L'Equipe du GIMUN 2006

The Geneva International Model United Nations hosts 150 participants every year during one full week. A lot of things need to be prepared in order for the GIMUN to run smoothly. This is the Organising Committee in charge of the organization of GIMUN 2006:

• Registration - Daniela Hauser
  The most important reason for the GIMUN’s success is the exceptional quality of its participants. Therefore, the rigorous selection of candidates is absolutely crucial for a well-functioning UN model. Daniela Hauser is in charge of registration and recruitment and spends long hours treating applications from potential candidates from all over the world. Daniela has graduated this year from HEC in Lausanne, Switzerland and is currently organizing everything for the GIMUN from Ecuador where she'll be teaching English for three months before coming back to Switzerland. Daniela is assisted by Karina who is in the 2nd year at the HEI.
  registration@gimun.org



• Fundraising - Claire Veuthey
  The GIMUN is expensive. we offer coffee, dinner and parties to 150 participants during one whole week. We also provide financial aid for certain delegates from developing countries. Fundraising is, therefore, essential for the very existence of the GIMUN. Claire Veuthey, 4th year licence student at HEI, is our specialist in this field. Last year’s ILO chair, Claire decided this year to give her time and energy to the noble and essential cause of raising money for the GIMUN. Let’s wish her good luck in her difficult task! Along with Michael, Claire is also responsible for the Media contacts.
  fundraising@gimun.org



• Media - Michael Ineichen
  The GIMUN has changed its appearance: our website has been completely remodelled and much improved. The GIMUN also has a new logo. Michael Ineichen, WTO chair at GIMUN 2005 and 4th year licence student at HEI, is responsible for the website as well as for the promotion material like brochures and posters. Although he’s busy, Michi also finds time to help the confused editor in chief with her Mac programs. Mache is also in charge of media relations. His address book is already full with contacts of various international journalists, who, hopefully, will write many articles about the GIMUN 2006!
  media@gimun.org



• Logistics - Sebastien Moretti
  More than 150 students from all over the world will come to Geneva for the GIMUN. This poses numerous challenges in terms of logistics: hotel rooms need to be found, dinners and parties have to be planned, and last but not least conferences room at the Palais des Nations must be organized. The GIMUN’s department of Logistics is certainly not lacking in dynamism: Sebastien Moretti, another 4th year licence student and the GIMUN’s hero for booking the UN’s best rooms for the event, controls every penny which is spent for the GIMUN. He will go to great lengths and test every single restaurant in Geneva in order to choose the best fondue in town.
  logistics@gimun.org



• Secretaries-General - Philipp Lustenberger and David Lanz
  At first sight, it might seem strange to have two Secretary-Generals. After all, the UN only has one SG! In fact, the GIMUN Secretary-General is in charge of various missions, which one person could not take on without completely neglecting university. Philipp Lustenberger and David Lanz are responsible, on the one hand, for the overall coordination of the GIMUN – organizing Executive Committee meetings, representing the GIMUN to the outside, and planning the GIMUN opening conference. On the other hand, the SGs take an active role in the workshops. They assist the chairs and present the UN’s position regarding a particular topic. Philipp and David are 4th year licence students at HEI. This summer, they were abroad in South Africa America respectively where the many E-mails they sent each other made local Internet Cafe owners very happy. Philipp’s experience as a doctor during Hurricane Stan in Guatemala was covered by BBC – we’re sure he’ll be happy to tell you all about it. His Excellency David earned his stars at the Swiss Embassy in Pretoria.
  David - lanz@gimun.org
  Philipp - workshops.lust@gimun.org

Many other people are involved in the organization of the GIMUN. Our Webmaster Nick Imboden deserves to be particularly mentioned: the amazingly useful website he created makes life a lot easier for the organizing committee and participants. Paola Salwan, last year’s vice editor in Chief for the GIMUNews will be Editor in Chief this year. Paola’s also in 4th year licence at HEI. Marc Allgower, a 3rd year licence student at HEI, will assist her. Last, but definitely not least, tribute is paid to the GIMUN’s 12 chairs, who all prepared incredibly interesting and challenging workshops.