INOMUN 2023: new technologies and global governance
This year, we had the pleasure to organise the 8th edition of the International North Model United Nations conference. It marked the return of the three-day conference format since the Covid-19 pandemic.
This year, the conference discussed new technologies and global governance. Cybertechnologies, recent scientific innovations and major breakthroughs in numerous domains lead to countless challenges worldwide. Whether it be the social media (now mobilizing on average almost a quarter of our time daily) artificial intelligence, human transgenic modifications or cryptocurrencies, it is clear that a global, united response is required in front of such challenges. This is why, today, the notion of global governance is especially important. In a world more divided than ever, in which the gap between the richest and the poorest widens, in which States are confronted to challenges of unprecedented difficulty, multilateralism, inviting everyone around the table of negotiations is particularly important. In the tense geopolitical context of recent years (war in Ukraine, terrorism in Western Africa, war in Palestine, environmental global crisis) global governance will indeed be one of the enduring challenges of the congress. However, only together may the Member-States find the solutions for today’s hardships while trying to avoid tomorrow’s.
Thanks to all lycées for attending the conference: lycée Alexandre Ribot from Saint-Omer, lycée du Noordover from Grande-Synthe, Lycée Auguste Angellier from Dunkerque, lycée Albert Châtelet from Saint-Pol sur Ternoise, lycée Jean Bart from Dunkerque, lycée Gustave Flaubert from Rouen, lycée Beaupré from Haubourdin, lycée Condorcet from Lens, lycée Louis Pasteur from Lille, lycée Jean Rostand from Chantilly, lycée de l’Europe from Dunkerque, lycée Raymond Queneau from Villeneuve-D’ascq, lycée Robespierre from Arras and lycée Diderot from Carvin.
Here is a little recap of the conference in video made by the press team!