOORE

The Abyssinian Crisis, which took place

in the interwar period in the !rst half of the

twentieth century, was one of the focal points

of ILYMUNs Historical Security Council,featured for the !rst time at an ILYMUN

conference. The Abyssinian Crisis resulted

from an ongoing con$ict between Abyssinia

(modern-day Ethiopia) and the Kingdom of

Italy.

The !nal resolution passed included

Clause 4, which was to prevent the Italian

advance into Abyssinia and British Colonies. It

encouraged:

a) An embargo on Italian warcraft

b) Blocking of the Suez Canal for Italy,

which Germany accepted.

c) Sending British reinforcements in

British Somaliland and in Anglo-Egyptian

Sudan to protect the Abyssinian frontiers.

This particular point was supported by

Czechoslovakia and Abyssinia, but rejected by

Italy for being against peace and concerned

countries other than Abyssinia. Abyssinia

argued that the population of Abyssinia would

need to be protected in the case of an

emergency, and that armed troops would be

useful. Italy answered that !ghting !re by

using !re wont lead to peace. Portugal

intervened and explained that without thispoint, the entire clause was pointless, and

point c was !nally denied.

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HISTORICAL SECURITY COUNCIL:

THE ABYSSINIAN CRISIS AND THE

KOREAN WAR

COMMITTEE REPORTSAFRICAN UNION:

THE UNITED STATES OF AFRICA?


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d) The withdrawal of all Italian interests

in the UN members' countries.

e) A Franco-British agreement stating

that France must help them if Italy strikes,

which was denied as well.

After much debating, the resolution, as

a whole, was passed! Unfortunately, this

debate was cut short when the crisis situation

arose.

Crisis Situation: The Korean War

The Historical Security Councils crisis situationoccurred in January 1952, during the Korean

War. Soviet troops had crossed the border

and had apparently established strategic

nuclear bombing wings.

The Philippines submitted a clause requesting

the UN member states to provide aircrafts to

control the airspace over the Korean

Peninsula, which was agreed to by the

Netherlands, since they both wanted to

prevent a third world war from exploding.

However, the Swedish delegate was against

this as he stated that shooting planes (which

contain a nuclear bomb) down has the same

e#ect as actually dropping the bomb, and

that a better solution would be to make sure

the planes never took o# in the !rst place.

Yugoslavia argued, with scienti!c proof to back

up its statement, that this was untrue, and

that shooting the planes down would not

make them detonate.

The clause was voted upon and passed.

The second clause was submitted by the

Republic of Korea and was supported by the

United States of America. It demanded United

Nations checkpoints towards rising con$icts,

and claimed it to be a peaceful solution, in

which the threat of a possible nuclear attack

would pressure the enemy into !nding a

paci!st solution. Opposed to these two

nations were China and the USSR, as theamendments of the clause asked for

suspension of their rights of veto until all

tensions were settled. These opposing nations

accused those in favor of the clause of not

trying hard enough to !nd a solution before

taking such a radical decision. Yugoslavia

responded to this by stating that negotiations

had actually been attempted with Russia, who

failed to respect them and therefore had to

be punished for it.

As time was running short, the debates had to

stop, reaching no real resolution.

Julie MARTIN

Gabriella BOFFY

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8/18


Saturdays General Assembly at 1:30tackled the topic of the Sahel Crisis. Through

its resolution, it attempted to resolve the drug

related con$icts, malnutrition and poverty of

the area.

Firstly, the delegate of Sierra Leone

proposed a clause demanding that the

authorities suspected of illegal tra"cking be

judged by the International Court. The

delegate of Egypt took the $oor and urged the

other delegates to vote in favor of this clause,but as the delegate of France questioned the

criteria for suspicion of said authorities and

the delegate of Nigeria spoke out against the

clause, stating that the International Court

should not intervene in matter that could be

dealt with more internally by local authorities,

the clause was not passed.

Next, the delegate of Zimbabwe

brought forward a clause inviting an

international organization such as the UN

environmental program to protect and

conserve the environment of the Sahel region

by identifying endangered zones and

encouraging local conservation work and

sustainable agriculture methods and animal

husbandry practices. The delegate of the

United Kingdom, opposed to this clause,

pointed out that the UN could not force the

local community to carry out these proposed

ideas, rendering this clause impossible toenforce and useless. A point of information

was made reminding the delegate of the

United Kingdom that the UN could not force,

but encourage the local population to carry

these things out. The delegate recognised this

but maintained that the protection of the

environment was not the Sahel regions !rst

pr ior i t y which would render these

encouragements ine#ective.

The delegates of Zimbabwe, the USA,and Algeria, who were in favor of this clause,

cautioned that if the agriculture was not

sustainable, the environment would be

damaged and would not be able to provide

for future generations. Also, if the region was

allowed to subsist with only foreign aid, it

would not need to develop and would never

achieve independence, its main goal.

After a minute during which the

delegates discussed the clause, it was passed.

The room erupted with applause.

The Assemblys attention then turned

to a clause submitted by the delegation of

Rwanda, which encouraged countries in the

Sahel region to establish more e#ective

border control. This is to prevent weapon and

drug tra"cking by creating a database in

which governments, organizations and police

o"cers could share information about such

tra"cking and suspects. The delegate of

Argentina evoked the possibility that it could

be unsafe to divulge such information to

possibly corrupted o"cials, with which the

Sahel region is rife. The delegate of Ghana

shared Argentinas opinion and added that

such a clause was perhaps too nave a

solution, since it asks states to completely

change the way in which they function and

monitor their borders.

Elena AIGLE

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THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY


9/18


This morning the delegates of

committee 9 (UNDP) were faced with a very

challenging crisis situation: the leaking of an

eradicated virus (smallpox) probably caused

by a terrorist attack or an accidental release

from a laboratory. It was presented by vaccineexpert Michael Greenberg, one of the minds

behind the H1N1 vaccine solution. Having no

preparation, this brought each delegation to

re$ect quickly and !nd potential solutions to

an urgent problem. The cr is is was

accentuated by the unavailability of existing

vaccines: special needles are required to

vaccinate people for this disease and it

therefore can't be administered by just

anybody. As it is now, said Mr Greenberg,

there are available stockpiles for only 10% of

the population.

Reported cases were found in

Germany, the Netherlands and Turkey. These

governments were in the process of releasing

statements to inform citizens and mobilizing

all resources to respond to the situation.

The delegate of Germany was the !rst

to submit a clause; they encouraged

governments to refrain from using the term

terrorist as a mean to reassure their

population and prevent general panic, but

also to avoid crediting terrorist organizations.

There had been some opposition to this: the

delegate of the United Kingdom believed in

the importance of mentioning possible

terrorist involvement. Following this, the

clause was voted on and accepted, as a

majority of the delegates were in favour.

Brazil then submitted a clause to the

delegations and put forth the precautions

needed. It was suggested that physicalcontact can be limited by prohibiting the use

of public transport; diagnosed individuals can

be put into quarantine; a hotline and media

advertising can be developed to di#use

precaution means. This led to various

reactions: Argentina stood out with their idea

to quarantine whole areas, as determined by

the UN, to stop the spread of the virus.

Moreover, the necessity to train nurses

in order to be able to vaccinate people was

particularly stressed. As this vaccine requires

speci!c skills, the development of training

courses for these nurses was highly needed

and would be taken on by the UN.

Furthermore, the United States of

America made a strong point on the need to

determine whether it was a terrorist attack.

Implicating all military, intelligence and law

enforcement services to act in Europe, overall,

this case was made for the UN security

council where they hold power of veto. This

clause unanimously passed with no delegates

against and two abstaining.

La VENTURA, Justine ORTHOLAND, Charlotte

BALLON

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UNDP CRISIS SITUATION

SMALLPOX OUTBREAK


10/18


On the last day of ILYMUN, we had the

privilege to interview vaccine experts Michael

Greenberg and Lyn Morgan, guest speakers

during UNDPs committee session. This

morning, Mr Greenberg and Ms Morgan

presented a crisis situation to the committee

concerning the eventual spread of smallpox in

todays world, as described in the previous

section. They explained that the problem was

very serious: one could not know if they were

already infected because the time of

incubation could be quite long. As smallpox

has no known cure, once a person is infected

with the virus they are put into isolation so

that they dont infect others. Ms Morgan then

gave some advice to the delegates for their

decision process, telling them that it was

necessary to !nd the infected people as

quickly as possible and isolate them, and to

vaccinate those who are not infected to help

them survive. One of the biggest di"culties is

dealing with the lack of vaccines and other

supplies available to a#ected areas.

We then went outside to interview the two

guests. We !rst asked them to introduce

themselves: Lyn Morgan works in the

advocacy department and explained that herdepartment works with Medecin Sans

Frontire. As for Mr Michael Greenberg, he is

the head of the Headquarters team in Lyon

and is responsible for giving advice and

research data to teams all around the world.

When asked if an eventual crisis would have

an impact in our lives, Lyn Morgan answered

that it would, even if we may live in a

developed country. It can a#ect international

trade, schools and shops would have to close,

and air traveling would be very complicated

(as we saw in 2003 and 2005, when a similar

crisis occurred). The solution to this crisis

would be international collaboration.

Both Greenberg and Morgan were really

impressed with the serious organisation and

the involvement of the students. It was Ms

Morgans second ILYMUN conference as she

was here last year for ILYMUN 2013 - she was

so pleased with it that she decided to come

back this year. Mr Greenberg, who is

attending an MUN Conference for the !rst

time, was pleasantly surprised by the

enthusiasm of ILYMUNs participants and is

enjoying taking part in this conference.

Interview by Maria PALLETTA. Photos by T.

Croutelle

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INTERVIEW WITH GUEST SPEAKERS MICHAEL

GREENBERG AND LYN MORGAN


11/18


ILYMUN was made possible by a variety of di#erent people of all di#erent ages and backgrounds.

But ILYMUN would never be what it is without you, the students! We were able to ask you a few

questions about all things ILYMUN, and this is what you had to say:

Reporter Sarah was able to !nd a few

delegates and ask them a few questions. First

up was Laure from EIPACA.

S : So, what do you think about the countryyoure representing?

L : Brazil is an interesting country, and most

people dont think about representing it.

S : Would you have chosen another one if you

could? If yes, which country and why?

L : Yes, I would like to choose a powerful

country, a country which is important, maybe

like Russia

S : Which committee are you in?

L : I belong to the SHC committee which is

about Social, Humanity and Culture. Its so

interesting!

S : Do you think that your debates in this MUN

conference will resonate with the real UN?

L : I dont think so, I guess that its more useful

for us, like discover new things, new people

Next, I interviewed Lioui, a delegate from a

school in Madrid representing Colombia in

ECOSOC.

S: What do you think about the country youare representing?

L :Its great, the only problem is that my

country is Colombia - but its a good chance

for me because in the future, Colombia will be

an important country.


could ?

L : No. In fact, before, yes, I wanted to change

but its amazing now

S : Do you think that your debates will be

useful for the real MUN ?

L : Some ideas are great in our debates, but

its just so utopic

S: In your committee, do you send a lot of

private messages on your notes?

L: Yes, a lot, about clauses and privates things,

too.

S: Which is the weirdest note that you have

received?

L : *laughs* From UK, it was awesome

S: 'What does ILYMUN bring to your life?'

L: 'A memory which I will always remember in

my life, and the chance to speak in front of

300, it helped me gain self-con!dence!'

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YOUR ILYMUN


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Here is what Eva, from the Historical Security

Council, had to say:

S : What do you think about the country you

are representing?

E : In fact, I represent two countries. I thinkthat Australia has peaceful politics but

Portugal is I dont know, I dont really

understand its role...Weird !

S: Would you have chosen another one if you

could ?

E : Yes, I would chosen a country with a

dictator as North Korea

S : Do you think that your debates will beuseful

for the real MUN ?

E : Its di"cult to answer, but yeah I guess

S : In your committee, do you send privates

papers ?

E : No because in my committee, people are

serious

Also from the Historical Security Council were

Tatiana and Edouarda:

S: What do you think about your country ?

T&E : We represent the same country, which

has a really strong position.

S : Would you choosen another one if you

could ?

T&E : No !! We like it !

S : Do you send privates papers in

committee ?

T&E :Yes but only for clauses

To !nish, I was chatting with Gaspard, a

delegate in the African Union committee.

S: So, whats up with your country ?

G: Its not a really important country, and I

cant talk about it at all in the conferences


could ?

G : Yes, a country with more di"culties, but

not a powerful country.

S : Do you send some privates papers ?

G : No because I dont need to

Sarah SIDRINE12


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ILYMUN brought together a number of students from a number of schools. We got to ask a few

what they wish was also a part of their schools curriculum.

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WHAT DO YOU THINK SHOULD BE TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS?

"Learning to type."

- Magali

The composition of planets, because

some kids dont even know that were

made of the stars and that were partly

helium."

- Sevanna

"The meaning of life."

- Douglas


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"How to deal with awkward

situations."

- Logan

"How to get into a university, how to

get a life, how to be happy."

- Maddie

"Respect."

- Marie

"No judgement."- Charlotte

"Marine biology."

- Elena


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"How to garden."

- Yasmine

"How to $y."

- Antoine

"How to cook."

- Carla

"How to pay taxes."

- Elliot


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So here it is: ILYMUN 2014 is already

over. We had an amazing and inspiring three

days, and we cant wait for next year! The

Closing Ceremony has de!nitely been an

emotional moment for everybody involved -

even more so, however, for the Terminales/

Grade 12 students, who are to take part intheir last ILYMUN. Their hard work has !nally

paid o# and, fortunately, ILYMUN turned out

to be insanely great.

16:03: All delegates settle in as the

heads, chairs, and secretary generals took

their seats. Secretary General Vivian Wongopens the ceremony with a welcoming

speech. Clapping in harmony before greeting

them, ISL students Kate Moldan and Cat

Ostergaard along with CSI student Sophia El

Akroud perform Make You Feel My Love by

Adele. Described as sentimental and

wonderful, it is a beautiful and heartwarming

perfomance that perfectly represents the

ambiance at ILYMUN 2014.

16:15: Martin Jego, one of the Deputy

Secretary Generals, takes the $oor and

congratulates all of the delegates and

organizing members of the conference. He

exclaims, everyone should experience this

once in their life," and encourages us to

participate in more Model United Nationsevents.

16:18: Mr. Miller and Mrs. Trout, the

heads of the MUN Club of CSI and ISL

respectively, took turns in their speech in

thanking the headmasters, the hosts, parents,

and of course all participants for their

devotion, enthusiasm, and professionalism.

Mr. Miller shares with the assembly a moving

anecdote of how ILYMUN was !rst createdthrough the perseverance of two former CSI

students, which enabled us to be living this

amazing experience.

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SO HERE ENDS ILYMUN 2014ALL GOOD THINGS COME TO AN END


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16:27: Deputy Secretary General

Camlia Moudene takes this time to thank the

whole organizing team and all of the Heads

and invites them to all join her in front of the

assembly. A !nal !lm to recap the conference

(made by the Press Team) is played to thebackground song of Pharrell Williams Happy,

which becomes ILYMUN 2014s uno"cial

theme song.

16:36: To conclude the closing

ceremony, Deputy Secretary General Migo

Fernan presents his speech, highlighting how

bene!cial such an experience is to everyone

who participates and how it has helped him

learn the importance of the failures that are

bound to accompany success. He had

previously shared with us, during an interview

earlier today, his apprehension for this

moment, as the hard work that lasted for

several months was !nally coming to an end.

In the end, however, it was all completely

worth it.

ILYMUN 2014 ends with the words of the

Secretary Generals Anne-Maude Dupuy-

Roudel and Vivian Wong: I now declare this

ILYMUN 2014 session o"cially closed.

Clea MOORE and Carla CELLUPICA,

Photos by Carla ULRICH

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WE HOPE TO

SEE YOU

AGAIN NEXT

YEAR!


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