Cairo International Model United Nations
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- This article is about the Model UN at Cairo, and is not to be confused with the Chicago International Model UN.
Cairo International Model United Nations (CIMUN) is a collegiate
College
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level Model United Nations
Model United Nations
Model United Nations is an academic simulation of the United Nations that aims to educate participants about current events, topics in international relations, diplomacy and the United Nations agenda....
organisation that is based in Cairo, Egypt. The CIMUN program is the oldest student activity on the American University in Cairo
American University in Cairo
The American University in Cairo is an independent, non-profit, apolitical, secular institution of higher learning located in Cairo, Egypt...
(AUC) campus and is currently recognised as one of the largest inter-collegiate Model United Nations
Model United Nations
Model United Nations is an academic simulation of the United Nations that aims to educate participants about current events, topics in international relations, diplomacy and the United Nations agenda....
programs outside of North America. It is well-known for its annual March conference.
History
It was founded in 1989 by a group of AUC students under the guidance of the ProvostProvost (education)
A provost is the senior academic administrator at many institutions of higher education in the United States, Canada and Australia, the equivalent of a pro-vice-chancellor at some institutions in the United Kingdom and Ireland....
of AUC, Professor Earl Tim Sullivan, during his time as a professor in the department of political science.
A fund was made in 2005 in honour of Nadia Younes
Nadia Younes
Nadia Younes was an Egyptian national who spent her entire career, for over 33 years, in the United Nations and the World Health Organization, rising to high-level posts in a variety of areas....
, under which a conference and meeting room for the support of the Model United Nations was created.
Beginning in 2007, CIMUN began including high school students in its delegations. By this time, CIMUN's simulation of the UN had expanded, since its inception, from modelling one UN council to seven councils: the Security Council, HRC
HRC
HRC may refer to:* Human Rights Campaign* Human Rights Commission* Human Rights Committee* Hugo Rafael Chávez* Hillary Rodham Clinton is sometimes referred to by her initials, HRC.* Hawaii Regional Cuisine* Hawaii regional cuisine* Hard Rock Cafe...
, ICJ, ECOSOC, IAEA, GA
United Nations General Assembly
For two articles dealing with membership in the General Assembly, see:* General Assembly members* General Assembly observersThe United Nations General Assembly is one of the five principal organs of the United Nations and the only one in which all member nations have equal representation...
Plenary, and European Union.
During the fall of 2008, CIMUN faced new recruitment difficulties due to AUC's move from downtown Cairo to a new campus in suburban New Cairo
New Cairo
New Cairo is a new satellite city of Cairo. Located in what was formerly desert, the master plan was created in 2001 by a Boston firm. It is the home of the new campus of the American University in Cairo, as well as the German University in Cairo, the Future University in Egypt and the Canadian...
.
In 2010, CIMUN won the Outstanding Delegation Award while at the National Model United Nations Conference in New York. While this is the second time the group has won the award, this time is considered more important because the group was representing their own country, Egypt.
March conference
Its annual March conference is now the largest of its kind in the Middle East. Its primary goal is to increase student interest in and awareness of the United Nations and international affairs. The conference events are wholly organised by students. Participants from international universities—including Yale, ColumbiaColumbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
, Concordia
Concordia University
Concordia University is a comprehensive Canadian public university located in Montreal, Quebec, one of the two universities in the city where English is the primary language of instruction...
, and Riverside City College—have attended the conference.
Keynote speakers
The following is a list of some notable keynote speakers for past March conferences, along with the year of the speech:- Boutros GhaliBoutros GhaliBoutros Ghali was the Prime Minister of Egypt from 1908 to 1910. He was a Coptic Christian.Ghali was accused of favouring the British in the Denshawai incident and on February 20, 1910, was assassinated by Ibrahim Nassif al-Wardani, a young pharmacology graduate who had just returned from the...
- Ali El Din Helal
- Ahmed MaherAhmad Maher (diplomat)Ahmad Maher was the foreign minister of Egypt from 2001 to 2004. He came from a family of diplomats and politicians...
- Suzanne MubarakSuzanne MubarakSuzanne Mubarak is married to the former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and was First Lady of Egypt until his ouster on 11 February 2011.-Early life and education:...
(1998) - Kofi Anan (2002)
- Youssef Boutros GhaliYoussef Boutros GhaliYoussef Raouf Boutros Ghali is a former Minister of Finance of Egypt. He served from 2004 to 2011. He was succeeded by Samir Radwan on 31 January 2011.-Education:...
, El-Sayed Yassin, and Ibrahim Kamel (2000) - Nabil ElarabyNabil ElarabyNabil Elaraby is an Egyptian diplomat, currently the Secretary-General of the Arab League having been elected on 15 May 2011. Previously, he was Foreign Minister of Egypt in Essam Sharaf's government from March-June 2011.-Early life and education:Elaraby holds a J.S.D. and an LL.M...
(2006) - Mohammed El Farnawany (2007)
- Amr MoussaAmr MoussaAmr Mohammed Moussa is an Egyptian politician and diplomat who was the Secretary-General of the Arab League, a 22-member forum representing Arab states, from 1 June 2001 until 1 June 2011. He is a candidate in the 2011 Egyptian presidential election....
(2008)